MS

Masa Suekane

Partner at Bain Capital

Tokyo, Tokyo

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $100,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2006

    Investment Committee Member of Asia Private Equity. In charge of Industrial / Energy / Healthcare / Technology sectors in Japan. Spearheaded buyout deals: - T&K TOKA (2023, EV $300M) - Olympus Scientific Solutions Division / Evident (2022, EV $3.5B) - Hitachi Metals / Proterial (2021, EV $6.5B) - Nichii Gakkan (2020, EV $1.5B) - Showa Aircraft Industry (2019, EV $1.0B) - Toshiba Memory / KIOXIA (2017, $18.0B) - Ooedo Onsen (2015, EV $500M) - Japan Wind Development (2015, EV $400M) - Jupiter Shop Channel (2012, EV $1.7B) Elected as "40 under 40" in 2019 by Private Equity International.

  • Board Member

    2024

    Japan's #1 UV Ink manufacturer

  • Board Member

    2023

    Japan’s #1 microscope manufacturer & inspection solutions provider (f.k.a. Olympus's Scientific Solutions division)

  • Board Member

    2023

    Japan's #1 specialty metals manufacturer (f.k.a. Hitachi Metals)

  • Board Member / Auditor

    2018

    Global #2 NAND flash memory manufacturer (f.k.a. Toshiba Memory Co)

  • Board Member

    2020

    Transportation component manufacturing and Real Estate development & operation.

2020 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2024

    Japan's #1 nursing care service operator and #1 medical BPO provider

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2024

    Onshore and offshore wind power development & operation

  • Associate

    2004 - 2006

    Won sole MVP Consultant Award in 2005 in Tokyo office