Senior Executive Officer
Masahito Ishikawa
Masahito Ishikawa graduated from the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University and completed his post-graduate studies at the same university’s Graduate School of Science and Engineering.
Prior to joining DI, he worked for Sumitomo Corporation.
- At Sumitomo Corporation, he primarily engaged in trading operations for steel products with China and ASEAN countries, while also supporting overseas expansion by Japanese manufacturers, identifying investment opportunities in local companies, and conducting business due diligence for acquisitions.
- He is a founding member of DI’s Industry Producing initiative. Working with government, he has engaged in Industry Producing in the areas of the environment/energy and community building, and in developing strategies for achieving international expansion of Japan’s infrastructure industry. He has provided a wide range of services for a variety of major companies, including general trading houses, financial institutions, telecommunications companies, and manufacturers, such as the development and execution of new business strategies and digitalization strategies.
- From 2010 to 2015, he led the establishment of DI Shanghai as its CEO, working on the development of strategies for Japanese companies’ expansion into China , and Business Producing activities in collaboration with the Chinese government and government agencies.