Mr. Hefti is presently General Manager, Planning Division of Naito Securities, Japan. He joined Naito Securities in 2008, and has served as General Manager of the Internet Sales and Sales Promotion Departments, and as Analyst in the Chinese Department.

Mr. Hefti is a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), a Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (CMA), and has a Certificate of Quantitative Finance (CQF). He has graduated from the University of Hamburg (Germany) with a Master of Science in Business and Managerial Economics, and a Master of Arts in Chinese Studies.