Mark Tanase

Managing Director, Head of Japan Business Development

Mark Tanase joined Sona as a Partner and PM when it began trading in September 2016 and has over 30 years of credit market experience. He returned to Sona in September 2025 after a year off and is now concentrating on business development in Japan.

Mark’s career started in 1992 at Mitsubishi Bank in Tokyo, serving on the council for the introduction of ISDA derivatives documentation into the Japanese market. Staying in the city, he moved to Chemical Bank in 1994 to trade foreign JPY credit before relocating to London in 1998 to join Deutsche Bank’s asset swap desk. Still with DB, he transferred back to Tokyo for a year in 2001 before returning to London to run their European financials trading arm. He transitioned into the same role with Goldman Sachs in 2009 where he remained until joining Lucidus Capital Partners in 2014 as a PM.

Mark holds a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Michigan.