Tomofumi Watanabe

Sumitomo Mitsui appoints Tomofumi Watanabe as new co-head of APAC structured finance

Sumitomo Mitsui appoints Tomofumi Watanabe as new co-head of APAC structured finance

He was previously general manager of the Global Structured Finance Department Tokyo.
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