Partner/Managing Director, COO & Board Director, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC)
At METI, Nori Sakamoto was engaged in developing the acts for SME finance and home appliance recycling. After leaving METI, he joined his family busi-ness 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, support-ing Marketing & Sales, Supply Chain Management, R&D and M&A strategy for 4+ years.
Noriaki served as a board member auditor in ACSL (listed in the TSE Mothers in December 2018) and a board member in Neural Pocket (listed in the TSE Growth in August 2020). JDSC Co., Ltd.(listed in the TSE Growth in December 2021), Finatext Holdings Ltd.(listed in the TSE Growth in December 2021), and Institution for a Global Society Corporation(listed in the TSE Growth in December 2021).
Noriaki graduated from the Faculty of Economy from the University of Tokyo and entered METI.
He left METI in 2008 and was appointed vice president of a logistics company. He earned MBA from Columbia University. He was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company and then joined UTEC in August 2014.