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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