Suguru Mima joined UTokyo IPC in January 2021. Prior to joining UTokyo IPC, he was Partner at Aspirant Group, Japanese PE fund, where he led variety of investments such as corporate carveout and business succession transactions in the industrial technology, healthcare, and business services sectors. Before that, he worked for Toyota Tsusho, focusing on strategy revisions and domestic/overseas M&A in the grain/food industry. He also worked at Ant Capital Partners from 2005 where he was in charge of investments in family-held businesses, management support and exit negotiations for portfolio companies, and fund raising activities. Prior to Ant Capital Partners, he worked at Accenture from 2000 where he was engaged in various types of projects including new business start-ups, R&D strategy restructuring and operational reforms for governmental agencies, financial institutions, chemical companies and IT carriers.
He holds a B.A. and M.A. in Technology from Kyoto University and an M.B.A. in Financial Strategy from the School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University Business School.