Profile

He engages in deal sourcing and investment in venture businesses and also assists in business development for the invested companies. He now engages as the managing partner for Dentsu Ventures.

Before joining the company, he engaged in investing in startups both in and outside of Japan and developing new businesses in the corporate strategy divison at Dentsu. He was also involved in a variety of work such as planning and implementing client marketing strategies, helping launch client operations overseas, establishing overseas Dentsu branches in the strategic planning and account management divisions at Dentsu. He was a jury member for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2017.

Graduated from the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies at Kyoto University, then earned his MBA at Harvard Business School.