Executive Officer /
DI Social Impact Capital, Inc.
Managing Director
Taiji Yoshida
Bachelor of Commerce, Waseda University; Master of Business Administration（MBA）, University of Edinburgh ; Master of Philosophy in Real Estate Finance, University of Cambridge.
Joined DI after working at Mitsubishi Bank (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank), Macquarie Global Property Advisors (MGPA) (now BlackRock), and Renaissance Capital Group (RCGI).
- At Mitsubishi Bank, he engaged in a wide range of financial operations, including banking, overseas subsidiaries, and securities. He has experience in J-REIT underwriting and sales. He also arranged numerous structured finance transactions, including real estate non-recourse finance.
- At MGPA, planned real estate business company investments for real estate funds. Established a new business investment department to consider investment projects.
- At RCGI, as Director, he launched and managed many SME revitalization funds, with total AUM exceeding ¥50 billion. He formed funds with investment from public-private funds, major institutional investors, and regional financial institutions. In addition, in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, he launched public-private funds, known as Industrial Reconstruction Organizations, to support SMEs damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and as chairman of the investment committee, he was involved in supporting more than 200 affected business operators.
- At DI, he is involved in "solving social issues x finance". He has established and is currently managing a Social Impact Bond (SIB) fund. Creating a new model of impact finance and challenging to solve social issues.
- He is also taking on the challenge of Industry Producing and Business Producing in collaboration with regional financial institutions to solve social issues in various regions.