Our Team.
We have a global team with offices in Tokyo and London. Our team have extensive experience in the energy and climate tech fields to help our co-investors better understand new business opportunities as well as provide startups with their Japan entry strategy.
Tomohito
Shibata
Partner
Tokyo
Tomohito joined JEF from Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm. He specialized in corporate strategy, full potential transformations and Private Equity/ M&A where he covered a wide range of industries, particularly industrial goods.
In March 2022, he joined ENECHANGE's leadership team as an executive officer and is responsible for the decarbonized tech fund division, specialized in overseas energy venture companies.
He earned his degrees from the University of Cambridge and University College London.
Kenichi
Fujita
External advisor
Tokyo
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After being in charge of overseas marketing of car electronics at a Japanese electronics manufacturer, Kenichi became a director of a local subsidiary and head of marketing in Europe. Upon his return to Japan, he worked for UFJ Research Institute (now Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting), where he was in charge of global strategy as Head of the International Consulting Division. He was also President and CEO of Siemens VDO, a Siemens subsidiary, since 2007. He retired in December 2020.
Satoshi
Kanai
External advisor
Tokyo
Satoshi joined Nihon Unisys in 1992. He was in charge of the public utility business department of electric power companies for many years, and worked on DX promotion in the energy field, such as deregulation of electric power. Recently, he has been overseeing the creation of services to achieve net zero. He aims to solve social issues related to the environment and people's lives.
Michael
McDonnell
Business analyst
Tokyo
Satowa
Kinoshita
Investment officer
USA