Hiroaki Kobayashi is a Partner at UTEC, which he joined in August 2019, covering healthcare, IT and life sciences investment. UTEC's own page states verbatim that he currently serves as 社外取締役・監査役 at TXP Medical, Metcela, FrontierField, Red Arrow Therapeutics and Enterasense; the sentence groups outside director and statutory auditor roles together and does not say which company carries which role, so both are recorded as written. Before UTEC he worked in the medical device industry at both a startup and a major manufacturer on alliance building for overseas and domestic manufacturing and sales, collaboration with academia, KOL management and product market introduction strategy, and before that he practised for six years as an emergency and critical care physician at the University of Tokyo Hospital and affiliated hospitals. He graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine, worked at the university hospital and at Hitachi General Hospital, then at the medical device venture JOMDD, and studied for an MBA at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business as a Fulbright scholar before returning to Japan to a business development division at a major medical device manufacturer.
Education
The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine (東京大学医学部卒業)
University of Michigan Ross School of Business, MBA (Fulbright scholar)
Previous Experience
The University of Tokyo Hospital and affiliated hospitals - emergency and critical care physician, six years
Hitachi General Hospital (日立製作所日立総合病院) - emergency and critical care physician
JOMDD - medical device venture
Major medical device manufacturer - business development division
社外取締役・監査役 (outside director or statutory auditor; UTEC's page does not say which), TXP Medical株式会社
社外取締役・監査役 (outside director or statutory auditor; UTEC's page does not say which), 株式会社メトセラ (Metcela)
社外取締役・監査役 (outside director or statutory auditor; UTEC's page does not say which), FrontierField
社外取締役・監査役 (outside director or statutory auditor; UTEC's page does not say which), Red Arrow Therapeutics, Inc.
社外取締役・監査役 (outside director or statutory auditor; UTEC's page does not say which), Enterasense Limited
Career Timeline
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Worked for six years as an emergency and critical care physician at the University of Tokyo Hospital and affiliated hospitals, including Hitachi General Hospital.
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Studied for an MBA at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business as a Fulbright scholar.
2019
Joins UTEC in August 2019, covering healthcare, IT and life sciences investment.