After graduating from Waseda University, he joined a think tank-based consulting firm in 1989, where he worked for more than 30 years in the consulting business. In 2012, he became a managing director of a Korean conglomerate, where he managed global companies at the Seoul headquarters. After returning to Japan in 2014, he worked for a think tank-based consulting firm before joining KPMG Consulting in 2020. He has been involved in many management reforms, strategy formulation, business development, operational reforms, M&A, and alliance support for companies in the social infrastructure domain including real estate, construction, housing, and urban development in the 1990s; railroads and logistics in the 2000s; and energy in the 2010s. At KPMG, he is in charge of the infrastructure industry (roads, railroads, airlines/airports, shipping), and promotes strategic consulting, business structure reform, business model reform, DX, and business development for domestic and overseas social infrastructure-related companies. He launched a smart city team in the fall of 2020, leading the promotion of local government smart cities and support for the commercialization of related companies. Since 2024, he has led the Advanced Innovative Technology team, driving enterprise transformation through AI and emerging technologies. Also serves as a member of KPMG Mobility Research Institute. Qualifications: Professional Engineer (Civil Engineering, Urban & Regional Planning)
Responsible domain:
- Strategy formulation and business reform including management strategies, growth strategies, and new business concepts for infrastructure-related companies (roads, railroads, marine transportation, airports, and airlines).
- Corporate strategies including profitability enhancement such as cost reduction, and business portfolio strategy.
- Support for concept and strategy formulation, demonstration experiment and implementation, and consideration and establishment of operational entities for municipalities promoting smart cities and companies aiming to expand smart city business.
- Support for corporate transformation using AI and emerging technologies (such as quantum, robotics, and braintech)