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Partner/Managing Director, COO and Board Director

NORIAKI SAKAMOTO

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● At METI, Nori Sakamoto was engaged in developing the acts for SME finance and home appliance recycling. After leaving METI, he joined his family business in apparel logistics, establishing and organizing businesses.

● At McKinsey & Company, he worked on projects for pharma, medical devices, auto, high-tech, consumer goods and retail companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

● Noriaki served as a board member auditor in ACSL (listed in the TSE Mothers in December 2018) and Repertoire Genesis (acquired by Eurofins Scientific SE), and a board member in Neural Pocket (listed in the TSE Mothers in August 2020). JDSC Co., Ltd.(listed in the TSE Mothers in December 2021), Finatext Holdings Ltd.(listed in the TSE Mothers in December 2021), Institution for a Global Society Corporation(listed in the TSE Mothers in December 2021) and ELEMENTS, Inc.(listed in the TSE Mothers in December 2022).
Noriaki graduated from the Faculty of Economy of the University of Tokyo and entered METI.
He left METI in 2008 and was appointed vice president of a logistics company.
He then earned an MBA from Columbia University.
He was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company and then joined UTEC in August 2014.
He is currently General Manager of Planning Department of Japan Venture Capital Association (JVCA).

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