Katsuhiro SATO

Katsuhiro has unrivaled expertise and experience in strategy and corporate finance from both professional and academic angles. He started his professional career at the Development Bank of Japan, where he led corporate planning, corporate finance, project finance, and global capital markets. He then advised Japanese and global leading companies and government ministries on strategy and corporate finance as a partner at McKinsey & Company.

Katsuhiro holds a PhD in Management Science from Kyoto University, M.Sc. from Stanford University, and L.L.B. from Keio University, and has published books and articles on general management, strategy, and corporate finance topics in leading media, e.g., Diamond Harvard Business Review.