Selected Past Engagements

Cross-Border Strategy & Transformation

  • Led enterprise-wide strategic planning initiatives across business units, including growth strategies, mid-term plans, and cross-border M&A roadmaps.

  • Supported corporate transformation efforts for Japan-headquartered global firms, aligning domestic HQ with overseas subsidiaries.

  • Facilitated strategic alignment among senior executives of international group companies through structured leadership roundtables.

  • Guided a Japanese startup through repositioning and go-to-market planning for U.S. entry.

  • Conducted industry, market, and value chain analyses, including peer benchmarking and expert interviews (e.g. via GLG).

  • Delivered decision-grade insights on sector dynamics, organizational capabilities, and strategic risk factors.

M&A Origination & Global Deal Intelligence

  • Initiated M&A outreach with strategic targets and PE firms, including valuation modeling, carve-out discussions, and cold approaches.

  • Built global deal pipelines by independently sourcing targets across regulated and emerging sectors.

  • Engaged non-Japan-based advisory firms and boutique investment banks in Europe and the U.S. for niche strategic opportunities.

  • Provided reputational risk advisory and stakeholder scenario planning in pre-deal communications.

Crisis Response & Stakeholder Strategy

  • Advised corporate leaders through labor litigation, cybersecurity incidents, and negative press in Japan and overseas markets.

  • Supported executive teams in responding to cross-border reputation risks involving media, unions, regulators, and NGOs.

  • Developed internal and external communications strategies during regulatory disputes in Japan and the U.S.

Reputation, ESG & Public Affairs

  • Led stakeholder and reputation mapping projects for clients in energy, food, healthcare, and financial services across Europe, North America, and Japan.

  • Designed ESG perception surveys targeting institutional investors in Europe for a Japanese conglomerate.

  • Supported public affairs positioning and messaging for multinational firms engaging with Japanese government bodies.