Toshitaka Shimizu

Mr. Shimizu is a Partner for L Catterton Asia, leading the North Asia team based in Tokyo. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Shimizu had 10 years of private equity experience in Japan; as a Principal at Rising Japan Equity and a Director at CLSA Capital Partners’ Japan buyout fund, Sunrise Capital, both of where he was deeply involved in consumer retail deals. Before moving into private equity, he started his career with Deloitte as an auditor, and in the marketing finance division of BAT Japan.

He holds Chartered Accounts (CA) qualification, graduated with Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) / Commerce dual degree from the University of Queensland and have completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Columbia Business School.