Takeshi Tsubota is Managing Director and Head of Institutional Client Group, Japan, where he leads institutional client coverage. Prior to joining Apollo in 2023, Tak served as Managing Director and Representative Director at Oaktree Japan and oversaw Japan and Korea marketing. Prior to Oaktree, he was an Executive Vice President at PIMCO Japan GWM team. He also has structured credit experience at SMBC, Morgan Stanly and Bear Stearns. Tak received a BA and a master’s degree in Operations Research from Kyoto University.