Akiko leads the Advisory Service team, overseeing investment analysis and strategic consultation for Japanese asset owners. In addition, she actively conducts alternative investment research herself. She is involved in the firm's alternative fund planning. 

Akiko joined Nissay Asset Management (NAM) in 2025. She specializes in advising institutional clients on alternative asset portfolio construction and delivering deep insights into the evolving global investment landscape.

Prior to NAM, she spent 18 years at Daiwa Fund Consulting, where she served as Head of Research and senior fund analyst, establishing a strong track record in institutional research. Her extensive career in financial analysis includes key roles as a fund analyst at S&P, an economic researcher at a major Japanese securities firm, and an equity analyst at a leading asset management company.Currently, she is focusing on expanding NAM's comprehensive solutions in alternative investments across market cycles.

Certified Member Analyst (CMA), Securities Analysts Association of Japan. Bachelor of Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo

Isamu is a Partner and a member of the Client Service Team. He works closely with clients in the management of their portfolios, including providing assistance in the development and monitoring of their private equity programs. Additionally, he is actively involved in the portfolio construction and ongoing monitoring of the various fund of funds programs and separate accounts. Isamu is also involved in the development of consultant relationships.

Isamu spent 15 years with UBS Global Asset Management as a Managing Director and Head of Pension Funds Marketing. As a senior member of the Tokyo team, he was responsible for business development and relationship management of large institutional clients/consultants in Japan.

From 1990 to 1998, Isamu worked for LTCB, a Japanese bank for FX administration, corporate finance including company due diligence for loan lending, client relationship management and business development.

Isamu is a certificated member of the Securities Analyst Association of Japan (CMA).

Pamela is a partner and investment committee member for the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Solutions Team and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, Pamela was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company's corporate finance practice in Hong Kong, responsible for investment opportunity identification, deal advisory, merger management and strategy development. Previously, she was a management consultant with Monitor Group, specializing in marketing strategy for clients across Asia, and a member of the corporate finance team with Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong. Pamela has a Law degree (first class honors) from the University of Hong Kong and an M.B.A. with honors in finance and management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Peter Kim is a Partner, member of the Executive Committee, and Head of APAC, based in Hong Kong. He has played a key role in building and leading the firm’s Asia Pacific presence and serves on the firm’s global Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Coller Capital’s investment team in London in 2009, Peter worked in the Healthcare Investment Banking team at Merrill Lynch. Previously, he worked in the Real Estate, Corporate Securitisation and Infrastructure Finance team at Barclays Capital in London.

Peter holds a BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London and an MPhil in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge.

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.

He is CEO of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment Co., LTD., and Board of Directors of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust (Hong Kong) Limited. He has over 20 years of experience in the private equity industry and has been deeply involved in all phases of the firm’s business development regarding Private Equity since 2000. Today, He directs the group’s PE/Infrastructure strategy, investment decisions, and client relationships, in addition to overseeing the group’s continued expansion into new product areas in the asset management business. Before he engaged in PE Business, he was a professional at the merger and acquisition advisory team in Tokyo and London. He graduated from Osaka University, Faculty of Economics in 1988 and joined The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co.

Yayoi Ariga has over 25 years of alternative investment experience for both balance sheet and 3rd party accounts. Since 2010, she has been leading Alternatives Investment platform at MetLife Insurance K.K. Japan where responsible for its principal investments in Private Equity, Real Estate and Credit space. Prior, she was a Vice President at AIG Japan, led distress investments on behalf of its underlying insurance companies, Alico Japan (current: MetLife Japan) and AIG Star/AIG Edison (current: Prudential). Prior, she was a Portfolio Manager at Resona Bank's Pension Fund Management Division, whose responsibility included Manager selection, execution and monitoring for Private Equity, Real Estate and Hedge Funds on behalf of her pension plan clients. She started her career at Resona Bank (former Daiwa Bank)'s International Treasury Division where engaged in FX trading, back/ middle office operation, risk management as well as Int’l business development at its Tokyo, Osaka and London office. She is also a Public Accountant of US, certified in Illinois.

Yuka Hata is a Senior Managing Director and heads Fund Investment Team at Japan Investment Corporation (“JIC”).

Ms. Hata joined JIC in July 2020 in order to build and support Japan’ private equity / venture capital ecosystem as well as to provide the risk capital with the investment funds which bring Japan’s industry to the next stage. Prior to joining JIC, as a co-head of private equity, Ms. Hata worked for Nissay Asset Management where she was mainly responsible for European small-mid buyout, GP stake investments, secondary and Japan’s VC funds. She also worked for Nomura Asset Management (or Nomura Private Equity Capital) and managed fund of funds focused on Asia market as a member of Investment Committee.

Ms. Hata is a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan., and received a B.A. in Environmental Information from Keio University and an M.B.A. from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales-HEC in Paris.

Aiko Adachi joined HarbourVest in 2013 and plays a key role in business development and client relations in Japan.

Prior to HarbourVest, Aiko was with Advent International in Tokyo, where she oversaw investor relations initiatives for the Limited Partner Support team. She started her career at ITOCHU Corporation. Aiko has about 20 years of experience in alternative investment area.

Aiko holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Sophia University in Japan. During her studies, she completed a semester abroad at Royal Holloway, University of London.

現在は大和アセットマネジメント取締役常務執行役員 運用副本部長としてファンドマネジメント業務に従事する。

また2023年から国立大学法人東北大学の資金運用基盤の高度化の支援にも従事し、東北大学特任教授（客員）兼参与（投資戦略顧問）を兼職。

2024年10月大和アセットマネジメント入社以前は、かんぽ生命保険にてオルタナティブとクレジット投資の統括に従事。それ以前は、三井住友アセットマネジメント（現：三井住友DSアセットマネジメント）にてオルタナティブやクレジット投資に関する海外の運用機関・ファンドのソーシングやプロダクトマネジメントに従事、またシンガポール現地法人の立ち上げにCOOとして携わる。またキャリア初期は第一生命保険相互会社にてクレジット投資、アセットアロケーション、オルタナティブを含むファンド投資業務等に従事。

1989年一橋大学経済学部卒

1987年第一生命保険相互会社（現第一ライフグループ）入社

1990年より一般勘定の株式運用（アジア株、日本株、欧米株）に従事。アジア株では香港、シンガポールの現地法人で運用を行なう。

2006年より特別勘定のポートフォリオマネジャーを経て年金顧客向けの運用コンサルティング業務に携わる。

2014年DIC企業年金基金に入社

2019年より現職

Tatsuya Kubo joined the Firm in 2010 and focuses on enhancing and building relationships with institutional investors and general partners in Japan. Tatsuya serves on the advisory board of partnerships managed by Unison Capital Partners.

Tatsuya 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. Tatsuya is a native Japanese speaker.

Ali Raissi-Dehkordy serves as the global co-head of the Petershill business, an $18 billion GP stakes investor. Petershill is the earliest and a leading GP Stakes investor since its founding in 2007. As a partner at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which manages $3.6 trillion in assets, Ali serves as the global co-head of the Petershill business, and Chair of the GP Stakes Investment Committee. 

Ali directs investments in both leading private-market and public-market managers. This includes management company investments through the Petershill GP Stakes program and support for earlier-stage private-market managers through the Petershill Early Stage program. With over 19 years of experience in the GP Stakes Industry, Ali has led and overseen more than 50 GP stakes investments, shaping the growth of the GP Stakes industry since Petershill’s founding 19 years ago.

Today, Petershill holds GP stakes in highly regarded specialist Alternatives Asset Management Companies, collectively managing around $500 billion in industry AUM or close to 5% of Alternatives AUM.

Managing Partner, Co-Head of Japan, joined CVC in 2015. Atsushi is based in Tokyo and leads our private equity activities in Japan. He is a member of the Asia Private Equity Board and the Asia Executive Committee, a sub-committee of the APEB that oversees and drives our investment activity in the region. Prior to joining CVC, he spent over eleven years at Advantage Partners as a Senior Partner, he led Management and Leveraged BuyOut transactions. Prior to this, he worked for McKinsey & Co., Tokyo, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Atsushi holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Colorado School of Mines, a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from The University of Tokyo.

Ben Hart is a senior managing director and head of Evercore’s Asia Private Capital Advisory division. He is based in Singapore.

Mr. Hart has more than 20 years of experience in private markets fundraising, institutional investor relations, capital formation and business development across the Asia-Pacific region. He previously served as partner and head of investor relations (Asia) at Adams Street Partners, where he led the firm’s business development and client-service efforts across institutional and private wealth channels.

Bunsho leads the firm’s Private Equity practice in Japan, where he supports private equity funds and principal investors across the full investment lifecycle. He also leads our Japan Mergers & Acquisitions practice, helping clients to develop their M&A strategy and due dilligence execution.

He has over 15 years of experience in the M&A field and extensive knowledge and experience in corporate and business-unit strategy development, cross-border M&A support—both buy-side and sell-side—and portfolio value, including organisational transformation.

Prior to joining Bain, Bunsho was a partner at another top global consulting firm and at Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in law from Keio University.

Clara Tan is the Head of North Asia for the Private Wealth Alternatives business in APAC. Based in Hong Kong, she leads the strategic development and execution of alternative investment solutions for private wealth clients across North Asia. In her role, Clara partners closely with JPM client advisors to deliver J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Alternatives solutions and expertise, driving business growth within the private wealth channel across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Clara brings extensive experience in managing strategic client relationships across a diverse range of channels, including banks, wealth managers, consultants, and platforms. She excels at translating capital market insights into actionable investment strategies and forging product partnership. Clara holds a double degree in Business Administration and Economics from the National University of Singapore.

Colin Dunne is a Partner based in the Singapore office. He leads the Singapore team in making, monitoring and exiting investments and sits on the Boards of Directors and Executive Committees of several Navis portolio companies. Colin is also a member of the Navis investment commitee.

Prior to joining Navis, Colin was an investment professional at Warburg Pincus. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking and in operations as an engineer. Colin graduated from University of Galway with a Bachelor of Engineering and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Joined Bluepass Capital in February 2026 as CEO and Partner. Prior to Bluepass Capital, was engaged in the private equity business at Sunrise Capital from September 2006 to January 2026, focusing primarily on B2C investments including Qu'il Fait Bon, Dears Brain, AB&Company, Baroque Japan Limited, and House Partner Holdings, driving growth through new store openings, roll-up strategy, e-commerce enhancement, and new business development. AB&Company achieved an IPO during the holding period. At Sunrise Capital, was involved across the full investment cycle, from sourcing and execution to value creation and exit.

Prior to Sunrise Capital, was engaged in the Corporate Planning Department of Mabuchi Motor from 2004; in business restructuring consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2001; and in corporate finance at the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan from 1997. B.A. in Agriculture from Kyoto University.

Jim Verbeeten leads Bain & Company’s Private Equity and Financial Investor practice in Tokyo. He has more than 20 years of management consulting experience. Jim advises private equity clients on commercial due diligence assignments in a variety of industries and has supported clients with fund strategy and performance improvement of their portfolio companies. Jim also leads the development of Bain’s annual Japan Private Equity report. He first joined Bain's Amsterdam office in 1999 and has worked in Europe, North America and Asia. He has been based out of the Tokyo office since 2007.

Mr. Johnathan Seeg, Managing Director, is Global Co-Head of BlackRock Private Equity Partners (“PEP”) within Private Financing Solutions (“PFS”). With over 30 years of Private Equity experience, he is a member of BlackRock's Global Operating Committee, PEP's Management Committee, Investment Committee and Executive Investment Committee. 

Mr. Seeg’s service with the firm dates back to 1999, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (“MLIM”), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. During his tenure at PEP, Mr. Seeg was the head of PEP’s London office and responsible for private equity investments across EMEA as well as regional business development. He was also previously a member of the EMEA Executive Committee for BlackRock Alternatives. From 2003 until 2007, Mr. Seeg was based in the US as a principal on the investment team of PEP and managed the team's product strategy and investor relations activities in the Americas. 

Before joining MLIM in 2003, Mr. Seeg was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch where he held several roles in wealth management, corporate strategy and venture capital investments. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1999, Mr. Seeg was an Associate at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in global equities research.

Mr. Seeg earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also attended the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he completed the Advanced Management Program.

Jumpei Ogura is a Partner and Co-Head of the Carlyle Japan Advisory team. He is based in Tokyo. 

Since joining the firm in 2006, Mr. Ogura has led on several Carlyle deals, including ARUHI Corporation, Simplex Inc., Walbro Co., Ltd., Money Square Holdings, Inc., Chimney Co., Ltd. and Tsubaki Nakashima Co., Ltd, contributing to value creation. He currently serves as a board member of KANAMEL Inc. (former AOI TYO Holdings Inc.), Uzabase, Inc., kaonavi, inc. and TRYT Inc. 

Prior to joining Carlyle in 2006, Mr. Ogura was an Associate Director at UBS Investment Bank Tokyo in the Financial Institutions Group. During his career, he spent two years in the New York office focusing on bank and asset manager transactions. 

Mr. Ogura received his BA from Keio University. He completed Stanford Executive Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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.

Kathy has over thirty years of investment and acquisition experience most recently during her tenure at Standard Industries (“Standard”) and 40 North Management (“40 North”) and Evercore Partners (“Evercore”).

Kathy joined Standard and 40 North in 2016 as Head of Strategy and Development and a member of the executive leadership team.  At Standard, a privately held global industrial company with a diverse portfolio of building materials assets, Kathy lead strategic development and investment initiatives. She was involved in public and private investments totaling more than $10 billion in enterprise value, spanning early- to late-stage opportunities across multiple sectors, including Braas Monier, W.R. Grace, Clariant, and Hover.

Prior to joining Standard, Kathy spent eighteen years at Evercore, where she served as Senior Managing Director at both the firm and its private equity platform, Evercore Capital Partners. She was a general partner of the private equity funds and later became Chief Operating Officer of Evercore’s investment businesses, encompassing private equity, asset management, and wealth management. She also led Evercore’s international joint ventures in Asia. Kathy was involved with private equity investments including Fidelity Information Services (FIS), Sedgwick, Bollinger, and Causeway Capital. In addition, Kathy helped launch Evercore’s Women’s Forum, an initiative dedicated to fostering leadership, development and advancement opportunities for women across the firm.

Earlier in her career, Kathy served as a buy-side equity analyst at Sanford Bernstein and a consultant at Bain & Co.

Kathy holds a B.A. degree from Duke University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth.

Kengo brings over two decades of experience to the venture capital industry. He joined Beyond Next Ventures as a Co-Founding Partner in 2015 and was appointed Managing Director in 2023. In his role, he oversees both fund management and corporate operations while also leading the firm’s investment activities. Kengo has built a strong track record, including notable exits such as SUSMED and QD Laser, both of which he led to successful IPOs.

He began his career at JAFCO in 2003, where he gained extensive experience in investment execution as well as finance and administrative operations.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Chuo University.

Kevin Kester is a Partner at Siguler Guff and a Co-Head of the Firm's Small Business Investments. He is also the Co-Portfolio Manager of the Small Buyout Opportunities Funds (“SBOF”). He has served on the Investment Committee since inception. Mr. Kester joined Siguler Guff in 2004 and founded the SBOF program - developing the strategy and leading the investment team since that time. Beginning with the launch of SBOF I in 2006, Mr. Kester has raised and led the investment of five Small Buyout Opportunities Funds and numerous separate accounts, totaling over $7 billion, into U.S. small and lower middle market businesses.

Previously, Mr. Kester spent eight years in the investment division of Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (“Colorado PERA”). Mr. Kester held various positions at Colorado PERA, including Senior Portfolio Manager of Real Estate and Director of Alternative Investments where he had overall management responsibility for a $4.5 billion global portfolio of private equity, venture capital, distressed debt, mezzanine, energy and timber investments. During his tenure at Colorado PERA, Mr. Kester served as a founding member of the Board of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”).

Mr. Kester holds a B.A. in Government from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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.

As lead portfolio manager for the Venture Growth Evergreen (“VGE”) strategy, Mike is responsible for overall portfolio construction and allocation of capital across direct growth and venture investments, secondaries, and select fund investments. He also oversees risk management, liquidity management, and cash flow forecasting for the evergreen fund.

Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2025 Mike was a portfolio manager at Bow River Capital, where he co-founded and scaled their evergreen private markets platform while overseeing the fund’s investment activity across multiple private markets asset classes. Prior to Bow River, he was a portfolio manager at Partners Group where he was responsible for portfolio construction and asset allocation for evergreen products and custom separate account mandates. He started his investment career at wealth-focused listed private equity firm Red Rocks Capital.

Mike graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in finance, and he is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.

Michelle Cheh is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Hong Kong office, focusing on Private Funds and Funds Transactions. She has extensive experience in advising on both fund formation and secondary transactions in the Asia-Pacific region. She advises sponsors on the formation and structuring of private investment funds across numerous asset classes, including private equity, private credit and real estate. Her practice also focuses on GP-led and LP-led secondaries and liquidity solution transactions including continuation funds, LP portfolio sales, stapled secondary offerings, fund recapitalizations and restructurings and management team spin-outs.

Mr. Muse is one of two Managing Partners of Navis and an Investment Committee member. At Navis, Mr. Muse leads investment teams in making, monitoring and exiting investments and sits on the boards and/or executive committees of several Navis portfolio companies. He has been active in many of Navis’ investments in consumer goods, food, business services, industrial goods and services.

Mr. Muse co-founded Navis in 1998 with Mr. Bloy and Mr. Foyston, with whom he worked while at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). At BCG, he worked in Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, where he gained experience in a number of industries including consumer goods, retail, oil and gas, distribution, primary resources and more. He started his career with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1985 in New York and Hong Kong.

Mr. Muse has been a resident in Asia since 1993, having been raised and educated in the US. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Hons degree from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sarraf is a Managing Director on the Investment Team at Hunter Point Capital and serves as Co-Head of GP Stakes.

Prior to joining HPC, Mr. Sarraf served as a corporate associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions and gained extensive experience leading GP stakes transactions.

Mr. Sarraf earned his B.A. in History from George Washington University, his J.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Law and his M.B.A. from the University at Buffalo School of Management.

Roy Kim is a Partner of TPG NewQuest, based in Hong Kong. Roy joined TPG NewQuest in 2024 and is responsible for the sourcing, execution, and portfolio management of investments across Developed Asia markets. Prior to joining TPG NewQuest, Roy was a Managing Director in CPPIB’s Private Equity Asia group. In that role, Roy helped lead the firm’s private equity investments in APAC across primary fund commitments, co-investments, and secondary investments. He also served on CPPIB’s Asia PE Investment Committee. Prior to that, Roy held various investment roles, covering multiple alternative asset classes at BlackRock’s Alternative Solutions Group, and global PE Secondaries at HarbourVest Partners. Roy started his career in Healthcare M&A at Lazard. Roy received an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. from Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

Satoshi Fukushima joined GLOBIS in April 2014. Prior to that, he worked at Deutsche Securities Inc., where he engaged in various M&A advisory and financing transactions. He received a BA in economics from the University of Tokyo.

Saurabh Chatterjee is a Managing Director at ChrysCapital where he manages the Fundraising and LP Relations functions, and is also a voting member of the firm’s investment committee. Prior to joining ChrysCapital in 2016, he was with Providence Equity Partners’ investment team in their New Delhi Office. Before Providence, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group and CIVC Partners, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm. Saurabh received an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from Carleton College.

Since July 2019, he has served as a Vice Chairman of CT Bright Holdings, a wholly owned investment subsidiary of C.P. Group, where he coordinates investment activities and strategic partnerships for the Chairman’s office across C.P. Group companies. He has also served as a Senior Advisor to C.P. Group Chairman Soopakij Chearavanont since July 2018.   From June 2017 to June 2018, he was managing partner of R3 Capital Partners. From September 2011 to May 2017, Mr. Glodek was a Deputy CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and a Director of the Russia China Investment Fund (RCIF), where he coordinated investment activity and a number of key strategic partnerships with Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds across the world to invest in Russia and selectively in China.   Prior to RDIF, Mr. Glodek was based in Warsaw, Poland where he led a regional office of Darby Private Equity, a wholly owned private markets investment arm of Franklin Templeton and in Germany where he co-founded surplex.com, an industrial equipment internet trading platform. Earlier in his career, Mr. Glodek worked at a private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in both New York and London and as an M&A investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers in New York. Mr. Glodek received a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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 Partners, 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.
 

Suzanne Gauron is a Managing Director at General Atlantic and leads Capital Solutions for Growth Equity. Before joining General Atlantic in 2025, Suzanne was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, where she worked for over 20 years. Most recently, she was the Head of Private Equity Capital Solutions in GS Asset Management. Suzanne serves on the Investment Committee of Bozeman Health. Suzanne received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Responsible for investments including Credge, United Cinemas, Ray Cassin, Net Protections, Kuraya, Nareru Group, Qit, WATCHNIAN GROUP. Supported portfolio companies in consumer goods, IT, and HR/Staffing sectors in achieving topline growth through enhanced marketing, merchandizing, and e-commerce, as well as driving non-liner growth of the business through industry consolidation by add-on acquisitions and new business development.For Net Protections, provided sales support, including the top-management sales calls, to acquire big accounts and IPO preparation support to establish sophisticated management control systems, while respecting the unique corporate culture of the high-growth later-stage venture. Prior to joining Advantage Partners, engaged in the private equity business at Orix. B.A. in Economics from Keio University.

Mr. Ishihara currently serves as the deal leader for Kensetsu-Park Co., Ltd and a deal member for HOKUTO Co., Ltd. in Sunrise IV. Previously, he also served as the deal leader (previously also interim representative director) for Uni-Mate, Inc. in Sunrise III. Prior to joining the Sunrise team in March 2017, he was most recently with Lincoln International Inc. as a Managing Director, where he led the origination and execution of various domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, engaged in extensive due diligence activities as well as prepared legal/IR documentations. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc., Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd., and Okasan Securities Ltd., respectively. Mr. Ishihara holds a B.A. in Economics from Yokohama National University and a M.S. in Administrative Studies from Boston University. 

Tetsu Onitsuka joined EQT Partners in October 2021 and is a partner in the EQT Private Capital Asia team.
Prior to joining EQT, Tetsu was a founding member and Managing Director of Japan Post Investment Corporation, which managed approximately USD 1 billion in private equity funds. Prior to Japan Post Investment, he worked at TPG Capital for over ten years, ultimately running TPG’s Japan business. He also previously worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in Tokyo.
 
Tetsu received a Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from Harvard College, and a Master of Business Administration with High Distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School.

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.

Tomohide Handa joined Advent in 2026 and is a Partner / Managing Director and Head of Japan, leading our Tokyo office. He advises on investments in the consumer and healthcare sectors. Tomohide has advised on eight investments during his career across the Business financial services, consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors.

Prior to joining Advent, Tomohide was a Partner and member of the investment committee at D Capital.

Tomohide received a Bachelor of Law from Keio University, Tokyo. 

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.

Edward (“Ward”) Young is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Strategic Partners. Mr. Young serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone GP Stakes, focusing on the acquisition of minority ownership interests in private-market alternative asset management firms. Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Young spent more than 12 years at The Carlyle Group, where he focused on investments in the Infrastructure and Power sectors. Before joining Carlyle, he began his career at UBS Investment Bank. Mr. Young received an A.B. in History and Political Science from Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude with high honors and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

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, Asproad Holdings (ex-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.

L キャタルトン入社以前は、中堅中小企業への投資にフォーカスした国内独立系投資ファンドJ-STARにて、コンシューマーや人材サービス業界を中心に投資業務ならびにバリューアップ業務に従事。それ以前は、欧州系投資ファンドのCVCキャピタルパートナーズの東京オフィスにて投資業務に従事。大学卒業後は、野村證券の投資銀行部門にて主に商社・投資ファンドに対して、M&AアドバイザリーやIPO支援を実施

 学歴

 London Business SchoolでMBAを取得。慶應義塾大学で学士号（経済）を取得

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.