Koichi Kawase

Koichi has spent close to 30 years in Sumitomo Corporation taking on increasingly larger and varied management roles, from Chief Strategy Officer to Chief Executive Officer and Chief Commercial Officer in the largest telecommunication operators in Mongolia and Myanmar, both affiliated companies of Sumitomo.

He has also led Digital and Fintech investment projects in Malaysia and Myanmar, and in his most recent assignment, was Board member of the largest mobile distributor in Japan, and Executive Vice President and Board member of a device lifecycle management start-up company.