Kathy Matsui is a General Partner of MPower Partners, Japan’s first ESG-focused global venture capital fund. She is also an external board director at Fast Retailing, at adjunct professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Management, and an advisory board member at the University of Tokyo. She was previously vice chair and chief Japan strategist at Goldman Sachs. She is the author of How to Nurture Female Employees, published in Japanese in 2020. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe credited Matsui with coining the term “womenomics” – which she first wrote about in 1999 – and incorporated her research into his economic reforms.
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Kathy Matsui on Japan’s Growing Workforce Diversity
Recent Posts
TAG Partner and India Practice Chair Ashok Malik Latest Op-Ed Following the Recent State Elections in India
October 15, 2024
Media Mentions
“However, a more rigorous assessment of the state of BJP requires a longer-term timeframe and a deeper appreciation of the ...
TAG Associate Rintaro Nishimura Discusses Prime Minister Ishiba’s Economic Policy Priorities on BBC Live Radio
October 11, 2024
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TAG Associate Rintaro Nishimura Discusses Prime Minister Ishiba’s Economic Policy Priorities on BBC Live Radio (around 30:53-38:01)
TAG Digital Co-Chair George Chen and TAG Deputy Director of Research Nick Ackert Co-Authored an Op-Ed about the Future of AI Regulation in the Indo-Pacific
October 9, 2024
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TAG Digital Co-Chair George Chen and TAG Deputy Director of Research Nick Ackert co-authored an op-ed for Nikkei Asia arguing ...
TAG Country Director Han Lin Comments in the WSJ on China’s Technology Financing Trend
October 7, 2024
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“Government financing is stable capital and often available in larger sums than what the private sector” can offer now, said ...