Miwa Suto

I believe I have a rather unique career within the conservative Japanese business environment. I started my career as a biochemist at Tokyo University, but decided to pursue my career in the economic world, and after working at an advertisement agency as a marketing planner, became a Certified Public Accountant. After working at Arthur Andersen and gaining experience in the finance area, I extended this career as a venture capitalist at Schroder Ventures, then joined Bain & Company, a worldwide management Consulting firm. After working on various multi-national companies’ management issues as a partner in Bain, I was appointed to become professor of Keio University, and left Bain and became independent. Currently, I am further expanding my activities besides management consulting and education to supporting venture companies, writing books and articles, or giving lectures.

From my experience in growing up in Australia, I have strong positive belief and expectations in the potential strengths of Japan.