As a Director of the Strategic Investment Division, Aki is in charge of strategic investments both domestically and globally. Also as a Director of the Corporate Strategy Division, Aki implements investment strategies based on the firm’s mid-term management plan. He is actively involved in researching and investing in a variety of firms ranging from VCs, tech startups to advertising related firms. Aki is also a Producer of the Data Driven Media Marketing Division actively involved in business developments and strategic alliances for DMP and data driven marketing. Aki received his MBA from Columbia Business School. He lives in Tokyo with his wife and daughter.