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YS Partners will provide various corporate strategy related advisory services including M&A, financing, business growth, profit enhancement, marketing, new business development and other related topics for blue chip companies and start-ups for global and domestic clients with specific focus on M&A

Sohei SUZUKI

Work Experience

May 2019 – present-Employed Consultant / YS Partners

Representative Director

Tokyo, Japan

Sep 2017 – Feb 2019 BayCurrent Consulting

Managing Director 

Tokyo, Japan

Apr 2006 – Mar 2016 MBK Partners

Managing Director, Representative Director/Co-head of Tokyo office (from Oct 2008)

Tokyo, Japan

Investment track record at MBK

Komeda(Nagoya) – Coffee shop franchise operator(closed Feb 2013 and full exit in Jul 2017)

Deal team leader and board member

Invoice(Tokyo) – Telephone bill aggregation service(closed Jan 2011 andexited inDec 2013)

Deal team leader and board member

Universal Studios Japan(Osaka) – Theme park operation(closed Apr 2009 and full exit inApr 2017)

Deal member at the beginning of the transaction

TASAKI (Kobe) – Luxury retail(closed Oct 2008 and exited at Jan 2015)

Deal team leader and board member

Yayoi (Tokyo)- IT software service(closed Sep 2007 and exited in Dec 2014)

Deal team leader and board member

May 2002 – Mar 2006 A.T. Kearney

Principal

Tokyo, Japan

Aug 1999 – Apr 2002 Goldman Sachs Japan

Associate – Private Client Services, Equities Division (renamed to Private Wealth Management

Tokyo, Japan

Apr 1994 – Jun 1998 Boston Consulting Group

Consultant

Tokyo, Japan

Educational Background

Sep 1998 – Jun 1999

INSEAD  MBA

 Fontainebleau, France

Apr 1990 – Mar 1994

The University of Tokyo BA Economics

Tokyo, Japan

Sep 1986 – Jun 1989

Hackley School

 Tarrytown, New York