Head of Operations, Marunouchi Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. // 丸の内イノベーションパートナーズ株式会社 経営管理本部長
Etsuko Kobayashi is a Head of Operations of MIP. She has over 15 years of experience in both front and back-office aspects of alternative investment space including private equity and venture capital.
Ms. Kobayashi started her career at Mitsubishi Corporation in 2004 in Alternative Investment Unit where she assisted Mitsubishi’s hedge fund portfolio operation. From 2009, she was engaged in managing Mitsubishi’s private equity and venture capital portfolio. In 2013, she was seconded to One Rock Capital Partners LLC, a US-focused buyout firm based in New York, where she was engaged in analysis and due diligence process of investment opportunities. Upon her return, she supported the operations of Mitsubishi’s private equity and other asset management platforms by facilitating collaboration between Mitsubishi’s business divisions and portfolio/target companies. In 2020, she was appointed as CFO of AIGF Advisors Pte. Ltd., an ASEAN small/mid-cap focused private equity firm based in Singapore, and oversaw its corporate administration and fund administration. Prior to joining MIP, she was engaged in managing the corporate venture capital investment program of Mitsubishi.
Ms. Kobayashi holds a B.A. in Policy Management from Keio University, Japan.