As a Japanese citizen, Aoi is our bridge to Japan and Mount Fuji’s investors.
He worked as a firefighter in Japan for 6 years and has 6 years of business experience in the Philippines. In the Philippines, He established a lending company and became its president. In addition, He operates media, real estate, and anime related businesses. He specializes in comprehensive business market analysis with an emphasis on geopolitics, and have actually handled various business startups himself. His primary business focus is social value.
Before entering the corporate world, Aoi was a firefighter and paramedic, which solidified his commitment to put the community’s welfare before his own. This ethos has carried over into his businesses.
Aoi values the phrase “士魂商才 – Shikon Shousai”. The meaning of the phrase is “to bring the spirit of a samurai to business talent”. He wants to work closely with Filipinos who have a lot of potential to make their business successful.
In his spare time, he enjoys golf and dining with family and friends.
Gene is a Canadian who offers 20 years of corporate experience in numerous industries and countries, including six years in Japan. His expertise is in strategy, operations, training, and change management for large multinational companies as well as startups.
As a kid, Gene wanted to be an astronaut but throws up on roller coasters, so he settled for traveling the world. It brought him to Peace Corps-type work in South America, going full Steven Seagal in Japan, and years in the army and defense industry in Canada and overseas. These adventures have introduced him to incredibly intelligent and capable people; an experience that constantly challenged him to level up professionally, academically, and personally. He emerged on the other side with expertise in strategy, operations, an M.Ed., MBA, and grey hair.
At Mount Fuji Lending, Gene is dedicated to building the most capable and happiest team possible in order to positively transform the lending industry.
In his spare time, Gene can be found at the gym and being a pushover for puppies and toddlers.
Miks is a seasoned banker turned business lending executive with extensive experience in lending, trade finance, and management solutions from some of the largest financial institutions in the Philippines.
Within his diverse know-how in the field of banking, his expertise is in lending operations, risk identification and mitigation, relationship and portfolio management, and business growth.
Across the years and his several projects, he’s stuck to one belief: in everything we do, it’s all about finding the right balance.
Working in the nation’s top financial institutions such as BDO Unibank, Inc. and EastWest Banking Corp., and rubbing elbows with the industry’s best finance mentors, Gerard has gained a mastery of establishment and renewing commercial loans; from application, documentation, up to post-approval monitoring of transactions and portfolios.
His most notable trait is his ability to be a successful team-player, in the office and on the court. At work, he has a strong track record of building profitable and sustainable loan portfolios through managing multiple staff, forming fruitful client relationships, and working for optimal efficiency and Kaizen in all his companies. After hours, he heads straight to the basketball gym to become one of the GOATS with his team to chase greatness.
Gerard’s clear-cut drive is informed by the belief that like every moment, every shot counts.
Mikee has been in the business lending industry for over 7 years. Before joining Mount Fuji, she worked at BDO Unibank, Inc., the Philippines’ largest bank, where she’s racked up skills and experience working with businesses of all sizes from various industries.
As a Customer Relationship Manager, she sums up her daily work with a quote by Paulo Coelho: “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” At her core, she is motivated by entrepreneurs’ unique business stories, from that a-ha moment of discovery down to the grit of building their dream companies.
With Mount Fuji, Mikee hopes to become an agent of growth to help Filipino business owners realize their biggest aspirations.
Kim has had previous experience in risk and compliance operations for the real estate industry, banks, investment companies, and major international insurers such as The Insular Life Assurance Company LTD ( Insular Life)
Philippine National Bank (PNB), Allianz PNB Life (Allianz PNB). Throughout his career, he’s also held membership in the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Kim is a natural savant. He possesses credentials in risk analysis, technical analysis, and financial analysis, as well as three years of education in the legal field. These skills have informed his finesse as a professional in risk and compliance, even earning a high-ranking position as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, ensuring that the company is able to strike a healthy balance between the risks it takes and the rewards it receives. He’s a proven asset not just to the Boards who look to him for well-informed assessments, but also to the entire company’s future and longevity. He hopes to bring the same reliability and mastery to Mount Fuji.
Coming from the public sector, Patrick has extensive experience with diverse stakeholders. Having served in the Legislative Branch as an Administrative Officer under the Office of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and in the Executive Branch as an Administrative, Field and Political Officer under the Office of Vice President Leni Robredo. During his eight year stint serving different institutions he developed government administrative and public service skills that are people centered.
Patrick is very family oriented. His interests include cars, Korean dramas, Korean pop music, Korean observational variety shows, geopolitics, and history.
As part of the Mount Fuji Lending family, Patrick wants to contribute by applying the best practices he gained in the public service sector and give the best service possible for our clients and senior leadership.
Jameson is an accounting professional with over five years of experience in bookkeeping, financial administration, tax accounting and compliance, document processing, and records keeping. Prior to Mount Fuji Lending, he worked at an accounting consultancy firm where he served numerous clients across various industries.
At Mount Fuji Lending, he maintains the accuracy and transparency of financial reports and contributes to the growth and development of the accounting department and our company. With a penchant for learning new things, he strives for continuous development both on a personal and professional level.
Jameson has high interest in sports, especially basketball. He also loves to travel via his motorcycle.
Lester spent several years in real estate evictions compliance at Filinvest Land, a leader in real estate. There, he helped ensure the company remained compliant with regulatory agencies, conducted risk audits and customer risk mitigation, and filed legal cases.
During his spare time, Lester goes home to his province to spend time with his family and unwind by going to the family beach, and sometimes play basketball.
