Kenta is a member of the IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund.

Kenta joined IFC as part of the Young Professionals Program in 2018 and worked for the Infrastructure Department, where he focused on equity investments.  Prior to IFC, Kenta was an Associate in the Principal Investment Group at the Development Bank of Japan (“DBJ”) and DBJ Investment Advisory, an in-house private equity fund, managed by external recruits on a commercial basis.  He started his career as an investment banking Analyst in the M&A Advisory Group at Barclays Capital. 

Kenta holds a BA in Economics from Keio University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.