Mercuria Investment

Joined Salomon Brothers in 1986, marketing financial derivatives and structured deals in Japan. Later worked in internet-sector venture financing and venture company management, leading cross-border JV and M&A. Joined MIC in 2008 and became a director in April 2010. Holds a liberal arts degree from the University of Tokyo.

Joined DBJ in 1990 and executed projects spanning project finance, real-estate securitization, PFI, and turnaround management. A director at MIC since October 2005. Holds a law degree from Tohoku University and completed Columbia University's Professional Fellow Program.

Advisor and professor of competitive strategy at Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy. Previously taught at Hitotsubashi's Faculty of Commerce and was a visiting professor at Bocconi University in Milan.

Advisor who worked in international finance at Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, then joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 1992, serving as Representative Director and Executive Vice President. He served as a part-time director of the company from October 2005 to March 2018. Holds an economics degree from Keio University and an MBA from MIT.