Clients and Teams

Naoto is committed to SCP’s upholding enduring relationships with clients. SCP partners with several CXOs/Owners across Forbes 100 Fastest Growing Companies, Top 40 Private Equity Groups, and Fortune 1000 Industry Leaders, with whom they are in frequent and sustained communication. He echoes SCP’s philosophy that helping an owner find the right long-term partner to continue their company’s legacy, knowing that the owner can achieve a desirable outcome and peace of mind, brings satisfaction day in and day out.

Naoto’s team at SCP is committed to earning and nurturing their clients’ trust at every stage of the partnership. The employees that SCP hires hail from a mix of conventional and non-conventional backgrounds such as private equity, buy-side investment banking, and management consulting, which organically builds a pool of creative and diverse perspectives. Naoto advises the team members to adopt a highly collaborative process both internally in servicing the clients and externally in collaborating with clients. 

The team of employees is thus a healthy mix of generalists and specialists that works across a diverse range of sectors. The team has proven track records in managing complex financial transactions, providing investment banking services, performing market research and analysis, guiding companies from concept through hyper-growth, and building companies towards varying exits. Naoto constantly mentors the team, guiding them to grow into their roles.

SCP recognizes the sensitivity and significance of its deliverables and is committed to earning and keeping clients’ trust at every stage of their partnership. “In addition to the strength and diversity of our team, the innovation and creativity of our processes, and our industry-leading insights, SCP aligns our economic interests with our clients. We believe in the alignment of finances, values, and objectives with our clients and share the risks as necessary.”

Naoto: The Trumpeter

Thoroughly steeped in music, Naoto Hall has been practicing the trumpet since the early age of 7. His chief instructor for most of his life was his father, Timothy Hall, who performs trumpet and owns his own studio in Laguna Niguel.

Naoto has received many awards, medallions, and scholarships during his early career. He was awarded Most Outstanding Soloist for two consecutive years at the Music in the Parks festival (‘05 and ‘06). He has also earned the Most Outstanding Soloist Scholarship from IAJE at the Monterrey Next Generation Jazz Festival in 2005. He received a full scholarship to the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music which he attended for 2 years.

Apart from his achievements, Naoto has performed at many venues with many different ensembles, combos, and groups. His performances include but are not limited to Carnegie Hall, Segerstrom Hall, Ming Hall, Carnation Plaza, Greek Theater, Calgary Stampede, and Planet Hollywood in Vegas. Naoto performed with both Wayne Bergeron and Arturo Sandoval where he was featured as a young artist by Tom Kubis’s big band.

Naoto graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BS, Accounting and Finance) from Chapman University and a Bachelor of Science in Music Performance Trumpet from California State University, Long Beach.