Nobutake Suzuki has rejoined Japan-based financial services firm Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) after nearly 16 years as a partner at venture capital firm Global Brain.
Suzuki was unavailable for comment but his deals at Global Brain, which invests on behalf of a number of corporations, such as telecommunications firm KDDI, included Zoyi, 4DReplay, Eyeota, Awair, Origami and Hailo, the taxi-booking app that merged with Mytaxi.
The bank has appointed Suzuki to two concurrent roles: managing director and head of corporate planning and digital transformation.
MUFG is a multifaceted financial group with a network that spans more than 50 countries around the globe. Its main areas of activity include commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management and leasing.
Suzuki’s history with MUFG goes back to when he was serving as the associate vice-president of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ‘s industrial research department between 1993 and 1996, when it merged with MUFG.
Suzuki was also vice-president of EC business department at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ between 2001 and 2002. He holds a bachelor of engineering degree in physics from Osaka University.
– Photo of Nobutake Suzuki courtesy of LinkedIn.
