浜崎 航史（はまざき こうじ）

年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人（GPIF）オルタナティブ投資部　次長　プライベート・エクイティ統括。2017年4月の着任以来、GPIFの国内および海外におけるプライベート・エクイティ投資戦略の構築および実行を主導。

GPIFに参画する以前は、株式会社三井住友銀行に23年間在籍。2005年より、同行におけるグローバル・プライベート・エクイティ投資プラットフォームの立ち上げとポートフォリオの拡大に深く関与。また、2009年から2011年にかけては、プライベート・エクイティのゲートキーパーへ出向し、ファンド・オブ・ファンズの設立および投資活動に携わった。さらに、三井住友フィナンシャルグループ（SMFG）のグループ長として、証券ビジネス戦略およびアセットマネジメント戦略の立案にも従事。

慶應義塾大学理工学部卒業。米国パデュー大学クラナート経営大学院にてMBA取得。 

崔は、投資家とのリレーションシップマネジメントを担当し、プライベート・エクイティーのポートフォリオの管理、プライベート・エクイティ・プログラムのモニタリング等を担当する。また、顧客ポートフォリオの構築、様々なファンド・オブ･ファンズ・プログラムやセパレート・アカウントのモニタリング等に従事する。運用コンサルタントとの窓口として、関係構築等に従事する。

ASPに入社する以前は、UBSグローバル・アセット・マネジメント（その前身を含む）に15年超在籍し、マネージング・ディレクター、機関投資家営業本部共同本部長　執行役員年金営業部長等を務めた。シニア･メンバーとして年金をはじめとする機関投資家、運用コンサルタントとの関係構築や営業推進を担当した。

1990年から1998年まで日本長期信用銀行に属し、外為、コーポレート・ファイナンス、ファイナンス対象企業の調査・デューデリジェンス、顧客との関係構築等を担当した。

公益社団法人日本証券アナリスト協会検定会員

John Lee is a Partner responsible for the Asia business of Lexington Partners. Based in Hong Kong, he is primarily engaged in the origination and evaluation of secondary purchases of private equity investments in Asia.

Prior to joining Lexington in 2014, Mr. Lee was a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions team at Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Lee graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in Economics.

Koji Someno is Head of Private Equity Fund Investment Division of Alternative Investment Department at Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company. Prior to this role, he led infrastructure fund investment, real estate fund investment and private debt fund investment. Early in his career, he worked at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank(MUTB) before joining Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company in 2017. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and commerce from Keio University.

Nash is the Global Head of the MS Private Equity Secondaries team and investment committee member. With more than 22 years of industry experience, Nash is the lead portfolio manager for all of MSIM’s funds that are focused on GP-Led single asset secondaries. During his tenure, Nash has either led or participated in every GP-Led continuation vehicle transaction executed by the team. Prior to originating the secondary strategy at Morgan Stanley, he was a member of the quantitative strategy group supporting the MSIM value equity teams. Nash received a B.A. in economics and German from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

2022年8月に国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構（JST）へ入構。バイアウトファンドへの直接投資や委託運用におけるバイアウト・セカンダリーファンドを担当。それ以前は、2013年より三井住友信託銀行に勤務し、2016年から2022年にかけて、複数の機関投資家向けプライベートエクイティファンドおよびインフラエクイティファンドの投資プログラム運営を担当。期間中、香港オフィスにて海外トレイニーとして勤務した経験を有する。慶應義塾大学法学部卒。

Soichi Sam Takata has been with Tokio Marine Asset Management since the creation of the private equity investment team in 2002. Before that, Mr Takata was at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance (Tokio Marine) working in their alternative investment team from 1997 to 1998, and again from 2001 onwards, managing a global portfolio of private equity, hedge funds, infrastructure funds, CDOs/CLOs and other alternative assets.

Mr. Takata spent three years at Tokio Marine Capital, Tokio Marine's private equity investment arm, working on management buyout and development capital transactions in Japan. During this period, he also spent time at private equity houses in the US and the UK. Prior to that, he spent over two years on secondment to the Export-Import Bank of Japan (now the Japan Bank for International Cooperation) working on project finance transactions around the world.

Mr Takata began his career in the international investment department of Tokio Marine overseeing an international portfolio of managed assets. He has a BA in economics from Harvard College.

Mr. Nishizawa is Head of Investment Advisory at Japan Post Investment. He has been consistently involved in private equity investment at Japan Post Bank, Daido Life and AI Capital, accumulating over 20 years of experience in private equity investments since 2002. After serving as the Head of Private Equity Investment at Daido Life, he joined Japan Post Bank in 2016, where he led portfolio development from the inception of Japan Post Bank's private equity investment program. He is a graduate of Hokkaido University and is a Certificate-holder Member of SAAJ.

Tatsuya Kubo joined the Firm in 2010 as a managing director.  He focuses on enhancing and building relationships with institutional investors and general partners in Japan.  Mr. Kubo joined the Firm from Fortress Investment Group Japan, where he served as Managing Director and Head of Business Development after launching the Japan-based business.  Prior to that, he spent over 20 years as a senior manager at Norinchukin Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in Japan, where he built and managed an alternative investment portfolio. He received a BA in Economics from Waseda University in 1988 and an MBA from Duke University in 1994.  Mr. Kubo speaks fluent Japanese and English.

Vincent Churk is a Vice President with the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Solutions team. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, Vincent worked in the Investment Banking Division at J.P. Morgan, where he advised companies on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising activities. Vincent graduated with a B.B.A. in finance from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

リスクキャピタルの供給を通じた日本の産業競争力の強化、およびPE・VC投資のエコシステムへの醸成に貢献することを志し、2020年7月、産業革新投資機構に入社。それ以前は、ニッセイアセットマネジメントにて、プライベート・エクイティ投資の共同ヘッドとして、欧州中小型バイアウト、GPマイノリティー出資、セカンダリー、国内VC投資を主に担当。また、野村アセットマネジメント及び野村プライベート・エクイティ・キャピタル（NPEC）に9年間在籍し、投資委員会メンバーとして、NPECが運用するファンド及び口座のグローバル投資案件の評価・意思決定に携わると共に、アジアのチームヘッドとしてアジア地域のプライベート・エクイティ・ファンドの発掘・分析・関係構築を担当した。

証券アナリスト協会検定会員。

慶応義塾大学環境情報学部卒、HEC経営大学院（フランス）にてMBA取得。

Atsuhiko Sakamoto is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and is based in Tokyo, responsible for the day-to-day management of the Private Equity group's investment activities in Japan. Since joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Sakamoto has led all of the firm's private equity investments in Japan including Ayumi, Alinamin, Sony Payment Service, Infocom, I'rom and CMIC.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Sakamoto was a Managing Director at Bain Capital where he focused on private equity investments in Japan.

Mr. Sakamoto received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University.

2015 年 CVC に入社、東京オフィス共同代表として国内におけるプライベート・エクイティ投資事業を率いる。CVC キャピタル・パートナーズのアジア投資役員会およびボードメンバーも務める。CVC 入社以前は、アドバンテッジパートナーズにおいて 11 年以上にわたりシニア・パートナーを勤め、テレコム・メディア・テクノロジー領域を含む幅広い分野での投資案件を主導。それ以前は、マッキンゼー・アンド・カンパニーおよびプライスウォーターハウスクーパースにて勤務。東京大学工学部にて学士課程、修士課程修了、コロラド・スクール・オブ・マインズ鉱山工学博士課程修了。

プライベートエクイティとの金融投資家プラクティスにおけるエキスパートであり、日本、アメリカ、オーストラリアの多岐にわたる業界やテーマにおけるコンサルティングをクライアントに提供してきました。主にプライベートエクイティクライアントのデューデリジェンスや買収後の価値創造のためのプロジェクトを多数手がけています。

国際基督教大学教養学部卒業、ハーバード大学大学院修士課程修了後、ベインに参画。 ペンシルバニア大学ウォートンスクールにて経営学修士課程（MBA）、同大学ローダーインスティチュートにて国際学・中国語専攻修士課程を修了。

Brian is a founding partner and the CEO of Taiyo Pacific Partners, a friendly activist investment fund focused on Japanese Public companies. Over the past 20 years, he has been an advisor and strategist to the CEO’s of well over a hundred portfolio companies invested in by the fund. He speaks Japanese fluently and has a deep working knowledge of the culture and business practices of Japan.  In 2014, he led a friendly management buyout of the electronic music instrument company Roland as Taiyo expanded its efforts into private equity.   He believes that a critical mission for any private equity investment is to ensure the underlying company and employees are better off after the MBO than they were before.  That means making the company more competitive, ensuring it has a strong management structure and balance sheet  , and improving the incentives and compensation to properly reward the hard-working and dedicated employees.

Due to his work at Roland, he was asked to join the board of several other publicly traded Japanese companies. Sitting in the board room gives him a unique insight into the structure and function of corporate Japan, an ability to influence decisions, and a bird’s eye view of the opportunities and challenges that exist in one of the most fascinating markets in the world.  

Based in New York, Brian Musto is a senior investor in Goldman Sachs’ Vintage Strategies.  Vintage Strategies, which provide liquidity solutions to private market limited partner investors and general partner fund managers globally, represent a flagship of Goldman Sachs’ alternatives franchise, with leadership in the secondaries space since 1998. Since inception, the Vintage Funds have invested over $80 billion across more than 750 secondary transactions.  Brian is a member of the Vintage Strategies Private Equity and Real Estate Investment Committees and the Union Bridge Investment Committee. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2003 in the Financial Institutions Group of the Investment Banking Division and rejoined the firm in 2009 in Vintage Strategies. Prior to rejoining the firm, Brian was a private equity associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston. He earned a BSBA in Finance and Accounting, magna cum laude, from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar.

Chris is Global Head of Capital Solutions and a member of the Executive Committee at General Atlantic. He leads the firm’s global client franchise, overseeing capital partnering, strategic partnerships, new business development, and capital formation activities across General Atlantic’s investment strategies, which today represent over $100 billion in assets and span global growth equity, private credit, energy transition, and infrastructure solutions.

Previously, Chris was a Partner of Goldman Sachs, where he worked for over 28 years. He founded and led many of the firm's businesses in alternative investments, including its external-manager investing platform in private markets, secondaries, GP stakes, co-investments, and hedge funds, leading those businesses across two decades. Chris also led the global client franchise for Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management, a platform that represented over $2.7 trillion in alternative investments and public market strategies. Elected a Partner in 2008, Chris served on Goldman Sachs’ Partnership Committee, its Firmwide Client Franchise Committee, and its investment committees across the private markets.

Chris is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has served as Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, and is a frequent commentator and writer on asset management. He serves on the boards of Cambridge in America, The Juilliard School, Asia Society, Collegiate School, and the Leadership Council of Harvard Law School. Originally from the Canadian midwest, he today lives with his family in New York City.

David Azcue is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Tokyo office and co-heads the Firm’s Private Funds Practice. Fluent in Japanese and having spent over 35 years in Japan, David advises clients on all aspects of fundraising, investments, funds-related transactions, financing and operations across a broad range of asset classes. Working with domestic legal and tax advisors, he has helped pioneer the structures used by Japan-focused private funds open to both Japanese and non-Japanese. He has also helped develop models giving secondaries and strategic co-investors access to enforcement rights with respect to underlying Japanese investments. Working with the firm’s Credit team, he regularly advises on subscription facilities for Japan-focused private funds. He has worked on many of the market-defining fundraises and funds-related transactions over his two decades of practice in Japan. David has been recognized as a leading private funds lawyer by numerous authorities including Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR 1000, Legal 500 and Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal) and regularly writes and speaks on developments in Japanese alternative investments and private equity.

Eiji Yatagawa (Tokyo) joined KKR in 2006 and is a Partner and Head of Japan Private Equity. He is on the Board of Directors of PHC Holdings (formerly Panasonic Healthcare), Koki Holdings (formerly Hitachi Koki), Seiyu, dataX (formerly From Scratch), Yayoi, and LOGISTEED (formerly Hitachi Transport System). Mr. Yatagawa was also previously involved with KKR’s investments in Unisteel (Singapore), Intelligence, AlphaTheta (formerly Pioneer DJ), Transphorm (USA), Marelli Holdings (formerly Calsonic Kansei), Kokusai Electric (formerly Hitachi Kokusai Electric), and NETSTARS. From 2010 to 2012, he worked in KKR's Hong Kong office. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Yatagawa was with Goldman Sachs & Co.'s investment banking team, based in New York and Tokyo, where he focused on the telecommunications, media, and technology sector and was involved in a number of mergers and acquisitions as well as financing projects. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. from the University of Tokyo.

Ethan Ling, Managing Director, is the Head of APAC Product Strategy for BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP) within BlackRock's Equity Private Markets, where he leads the private equity fundraising strategy, product development, and investor relations in the APAC region. He brings over 20 years of expertise in private markets and, as a member of the PEP Global Executive Committee, drives business growth by aligning client needs with BlackRock's objectives.

Mr. Ling previously served as Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations at CMBI, where he oversaw alternative asset growth initiatives and developed a diverse range of alternative strategies. Prior to CMBI, he held various senior roles at CMC, CPE, and UBS Investment Banking.

Mr. Ling holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Telecommunications from the University of Maryland, College Park. He was also an Individual Promoter, Executive Director, and CFO of the first-ever SPAC listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Harold Hope is a partner in Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he is global head of Vintage Strategies, one of the world's largest secondary fund managers.  He is chair of the Vintage Strategies Private Equity Investment Committee and a member of the Vintage Strategies Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Credit Investment Committees as well as the Petershill (GP Stakes) Investment Committee.  Harold joined Goldman Sachs in 1999 and prior to joining the firm, worked as a financial analyst at the investment banking boutique Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. Harold earned a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a JD from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor on the Harvard Law Review.

Prior to founding Palliser Capital in 2021, James was the head of Elliott’s Hong Kong office. James joined Elliott UK as an Analyst in 2001 where he focused on European investments before moving to Hong Kong and advancing to the roles of Portfolio Manager and Head of Office. Prior to joining Elliott, James gained a variety of experience at financial and start-up firms. He holds a BA (Hons) and MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. 

Jennifer James is Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Investor Relations & Marketing at Thoma Bravo. Based in San Francisco, she joined the firm in 2015 with 20 years of experience in private equity/venture capital investor relations, fundraising, and marketing. Today she leads Thoma Bravo's business operations strategy, efforts to serve the needs of new and existing investors, and the firm's industry communications programs. Wall Street Journal and WSJ PRO Private Equity named Jennifer one of the Women to Watch in fundraising, and San Francisco Business Times honored her as one of the Most Influential Women in the Bay Area. Before Thoma Bravo, she served as Partner, Investor Relations & Marketing, for Sofinnova Ventures. Previously, she served as Director of Marketing & Communications for Alta Partners, and she held several marketing and financial services leadership roles. Jennifer earned her MBA from Northwestern University and her AB degree in History from Bowdoin College.

ベイン東京オフィスのプライベートエクイティとファイナンシャルインベスタープラクティスのリーダー。20年以上にわたり、プライベートエクイティクライアントの多岐にわたる業界におけるデューデリジェンスや、ポートフォリオ企業のファンド戦略や業績改善を中心に幅広いテーマでクライアントを支援しています。ベインが毎年発行しているJapan Private Equity Reportの責任者。ベインのアムステルダムオフィスに1999年に入社。2007年以来、東京オフィスを拠点にクライアントを支援しています。

Jun Tsusaka is CEO, CIO and Chairperson of the ESG Committee of Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko Ltd. (NSSK), an investment firm established in 2014 and focused on Japan’ s middle market. NSSK currently manages five investment funds (including its flagship fund and regional impact funds) on behalf of Japanese and international government and private sector pension plans, institutional investors, endowments and family offices.

Prior to Founding NSSK, from 2006, Jun Tsusaka was a Global Partner, Investment Committee Member and Partner Selection Committee Member for TPG Capital and was responsible for establishing and building up the Japan investment and operating team, which make up the core of NSSK today.

Jun Tsusaka is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School and has an Advanced Management Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from MIT. He is a former Business Trustee of Japan’s Bankruptcy Court, is a member of the Keizai Doyukai and Seiwajuku and the President of the Harvard Club of Japan.

日本と米国において投資銀行業務に18年間、及びプライベート・エクイティ投資業務に8年間従事した後、2024年にKPMG FASに入社。投資業務ほか、M&A、Leveraged Financeを含む資金調達等のプライベート・エクイティ関連取引に従事し、また半導体などのテクノロジー分野及び自動車を含む製造領域や、商社関連事業領域において、M&A、投資、資金調達に関連するファイナンシャル・アドバイザリーサービスに従事して参りました.

プライベートエクイティファンド領域、及び半導体や自動車を含む製造領域を対象とする、ファイナンシャル・アドバイザリーサービスの提供、及び関連ビジネスの開発と顧客支援の推進.

ファイナンシャル・アドバイザリーサービスのほか、KPMGのビジネス・ストラテジー、各種Due Diligence、カーブアウト、PMI/Value Creationなどの専門チーム、プロフェッショナルと連携し、クライアントの経営と事業成長にかかわる課題解消を支援.

2003年4月、株式会社ジャフコ（現ジャフコ グループ株式会社）に入社。ベンチャーキャピタル投資に関する幅広い業務に従事。投資業務における実績に加え、ファンド組成・管理、法務など、専門性の高い業務を経験し、ファンド運営全般に渡る知見を有する。

2015年3月、当社に参画、取締役・パートナー就任。ファンド管理、コーポレート業務全般を統括する責任者として、組織運営の効率化とガバナンス強化に貢献。同時に、投資担当として、有望な投資機会の発掘と投資先の成長支援を通じて、ファンドパフォーマンスの最大化に尽力。

2023年10月、当社代表取締役就任。

投資先企業のIPO実績として、QDレーザ（2021年2月）、サスメド（2021年12月、シード期からの継続的な支援によりIPOを実現）など、確かな投資実績を創出。

中央大学法学部卒

Mr. Mitsui joined Advantage Partners in October 2024. Prior to this, he was a Senior Partner at Bain & Company Japan, where he led the Tokyo office’s healthcare and life-science practice and its performance improvement practice. Before working at Bain, he was a Managing Partner at PwC Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company) in Tokyo from 2017 to 2020, where he founded and led the Japan PE Strategy and Value Creation Practice. Throughout his career in management consulting, he led numerous large scale transformation programs for Japanese and overseas corporations across a variety of industries such as pharma, med-tech, manufacturing, financial services, and infrastructure. He first started his career at Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., as an urban and regional planner in 1989. He holds a B.Eng and M.Eng in engineering from the university of Tokyo, and an MCP (Master in City Planning) from MIT. He is a member of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.

Kiichiro is a venture capitalist at WERU Investment, the oldest university affiliated venture capital firm in Japan. He leads investment research at the firm, covering a broad range of technology and industry domains. He serves on the board of multiple portfolio companies including LeoLabs and Confidencial, leading startups in the space and cybersecurity domains.

Prior to joining WERU Investment, Kiichiro led technology-focused business development efforts at startups in the US and Japan. He began his career as an aerospace engineer working on spacecraft development at NASA/JPL and industry. Kiichiro holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering with Highest Honors from Georgia Tech.

Maki Mitsui is a Managing Director and Partner responsible for overseeing Investor Relations in Japan.

Ms. Mitsui joined Carlyle in 2002 and leads the Investor Relations team in Japan, which is responsible for introducing a broad range of products, including private equity, infrastructure, real estate, private credit, and aviation finance. She also serves as the Japan Representative of Carlyle Japan Equity Management LLC.

With over 25 years of experience in private assets, Ms. Mitsui previously established the alternative assets placement business within the Investment Banking division at Merrill Lynch Japan Securities, which she joined in 1997. In this role, she introduced leading global managers to Japanese institutional investors. Prior to that, she worked in international equity sales at CS First Boston, based in both the Tokyo and New York offices.

Ms. Mitsui is a Director of the Japan Private Equity Association and a Chair of its ESG Committee. She also serves as an Advisor to the Social Innovation Partners.

Ms. Mitsui received a B.A. in Political Science from Keio University.

Nikhil Srivastava is a Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity at PAG, responsible for supervising the operations and management of PAG’s Private Equity strategy. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Nikhil joined PAG in 2019 after working across India, Singapore, and the United States markets with KKR for nearly a decade. Prior to that, he worked at Goldman Sachs and Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI). Nikhil holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a master’s in electrical engineering from Stanford, and a bachelor’s in electrical and electronics engineering from BITS Pilani. Nikhil is also the author of several patents.

As a sector lead, Prakhar leads the firm’s late-stage private company investment activity in Asia. The firm currently sponsors a series of late-stage growth funds that seek capital appreciation through investments in late-stage companies looking for strategic capital to move to the next phase of development. He leverages insights from portfolio managers, global industry analysts and other global research resources within the firm to identify, lead diligence, pursue and manage investments in private companies.

Prakhar joined Wellington Management in 2020. Previously, he was vice president at Eight Roads Ventures, Fidelity’s proprietary private investment arm, where he focused on early stage investing in India and Southeast Asia. Beforethat, he was an engagement manager with McKinsey & Company.

Prakhar earned his MBA from Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta (2011) and holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS – Pilani) (2005).

Ray is a Managing Director at L Catterton who is based in Tokyo, where he leads deal sourcing and execution activities in Japan for the firm’s Asia fund. He has extensive investment and portfolio management experience, and is currently an external director of several portfolio companies.

 Before joining L Catterton, Ray was a Director at Sunrise Capital, a Japan-focused mid-cap fund under CLSA Capital Partners, where he spent over 10 years conducting leveraged buyout deals in the consumer lifestyle and e-commerce space. Prior to that, he was with Citigroup Global Markets’ Merger & Acquisition Group.

 Ray graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Warwick University.

2014年4月グロービス・キャピタル・パートナーズ（GCP）入社。2022年より同社パートナー。ヘルスケア領域を含む産業変革領域への投資・支援に取り組む。また2022年のグロービス7号ファンド（合計727億円）の資金調達を主導。主な投資先に、メドレー （4480）、カケハシ、AIメディカルサービス等。GCP入社前は、ドイツ証券株式会社投資銀行統括本部にて、M&Aアドバイザリー並びに資金調達業務に従事。東京大学経済学部卒。

2025年Apollo入社以前は、2022年よりKKRにてグローバル・ウェルス日本責任者として新規事業開拓・商品開発を推進。それ以前は、UBSでヘッジファンド商品スペシャリストチームを統括したほか、Credit Suisse、Mirabaud、Man Groupにてヘッジファンド商品開発、ポートフォリオ運用、投資家対応業務等に従事。国際基督教大学教養学部卒業、スタンフォード大学経営大学院（SEP）修了。

Shohei Akiyama is Partner, a member of NSSK’s five-person Management Committee and is Head of NVP (NSSK Value-Up Program) and Business Support Team at NSSK. Shohei is responsible for value creation initiatives of NSSK’s portfolio companies and all the operation functions in NSSK’s Business Support Team (including accounting, tax, legal and compliance functions). Prior to assuming his current role, Shohei was a Director on the Investment Team and has been with NSSK since its founding. Before joining NSSK, Shohei was at JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd. in their Investment Banking Division. At J.P. Morgan, he was responsible for a number of major transactions for Japanese companies including cross-border M&A and global IPOs. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo (B.A.).

Sueann Yeo is a Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific Private Wealth Client Relations and Capital Raising, based in Singapore. Prior to joining EQT, Sueann was an Executive Director and Head of Alternative Investments (Southeast Asia) at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Sueann received a BBM with a major in Finance from Singapore Management University. She is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charter holder.

T.J. Kono joined Unison Capital in 2002. He has managed a number of investments in Japan since Unison’s first fund, then led Unison’s expansion to Korea as its founding member. Today, he serves as an Investment Committee member in both Japan and Korea. He has been involved in Unison’s investments in Drug Eleven (Japan), Mine-Mart (Japan), UCOM (Japan), Nexcon Technology (Korea), Gong cha (Korea)/Royal Tea Taiwan (Taiwan), and Minacia (Japan). In addition to investment role, he oversees Unison Group’s investor relations functions. Prior to Unison Capital, he worked at Merrill Lynch Japan.

Mr. Kono has a B.S/B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.

2021年10月にEQT入社。2021年10月にEQT入社。現在は、EQTのアジア地域プライベート・キャピタル事業であるBPEA EQTのパートナーを務める。

EQT入社前は、約10億米ドルのプライベートエクイティファンドを運用するJPインベストメントの創業メンバー兼マネージング・ディレクターを務めた。それ以前は、米系大手プライベートエクイティファンドであるTPGキャピタルに10年以上勤務し、日本代表も務めた。また、モルガン・スタンレーで投資銀行業務にも携わった。

ハーバード大学で学士号、ハーバード・ビジネス・スクールで経営学修士号を取得。

Tim Burroughs is managing editor of Asian Venture Capital Journal, having joined the publication in May 2011. He is responsible for all editorial content put out under the AVCJ brand, including Asian Venture Capital Journal, AVCJtv, AVCJ Awards and AVCJ.com. Tim previously spent five years at China Economic Review, serving as editor-in-chief and then editorial director. Located in Greater China since 2003, during which time he has lived in Beijing, Qingdao and Hong Kong, Tim has been a China-based contributor for publications including The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, BBC and China Daily. Prior to moving to China, he trained and worked as a journalist in the UK. He was honored at the Society of Publishers in Asia awards in 2007, 2008 and 2010, and at the State Street Institutional Press Awards - Asia in 2012.

Toby Rodes co-founded Kaname Capital in 2018 to bring deep fundamental analysis and engaged ownership to Japanese small caps, a deep pool of operationally capable companies with strong product focus that too frequently suffer a material valuation discount because of substandard governance practices.  Passive and conflicted ""allegiant"" shareholders have simply refused to hold boards accountable across the market cap spectrum for delivering on their potential ROE, a core reason for Japan's multi decade economic malaise.  Kaname aspires to be a thoughtful, involved, and long-term ""principal"" owner of quality businesses with substantial valuation rerating potential.  Prior to co-founding Kaname, Toby spent 12 years at Boston based institutional manager GMO in the Fundamental Active Team, where he managed roughly $4bn in both large and small cap equities in Japan.  His greatest professional interest has always been in the small cap discipline where his Japanese language skills and ability to create relationships with management teams led to an informational advantage.  His professional career started in the “Think Tank” trenches of Washington DC before moving to Japan from 1993 to 2004, first as a Rotary Japan Ambassadorial Scholar and later for graduate work at Keio University, Tokyo.  His investment career started in equity research at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Nikko Salomon Smith Barney in Tokyo where he led some high-profile IPOs but determined his calling was the buyside.  After ten years of living in Japan, he attended the Harvard Kennedy School in 2003 which served as an intellectual bridge to GMO.  He is presently spending half the year in Japan as well as serving on the Japan Society of Boston’s Board of Directors.

Toshihide joined T Capital Partners (formerly Tokio Marine Capital) in May 2025. He has over 20 years extensive experience covering financial sponsors, including private equity funds, to provide a broad range of advisory (TOB and curve-out etc.), financing (including IPO) and PE fund related products in investment banking. He founded and led the financial sponsor coverage team at Citigroup Global Markets Japan (formerly Nikko Citigroup) since 2005. Prior to joining T Capital, he was a Managing Director at Nomura International (London) to cover financial sponsors and trading houses to promote and lead cross-border deals after working at Nomura Securities (Tokyo) where he joined in 2017 as a sponsor coverage. He had been involved in a wide range of sectors; TMT, Business Services, C&R, Healthcare, Industrials and Financial Services.

Toshihide has a B.A in Law from Keio University.

Vincent Ng is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Asia, based in Hong Kong. He co-leads Partners Group’s overall business strategy and client engagement activities in Asia. Vincent has over two decades of experience in the finance industry and prior to joining Partners Group, he worked for 19 years as Partner and Head of Asia for Atlantic-Pacific Capital, Inc., which is one of the largest global, privately owned placement and advisory firms dedicated to raising capital for alternative investments. Vincent has also worked at Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance in Hong Kong and the London offices of Deloitte and Arthur Andersen. Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London and a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. He is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) in the United Kingdom, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®), and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA®). Vincent is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and board member of the English Schools Foundation (ESF)’s Endowment Fund and the charity, HandsOn Hong Kong. He is also an audit committee member of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) and was the former Vice President and board member of the CFA Society in Hong Kong.

Yizhe Chen is a Principal based in Tokyo. He has been involved in investments including Primo Japan, Wendy’s First Kitchen, C-United (formed through the merger of Kohikan, Chat Noir, and Café de CRIE), Wellness Communications, J-CEP, and Shin Nihon Jusetsu Group, particularly focusing on developing growth strategies, accelerating digital transformation, and leading acquisitions and global expansion. Prior to joining Longreach, Yizhe was a Manager at A.T. Kearney. Yizhe has a Master of Engineering from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from the London Business School.

Yutaro Saka joined JAFCO in 2012. His main investments include Money Forward, Chartwork, and WACUL. He was ranked No.2 in 2017 and No.9 in 2021 on the Forbes Japan's Midas List of most influential venture capital investors in Japan.

Other than investment operations, he has experience serving as CFO of a portfolio company and, as a member of the business development team, he has built the respective foundation of the current sales/marketing, HR, and back-office support operations. He has been Partner since June 2022.