Noriaki Sakamoto is Representative Director and COO of UTEC and a Managing Partner. UTEC's profile states that at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry he worked on SME finance and recycling legislation and on the Mito Software Project, then after leaving government joined a family apparel distribution business where he launched and wound down new businesses, and subsequently worked at McKinsey & Company on projects for pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, high technology, consumer goods and financial services clients across Japan, Southeast Asia and Europe. The page lists past outside statutory auditor roles at ACSL Ltd. (TSE Mothers listing December 2018, code 6232) and Repertoire Genesis Inc. (acquired by Eurofins Scientific SE), and past outside director roles at Neural Pocket Inc. (TSE Mothers August 2020, code 4056), JDSC Inc. (TSE Mothers December 2021, code 4418), Finatext Holdings Ltd. (TSE Mothers December 2021, code 4419), Institution for a Global Society Corporation (TSE Mothers December 2021, code 4265) and ELEMENTS, Inc. (TSE Growth December 2022, code 5246). All of these are written in the past tense (務めた) on UTEC's own page, so none is recorded as a current board seat. He graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics and holds an MBA from Columbia University.
Education
The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics (東京大学経済学部卒業)
Columbia University, MBA (コロンビア大学経営学修士)
Previous Experience
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業省)
Family apparel distribution business - new business launch and wind down
At METI worked on SME finance and recycling legislation and on the Mito Software Project (未踏ソフトウェアプロジェクト).
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At McKinsey & Company worked on projects for pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, high technology, consumer goods and financial services clients across Japan, Southeast Asia and Europe.
2018
ACSL Ltd. (株式会社ACSL), where UTEC's page states he served as an outside auditor, lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in December 2018 under code 6232.
2020
Neural Pocket Inc. (ニューラルポケット株式会社), where UTEC's page states he served as an outside director, lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in August 2020 under code 4056.
2021
JDSC Inc. (code 4418), Finatext Holdings Ltd. (code 4419) and Institution for a Global Society Corporation (code 4265), where UTEC's page states he served as an outside director, all list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in December 2021.
2022
ELEMENTS, Inc. (株式会社ELEMENTS), where UTEC's page states he served as an outside director, lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market in December 2022 under code 5246.