Hideki Kurata is the Real Estate and Business Development Leader for HFS Europe, responsible for leading the sales team in Real Estate as well as executing on the Business Development strategy for all businesses within HFS Europe.

Hideki joined GE in 2001, and has over 10 years of experience as an M&A/BD executive in the financial services industry. Most recently, he served as a Director on GE Capital Europe's Business Development team covering France and the Benelux regions. Prior to joining GE, he worked for JPMorgan where he was a member of the Real Estate Investment Banking Group. He began his career with Banque Nationale de Paris' Project Finance team in London.

Hideki received his Master's degree in Economics from Paris University, is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) and holds an MBA from INSEAD.