Noboru Kotani

Mr. Kotani previously worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a management consulting firm, where he developed business strategies for research and development, manufacturing, new businesses, marketing, sales, organizational structuring, and project management in a variety of businesses, including pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and consumer goods. Mr. Kotani was formerly a BCG senior vice president, a core member of the BCG Worldwide Health Care Practice Group (advisory committee on pharmaceutical businesses). Mr. Kotani established Dream Incubator Inc., a management consulting and venture capital firm that was listed on the Mothers Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange in its 2nd year, and on the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE, First Section: 4310) in the 6th year after founding. Mr. Kotani has served as an outside director at a number of companies such as Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. [TSE, First Section: 4536], JINS Inc. [TSE, First Section: 3046], and Combi Corporation). Mr. Kotani graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and completed bachelor’s degree requirements in the Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. Mr. Kotani received a Master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.