Charlie Nakamura

Mr Nakamura worked for the Tokai Bank (a major Japanese bank that has merged and become the current Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) from 1991 to 2002. During his time in Tokai Bank, Charlie's major activities included corporate finance, project finance, structure finance and international trading. In 1998, Charlie transferred to Tokai Australia Finance Corporation, Tokai Bank's Australian subsidiary. Charlie was a head of the corporate finance department for the Japanese corporations, which included Toyota, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui Corporation and many other major Japanese companies in Australia. In 2000, Tokai joined the project finance ('PF') deal between BHP and Mitsubishi Corporation. Charlie was Tokai's representative for this PF, which was well known as the 'Blackwater' coking coal mining project. After a completion of the Blackwater project, Charlie was involved in various resource projects and made networks in Australia.