Kazushige Hata is the President and Managing Partner of Shimamoto Partners. As of November 1 2019, he took over from Yuhiko Yasunaga.
In 2013, he entered into executive search business to provide diverse and thorough search-consulting services to Japanese and multinational companies utilizing his in-depth knowledge and network gained from his experiences. “Doing all the common tasks thoroughly” as his motto, Kazushige makes his best effort in contributing to the clients that are aiming for continuous growth and increasing corporate value and supports clients’ human resource strategies regardless of their industry, size, and growth stage.
Kazushige Hata started his career in Corporate/Retail Sales and HR at Kokusai Securities (current Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities). While he was in sales, he was highly evaluated for developing new client base and was selected to study abroad in London to earn MBA. He then became a corporate research analyst and worked for foreign securities firms including UBS Securities and conducted research and analysis focused on consumer electronics companies such as Sony and Panasonic.
After working as Senior Analyst for 8 years, Kazushige founded a management consulting firm to provide advise to unlisted companies in wide range of industries for management support (restructuring/growth strategy development), venture capital management (assumed responsibilities as an outside director of a venture company), and IPO (developed equity story and calculated valuation) as well as M&A advisory to listed companies for another 8 years.
Kazushige received BS in Physics from Keio University and MBA from London Business School.
