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Associate Member
Michael Clemons
YouMeWe
Director of Institutional Investor Research in Japan & YouMeWe NPO Founder/ Mayor of Empower Village
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
I am an American residing in Tokyo, with 30 years of finance/investment banking experience in Asia, having worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Japan. I held various Chief Operating Officer roles over the years in both the financial sector as well as philanthropy institutions, I have broad experience in Equities, Human Resources, Strategy, Governance, Audit as well as Information Technology. (Disclaimer: All posts are the views of myself and not Institutional Investor.)
Having lived and worked in Japan over the last 30 years, I have dedicated the last 16 years working in philanthropy groups, the current role being a middle person between Investors and NPO sand Social Enterprises in relation to their funding requirements. Prior to this, I worked with Nomura International (Hong Kong), Barclays Capital (Japan), CLSA Credit Lyonnais Securities (Tokyo) and WestLB Securities Pacific, Ltd (Tokyo) where I assumed the roles of Chief Operating Officer/Operations Director.
I graduated from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree and speak fluent Japanese and conversant in Spanish.
Experience
Institutional Investor Research
Japan Director of Institutional Investor Research
May 2019 - Present (5 years 2 months)
Tokyo, Japan
Here at Institutional Investor, we firmly believe that IR is a value creator for companies. Good IR drives clarity of messaging and strategy, a two way dialogue with market experts, and accountability and transparency, whether that is related to financial results, or ESG.
YouMeWeNPO
Founder
January 2018 - Present (6 years 6 months)
Tokyo, Japan
Together, we can make a lasting impact on a child's life. We are a Tokyo-based non-profit organization with more than 10 years of experience building supporting relationships with local children's home (orphanages). Our NPO's primary mission is to help children growing up in institutionalized homes to become fully capable and financially independent young adults as they reach the age of 18 and prepare to leave the home -whether it is off to university, technical school, or to a new job.
私達は協力することにより、子供達の生活に永続的な効果を与えることができます。私達は地元の児童ホーム（児童養護施設）と１０年以上にわたり、良き協力関係を築き続けている経験を持つ東京起点の非営利団体です。私達の最初の使命は施設（制度化されたホーム）で育つ子供たちがホームを離れる１８歳になると同時に十分な能力を持ち、経済的に独立した若い成人になる手助けをすることです。それは大学へ行くことなのか、専門学校へ行くことなのか、または新しい仕事につくことなのか。
Associate Member
Makoto Fukuma
BRYCEN Co., Ltd.
Associate Member
Takashi Furukawa
U Tokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd.
Currently, Takashi Furukawa is managing partner of UTokyo IPC(Venture Capital), the Cabinet Office's SBIR Program Manager, and the Cabinet Office's Chairperson of the PM Liaison Committee, he is also a member of the Expert Committee of the Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology (START) at Japan Science and Technology Agency.
Takashi joined the Bank of Japan in 1995. From July 2000, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group for about two years before starting his own business. He has been involved in the management of venture companies. From 2007 to 2015, he served as a director at Industrial Growth Platform, Inc., where he was involved in hands-on management reform.
Since 2015, Takashi has served as Member of the Board of NEC Lighting Ltd., Corporate Officer of SanBio Co., Ltd. and President and Chairman of Innophys Co., Ltd.
Takashi graduated from the Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, and received a Master's degree from the Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo.
His interests include sailing, fishing from a yacht, and camping.
Associate Member
Hironobu Ishikawa
Osaka Steel Co., Ltd.
Hironobu Ishikawa has been a global business man for several decades representing Mitsui & Co. Ltd across the world. His previous roles include Executive Managing Director in EMEA from 2013, and Senior Executive Managing Officer of Mitsui & Co., Ltd from 2015. He is currently Advisor for Kansai Biomass Recycling Network Co., Ltd, Director Re-Gas Energy UK, Director Osaka Steel Co., Ltd, and International Senior Advisor, Kreab K.K. He still finds time to support the UK Ekiden, with valuable advice, strategy and introductions in Japan.
He founded Global Management Academy in collaboration with Harvard Business School in 2011 in order to develop young leaders and change agents in Mitsui and Co. and its business partners. He also initiated to establish Global Management Program in cooperation with London Business School in 2014. The both programs have been successfully developing talents with global leaderships. Recently he extended his support to Minerva University in establishing a new global rotation city in Tokyo.
Associate Member
Kazuhisa Matsumoto
Int'l Education Services
President, International Education Services
http://www.iesnet.co.jp
Kazuhisa Matsumoto graduated from Rikkyo University (Faculty of Economics) in 1995 and worked in the travel industry, mainly engaged in overseas travel and global events business for seven years.
In 2002, he joined International Education Services (IES). IES has been providing customized global education training programs, such as industry specific language training, cross cultural understanding seminars, business skills training, etc.to corporations, government agencies, and schools, taught by specialized native speaking foreign instructors since 1969.
Kazuhisa has worked in planning, sales, instructor management, and became president of IES in 2015.Kazuhisa believes that the training programs offered by IES go beyond just language instruction. They equip future global leaders with practical business skills that have been customized to their specific industries.
Associate Member
Yukihiro Ogasawara
Colliers Int'l Japan K.K.
Managing Director & Chairman
Colliers International Japan KK
In October 2020, Yukihiro Ogasawara was appointed Managing Director and Chairman of Colliers Japan where he has been responsible for accelerating the growth of Collier’s business in Japan and oversees the company operations in Tokyo and Osaka offices.
He brings across more than 40 years of expertise in recruiting teams; sourcing domestic and foreign capital; structuring finance deals; and overseeing the acquisition and management of office, hotel, residential and land developments.
He joins Colliers from CBRE, where he was Vice Chairman of Capital Markets and led a strategy to advise Japanese capital for investment into regional and global markets.
Prior to CBRE, he successfully developed and spearheaded the firm’s real estate sourcing and acquisitions business while leading its Osaka office as Senior Statutory Executive Officer Head of Real Estate Services at Ichigo Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
Prior to Ichigo, he forged an impressive career with Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. in both Japan and the United States, serving as General Manager of the International Business Department before transitioning to commercial real estate brokerage at Sumitomo Real Estate Sales and serving on the Board of Directors for Sumitomo Real Estate Investment Advisors Inc.
He has a Bachelor of Law degree from Waseda University.
