A New Era of Growth

27 & 28 June 2013, Conrad Tokyo

 

AVCJ is proud to present the 14th annual Japan AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum, the country’s longest-running and most exclusive alternative asset event.

After more than a decade of stalled growth, Japan’s economy appears to be on the mend thanks to aggressive stimulus measures taken by the newly elected government under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.  The newly reinvigorated economy is expected to present a myriad of opportunities for the private industry sector, both on the buy-side and on the sell-side. However, economic growth is still at an early stage and convincing LPs that Japan has turned a new corner might still prove challenging after many years of anaemia. 

The AVCJ Japan Forum will feature can’t miss analysis of Japan’s PE industry including an in-depth look at how the sector can benefit from the rapidly improving economy. After years of low-growth, has a new era finally dawned?

Topics at the event will include:

  • Will government stimulus measures be enough to kick-start the economy? If so, how can PE best capitalise on the growth?
  • Can market innovation still translate into market success in Japan?
  • How can PE facilitate offshore expansion by Japanese firms?
  • What mid-market opportunities exist in the new economy?
  • What role should PE have in the corporate sector, and how can the industry expand locally?

 

Keynotes

Haruyasu Asakura

Chief Operating Officer, INNOVATION NETWORK CORPORATION OF JAPAN

Jesper Koll

Managing Director and Head of Research, JP MORGAN SECURITIES JAPAN


Limited Partners

Juan Delgado-Moreira

Managing Director, Investment Committee, Asia, HAMILTON LANE

Vincent Huang

Partner, PANTHEON

Takeshi Ito

Senior Portfolio Manager, AISIN EMPLOYEES' PENSION FUND

Yoshisuke Kiguchi

Chief Investment Officer, OKAYAMA METAL AND MACHINERY PENSION FUND

Motoya Kitamura

Associate Director and Senior Vice President, MACQUARIE FUNDS GROUP

Kazushige Kobayashi

Managing Director, CAPITAL DYNAMICS

Hideo Kondo

Asset Management Director, DIC PENSION FUND

Tatsuya Kubo

Managing Director, HARBOURVEST PARTNERS (JAPAN) LIMITED

Alun Lewis

Consultant, HARBOURVEST PARTNERS (U.K.) LIMITED

Toru Masuda

General Manager of Investment Product Development Department and Head of Private Equity, SUMITOMO MITSUI...

Kaoru Onishi

Chief Portfolio Manager, Alternative and Fund Investment Office, NISSAY ASSET MANAGEMENT

Hiroyuki Shiraka

Vice President, Fund Investment Division, Portfolio Investment Group, DEVELOPMENT BANK OF JAPAN (DBJ)...

Kosei Terami

Investment Officer and Deputy Representative, Tokyo Office, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC)...

Mingchen Xia

Senior Fund Manager, TOKIO MARINE ASSET MANAGEMENT


Senior Industry Professionals

Tamotsu Adachi

Managing Director and Co-Representative in Japan, THE CARLYLE GROUP

Toshihisa Adachi

President, ITOCHU TECHNOLOGY VENTURES, INC.

Richard Folsom

Representative Partner, ADVANTAGE PARTNERS, LLP

Paul Ford

Director, Transaction Services, KPMG FAS CO LTD.

Soichi Kariyazono

Managing Partner, GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS

Moriyoshi Matsumoto

Chairman and Managing Partner, WM PARTNERS INC.

Shusaku Minoda

Chairman, KKR JAPAN LIMITED

Naoto Mizoguchi

Managing Director, DRC CAPITAL LTD

Kei Mizukami

Senior Managing Director, CVC ASIA PACIFIC JAPAN

Shunji Naka

Managing Director, CLSA CAPITAL PARTNERS (JAPAN) KK

Takao Ozawa

Chief Operating Officer, YJ CAPITAL INC.

Ashok Roy

Managing Partner, JED LIMITED

Masahide Sato

Managing Director and Executive Investment Officer, MIZUHO CAPITAL PARTNERS CO., LTD

Yuji Sugimoto

Managing Director, BAIN CAPITAL ASIA LLC

Soichi Tajima

President and Chief Executive Officer, CYBERAGENT VENTURES, INC.

Shinichi Takamiya

Partner, GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS

Ken Takehisa

Founding Partner, IWATO PARTNERS, CO., LTD.

Joji Takeuchi

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, BRIGHTRUST PE JAPAN CO., LTD.

Katsuyuki Tokushima

Chief Pension Consultant, Pension Research Centre, NLI RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Jun Tsusaka

Partner, Managing Director and Representative, TPG CAPITAL - JAPAN, LTD.

Keisuke Wada

General Partner and Co-Founder, INCUBATE FUND

Akihiko Yasuda

Managing Director, ASIA ALTERNATIVES ADVISOR HK LTD

Jessica Zhang

Executive Director, CITIC CAPITAL PARTNERS JAPAN LTD


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