Hiroyuki (“Hiro”) has over 15 years of experience in Private Equity and Investment Banking, with his expertise in deal origination and fundraising.
Hiro launched ACA Football Partners with his passion to connect the players, coaches, fans and business professionals between European and Asian regions.
Akihisa (Aki) has over 5 years experience in football business both in Japan and Europe, with his expertise in all corporate and business functions in the football club. In STVV, he reorganized the club structure and he made clear governance with the accounting and decision making workflow as CFO. Thanks to that, the club got 3rd position in financial fair play ranking in 2018-19 in Belgium. On the other hand, he managed business KPI and arranged business plans and strategies in the club.
Adrián has worked in professional football since 2010 in different countries across Europe. He began his professional career in Málaga CF, reaching quarter-finals of Champions League as a first-timer club, where he eventually worked his way up to Head of Analysis and Technical Director. After a season in Tottenham as a scout, he was back to Spain, to work close to Eduardo Macià, one of the best European Director of Football, in Real Betis Balompié. They also worked together in Leicester City FC and Girondins Bordeaux, achieving good sporting results linked to a self-financing strategy.
Yu brings communications experience having served as a PR person within global sports industries since 2017. At DAZN Japan she gained experience of working as PR&Communications team, mainly was involved in activities such as external media communications and event coordinating, dealing with a variety of sports contents. Later she moved to Spain for a year to work at International Communications department of Cádiz CF (Spain), from LaLiga, and managed to plan and deliver exclusive contents for Japan market to raise its awareness and interest by collaborating local marketing specialists.
Katsutoshi (Toshi) has been developing his career basically in global business development and its operation. From the early stage of his career he has been dedicated to business developments; established a shop in Vietnam, and established a baby food D2C start-up. After that, he joined Japan Tobacco, which is one of the biggest tobacco companies in the world. He was engaged in the global operational planning of vaping devices based in Hong Kong, which was the center of the company strategy at that time.
Álvaro López has a comprehensive background in coaching, analysis, and scouting. He advanced to roles as a second coach and tactical analyst for Jumilla CF B and Jumilla CF (2B + 3rd Division Spain) in 2018. Next season he becomes Technical Director of Mar Menor CF reaching the play offs to promote to 2Div B. Later in 2020, he transitioned to BeSoccer as a Scouting Coordinator and Data Scout Analyst for BeSoccer Pro, the largest football database globally. From August 2020 to February 2022, he worked as a liaison with clubs such as Deportivo Alaves, Granada CF, and Valencia CF from LaLiga, providing analysis and reports.