Management

Shinichiro Okada is a leading professional in IGPI’s infrastructure-related business, with extensive experience as an engineer, investment professional and turn-around manager at the government highway agency (NEXCO), Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation of New York, Accenture, and Macquarie Capital Securities. He also served as an Executive Officer at New Kansai International Airport Company. He is President and CEO of NankiShirahama Airport, Inc., Director at Japan PFI/PPP Association and Vice Chairman of All Japan Airport Terminal Association, Inc.
He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School (Fulbright Scholar), which included an MBA exchange to Rotterdam School of Management, and BS & MS degrees (Civil Engineering) from Kyoto University.

Takayoshi Kawakami focuses on strategy formulation and implementation as well as organizational reform and new business development. His main industrial coverage includes the media, information technologies and manufacturing. He is the CEO of IGPI Business Analytics & Intelligence, Inc., the CEO of Advanced Technology Acceleration Corporation (ATAC) and the CEO of Nagoya Institute of Technology Expansion Platform, Inc.(NITEP).
His prior experience includes sales in a leading trading house and labor union management as Vice Secretary-General. In addition, he was with General Electric where he engaged in sales, marketing, six sigma, and business development.
He graduated from Ritsumeikan University, College of Law.
Board Member, Japan Deep Learning Association (JDLA) , Research Advisor of The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , and Technical Committee Member of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

Naonori Kimura’s activities include numerous advisory services such as corporate strategies including breakthroughs, strategy shifts and re-growth initiatives. He has advised clients on business management streamlining, structural reforms, financial strategy, new business development, M&A strategies, and cost competitiveness. He is currently Chairman & President of IGPI (Shanghai) Ltd. and outside director of Molten Corporation, and LIFULL Co., Ltd. He is also Advisory board member of The Japan Times ESG consortium.
Prior to IGPI, he launched a venture business, worked with NCR Japan and later at Towers Perrin and Arthur D. Little Japan.
He graduated from Keio University, School of Economics, and holds an MBA from the University of Leicester and an MS in Finance from the Lancaster University. He also completed AMP in Harvard Business School.

Prior to joining IGPI as a founding member, Hisataka Kodama worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tokyo and in London, where he focused on business recovery and M&A advisory services. He left IGPI to be involved in establishing Nuclear Damage Compensation Facilitation Corporation (NDF), where he was responsible for special business plan development and its progress monitoring. After rejoining IGPI, his role includes, but is not limited to, strategy development, business turnarounds, and M&A advisory.
Mr. Kodama holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Keio University and completed London Business School CFP. Advisor to the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF).

After joining Cap Gemini and Coca Cola, Mr. Sakata joined Revamp Corporation where he managed projects on global expansion and turnaround in various sectors including F&B, healthcare, retail, IT, etc. After joining IGPI, Mr. Sakata has managed projects mainly on global expansion and cross border M&A in various sectors such as logistics, IT, telecom, retail, media, manufacturing, etc. In addition to his broad experience in implementing solutions that has been developed in Western countries, he has developed multiple methods to transform Asian companies with focus on setting a clear vision and employee empowerment. He has proven the practicability of these methods by transforming Asian companies not only as an advisor but also as a senior management.
He is an Executive Director of JBIC IG Partners, outside director of Datasection, Inc. and Fourth Valley Concierge Corporation.
He graduated from Waseda University Department of Political Science and Economics and IE Business School.

Makoto Shiono is a Partner/Managing Director at Industrial Growth Platform Inc. He is also an external director of beBit, Inc. He has been provided strategic consulting and M&A advice for a wide range of corporate and institutional clients in a variety of industries. He has 15 years of experience in private equity investments. He also serves on several government committees. He wrote books on Business, Laws and Artificial Intelligence published in Japan.
He received BA in Law from Keio University and earned master’s degree from the Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law.

After working at MUFG Bank, Masato Shimokawa engaged mainly in corporate turnaround on the restructuring team at EY Transaction Advisory Service. After joining IGPI, he has been involved in projects including restructuring department stores utilizing alternative dispute resolution on business revitalization, hands-on revitalization support for food manufacturing, wholesale and retail businesses, M&A advisory, and policy advisory for regional governments.
He is an outside director of MUFG Strategic Investment, Ltd.
He graduated from Waseda University’s School of Commerce.

While with Z-kai, Yahoo, and Tsutaya Online, Ms. Tanaka was engaged in strategic planning and new business development, business management, business division operations, etc. After joining IGPI, she has been involved in strategic planning, new business development, and execution support for industries such as information, communications and media, education, food manufacturing, etc. She has also been engaged in organization and personnel system design, and human resource development support, etc. aimed at strategy execution and sustainable growth.
She graduated from Nagoya City University’s School of Economics, and holds an MBA from the University of Wales.

Yukihiro Tahara is one of the founding partners of IGPI. He has led numerous projects to plan and execute reforms on sales and marketing mechanism for major consumer products companies. Prior to IGPI, he worked for IRCJ where he engaged in the Kanebo turnaround. He was also with CDI as Managing Director and led hands-on consulting cases that often extended long-term.
He holds Master of Aeronautic Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo.

After working at the Ministry of Defense on policy formulation, law revisions and upgrading the organization from agency to ministry, Akira Tamaki experienced consulting for government offices and for businesses including the finance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and real estate industries at Booz Allen Hamilton (PwC Consulting, Strategy& Consulting). He was engaged mainly in areas including growth strategy, business strategy, business improvement and cost reduction. After working in the strategic consulting department of an IT company, he joined IGPI. At IGPI, he has been engaged in formulating medium-term management plans and offering hands-on management support. Tamaki graduated from Kyoto University’s Faculty of Economics.

At KPMG AZSA, Koichiro Toyoda engaged in auditing and financial due diligence work centering on the manufacturing, energy and pharmaceutical industries. After joining IGPI, he has been involved in a wide range of management support business including self-investment, management plan formulation and hands-on execution support, operational reforms, new business development, M&A advisory, business and financial due diligence, and PMI for the manufacturing industry, information service industry, restaurant industry, retail industry, entertainment industry, internet and technology venture businesses, infrastructure areas and others.
He holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Tokyo and is a CPA.

Shinichi Nikkuni is a Partner at Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. and Managing Partner of NordicNinja VC (JB Nordic Ventures), leading deeptech investments in Nordics and Baltics. At McKinsey and IGPI, he was involved with various consulting projects in manufacturing, ICT, healthcare, and utility industries as well as deeptech startup investments. He once co-founded a cleantech startup based on research at the Department of Chemistry, the University of Cambridge. He also worked for the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry in Japan to compile the New Industrial Structure Vision towards the 2030s, and then joined the establishment of JBIC IG Partners and launched a VC fund named NordicNinja VC in 2019. He serves board seats of several portfolio companies of NordicNinja VC, and management advisor of Japanese Data Center for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
He received a BA in Law from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School.

Shunsuke Numata joined IGPI after working for Ernst & Young Advisory. He has a strong background, particularly in the manufacturing industry. He specialized in coaching and deploying improvement work within organizations, deploying “Gemba Kaizen” in the areas of product design and manufacturing strategy, operation optimization, and profitability improvement. At IGPI, his advisory skills and execution support specialize in short-term profitability recovery as well as mid/long-term global transformation of design and manufacturing processes which successfully reinforces competitiveness of various manufacturing companies. Also, he supports clients in establishing global operations especially in Asia.
He is currently Managing Director of Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation, Inc. (JPiX), Director of IGPI (Shanghai) Ltd., Outside director of MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., CEO of THERMIX CO., LTD., and Director of OTIS Co., Ltd.
He holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

While at Accenture, and later at IRCJ, Mr. Hamamura was engaged in a wide range of activities from business revitalization plan development to providing management support services, with a focus on the manufacturing industry. After joining IGPI, he has been involved in investments, M&A advisory, business revitalization plan development, hands-on execution support, etc. for many industries including manufacturing, information and communications, services, retail and wholesale, food services, etc.
He is Managing Director of Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation, Inc. (JPiX).
He has participated in the Regional Revitalization College Platform working group committee.
He graduated from Waseda University’s School of Education.

Tetsuya Hishida is one of the founding members of IGPI. He has extensive experience in energy-related issues and has served as member of various local government task force and committees. After working for Arthur Andersen (KPMG), he founded Gem Associates, where he currently serves as representative director. He is also an outside director of Only Corporation. He assumed a Director position at the same time as establishing IGPI.
He graduated from Tokyo University, Faculty of Law.

While in his previous profession as systems integrator, Takayuki Hirayama was engaged in supporting the introduction of product data management (PDM) and computer-aided design (CAD) as well as supporting the development and design for automobiles and construction machinery.
Since joining IGPI, he has been involved mainly in the formulation and execution of business strategies, development strategies (architecture construction, design reform, modularization, etc.) and production strategies chiefly for the automotive industry and heavy industry/machine manufacturers.
He specializes in organically connecting the engineering chain and the supply chain and in strengthening capabilities in ways that can demonstrate competitive advantage while taking into consideration the strategic, organizational and financial perspectives of growth and　turnaround.

Toshinari Furusawa was engaged in supporting reforms related to supply chain management at major consulting firms, with tasks including coming up with and introducing global expansion concepts for enterprise resource planning in the manufacturing industry, formulating plans to launch overseas factories and reforming global supply chains. At IGPI, he has promoted various reforms that enhance the competitiveness of manufacturers, including providing support in business, technology and production strategy planning and execution; implementing company-wide organizational reforms; executing business management reforms; formulating M&A strategies; and enhancing cost competitiveness for various manufacturers.
He serves as director of Advanced Technology Acceleration Corporation (ATAC) and director of Nagoya Institute of Technology Expansion Platform, Inc. (NITEP).
He graduated from Waseda University’s School of Education and completed his master’s degree at the University of Tokyo’s School of Science.

Jun Matsumoto has specialized in transportation and tourism industries at IGPI and has led various business growth and turnaround projects. He is the Group CEO of Michinori Holdings, Inc., and the President of Northern Iwate Transportation, Inc., and Michinori Hotels, Inc. He is also the Chairman of Fukushima Transportation, Inc., Shonan Monorail Co., Ltd. and Sado Steam Ship Co., Ltd., Director of Ibaraki Transportation Co., Ltd., Kanto Transportation, Inc., Aizu Bus Co., Ltd. He is the Representative Senior Managing Director of Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation, Inc. (JPiX). He was previously Managing Director at IRCJ, where he led turnaround projects for transportation companies and a department store. Prior to joining IRCJ, he managed investment activities at GMAC Japan.
He graduated from Sophia University, Faculty of Law.

Takashi Muraoka has led numerous cases on business revitalization as well as M&A and growth strategy formulation and implementation in China and other Asian markets.
He is outside director of Shin Nippon Koki Co., Ltd., Ikegai Corporation, and INCJ, Ltd. and a former Senior Adviser of Financial Services Agency.
He was Managing Director at IRCJ and led turnaround cases such as Mitsui Mining, Misawa Homes, Sankei and Daiei. Prior to IRCJ,
he dealt with M&A and project finance transactions at Sanwa Bank (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.) and covered the telecom industry at Morgan Stanley.
He holds an MBA degree from UCLA.

While with ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation, Ms. Mochizuki was engaged in statutory auditing and internal auditing for major listed companies, IPO preparation support, etc. After joining IGPI, with an emphasis on the manufacturing and internet media industries, she has been involved in management planning and execution support for revitalization and new business development projects, due diligence, M&A advisory, etc.
She serves as an Outside Director of Euglena Co., Ltd., Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and SmartHR, Inc.
She graduated from Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics, and is a certified public accountant.

Masahiko Ichie had led numerous finance and equity investment cases regarding business revitalization, growth strategy formulation as a managing executive officer at Development Bank of Japan Inc. He was president at Skymark Airlines Inc. from 2015 to 2020. He holds a BA of Law from Tokyo University.

At Takeda, Masato Iwasaki had achieved globalization through the transformation of the company’s head office functions, the renewal of the human resource system, and the acquisition of European and US companies such as Syrrx, Millennium, Nycomed, and Shire.
He has also driven cross-industry initiatives on social issues in Japan, including the social security system, DE&I, decarbonization, and digitalization in the life sciences.
Ph.D. in Medical Science, Juntendo University
Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Since joining Sumitomo Bank Ltd (current Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation), Toru Sawada had actively engaged in the Japanese financial crisis response after the collapse of the bubble economy at the bank's Crisis Management Department. He was also deeply involved in turnaround business such as business restructuring and supporting many large companies with deep relationships that were in difficult situations. Always as a top-runner in the field and a specialist by addressing serious bad debt issues, he additionally covered compliance matters including AML/CFT, corporate governance, and risk management framework, almost all the critical realm in the Bank. He has continued to stay hands-on, by leading a number of credit screening on the debt as well as large scale financing projects as a Senior Managing Executive Officer until the last minute he left the bank in 2023.
Toru graduated from the faculty of Law, Osaka University.

After Dr. Takao Someya earning his doctorate in engineering from the University of Tokyo, he served as Global Scholar at Princeton University, GlobalFoundaries Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore, Hans Fischer Senior Fellow at Technical University of Munich, Research Director at JST/ERATO, Dean of Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. Currently, he is Executive Director and Vice President (responsibility: start-up, value of knowledge) and Professor, the University of Tokyo, Chief Scientist and Team Leader at RIKEN, and the 2024 President of Materials Research Society (MRS) in the US.

Kazuhiko Toyama has started his career with BCG and later became one of the founding members of Corporate Directions, Inc. (CDI), a Tokyo-based independent management consulting firm, eventually becoming its CEO. In 2003, he was appointed to lead Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ), a government-backed restructuring fund, as COO. In 2007, when IRCJ was dissolved, he founded Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. (IGPI), and served as CEO until September, 2020. He graduated from Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo and holds an MBA from Stanford University. He has passed the Japanese National Bar Examination.

While at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Keita Nishiyama was engaged in various positions including Executive Managing Director of the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Secretary-General of the Taskforce for Management and Financial Investigation of TEPCO, Cabinet Secretariat, Deputy Director-General for the Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Member of the Board and Director Executive Office of TEPCO, and Director-General for the Commerce and Information Policy Bureau. He retired from Japanese civil service in July, 2020.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and from the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Course (PPE) at the University of Oxford.
He is Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Future Initiatives.

Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University

Senior Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo

Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego

President of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Chairman Emeritus, Hitachi, Ltd.

President, RIKEN
Professor, The University of Tokyo

Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan
Director of the Institute of Geoeconomics at International House of Japan

Professor, Management at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Chairman of the Board, JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation)
Special Advisor to the Cabinet of the Government of Japan

Professor Emeritus and Advisor, Tokyo University of the Arts

President, ONGAESHI Holdings
Honorary Member of the J. League, 5th Chairman

Tomoyuki Fukumoto is Professor, Osaka University of Economics from April 2021. Prior to the current position, he was Director General, International Department, Bank of Japan (BOJ). He worked for BOJ for 32 years. In particular, he has long experience on the research of China’s economy and BOJ’s China relations. He was First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy in China from 2000 to 2003 and Chief Representative of BOJ Beijing Office from 2012 to 2015.

He obtained BBL at Kyoto University in 1989. He studied mandarin and China’s economy at Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of International Trade and Economics from 1995 to 1997. He was a research fellow at the Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School from 2008 to 2009

Lawyer
Former Chairman, Tokyo Electric Power Company

Lawyer
Professor, Chuo Law School

Tetsuya Hishida is one of the founding members of IGPI. He has extensive experience in energy-related issues and has served as member of various local government task force and committees. After working for Arthur Andersen (KPMG), he founded Gem Associates, where he currently serves as representative director. He is also an outside director of Only Corporation. He assumed a Director position at the same time as establishing IGPI.
He graduated from Tokyo University, Faculty of Law.