AAIC

Co-founding partner of AAIC (formerly Pan Asia Partners). Previously at Recruit, he led the launch of advertising media and HR businesses in China from 2002, building multi-city operations. He focuses on business strategy, planning, marketing and operations in Greater China and Southeast Asia.

Partner at AAIC who joined Pan Asia Partners in 2014. Formerly at IBM Japan and GREE, he now supports overseas expansion across India, Southeast Asia and Africa, covering consumer goods, electronics, telecom, primary industry/food processing and sustainability, including M&A and new business creation.

Principal at AAIC who joined Pan Asia Partners in 2012. A former BCG consultant, she specializes in B2C consumer insight, marketing strategy, branding and sustainability, working mainly across Japan, China and Africa.

Principal at AAIC who joined AAIC Japan in 2016 and moved to AAIC Partners Africa Limited (Kenya) in 2019. She leads the Africa consulting division, handling market research, partner search, market entry strategy, investment sourcing and hands-on support, specializing in strategic consulting and M&A.

Principal at AAIC who joined in 2013 and relocated to Kenya in 2015 to establish the Africa office. He has worked on fund operations since Fund I and serves on the investment committee for Fund II, specializing in finance, VC, startups and healthcare. He previously worked at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank and Accenture.

Principal at AAIC who joined AAIC Japan in 2019 and relocated to Lagos in 2020. He previously worked at Marubeni on power plant investment asset management in Abu Dhabi and served as CFO of a Rwandan startup backed by the DMM group.

Director at AAIC (board member since 2015). He previously worked at JBIC on Latin American infrastructure finance, at BCG on corporate improvement projects, helped launch Natural Lawson, and spent about eight years with UNDP in Iraq on reconstruction. He focuses on startup investment and acceleration across Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Principal at AAIC with a background as an Apple product planner, ICT research consultant, and BCG consultant. He founded Daybreak Consulting in 2013 offering hands-on consulting in renewable energy and healthcare, and served as an advisor to Kanagawa Prefecture.

Senior advisor and former president of Kansai Paint, with earlier automotive experience at Mitsubishi Corporation across the Middle East, China and Thailand, who pursued M&A-driven expansion in emerging markets including Africa.

Senior advisor and former Lawson executive who turned around and grew the Lawson business in Shanghai, with over 30 years of retail experience.

Senior advisor and Waseda Business School professor. A former BCG partner who led BCG Japan from 2000 to 2004 and was named one of the world's 25 most influential consultants in 2006; he is a published author on strategy and critical thinking.

Senior advisor with a background in financial engineering and pension/M&A consulting at IBJ, Willis Towers Watson and Marsh McLennan, and a leader in the actuarial profession serving as chair of an IAA committee from 2025.

Senior advisor who joined Japan's Ministry of Finance in 1981 and held senior roles at the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank and Japan Tobacco, among others.

Senior advisor and former Panasonic executive with over 30 years in the electronics industry across Japan and China, currently a special advisor to Sichuan Changhong New Energy.

Senior advisor who long led Africa business at Toyota Tsusho, executing major automotive acquisitions including the CFAO deal, and later served as Japan's ambassador to Sudan from 2020 to 2023.

Senior advisor and former captain of Japan's national rugby team who, after retiring and earning an MBA, founded HiRAKU Inc. to work on sports, education and community projects.

Senior advisor who founded Kenya Nut Company in 1974, building it into Kenya's largest nut company, and later established bacteria-based agricultural and sanitation ventures in Rwanda.