Ms. Fujita has been with Takenaka Partners for over 9 years and has been extensively involved in managing all aspects of our firm’s Investment Banking transactions, including cross-border buy-side and sell-side M&A, strategic joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, corporate valuation, and global strategy consulting. Since joining Takenaka Partners, Ms. Fujita has successfully executed over 35 strategic transactions on behalf of clients who are involved in a diverse array of industries including automotive supply, consumer products, consumer electronics, food and beverage, industrial manufacturing, real estate, semiconductors, software and high-technology, and telecommunications. Prior to Takenaka Partners, Ms. Fujita was a Senior Consultant with Deloitte’s Capital Markets Group and Business Assurance & Advisory Division, servicing large multinational corporations primarily in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Deloitte, Ms. Fujita was nominated by the University of Southern California to be its sole representative in a nationwide candidate selection process whereby she was selected to be one of four Postgraduate Technical Assistants to work for the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in Norwalk, Connecticut. Since 1973, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has designated the FASB to be responsible for establishing standards of financial accounting and reporting for the private sector. Ms. Fujita earned her B.S. and Master's degrees in Accounting from the University of Southern California. She graduated cum laude and received various scholarship awards including the prestigious Mary Pickford Scholarship Award. Ms. Fujita is also a Certified Public Accountant, has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the CFA Institute (formerly known as the Association of Investment Management and Research).