JVPF - Key Persons
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- Member of the Board
- Vice President
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- Board Member / Managing Director, CVC Asia Pacific Japan K.K.
- Member of CVC Operations
Managing Director, joined CVC in 2016. Daisuke is a member of CVC Operations team in Asia and is based in Tokyo. Prior to joining CVC, he spent over fourteen years at The Carlyle Group as a Director, leading Management and Leveraged Buy-Out transactions. Prior to that, he worked for the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund.
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- Director, SIP
- Member of Selection Committee
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- Researcher, Social Investment Promotion Office, NF）
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- Member of the Group
- Director, SIP
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- Board Member / Member of JVPF Working Group / CEO, SIIF
- Member of Selection Committee
- Team Leader, Social Innovation Promotion Team, Management Support Group, NF
Joined the Nippon Foundation and involved in many support projects for NPOs. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, engaged in the disaster reconstruction supp ort team as Chief Mana ger at the Foundation. Afterwards, involved in research and pilot model projects to spread imp act investment in Japan. Current position since 2017.
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- Member of the Group
- Associate Director, Social Finance Unit, NF
- Member of JVPF Working Group, Secretarial / Executive Director, SIIF
One of' the founders of Japan Venture Philanthropy Fund, Japan' s first venture philanthropy fund.
Led various social impact investment initiatives, such as Japan' s first Social Imp act Bond pilot project. Engaged in GSG National Advisory Board as secretariat. Current position since 2017 .
Sakae made a career shift in January 2019 to dedicate 50% of his time to support NPOs and social enterprises, and another 50% to support corporations as a management consultant. Since July 2019 he assumed the role of Representative Director and CEO of SIP full time. Prior to making this shift, he led growth and value creation efforts at KKR investments as the Managing Director of KKR Capstone in Japan from 2013 to 2018. His career also includes experiences serving manufacturing clients as a Partner of McKinsey & Company, supporting pharmaceutical and healthcare businesses at ZS Associates, providing innovative transaction IT infrastructure for the air cargo industry at Global Freight Exchange, and also leading the on-line sales department at Gateway Japan. He holds a PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, and a BA from Reed College.
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- Member of JVPF Working Group, Secretarial / Executive Director, SIP
Through her 17-years at both Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) and Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America) groups, Sayoko built her career in back, middle and front office roles in the Fixed Income division. She then joined Nomura Securities after a career break to pursuit higher studies. At Nomura she played key roles in global projects and as a manager of middle office teams in Operations division, and was also actively engaged in employee volunteer network activities and organizational development initiatives as a strong supporter of diversity. Her interest towards social impact investment, which she came to know during her time in graduate school, remained strong and led her to join SIP in April 2019. She holds MA from Sussex University, Institute of Development Studies (IDS).
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- Executive Director, NF )
- Member of Selection Committee
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- Member of the Group
- Board Member / Member of JVPF Working Group / Co - CEO, Phronesis Partners
- CEO, SIP
- Member of Selection Committee
Tomoya is a private equity veteran started his career in 1980's. Based on "Growth Investment Approach" that aim to realize potential of investee companies to achieve sustainable growth, he has broad investment track records in Japan, the US and Asian countries. After served as CIO of buyout investment at JAFCO, he was the head of Japan office, Permira until 2009. He dedicated himself to support regional businesses after Great East Japan Earthquake and he established Social Investment Partners (SIP), the first full-scale venture philanthropy organization in Japan in 2012 to provide financial and managerial support to social businesses. In 2014, he became Co-CEO, Phronesis Partners, buyout investment firm focusing small cap companies in Japan. A member of selection committee, Japan Venture Philanthropy Fund (JVPF). A member of national advisory board of G8 Impact Investment Task Force. A board member, NPO After-School. A bachelor of law, Hitotsubashi University in 1986.
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- Director, SIP
- Member of Selection Committee
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- Member of the Group
- Managing （Director / Secretariat Head, SIP
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- Member of JVPF Working Group, Secretarial / SIIF
Yuko Koshiba is Impact Officer at Japan Social Impact Investment Foundation (SIIF). Her work involves impact management, venture philanthropy, and advocacy of impact investment. Prior to joining SIIF, she completed a two-year financial leadership program at GE and then worked in commercial finance at the Energy division at GE. She studied international development at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University where she worked at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Open Society Foundations as M&E consultant.