Management Team
Kotaro Ishii Executive Partner
Experience:
Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
B.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo
Drawing on his extensive experience in a wide range of industries, Kotaro Ishii has developed highly effective consulting techniques and skills that have proven invaluable in the corporate makeovers with which he has been involved. In each and every project, Mr. Ishii has made a concerted effort to identify the company's strengths and unique assets in order to better implement the necessary reforms. This specialized approach has helped him to advise his clients on how to best adapt to a new corporate environment during the turnaround process. His many successes have been made possible through both his insight into the corporation's most basic business practices, organization and human resources, and his gift for implementing reform strategies.
Along with his expertise in formulating management policy directions and skill in creating a strategic vision throughout the mid- and long-term, Mr. Ishii has wide-ranging experience in the creation and implementation of sales strategies, product and business development, organizational reforms, and human resources development.
Shinichi Yamada Director and Partner
Experience:
Project leader, The Boston Consulting Group
B.S. and M.S. in Management Engineering,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Shinichi Yamada has overseen the successful implementation of numerous corporate makeovers involving reformulations of business systems, organizational and operational improvements, human resource management changes, and system reforms.
Mr. Yamada has extensive experience in projects involving a wide range of industries, including energy, IT/telecommunications, electronics, finance, trading, food products, food services, retail, metals, machinery, chemicals, real estate/housing, and apparel.
He also has expertise in the promotion of efficiency in overall strategy and organizational structure, operations management, human resources management, and information systems.
Takatomo Ajima Partner
Experience:
Consultant, Bain and Company (Tokyo and San Francisco)
B.A. in Sociology, Hitotsubashi University
Takatomo Ajima is a firm believer that the formulation and implementation of management strategies go hand in hand. To wit, without increasing the vitality of an organization and effecting a change in its mentality, there can be no strategy transformation or corporate change.
Mr. Ajima's experiences over a 20 year career in the consulting business have recently led him to projects helping public institutions. The increased pace of change that has occurred in recent years has created a need for public institutions to adjust their management practices and systems, especially in cases of semi- and full-privatization. His other areas of specialization include the medical and multimedia industries, and information and education services.
Kazuhiro Hatanaka Partner, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Experience:
Manager, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture)
B.S. in Applied Optics, Waseda University
M.S. in Engineering, Waseda University
Kazuhiro Hatanaka has conducted a large number of comprehensive studies related to the IT and information systems of his clients. These projects have involved a wide range of themes, from formulating a basic design for operational reform and information systems that is consistent with the company's management strategy, to evaluation of system vendors' packages, to system design and implementation. In recent years, he has become increasingly interested in projects that require overall reforms of operational and system functions in a company.
His previous experience includes machinery manufacturing, food products, trading, energy, medical/pharmaceuticals, apparel, telecommunications, and IT.
Masafumi Yokota Partner
Experience:
B.A. in Law, University of Tokyo
Member of the Japanese Bar Association
Masafumi Yokota has conducted numerous projects involving corporate and group company strategy formulation for companies with highly diversified business interests, as well as organizational reforms involving corporate governance and the spinning-off of subsidiaries. In recent years, his consulting has focused on the areas of business revitalization and M＆A.
Mr. Yokota has experience with a wide range of industries, and specializes in the medical and pharmaceutical fields. He also has extensive knowledge of the electronics, finance, trading and hotel businesses.
Katsumi Ogawa Partner
Experience:
Fuji Research Institute Corporation
B.A. in Economics, Nihon University
Katsumi Ogawa has consulted for a wide range of clients, including companies in the automobile, electronics, food, consumer goods, trading, IT, service, and data communication fields, as well as local governments. He has extensive experience in strategic audits, business strategy formulation, and formulation of basic plans for information systems and company-wide operation reforms tied with strategy implementation. In recent years, he has been involved in projects that require cross-cutting reforms of operations and systems functions in the manufacturing sector, spanning management administration, sales, design, production, distribution, organization, and human resources.
Nobuo Takubo Partner
Experience:
The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. (currently Shinsei Bank)
M.B.A., The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
B.E. in Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Nobuo Takubo has extensive experience in industries such as Finance (Bank, Life insurance, consumer finance and other non bank), Real estate (hotel, resort residences, office building and construction consulting), Buy out fund, Public sector, Manufacturers (electric components, auto components), Consumer products (baby care products and apparel) and System integrator. He has lead various projects in Strategy audit, Business due diligence, Redesign of corporate vision, Advisory of M＆A and strategic alliances, Establishment of corporate story for future IPO to support communications between clients and debt/equity holders.
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