Leadership

Mr. Tanaka has been appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Japan Investment Corporation (JIC) as of September 25th, 2018.

Mr. Tanaka has extensive experience in the global banking and capital markets through his career as executive of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest financial conglomerate with $2.8tn of assets, and advisor of multiple companies. He has also been a member of government councils, panels and advisory groups.

He started his career by joining Mitsubishi Bank in 1977 and led executive officer teams including corporate banking and strategy planning divisions in Japan and the US. Prior to taking office as JIC’s CEO, he was Deputy President of MUFG, CEO for the Americas of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (currently known as MUFG Bank), and President and CEO of Union Bank (currently known as MUFG Union Bank). He also served as a board member of Morgan Stanley and senior global advisor of PwC International.

He has been Vice Chair of the Board of Councilors of the US–Japan Council since 2013. He also serves as a board member of two FinTech companies (Money Forward and QUOINE), and as advisor to the Hawaii-based Central Pacific Bank, Gojo & Company, and an executive coaching firm, Coach A.

Mr. Tanaka also serves as advisor to the Financial Services Agency of Japan, while having advisory roles in the following government panels: the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code; the Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code; the Panel of Experts on FinTech Startups; the Advisory Group on Supervisory Approaches; the Study Group on the Financial System under the Financial System Council; the Study Group on Supervisory Approaches to Lending Practices; the IoT Acceleration Lab; and the Study Group for Risk Capital Supply for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Mr. Tanaka holds a Master of Law (LLM) from the University of Michigan Law School and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Tokyo.

Mr. Kaneko has been appointed as the Deputy President of JIC as of September 25th, 2018.

Since 1981, Mr. Kaneko has built wide experience in healthcare business development/fundraising and investments in the US life science sector, as illustrated in the following career history. In addition, he has been involved in social activities as an advisor to encourage Japanese enterprises including startups to successfully develop their businesses in Japan and the global market.

Prior to assuming this role, he has been Managing Director of Skyline Ventures, the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing in product-focused healthcare companies. He concurrently serves as Independent Director of Arcus Biosciences and Outside Director of Nippon Paint Holdings.

Mr. Kaneko began his career at the biotech pioneer Genentech, Inc., where he contributed to business development and to marketing its first product, recombinant human growth hormone, as a project leader. After having worked for Paribas Capital Markets in Tokyo, he assisted US biopharmaceutical companies to go public or be acquired by a major player, including as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Tularik, Inc., and as a board member of LeukoSite Inc.

Mr. Kaneko has dedicated himself to social and philanthropic activities in Japan and the US. He has served as a member of the Panel of Experts on FinTech Startups by the Financial Services Agency of Japan, the Global Network Council by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Stanford Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Council.

Mr. Kaneko holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Keio University School of Medicine and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Hideaki Tsukuda has been appointed as the Executive Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of JIC as of September 25th, 2018.

With more than 25 years’ experience in organizational development, human resource management, and corporate governance, Mr. Tsukuda is one of the most influential advisors not just to the boards, CEOs, and top management teams of major Japanese companies but also to the government in fields such as Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes. He has received a lot of media exposure on topics such as board effectiveness and CEO succession.

Prior to joining JIC, he was Representative of the Japan Office and Partner of Egon Zehnder, the world’s leading executive search and leadership advisory firm. He led its Board Advisory and CEO practice group and provided advice on board evaluation, CEO succession, executive assessment and development, and non-executive director search to help clients achieve sustainable growth and an increase in shareholder value. Before that, he worked as a manager in the Human Resources Division and International Division of Sanwa Bank, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank) and as a consultant specializing in the financial service sector at the Tokyo Office of McLagan Partners Asia, Inc.

Mr. Tsukuda has also served as a member of the following councils established by the Financial Services Agency of Japan and jointly by the Agency and the Tokyo Stock Exchange: the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code; the Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code; and the Working Group on Financial Markets under the Financial System Council of the Financial Services Agency.

Mr. Tsukuda holds a Master of Sciences in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Tokyo.

Mr. Toya has been appointed as the Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of JIC as of September 25th, 2018.

Mr. Toya has more than 20 years’ experience in M&A and investment management with a successful track record that covers a variety of asset classes, including private equity and loans, public equities and bonds, REITs, credit default swaps, and physical assets. He has a deep knowledge of fund management and the global investor community, built through his experience of co-investments and corporate governance advocacy. He also advises the government on corporate governance, corporate disclosure, and other capital market-related issues. He is a founding member and steering committee member of Investor Forum Japan, an association of fund managers.

Prior to joining JIC, Mr. Toya was Managing Director and Tokyo Branch Manager at LIM Advisors, a Hong Kong-based multi-strategy investment fund. He made a significant contribution to LIM funds, culminating in three industry awards and 13 nominations.

Previously, he worked at Olympus Capital Holdings Asia, a private equity firm, where he played a leading role in the investment and management of portfolio companies in Japan. Before that, he worked for Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo, advising clients on M&A and corporate finance transactions in the financial, high tech, and transportation sectors, and the Japanese Ministry of Finance as policy officer for the national budget and price policy.

Mr. Toya has also served on various expert panels at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, including: the Corporate Reporting Lab; the ‘Competitiveness and Incentives for Sustainable Growth: Building Favorable Relationships between Companies and Investors’ project (known as the Ito Review); the Study Group for Ideal Approaches to Diversity Management (Diversity 2.0) as a Competitive Strategy; and the Forum for Integrated Corporate Disclosure and ESG Dialogue, Active Fund Manager Subcommittee.

Mr. Toya holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tokyo.

Bachelor of Engineering, Osaka City University,

Advisor of Financial Service Agency (JFSA)

Bachelors of Law, the University of Tokyo
MBA, Stanford University.

Bachelor of Liberal Arts, The University of Tokyo
Ph.D. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelors of Art, Stanford University
Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University

Member of Financial Policies Monitor

LL.B., The University of Tokyo
LL.M., The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
LL.M., Columbia University School of Law

Japanese CPA (No. 5942)
Bachelor of Commerce, Osaka City University