Taejun Shin

Founder & CEO

Taejun cofounded Gojo in 2014 and has led the company's growth until today as the CEO. Before Gojo, Taejun worked as an investment professional at Morgan Stanley and Unison Capital. To deal with an enormous number of investment projects, Taejun studied programming and automated many financial models, some of which are used even today.

While working in the sector, Taejun founded Living in Peace, an NGO, in 2007 and created the first microfinance investment fund in Japan. Taejun has been involved in Japan's child foster care for more than a decade and co-established Japan Office for Standards on Children Services in 2021 to conduct third-party inspections on the local authority children services in Japan.

Taejun is the Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and is the youngest founding board member of Endeavor Japan. He is an author of 9 books, a finisher of the 1648 km ultra-marathon, and a Karate black-belt holder (he just recently started Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and owns a blue belt as of 2022). Taejun is fluent in Japanese, Korean, and English. He plays drums and loves shooting street photos of the world.

Works in: Japan

Stuart Rutherford

Outside Director

Stuart Rutherford is a versatile researcher, practitioner, teacher and consultant in financial services for the poor in Asia and Africa. A well-known figure in the field of microfinance, Stuart has been a consultant with the World Bank, UNDP, UNCDF, DFID, ADB, EU, MicroSave and many NGOs including Oxfam, CARE, Save the Children, ASA, BRAC, Gates Foundation, ActionAid amongst others.

Stuart has taught at the University of Manchester, UK, has held training sessions for the Boulder Institute in the USA and Turin, Italy, for the Asian Development Bank in Tokyo and more. Stuart did his Masters from Cambridge University and is also a qualified architect.

Working in the microfinance field in Bangladesh in association with the Global Development Institute, UK, for a DFID project, Stuart developed Financial Diaries, a research methodology that has collected a wealth of information about the behaviours and fortunes of clients of financial services. In 1996, Stuart founded SafeSave, an MFI in Bangladesh that pioneers ultra-flexible savings and loans services for the urban poor. He has published papers and articles in international reports and journals that have helped to shape research in the microfinance sector. Of his books, The Poor and Their Money (2000) has been described by the World Bank as “the best thing we have read on how poor people manage their money.” Other books include The Pledge: ASA, Peasant Politics and Microfinance in the Development of Bangladesh (2009) and the co-authored Portfolios of the Poor (2009). For his services in the microfinance arena Stuart was honoured in 2011 with the “OBE” (Order of the British Empire). He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Global Development Institute, (GDI), UK, for which he is currently writing a series of papers based on original research in progress in central Bangladesh. Stuart speaks Bengali, some French and Spanish and a little Japanese. He lives in Japan with his wife. He enjoys reading and taking walks, listening to classical music and the Beatles.

Works in: Japan

Masahiro Kotosaka

Outside Director

Masahiro Kotosaka is an Associate Professor at Keio University and an Associate Fellow of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He is a non-executive director of Gojo & Company since March 2017. He is an expert in Internationalization strategy and early stage business development, and advisor/non-executive director of several start-up/multinational companies.

Before moving to Keio, he was an associate professor of multinational management at Ritsumeikan University, a teaching & research associate at the University of Oxford, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company based in Frankfurt and Tokyo. As a practitioner, he worked for strategy/marketing projects with sixteen client organizations across nine industries and nine countries and spent four years running three profitable IT/Retail businesses before joining McKinsey.

He graduated from the University of Oxford with D.Phil. (Ph.D) in Management Studies and MSc in Management Research with Distinction. His recent publication includes STARTUP (Co-authored, NewsPicks Publishing, 2020), The Element of Strategic Management (Toyo Keizai, 2018), and The Japanese Business in Evolution (Co-authored, Routledge, 2017).

Works in: Japan

Mangyo Kinoshita

Outside Director

Mangyo is an attorney qualified to practice Japanese law and California law and the founding partner of “Southgate”. His practice primarily focuses on cross-border and domestic M&A, joint venture, strategic alliances, private equity, and venture capital.

He also regularly represents social entrepreneurs as well as social impact funds. Before founding Southgate, Mangyo was a corporate partner at White & Case, an international law firm, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP, another international law firm where he led its corporate practice in Tokyo. At Gojo, Mangyo monitors management from an independent standpoint by attending board meetings and investment committee meetings as well as supervises day-to-day business execution.

Works in: Japan

Sanjay Gandhi

Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer

Sanjay co-founded Gojo in 2014 as Gojo's Chief investment Officer and has led the Investment Division since then. Apart from recommending the investments to be made by Gojo, he also represents Gojo on the Board and Committees of the partner entities and contributes actively towards strengthening the governance at the partner level.

Sanjay qualified as a Chartered Accountant (CPA) before graduating from Delhi University. After his first job as an Audit Manager in India in early 1990s, he led the Corporate Banking (North India) team for a Finance company.

Sanjay joined the microfinance industry in 2003 and has been part of it ever since: conducted about 125 MFI ratings & assessments in 29 countries; approved more than 400 MFI Rating reports. Some of the assignments were for the World Bank, ADB, UNDP, Cordaid, and Mercy Corps. After his CEO assignment at a Cambodian MFI in 2013, Sanjay and Taejun got together to set up Gojo, where Sanjay’s extensive experience in the microfinance sector has been invaluable.

Sanjay operates from India, where he stays with his wife and two daughters. He speaks English, Hindi, and Punjabi. Loves reading; movies; and music. “The Beatles” is his all-time favourite music band.

Kohei Katada

Chief Financial Officer

Prior to joining Gojo, Kohei has served as Senior Vice President of Finance at SmartNews, Inc., a developer of a news discovery app. As its 7th employee and part of its management team, he led $80 million of equity financing and undertook a wide range of responsibilities including financial control, accounting, recruiting, people operations, legal, and investor relations.

As one of the founding members and as Chief Financial Officer at LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY, a leading online life insurer in Japan, Kohei led it’s successful $100 million Initial Public Offering in 2012, and also setup a joint venture in Korea.

Kohei started his career at Morgan Stanley in its Investment Banking Division, where he was involved in multiple cross-border M&A transactions. In 2005, he moved to Hong Kong and joined Och-Ziff Capital Management, a global asset management company.

Kohei has a B.A. in Law from the University of Tokyo. While at school, he did an internship at a local NGO in Bangladesh where he was inspired by the power of microfinance that can unlock the potential of micro-entrepreneurs.

Kohei enjoys playing with his two boys over the weekends. He loves sports and has successfully finished the long-distance triathlon.

Works: Tokyo, Japan

Gürol Sari

Chief Operating Officer

Gürol Sari joined Gojo in June 2020 as our Chief Operating Officer, and oversees the strategic and operational development of our partner institutions. Gürol has extensive leadership experience in retail banking, SME finance, microfinance & financial digitalization, as well as experience in turnarounds of several institutions. He has worked in the banking sector for over 30 years in many countries, including Germany, Austria, Myanmar, Turkey, Albania, Russia, Australia, and Tanzania.

From the start of his career, his interest was drawn towards innovation and impact: Gürol created the first fully automated online credit solution in Germany, easyCredit, which is ranked No.1 today in Germany. Prior to joining Gojo, Gürol worked as Chief Operating Officer of Vision Fund Myanmar, where he developed and implemented a fully digitized microfinance system that provided over 300,000 clients in extreme poverty with access to credit, savings, and education. He currently advises several international banks on digitization and change processes.

Gürol has a creative spirit and is always active. He is passionate about architecture, gardening, handicraft (particularly remodeling houses), and loves to bike and to play tennis. He dreams of sailing with his wife once his two children are independent.

Works in: Germany

Sohil Shah

Investment

Sohil graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with a Masters in Finance and completed his under graduation in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai. Before joining Gojo, Sohil was a part of the Aavishkaar-Intellecap Group where he led Intellecap Impact Investment Network, an early-stage angel network focused on making investments in social impact start-ups. In his five years with the group, he led around 35 investments in India and East Africa of which they exited from 6 companies and another 15 companies raised follow-on round of investment.

An Investment Banking professional with over six years of experience in India and US, Sohil previously worked as a Senior Analyst at Bank of America. He was part of the Global Investment Banking team, with a key focus on the healthcare sector, where he was a part of a few billion-dollar M&A transactions. Prior to that, he worked with the investment banking teams at Fortune Financial Services (India) Ltd and Crucible Capital Group in New York.

Apart from being an avid brewer, Sohil is an angel investor in his personal capacity as well. He lives in Pune with his family.

Works in: India

Natsuki Sugai

Special Projects

As a university student, Natsuki founded a student NGO to support Laos's education and led the entire process to establish public schools and other educational supports while collaborating with the Laos government. Natsuki found vast demand for financial access for mothers in developing nations when he communicated with low-income households in Laos.

Since then, he has committed to providing financial access to low-income families so everyone can tackle one's goal. Natsuki joined Gojo in 2015 as 5th employee because his mission and Gojo's ones aligned. At Gojo, he led the fundraising since SeriesA round and currently in charge of the operation of group companies.

Natsuki enjoys jogging with his wife every weekend.

Works in: Japan

Sayuri Aoyama

Investor Relations

Sayuri works in investor relations for international debt/equity investors. Having graduated from Rikkyo University, Sayuri has worked more than 16 years in every aspect of securitisation both in Tokyo and London. She worked as a structurer and portfolio manager of structured finance portfolios at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. She brings her intensive expertise of global debt/capital markets to Gojo.

Sayuri is also a member of Prosperoworld, an established philanthropist network in London, which connects social investors and philanthropists with outstanding charitable projects.

Sayuri has two children. She is fluent in French, English and Japanese. She loves ski (qualified children’s ski instructor), aikido and playing the piano.

Works in: UK

Arisa Oba

Investor Relations

Arisa works on investor relations and funtraising with the team.

After graduating from Keio University, Department of Political Science, and studying abroad at the University of Manchester as an exchange student, Arisa joined the Investment Banking Division of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley. She was involved in cross-border and domestic M&As, equity offerings and financial advisories, primarily for the real estate industry.

Building on her long-standing interest in global inequality and her experience interning at a local NGO in Tanzania providing empowerment programs for women and children, she aims to dedicate herself to solving injustice in the world.

She loves yoga, traveling, and reading books to find beauty and peace inside and outside.

Works in: Japan

Akiyuki Niwa

Co-Head of Finance

Aki is a Certified Public Accountant and co-leads the Finance team at Gojo with our CFO Kohei Katada. Aki graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia with a Master of Commerce specializing in Accounting and completed his undergraduate degree in Economics & Business Administration at Nagoya City University in Japan.

Prior to joining Gojo, Aki spent 14 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Tokyo and London. At PwC Tokyo, he engaged in financial audits, process assurance services, and a variety of advisory projects such as technical accounting, internal control enhancement, regulatory compliance, and process improvements & standardization for clients in banking and capital markets. Aki also spent 2.5 years on secondment at the PwC London office, where he was an audit manager of one of the global investment banks headquartered in the UK.

Aki loves both playing and watching football since his school days, and also can dance a little bit of salsa.

Works in: Japan

Tomohiro Isozaki

CEO, Maxima

Tomo joined Gojo in 2018 as a Country representative of Cambodia and became the CEO of Maxima Microfinance Plc. in 2022. He oversees the strategic and operational development of Cambodian business. He leads the MFI by managing strategy, corporate planning, operation, credit, HR, digital initiative, marketing, fundraising, and social performance management.

Prior to Gojo, he worked for Healthbank Pte.Ltd. as a Business Development Associate, working in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore. Next, he joined McKinsey (Tokyo office) and was involved in multiple projects. Later, as a member of the strategic planning division of the Food Business Unit of Mitsui &Co., Ltd. Tomo was engaged in projects of strategy, investment, research, and group company management.

Tomo is proficient in English and Japanese and is also learning Khmer. His motto is “Be tough, wise and tolerant, enjoying your own life.” Throughout the business activity, he tries to establish a fair and free society based on trustworthy relationships.

Works in: Cambodia

Shun Ito

Deputy CEO, MIFIDA / IR and Alliance, Gojo

Based in Myanmar, Shun is the Deputy CEO at Microfinance Delta, and also takes on a role in fundraising and business development activities for all Gojo's partner companies

After studying at Keio University, Faculty of Economics, and graduating from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Shun joined Roland Berger and worked in the Japan and Singapore Offices. As a management consultant, he was involved in multiple projects across Southeast Asia.

As a freelance consultant, Shun worked in rural Japan in Akita for a local supermarket chain. His early childhood was spent in the UK and Brazil. Proficient in English and Japanese, he also has basic Burmese skills. Tennis is his favourite sport. During an earlier stint in Myanmar, Shun ordained at a Buddhist monastery and practiced meditation.

Works in: Myanmar

Kaung Set Lin

Innovation

Kaung Set Lin studied Liberal Arts at Sarah Lawrence College in the United States and returned to Myanmar at the end of 2012. He has over 6 years of experience in the financial sector in Myanmar. He started out his career in microfinance managing the MIS while exploring digital products and partnerships at one of Myanmar’s leading MFIs, Proximity Finance. After this, he entered Myanmar’s banking sector with KBZ Bank, where he worked with different stakeholders in partnership with Huawei to develop KBZ Pay to expand the outreach of the bank. Before joining Gojo & Co in late 2019, he worked for Yoma Bank’s Digital Division, where he created and launched a digital lending product called SMART Credit.

When he is not busy working, Kaung Set likes to travel and read along with learning new skills. He also likes going to music festivals and would travel to go to different events around the region.

Works in: Myanmar

Marco Giancotti

Systems and Knowledge

Marco studied physics and aerospace engineering, up to doctoral studies at the Sapienza University of Rome and the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA). Before joining Gojo in 2019, he worked as an engineer and then as a project manager at Axelspace, a maker of small commercial satellites.

At Gojo, Marco participated in several tech initiatives, ranging from DX support for partners around the world to the creation of novel financial service platforms. He led the creation of a digital field application (DFA) as product manager from 2020 to 2022.

Marco reads and writes most of the time. He speaks Japanese and is doing independent research in several scientific fields.

Works in: Tokyo

Tomasz Ociepka

Data Analytics

Tomasz graduated from Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom, with a Master of Science in Mathematics.

Before joining Gojo, Tomasz was an independent data scientist based in Oxford, United Kingdom. He was providing services in the area of data analysis and data management for startups and SMEs. He was also a consultant for academic research using advanced quantitative methods.

In 2019 he joined Gojo to fight income inequalities in the world. Among others, he is responsible for data analysis and data projects in Gojo as well as support partner companies with his knowledge and experience.

Likes hiking and ink paintings. When inspiration strikes, he writes haiku.

Works in: Tokyo, Japan

Koh Terai

Product Design / R&D

Koh believes that great products and services are built with a harmony between business, technology, and design. He attempts to strike a fine balance between the sustainable, functional, and pleasing — a unison of beauty and practicality.

Koh believes that this fundamentally relies on a deep understanding of and extreme empathy for human behaviors and desires. He has polished his intuition through working with people and projects from all walks of life.

Yoshinari Noguchi

Researcher in Residence

Yoshi joined Gojo and currently is leading the company’s analytics projects. Having graduated from Tokyo University and worked for Dai-ichi Life Insurance for 2 years, he spent 10 years as a quantitative analyst at Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he used to work for Global Alpha, a hedge fund of the investment bank.

At Goldman Sachs, Yoshi managed quantitative global tactical asset allocation of the fund and developed various quantitative investment management products and tools. After leaving Goldman Sachs, he founded his own company and used to run a music studio business while providing consulting services for financial institutions. He loves finance theory, music, and skiing.

Works in: Japan

Takao Takahashi

Head of Corporate Planning and HR

At Gojo, Takao leads corporate planning, strategy setting, and HR. Before joining Gojo, Takao was an Investment Officer at International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, based in both Washington DC and Jakarta. In his 7 years with IFC, he led investments in microfinance institutions, banks and fintech startups in emerging markets. Before IFC, Takao worked as the Bhutan Prime Minister’s Fellow, developing microfinance regulations and financial inclusion policy to contribute to Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH). He also worked for 4 years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company based in Frankfurt and Tokyo.

Takao graduated from Georgetown University, USA, with a Master of Science in Foreign Service and completed his Bachelor of Laws from Kyoto University, Japan.

Takao loves singing, both opera and karaoke. Tennis is his favorite sport. He has authored a book in Japanese, the English translation of the title being; ‘What is true happiness? Thoughts from Bhutan’

Works in: Japan

Cheriel Neo

Impact Measurement

Cheriel works on initiatives to measure and learn from the impact of Gojo's partners' products and services on our clients' lives. She has a BA (Hons.) in History and English from Exeter College, Oxford University, and an MSc. in Translation Studies from the University of Edinburgh. Cheriel got started in the world of social impact during her time in Oxford, where she ran a homeless outreach, and helped found what would become a national student-led charity for social justice.

After graduating, she joined Social Finance, a social investment financial intermediary, where she designed Impact Bonds in the UK, Cameroon and the West Bank, and helped create an app to track young people’s outcomes after leaving state care. She is a founding director of Proof Bakery, a social enterprise training and employing refugee women in the UK.

In her spare time, Cheriel enjoys reading, snacking, and exploring her neighbourhood. She is an accomplished knitter and an avid home cook.

Works in: Japan

Sohil Shah

Investment team

Why did you join Gojo?
Prior to joining Gojo, I worked with one of India’s largest impact investing groups covering many sectors like healthcare, financial services, agriculture, education etc. After 5 years, I felt the need to build deep expertise in a particular area so as to make a meaningful contribution. With financial inclusion as its core theme, Gojo not only gave me an opportunity to work directly on the field but also think about how I can make real impact.

What does a day in your life look like?
Even after a year at Gojo, my days are still intellectually stimulating! Typically I have a bunch of calls/meetings on various issues – managing partner companies, fundraising, building investment pipeline, technology strategies for a group, etc. Initially, it did look overwhelming, but I like the fact that it gives me an opportunity to cover multiple facets related to building a strong foundation for the group. There are also a lot of casual chats with colleagues between meetings which make for a fun day!

What do you find challenging and rewarding about your job?
The only challenge I see at Gojo is our remote style of working. Throughout my career, I have worked with colleagues co-located in a physical office so this was definitely new to me. But the rewards outweigh the challenges and make it all worthwhile. The opportunity to understand the hardships of our clients, experience their lives, and constantly strive to make them better keeps me going. You feel that you’re making a dent in the universe, in your own small way, and that feeling has been very satisfying for me.

A word for prospective team members
Despite the large scale, Gojo still operates like a start-up. If you want to make a difference to the society while working in a flat organization with a high level of ownership, then this is the place for you!

Marco Giancotti

Technology team

Why did you join Gojo?
I come from a science/tech background, but originally I was making satellites and web platforms for satellite data, not financial services. Working on tech projects was great in itself, but I felt that I wanted to channel that fun to solve non-first-world problems as directly as possible. I started looking to pivot my career in that direction and found Gojo to be the perfect match for that. Even better than I hoped, actually.

What does a day in your life look like?
When there is no pandemic bringing the world to its knees, I usually work from Gojo's office in Tokyo. Otherwise, I work from home. My team is scattered around the globe, so we communicate online most of the time anyway.

What do you find challenging and rewarding about your job?
In the half-year that I've been working here (it flew by like a flash!) I've learned lots already, and it's really fun to work with the best of the best professionals from very different fields. Everyone is both highly-skilled and committed to doing good. No one is fooling around. Best of all for me, they are all simply nice people. Of course, working with team members spread across many countries and cultures is not easy. You have to step up your interpersonal skills and get used to the overheads. But if you can do that, it's extremely rewarding and, I repeat, fun. We get to meet our clients, team up with our partners, and solve some of the toughest problems of our society. What better job can I wish for?

A word for prospective team members
You have to be a little crazy and very empathic to work at Gojo. If you are, you are going to love it!

Yoko Shigekura

Cambodia country officer

Why did you join Gojo?
I have always wanted to do something that could bring hope to the most vulnerable people. Before joining Gojo I worked in a financial advisory firm, and had the opportunity to visit one of Gojo's partner companies. Seeing how microfinance delivers change in people’s lives, I was convinced that Gojo is the place for me to develop my business management skills while at the same time engaging with the issues that I have been hoping to tackle.

What does a day in your life look like?
I work in the head office of Maxima Microfinance Plc., Gojo's partner company, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Work starts at 7:30 and ends at 16:30 at Maxima (you will get used to being an early bird!). I work with the local staff in various areas: analyzing our business situation, enhancing internal controls, communicating with external stakeholders, and providing problem-solving support on anything that will improve our business. I visit our branch offices once a week to listen to our clients and have discussions with branch staff.

What do you find challenging and rewarding about your job?
Every day is full of new challenges, and every day I ask myself, "What was I able to do that brought hope to our clients?" A colleague once told me that Country Representatives are expected to continuously deliver miraculous outputs that truly support the local management, and that is why we are there. Expectations is high and therefore challenging, but rewarding. The clients tell me how Maxima was the only institution that supported them when they really needed the support, and I feel honoured to be a part of that.

A word for prospective team members
Working at Gojo is tough, but fun and meaningful. I am always amazed by how talented my colleagues are, and whenever a Gojo member visits Maxima, I feel like my family is visiting me. I will be waiting for your visit to Cambodia!

Mubaraka Bharucha

Software Engineering

Mubaraka joined Gojo in August 2020 as a Full-stack Software Engineer. Mubaraka graduated from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology in Gujarat, India, with a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology.

After graduating, Mubaraka joined a smart energy startup - Gridscape Solutions in which she contributed to Smart Charging solutions in the IoT domain. Later on, she moved to PEaaS Finablr where she transitioned into financial product engineering. During her time at Finablr, Mubaraka was involved in a 100 million transaction & community engagement project, as well as overseas money transfers.

Mubaraka loves sports and travelling. In her free time, she can usually be found watching series or reading.

Works in: India

Ryo Satake

Head of Accounting and FP&A

Ryo is a Certified Public Accountant and works at Gojo as a head of Accounting and FP&A. Ryo has a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Keio. While at university he passed the CPA exam, the youngest to do so that year. He did an internship at Ernst & Young Philippines, where one of his clients was a microfinance institution, and was impressed with the purpose of microfinance and its business model.

After graduating, he joined Ernst & Young in Tokyo, where he engaged in financial audits, internal control audits, operations/financial management advisory and financial due diligence for potential M&A. He also spent 2 years on secondment at the EY Los Angeles office, where he was in charge of supporting a unicorn startup company headquartered in the United States. He has experience auditing under IFRS, US-GAAP and J-GAAP.

Ryo is very fond of traveling, reading books, watching soccer and going to the sauna.

Works in: Japan

Nina Shingai

Head of Strategy & Analytics

Nina leads the Strategy & Analytics Department at Gojo from July 2021 covering Strategy, FP&A and BP&A.

Nina started her career at J.P. Morgan in 2007 at its Investment Banking Division in the Tokyo office and has over ten years of Investment Banking experience across cross-border M&A, global equity/debt offerings, and syndicated & leveraged finance. Most recently at her time at Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division, she engaged in cross-border M&As, global debt offerings (SEC-registered, 144A/RegS), and shareholder advisory work in the Healthcare and Financial Institutions sectors. At J.P. Morgan, she also served as Business Manager for the firm's Global Corporate Banking Division in the Tokyo office where she assisted the division in its client selection/prioritization strategy, budget preparation and performance management, and coordination with Legal & Compliance and Technology teams on CRM and pipeline tools implementation. She also acted as the coordinator for the Tokyo office’s Balance Sheet Approval Committee.

Nina holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Strategic Management and Finance and a Bachelor of Policy Management from Keio University. She has lived and studied in the U.S. and Switzerland for over 11 years.

Works in: Japan

Jeet Dholakia

Software Engineering

Jeet graduated from City University of New York, USA, with a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial studies and completed his Bachelor of Engineering at Gujarat Technical University, India.

He works as a software engineer at Gojo. Prior to joining Gojo, Jeet was a lead mobile engineer at Finablr PEaaS. In his one and a half years with Finablr PEaaS, he led engineering projects for cross-border payments and money remittance, among other things. He also worked with startups like Ruvna and Locaholic while in the USA, as an intern and software engineer respectively. He carries an entrepreneurial spirit and works on his own passion projects, shipping them on the App Store.

Jeet loves fitness and is happiest when in the gym or jogging in the morning. He loves reading self help books and his motto is, “Whatever you can conceive, you can achieve”. His favourite sport is Formula 1 and he wants to visit every racing track.

Works in: India

Arnaud Ventura

Managing Partner

Arnaud has founded and led two of the leading European financial inclusion groups active in Micro and SME finance, as well as digital finance.

Between 1998 and 2008, Arnaud cofounded and led PlaNet Finance with the support of Jacques Attali (Chairman) and Muhammed Yunus (Chairman Advisory Board). It was one of the most successful European financial inclusion groups, providing mainly advisory services in the sector. Between 2008 and 2019, Arnaud founded & led Baobab (formerly MicroCred), the leading Micro&SME digital bank in Africa & China. In 2019 alone, Baobab lent $1 billion to 1 million clients, generating around $200 million total revenues and more than $40 million pre-tax profit.

Arnaud is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. He also cofounded the French China Foundation, the leading network of Young Leaders between France and China, and Share Africa, a platform to promote Africa's innovation and creativity. Arnaud graduated from EFREI, Paris, in Computer Science, and La Sorbonne in Philosophy. He speaks French, English and Spanish fluently and loves reading history & philosophy. He loves skiing and hiking in the mountains (particularly in the south of France), and has 2 young boys.

Works in: France

Rahul Rokade

Data Engineering

Rahul holds a masters degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay, India.

After graduating, he joined Quikr India Pvt. Ltd. and led implementation of various in-house systems there. Prior to joining Gojo, Rahul worked for leading Indian matchmaking platform Shaadi.com in their Data Engineering team, and was responsible for implementing and enhancing cloud-based data lake and data warehousing systems. At Gojo, Rahul is working as a part of the Technology/Data team on building a data management platform to support the company's data strategy.

Rahul likes photography and cooking. He has a keen interest in topics related to the existence and evolution of life, and has recently developed an interest in learning about the influence of religion and mythology on modern technological advancements. Rahul is an animal lover. He loves to spend his free time with family, friends and his dog Eathen.

Works in: India

Murtuza Ranapurwala

Software Engineering

Murtuza is part of the Technology team at Gojo and is working toward building world-class financial solutions for Gojo with his team.

He has experience in various technology domains such as Fintech, Data Verification, and Robotic Process Automation. Prior to joining Gojo, he was working at MeasureOne, Ahmedabad, where he was contributing to building an Academic Data Verification platform. Before that, he was working at PEaaS Finablr, Vadodara, where he was building an all-in-one Financial App. He did his Bachelor's in Computer Science at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Gujarat, India.

He likes to spend his free time learning new technologies, writing tutorials on various technologies, playing video games, and watching anime.

Works in: India

Royanne Doi

Outside Director

Royanne Doi is the former Corporate Chief Ethics Officer of Prudential Financial Inc., and former Advisor for Global Legal, Ethics & Compliance to Yamaha Corporation.

Prior to Yamaha, Royanne held senior legal positions with major global financial institutions. At one point, she managed 200+ staff around the world, with business experience in North and South America, Asia, and Europe. During her tenure as a global ethics officer, Prudential Financial received Ethisphere's designation as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the first time in 2015, and multiple times thereafter. As a member of Gojo's board, she will further accelerate the strengthening of internal audit and corporate governance to enable the sustainable growth of Gojo group.

Royanne has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, from Washington University in St. Louis, graduating Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law. She is married to her law school sweetheart and has lived in Japan since 1994. She has three passions: economic empowerment for women, Asia with an emphasis on Japan, and the intersection between neuroscience and behavioral ethics.

Works in: Japan

Haruna Tanaka

Corporate Planning

Haruna is a professional with expertise in strategy, business development and incubation. She is the IPO Project Lead of Gojo, while working on corporate governance, social performance management, impact measurement, stakeholder impact management and any other projects that are needed to further enhance Gojo's work.

Prior to Gojo, she worked for Rakuten, a Japanese internet services company for 10 years. As a member of the CEO's office, she worked on special projects and other items on the CEO's agenda, including acquisition of overseas companies, enrollment of Englishnization at Rakuten, strategy development of Rakuten Mobile and more. Amongst other things, she also led Rakuten's ebook business as business manager in Japan and Taiwan, Asian business development, and innovation activities, including internal and external accelerator programs. Before Rakuten, she was a strategy consultant at Booz and Company. She graduated from Tokyo University majoring in Economics. She has lived 3 years in UK and a year in US in her childhood and is fluent in Japanese and English.

Outside of work, Haruna is a partner and board member of Social Venture Partners Tokyo, an NPO supporting seed stage social entrepreneurs to succeed. She is also a mother of 2 children, and enjoys reading and playing the flute.

Works in: Japan

Neeraj Lekhwar

Product Delivery and Implementation

As a part of Gojo's technology team, Neeraj is responsible for leading the timely delivery and implementation of technology projects & products across partner companies. This includes the deployment of the Core Banking Solution (CBS), Digital Field Assistant (DFA) and Customer Mobile Application.

He has a 14-year track record of steering large-scale digital transformation drives as well as donor-funded programs and interventions in India and abroad. Prior to Gojo, Neeraj worked as a consultant for International Finance Corporation (IFC), Asian Credit Fund (ACF) and Gojo to provide support on their digital financial services initiatives targeted at MFIs. Before that, he also worked as Project Manager (DFS) at Grameen Foundation India. In the first half of his professional career, he worked with organisations like ICICI Bank, FINO and PayU Payments that gave him first-hand exposure to financial inclusion, large-scale agent banking operations, and electronic payment operations.

Neeraj has a background in Engineering with an MBA from the National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune. He likes watching movies and clicking photographs.

Works in: India

Elchin Abdullayev

Product

Elchin is responsible for product development functions and strategic operations initiatives across the non-Indian partners at Gojo group.

Prior to Gojo, Elchin has held various senior management positions with microfinance institutions and commercial banks, where since 1999 his work has focused on product management, marketing, and digital transformation projects in collaboration with IT teams. His roles have included Eurasia Regional Banking Services Manager and Global Banking Advisor to the CEO at FINCA Impact Finance, and Director of Retail Banking Products Department at Standard Bank Azerbaijan. As a member of the Operations Team, he is focusing on further strengthening Gojo's product development function, supporting marketing initiatives, and working in collaboration with the Technology team to enable digital transformation initiatives across the group.

Elchin holds a BA degree in Economics (conc. Finance & Credit) from Azerbaijan State Economic University in Baku and MA degree in International Affairs (conc. International Finance & Banking) from Columbia University in NYC. He has lived in almost all the CIS countries and speaks fluent Russian. He has a passion for changing financial education in schools. His hobbies are motorcycles and basketball.

Works in: Azerbaijan

Rajnish Roy

Head of Internal Audit

Rajnish has joined the Gojo Group as the Head of Internal Audit from Dec 2021. He is responsible for internal audit function in Gojo Group and collaborating with the internal audit functions with each partner of Gojo. He is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and ISO9001:2015 Lead Auditor. He has a total experience of 20 years in the Banking and Financial space and has worked in various banks and financial institutions.

In his last assignment with Axis Bank, he was responsible for Anti Money Laundering Compliance. He has also worked with the Lulu Financial Group as the Chief Internal Auditor, at their Global Headquarter in Abu Dhabi. In his other job assignments, he has worked with ICICI Bank, PwC, YES Bank and HDFC Life.

In his free time he runs marathon, hikes and listens to music.

Works in: India

Karthik Pai Nejigar

Regional Finance

Karthik has joined Gojo & Company as part of the Finance team. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has over 8 years of experience across multiple areas of the finance function. He is based out of the city of Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka in India.

Prior to joining Gojo, he worked at Avanti Finance, a fintech startup. At Avanti he was responsible for the entire finance function and was part of the team that successfully closed Avanti's first equity fund raise of USD 26 Million. He has also worked at CapitaLand where he was responsible for financial reporting for India business and led the setup of the treasury function for their India business.

Outside of work he enjoys cooking and also tries to keep fit by cycling and running. He is an avid traveler and has traveled extensively across India.

Works in: India

Mohit Joshi

Engineering Manager

Mohit is working on Product and Technology at Gojo and is taking care of Neobanking and Field Officer app at Gojo. Prior to Gojo he was working as Head of Engineering at Motherson Group. He started his career with Tech Mahindra back in 2007 in the IT industry and soon realized that his entrepreneurial acumen coupled with his technical know-how was pulling him towards a new product design/new business. And thus, Mohit's self journey began. Initially, He joined start-ups like Mango Technologies and Chleon Automotive before co-founding MI-XLAB in 2014. As Head of Software at MI-XLAB, Mohit lead a team of highly creative individuals to ideate connected car solutions called Rollr which is now deployed at various automobile companies.

Mohit is passionate about creating products which makes difference in peoples life. He cares a lot about customer experience and believes in design lead thinking for product development.

Apart from work Mohit is social person who loves interacting people from various walks of life. He is nature lover, book reader, helping start-ups, and contributing to society in whatever ways he can.

Works in: India

Milena Nikolova

Outside Director

Milena has over 20 years of finance experience spanning across investment banking, wealth management, venture capital investing and startup advisory. She is a strong believer that directing capital for impact can be a powerful force for good without compromising financial returns.

Milena currently works with Aera VC, a global venture capital firm investing in radical solutions to climate change. She is also Founding Partner of Therion Advisers, a startup advisory firm as well as Venture Partner in Antler, a global early stage VC that enables the founding of about 200 startups per year. Prior to that as Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank in London, she advised leading European banks and insurance companies on mergers, acquisitions and IPO transactions totaling over $10bn in deal value. In Wealth Management in Singapore, she worked with ultra high net worth individuals on financial assets allocation, wealth planning or corporate structuring.

Milena also devotes considerable time to charitable causes and is a partner/founder in several NGOs. She has 3 children and is an adventurer, outdoor sports and salsa dancing lover. She is a CFA charterholder and has a MSc degree in International Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics.

Works in: Singapore

Sajin J S

Software Engineering

Sajin has over 7 years of experience in Android application development. He joined Gojo as a Software Engineer as part of the technology team. He is a Bachelor of Engineering graduate, passed out from Nagarjuna college of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore, India.

Before joining Gojo, Sajin was a Lead Engineer at Seqato, and was responsible for leading the mobile team and developing mobile applications. Prior to Seqato, Sajin worked in companies Rainconcert Technologies, Codeleven Technologies and Businocrats. In his career, he developed Android applications in different categories like Weather, Health & Fitness, Finance, Social, Business, Productivity, Food & Drink, Maps & Navigation etc.

Sajin likes spending free time with family and friends. He loves playing cricket, chess and carrom board, also he loves to listen to all types of songs.

Works in: India

Grace Leung Wing Yan

Financial Reporting / Accounting

Grace has joined Gojo & Company as part of the Finance team with a focus on accounting and financial reporting. She earned her Bachelor's degree in professional accountancy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Grace started her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) Hong Kong and later relocated to PwC Japan in 2012. At PwC, she engaged in statutory audits and financial reporting advisory projects including IFRS/USGAAP conversions and accounting policy advisory. She was also seconded to the IFRS Foundation Asia-Oceania Office between 2014 - 2016, performed research on tax disclosure and IFRS reporting by jurisdictions. Just prior to joining Gojo, she spent 2 years at Japan Computer Vision Corp., an IT startup company where she was responsible for leading the accounting and financial planning and analysis team.

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time outdoor with her family and she also loves watching soccer games.

Works in: Japan

Joydeep Bandyopadhyay

Internal Audit

Hello Everyone

Joydeep has joined Gojo Group in the Internal Audit Department from June 2022 and would collaborate with the partners and also involve with Group Internal Audit functions. He has undetgone graduation in Computer Science and professionally undergone Insurance and stock market trading certification. Apart from that, also a diploma holder in software technology and have undergone certification in KYC and AML.

He has started his career way back in 2004 and have a total experience of almost 18 years in the Banking and Financial Services industry with experience in Retail Banking Business and operations, Micro-Banking Operations, Internal Audit functions for different verticals, Fraud Investigations, Process Reviews, Compliance Testing. He has worked with various organizations such as Microland Ltd, Wipro Infotech, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank at different capacities and lastly with Bandhan Bank in the Internal Audit Department.

On the personal side, he likes to spend leisure time with family and also take out playing time with his adorable two pets, that is a Beagle and a Rottweiler. He is from Kharagpur and now settled in Kolkata with his family and his wife is a homemaker and they are blessed with a son of age of 13 years.

Works in: India

Koharu Suganuma

Financial Reporting / Accounting

Koharu is a Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant in Japan and works at Gojo with a focus on accounting, tax, and financial reporting.

Koharu has a B.A. in Policy Management from Keio University. She passed the CPA exam when she was a sophomore in university and started her career at Ernst & Young Tokyo as an auditor. After spending 4 years focusing on statutory/internal control audits and IFRS implementation projects, she joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory and experienced cross-border and domestic M&A advisory, mainly financial due diligence, overall support for carve-out transactions, deal structuring, and PMI projects for 3 and half years.

Outside of Gojo, Koharu delivers several supports to start-ups by building and improving business flows and providing accounting/tax services. Koharu loves listening to music, watching movies, traveling and visiting hot springs. She also enjoys road biking and hopes to take a long vacation and go around Taiwan by bike in the future.

Works in: Japan

Akash Suluru

Product Associate

Akash Suluru has joined Gojo & Company as part of the Studio team with a focus on Product Management and Data Analytics. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Technology from Vellore Institute of Technology. Akash started his journey with Gojo as a Technology Intern where he worked with the data team from Feb 2021 to June 2022. During this internship Akash focused on building Dashboards for our partner Sejaya using SQL and Redash Tool. He also worked on various research projects and developed a probability of default model to predict the loan delinquency using Python. Prior to this Akash had completed three internships which include working as Data Analyst Intern at Reliance JIO, a Product Management Intern at Cerebro Kids and Big data and IOT developer Intern at Avotrix.

Outside of work, he enjoys spending time in sports and physical activities and is a district level table tennis player. He also takes pleasure in cooking occasionally as its a great stress buster.

Works in: India

Haruna Tanaka

Corporate Planning team

Why did you join Gojo?
Since the beginning of my career I had wanted to spend my time on supporting people in developing countries. However, I ended up starting my career as a strategy consultant. After 3 years, I joined Rakuten, a Japan-based internet services company, where I worked mainly at the CEO office as an internal consultant. There were many interesting projects and I really enjoyed my time there, but I couldn't give up on my original aspiration. After spending 10 years at Rakuten I decided to shift my career to pursue my personal mission.

You can read more about my career here.

What does a day in your life look like?
A typical day will be like this:

0700-0900 : Time with kids - breakfast, send them off to school, dish washing, laundry etc

0930-1200 : Start working at home. Morning is usually more quiet and I get time to do analysis, write / read reports etc. (if I'm lucky)

1200-1300 : Lunch

1300-1800 : Meetings with Gojo team members, group company counterparts, committees and board meetings

1800-2000 : Time with kids - dinner, bath, homework etc

2000-2200 : Not everyday but sometimes late night meetings, some additional work to be done

What do you find challenging and rewarding about your job?
The best part is the people you work with. It is amazing to work with really talented people who share the same values and the goal to achieve a social mission. Everyone is very kind and empathetic, while being super professional. I also like the flat and open culture - you are encouraged to dissent without fear, almost all information is disclosed to everyone so transparency is quite high, very little hierachy. The challenges are workload management and distance with the clients. Being a startup there is always so much work that needs to be done, while as a working mother there is only limited time I can spend, so it sometimes becomes difficult. Being in Japan, it is sometimes difficult to provide effective support to clients in a timely manner. Having said that I feel that the challenges are possible to overcome with the great team members.

A word for prospective team members
I think it was one of my best decisions I made in my life to come to Gojo. I am sure you will feel the same too.

Shraddha Kumari

HR Assistant Director

Shraddha joined Gojo in August, 2022 as an HR Assistant Director. She has 12 years of experience in HR and has managed Recruitment, Employee Engagement, Performance Appraisal along with managing end to end employee lifecycle. Prior to joining Gojo, Shraddha was associated with EY (Ernst & Young) where one of the most fun project she worked was around driving Wellbeing at work which included surveys, understading employee mindset and customizing Wellbeing programs under diffferent pillars like Social, Financial, Physical and mental wellness. Apart from EY, she has worked with different organizations like Genpact, HCL, Max Bupa Health Insurance and Pearl Academy which has given her exposure across industries.

At Gojo, she leads Human Resource and manages end to end employee life cycle along with focusing on building the right culture.

Shraddha did her Masters in Business Administration from IBS, Kolkata and did her Psychologu Hons. from her hometown Jaipur.

Shraddha lives in Jaipur, Rajasthan with her family. She loves to travel, enjoys going on treks and is an ardent dog lover. She also enjoys meeting new people and building meaningful connections.

Works in: India

Michelle Chang

Innovation Product Director

Michelle joined Gojo in September 2022 as the innovation product director. She is a seasoned technology and VC executive with pan-Asian experience at leading VC funds and diverse insight spanning e-commerce marketing, venture building, and finance.

Before joining Gojo, she was venture manager at Launcho Ventures focusing on scaling consumer brands focusing on SEA and the US market. Her career has included her significant time at Vertex Venture Holdings, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. In her four years at Vertex, she made investments across the SEA market and Taiwan. Before Vertex, Michelle was the first employee of Reebonz Taiwan, scaling a luxury e-commerce platform and led the growth of the digital business from the ground up to nearly $USD1 million in its first year. She also worked at the leading grocery startup Honestbee as C-suite manager.

Works in: Singapore

慎 泰俊

創業者・代表執行役

1981年東京都生まれ。モルガン・スタンレー・キャピタル、ユニゾン・キャピタルで8年間にわたりプライベート・エクイティ投資実務に携わった後、2014年に五常・アンド・カンパニーを共同創業。グループ経営、資金調達、投資など全般に従事している。

金融機関で働くかたわら、2007年にLiving in Peaceを設立し(2017年に理事長退任)、日本初のマイクロファイナンス投資ファンドを企画した。過去15年以上にわたり社会的養育を受ける子どもの支援に携わっており、2021年に日本児童相談業務評価機関を共同設立した。

単著は9冊。日本縦断1648kmウルトラマラソン完走。空手黒帯、ブラジリアン柔術青帯(2022年時点)。世界経済フォーラムのYoung Global Leader 2018選出。一般財団法人五常代表理事。朝鮮大学校法律学科、早稲田大学大学院ファイナンス研究科卒。趣味はストリート写真を撮ること。時々バンドでドラムを叩く。

取締役会議長、監査委員会及び指名委員会の委員を務める。

勤務地：日本

アルノー・ヴェンチュラ

Managing Partner、執行役

世界有数の金融包摂グループ2社を設立、CEOとして率いた。

Jacques Attaliとムハマド・ユヌスの支援を受け、プラネットファイナンスを共同設立し、世界中でアドバイザリーサービスを提供。またアフリカ9カ国と中国でBaobab（旧MicroCred）を設立・CEOとして主導。退職前の2019年にBaobabは100万人の顧客に10億ドルを貸し出し、約2億ドルの総収益と4000万ドル以上の経常利益を創出。

世界経済フォーラムのヤング・グローバル・リーダーであり、the French China FoundationとShare Africaの共同設立者でもある。パリのEFREIでコンピュータサイエンスを、La Sorbonneで哲学を学んだ。フランス語、英語、スペイン語を流暢に話し、歴史と哲学を愛する。スキーとハイキングが好きな二児の父。

勤務地：フランス

サンジェイ・ガンディ

共同創業者・Chief Investment Officer

2014年に最高投資責任者として五常を共同創業し、以来、投資部門を率いている。投資先開拓のほか、パートナー企業の取締役会や委員会に参加し、グループ会社におけるガバナンス強化に積極的に貢献している。

Delhi University卒業前に公認会計士(CPA)の資格を取得。1990年代前半にインドで監査マネージャーとして勤務した後、金融会社でコーポレートバンキング（北インド）チームを率いる。

2003年にマイクロファイナンス業界に入り、以来、29カ国で約125のMFI格付けと評価を実施し、400以上のMFI格付けレポートを承認した。世界銀行、ADB、UNDP、Cordaid、Mercy Corpsなどの案件を担当。2013年にカンボジアのMFIでCEOを務めた後、慎と共に五常を設立し、マイクロファイナンス分野における豊富な経験を活かしている。

妻と2人の娘とインドで暮らす。 英語、ヒンディー語、パンジャブ語を話し、読書、映画、音楽をこよなく愛する。長年The Beatlesを愛している。

勤務地：インド

ソヒル・シャア

Investment

ムンバイ大学で電子工学の学士号を、ミシガン大学でファイナンスの修士号を取得。五常入社以前は、Aavishkaar-Intellecapグループに所属し、ソーシャルインパクト・スタートアップへの投資に焦点を当てたエンジェル投資ネットワークであるIntellecap Impact Investment Networkを率いた。5年間の在籍中、インドと東アフリカで約35件の投資を主導した。

投資銀行業務の専門家。以前はBank of Americaにシニアアナリストとして勤務していた。グローバル投資銀行チームに所属し、ヘルスケア分野に重点を置き、数十億ドル規模のM&A取引に関与。それ以前は、インドのFortune Financial Services LtdとNYのCrucible Capital Groupの投資銀行チームに所属していた。

ビール好きであるほか、個人的にエンジェル投資家としても活動。家族と一緒にプネに住んでいる。

勤務地：インド

堅田 航平

Chief Financial Officer

大学在学中にバングラデシュのNGOにおけるリサーチ・インターンを通じて、マイクロファイナンスの可能性と課題を認識。大学卒業後、インドの英文校正スタートアップの立ち上げに関与したのち、モルガン・スタンレー証券 投資銀行本部においてM&Aアドバイザリー業務に従事。Och-Ziff Capital Management(Hong Kong)を経て、2008年にライフネット生命保険に入社し、経営管理、事業開発、組織開発、韓国におけるJV設立などを担当。IPO準備の責任者として同社を東証マザーズ上場に導き、執行役員CFOに就任。

2014年に7番目の社員としてスマートニュースに入社。コーポレート部門の立ち上げ、累計85億円強の資本調達、米国子会社の設立、採用・人事・組織開発等を担当したのち執行役員 財務担当に就任。

スポーツと軽井沢とカレーをこよなく愛する二児の父。

日本証券アナリスト協会認定アナリスト(CMA)

note: 民間版の世界銀行を目指す五常・アンド・カンパニーに入社しました

勤務地: 東京

佐竹 亮

Head of Accounting and FP&A

2020年8月より五常・アンド・カンパニーに所属。同社でHead of Accounting and FP&Aを担当している。

大学2年次に公認会計士試験に合格し、非常勤としてEY新日本監査法人に入社。大学在学中に、語学留学、EYフィリピンで金融アドバイザリー、国内会計事務所で経営アドバイザリーを経験。EY新日本で3年間勤務後、EYロサンゼルス事務所で2年間駐在。IFRS、US-GAAP、J-GAAPでの監査をそれぞれ経験。

マイクロファイナンスとの出会いは、学生時代、フィリピンでのインターン。

大場 有紗

Investor Relations

2020年4月より五常の財務チームに参画し、Investors Relations、エクイティ・デット調達、IPO準備、PRに従事。

前職の三菱UFJモルガンスタンレー証券では、国内外のM&A、エクイティ・オファリング、不動産セクターのアドバイザリーサービスに関与。

学生時代、タンザニアにて女性と子どものエンパワメントに関するインターンに従事。五常財団事務局として運営に携わっている。

趣味はヨガ（RYT 200）、旅行、読書。

勤務地: 日本

カルシック・パイ

Regional Finance

五常のファイナンスチームに参加。Chartered Accountant with Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiaの資格を持ち、財務領域の複数の分野で8年以上の経験を持つ。インドのカルナータカ州にあるベンガルールを拠点に活動。

五常入社以前は、フィンテックスタートアップのAvanti Financeに勤務。Avantiでは財務部門全体を担当し、最初のエクイティ資金調達である 2600 万米ドルの調達を成功させたチームの一員でもあった。また、CapitaLandでは、インド事業の財務報告を担当し、インド事業の財務機能の立ち上げを主導した経験もある。

仕事以外では料理が好きで、サイクリングやランニングをし健康維持に努めている。インド国内を広く旅する熱心なトラベラー。

勤務地：インド

梁穎恩 (グレース)

Financial Reporting / Accounting

ファイナンスチームの一員として五常に入社し、主に会計と財務報告を担当している。香港中文大学にて会計学の学士号を取得。

PwC香港事務所でキャリアをスタートし、2012年にPwC Japanに移籍。PwCでは、法定監査、財務報告アドバイザリープロジェクト等に従事。また、2014年から2016年までIFRS財団アジア・オセアニア事務所に出向し、国・地域ごとの税務開示やIFRS報告に関する調査を行っていた。Gojoに入社する直前には、ITベンチャー企業のJapan Computer Vision Corp.で2年間、経理・財務企画・分析チームのリーダーを担当。

仕事以外の時間は家族とアウトドアで過ごし、サッカー観戦を楽しむ。

勤務地：日本

寺井滉

Representative Producer of the Studio

本質的なプロダクトやサービスを作り出す鍵は他人への共感と理解にあると信じている。デザインリサーチを通じて新たな気づきを得て、コンセプトの構築、サービスの設計、プロトタイプを通して人と物、人と人、人と組織のインタラクションを作り出している。ビジネス、デザイン、テクノロジーの境界を超えることによって、ハイクオリティーなプロダクトやサービスのデザインを目指している。

ニューヨーク大学アブダビでコンピュータサイエンスを専攻。

勤務地：シンガポール

ミシェル・チャン

Innovation Product Director

2022年9月にイノベーション・プロダクト・ディレクターとして五常に入社。テクノロジー分野のベンチャーキャピタルの専門家で、大手ベンチャーキャピタルファンドにおけるアジア全域での経験と、eコマースマーケティング、ベンチャー構築、ファイナンスにまたがる多様な見識を備えている。

五常入社以前は、Launcho VenturesでSEAと米国市場を中心とした消費者ブランドの拡大に取り組んだ。また、Vertex Venture Holdingsに在籍し、中東地域と台湾への投資を行なった。Vertex以前は、Reebonz Taiwanで、高級電子商取引プラットフォームを拡張し、デジタルビジネスをゼロから立ち上げた。また、大手食料品スタートアップのHonestbeeでは、C-suite Managerとして勤務。

自由な時間には、ヨガや読書、音楽鑑賞を楽しんでいる。

勤務地：シンガポール

ニーラジ・レクワー

DX

五常のテクノロジーチームの一員として、テクノロジープロジェクトやDXを担当。

14年にわたり、インド国内外で大規模なデジタル変革の推進や、ドナー資金プログラムなどを指揮してきた。五常入社以前は、世界銀行グループIFC、 Asian Credit Fund (ACF)にコンサルタントとして従事。それ以前は、Grameen Foundation Indiaにプロジェクトマネージャー（DFS）として勤務。キャリア前半は、ICICI Bank、FINO、PayU Paymentsなどの組織に携わっていた。

エンジニアリングのバックグラウンドがあり、National Institute of Cooperative ManagementでMBAを取得。趣味は映画鑑賞と写真撮影。

勤務地：インド

ラフル・ロカデ

Data Engineering

インド工科大学でコンピュータサイエンスとエンジニアリングの修士号を取得。

卒業後、Quikr India Pvt. Ltd.に入社し、さまざまな社内システムの実装を主導。五常入社前は、Shaadi.comのデータエンジニアリングチームで、クラウドベースのデータレイクとデータウェアハウジングシステムの実装・強化を担当。

五常ではデータ管理プラットフォームの構築に取り組んでいる。

写真と料理が好き。生命の存在と進化に強い関心を持ち、最近では現代の技術進歩に対する宗教や神話の持つ影響について学んでいる。

動物を愛し、家族、友人、そして愛犬Eathenと過ごす時間を大切にしている。

勤務地：インド

モヒト・ジョシ

Engineering Manager

五常のエンジニアを統括し、テクノロジー開発を担当。五常の前は、Motherson Groupでエンジニアリングの責任者として働いた。 2007年にTech MahindraでIT業界でのキャリアをスタートさせ、当初はMango TechnologiesやChleon Automotiveなどのスタートアップ企業に参加し、2014年にMI-XLABを共同設立。ソフトウェア責任者として、Rollrというコネクテッドカー・ソリューションを考案し、現在様々な自動車会社で展開されている。

人々の生活に変化をもたらす製品を作ることに情熱を持つ。顧客体験を重視し、製品開発におけるデザインリード思考を信条としている。

仕事以外では様々な人と交流するのが好きな社交家。自然を愛し、本を読み、スタートアップ企業を支援することで社会に貢献している。

勤務地：インド

Jeet Dholakia

Software Engineering

米国City University of New Yorkで起業と起業家研究の修士号を、インドのGujarat Technical Universityで工学学士号を取得。

五常ではソフトウェアエンジニアとして勤務。五常入社以前は、Finablr PEaaSのリードモバイルエンジニアとしてクロスボーダーの支払いや送金などのエンジニアプロジェクトを主導。また、RuvnaやLocaholicなどのスタートアップで働いていた経験もある。起業家精神で情熱的なプロジェクトに取り組み、それらをアプリとして展開している。

ジムやジョギングをすることが一番の幸せである。また「思いつくことは何でも実現できる」をモットーにしている。好きなスポーツはF1で、すべてのサーキットを訪れたいと思っている。

勤務地：インド

サジン・ジェイエス

Software Engineering

Androidアプリケーション開発で7年以上の経験を持つ。テクノロジーチームのソフトウェアエンジニアとして五常に入社。 Nagarjuna college of Engineering and Technology を卒業し、工学学士号を取得。

五常に入社する前はSeqatoのリード エンジニアとして、モバイル チームの指揮とモバイル アプリケーションの開発を担当。また、Rainconcert Technologies、Codeleven Technologies、Businocrats に勤務していた。さまざまなカテゴリのAndroidアプリケーションを開発。

自由な時間を家族や友人と過ごすことを愛する。クリケット、チェス、キャロム盤をプレイするのが好きで、いろいろな曲を聴くことも好き。

勤務地：日本

アカッシュ・スルル

Product Associate

五常のテクノロジーチームの一員として、プロダクト管理およびデータ分析に従事。Vellore Institute of Technologyでテクノロジー学士を取得。インターンとして五常でのキャリアをスタートさせ、後に社員となった。SQLとRedash Toolを使用して、パートナー会社であるSejayaのダッシュボード構築に注力。様々な研究プロジェクトに取り組み、Pythonを使用してローンの延滞を予測するためのモデルを開発。

それ以前には、Reliance JIOのデータアナリストインターン、Cerebro Kidsのプロダクトマネジメントインターン、AvotrixのビッグデータおよびIoT開発者インターンなどを経験。

仕事外ではスポーツや体を動かすことが好きで、卓球プレーヤーでもある。またストレス発散の為に時々料理を楽しんでいる。

勤務地：インド

ギュロル・サリ

Chief Operating Officer

2020年6月にCOOとして入社し、パートナー会社の運営を監督。リテールバンキング、SMEファイナンス、マイクロファイナンス、デジタルファイナンスの分野で豊富なリーダーシップ経験を持ち、また、複数の金融機関のターンアラウンドも経験。複数の国で30年以上銀行部門に携わってきた。

キャリアをスタートさせた当初から、イノベーションとインパクトに関心があり、現在ドイツ1位にランクインする初の完全自動化オンラインクレジットソリューション、easyCreditを開発。五常入社以前は、Vision Fund MyanmarのCOOとして、完全デジタル化されたマイクロファイナンスシステムを開発・導入し、貧困顧客30万人以上にローン、預金、教育へのアクセスを提供。現在は、デジタル化と変革のプロセスについて、いくつかの銀行にアドバイスをしている。

クリエイティブな精神を持ち、常にアクティブに活動。建築、ガーデニング、ハンドクラフト（特に家の改造）に熱中し、自転車とテニスをこよなく愛している。2人の子供が独立したら、妻と一緒にヨットに乗るのが夢。

勤務地：ドイツ

カウンセット・リン

Innovation

米国のSarah Lawrence Collegeでリベラルアーツを学び、一度ミャンマーに帰国し、金融セクターで6年以上の経験を持つ。マイクロファイナンス機関であるProximity FinanceでMISを管理。その後、KBZ Bankでミャンマーの銀行セクターに参入し、Huaweiとのパートナーシップのもと、さまざまなステークホルダーと協力してKBZ Payを開発し、同銀行のアウトリーチを拡大させた。五常入社前は、Yoma Bankのデジタル部門に所属し、SMART Creditというデジタル融資商品を作成し立ち上げた。

時間のある時は新しいスキルの習得とともに、旅行や読書をするのを趣味とする。また、音楽フェスティバルに行くのが好きで、地域のさまざまなイベントに参加するため旅行することもある。

勤務地：ミャンマー

エルチン・アブドゥライェヴ

Product

五常では商品開発、マーケティングのサポート、DXの実現に注力。

五常入社以前は、マイクロファイナンス機関や商業銀行でシニア管理職を歴任し、1999年以降は商品管理、マーケティング、デジタル変革プロジェクトに注力。FINCA Impact Financeではサービスマネージャーとグローバルバンキングアドバイザーを、Standard Bank Azerbaijanではディレクターを務めた。

Azerbaijan State Economic Universityで経済学の学士号、コロンビア大学で国際関係の修士号を取得。CIS諸国のほとんどに住んだ経験があり、ロシア語を流暢に話す。学校での金融教育改革に情熱を注いでいる。趣味はバイクとバスケットボール。

勤務地：アゼルバイジャン

伊藤駿

Deputy CEO, MIFIDA / IR and Alliance, Gojo

ミャンマーのMicrofinance Delta International (MIFIDA)社の副社長と、五常のパートナー会社のための資金調達・事業開発を兼務。

2018年に五常のミャンマー・カントリーレップとして入社し、MIFIDAにて、戦略策定、資金調達・財務、オペレーションのデジタル化、新規事業開発、ソーシャルパフォーマンス向上に従事。

五常以前には、ローランド・ベルガー東京/シンガポールオフィスで勤務。ミャンマーや東南アジアのクライアント向けの戦略、ターンアラウンド、オペレーション改善、組織改革、新規事業立ち上げ、投資DD等、幅広い業界・機能・地域のプロジェクトに従事。個人事業として秋田県の地域に根差す小売事業の全社・事業コンサルティングも実施。幼少期はイギリスやブラジルで過ごす。ミャンマーで出家をし、座禅を組んだ経験も有り。

英語、日本語。ビルマ語はベーシックな読み書きレベル

勤務地：ミャンマー

磯崎智弘

CEO, Maxima

2018年に五常のカンボジア・カントリーレップとして入社し、2022年からはグループ会社のMaximaのCEOに就任。CEOとして戦略策定、支店オペレーション、人事、与信管理、デジタルプロジェクト、資金調達、経営企画、ソーシャルパフォーマンス向上、マーケティング等を経営・管轄している。

五常以前には、ヘルスバンク社（シンガポール・マレーシア・ベトナム）、マッキンゼー東京オフィス、三井物産食料本部・戦略企画室で戦略、ターンアラウンド、オペレーション改善、組織改革、新規事業立ち上げ、投資DD等、幅広い業界・機能・地域のプロジェクトに従事。

英語・日本語に流暢で、クメール語を学習中。モットーは、「強く、賢く、優しく、楽しく」。日々の仕事を通じて、自由で平等な社会を目指す。

勤務地：カンボジア

高橋孝郎

Head of Corporate Planning & HR

世界銀行グループIFC（国際金融公社）のワシントンDC本社とジャカルタ事務所でインベストメント・オフィサーとして7年間、マイクロファイナンス・フィンテック向けの投資・融資を担当。IFCの前はブータンで１年間ブータン首相フェローとして金融包摂を通じたGNH（国民総幸福）の向上に従事。

最初のキャリアはマッキンゼーの経営コンサルタントとしてで東京とフランクフルトで計４年を過ごした。

京都大学法学部卒業。ジョージタウン大学外交政策大学院で開発学修士を取得。

趣味は歌（オペラ、カラオケ）、テニス。

著書：ブータンで本当の幸せについて考えてみました。 -「足るを知る」と経済成長は両立するのだろうか？

勤務地：東京

田中はる奈

Corporate Planning

21年4月より五常の経営企画部所属。IPOプロジェクトをリードする傍ら、ソーシャルパフォーマンス管理、インパクト測定、ステークホルダー・インパクトマネジメント、コーポレート・ガバナンスなどを担当。前職の楽天株式会社では、主に社長室で全社戦略を担当する傍ら、テクノロジーを活用し社会起業家を支援する楽天ソーシャルアクセラレータを立ち上げ。

プライベートでは社会起業家を支援するSVP東京のパートナーであり二児の母。五常財団事務局として運営に携わっている。

シェリエル・ネオ

Impact Measurement

五常グループの商品やサービスが顧客の生活に与える影響の測定に取り組んでいる。オックスフォード大学で歴史と英語の学士号、エディンバラ大学で翻訳学の修士号を取得。オックスフォード大学では、ホームレス支援活動を行い、社会正義のための全国的な学生主導チャリティ団体の設立に携わった。

卒業後は、社会的投資の金融仲介を行うSocial Financeに加わり、英国、カメルーン、ウェストバンクでインパクト・ボンドを設計し、国の保護を離れた若者の成果を追跡するためのアプリ作成を支援した。また、英国で難民女性をトレーニングし雇用する社会的企業、Proof Bakeryの創設者でもある。

余暇には、読書、おやつ、近所を探索することを好む。編み物や家庭料理も得意。

シュラッダ・クマリ

HR Assistant Director

2022年8月、人事部のアシスタント・ディレクターとして五常に入社。12年の人事経験を持ち、採用、従業員エンゲージメント、業績評価、従業員のライフサイクル管理などを行ってきた。五常入社前は、EYで職場におけるウェルビーイングを推進するプロジェクトを担当し、調査、従業員の考え方の理解、ウェルビーイングプログラムのカスタマイズなどの仕事を経験した。また、Genpact、HCL、Max Bupa Health Insurance、Pearl Academyなど様々な企業で働き、業界を超えた経験を積んできた。

コルカタのIBSで経営学修士を、故郷のジャイプールで心理学修士を取得。

家族とジャイプールに住んでいる。旅行が好きで、トレッキングを楽しみ、愛犬家でもある。また、新しい人と出会い豊かな関係を気づくことを楽しんでいる。

勤務地：インド

マルコ・ジァンコッティ

Systems and Knowledge

学生時代は物理学と宇宙工学を学び、Sapienza University of Romeと宇宙航空研究開発機構（JAXA）で博士課程を修了。2019年までは超小型人工衛星メーカーの株式会社アクセルスペースで衛星の開発とプロジェクトマネジメントを経験。

2019年に五常に入社、各国のパートナー会社のDXサポートや、革新的な金融サービスプラットフォームの構築など、様々なIT企画に参画。2020～2022年はプロダクトマネージャーとしてデジタルフィールドアプリケーション（DFA）の開発をリード。

日本語が堪能で、読書・執筆に夢中。様々な科学分野において独自で研究している。

勤務地：東京

菅井夏樹

Special Project

五常・アンド・カンパニーの創業直後である2015年に5人目のメンバーとしてに入社し、これまでシリーズAラウンド以降の資金調達をリード、グループ会社の経営支援、採用、グループ全体のコーポレートガバナンス強化など様々な役割を担い、現在は新規事業を含むその時々で異なる新しいテーマを担当。

早稲田大学で社会科学を専攻する大学生としてラオスの教育支援を行う学生NGOを設立し、ラオス政府との協業や資金調達をはじめ公立学校の設立の全過程を主導。その活動を通じて、安価で便利な金融サービスから排除されているラオスの農村部の低所得者層の現状を知って以降、誰もが自分のゴールを目指せるよう金融包摂の課題に取り組む。

趣味はウルトラマラソン、スノーボード、山登り。高校時代には早稲田実業学校にてレギュラーとして甲子園に出場した経験がある。

勤務地：日本

トマシュ・オチエプカ

Data Analytics

英国ロンドン大学クイーン・メアリー校を卒業、数学の理学修士号を取得。

五常入社前は、イギリスのオックスフォードを拠点にデータサイエンティストとして活動。新興企業や中小企業向けに、データ分析やデータ管理の分野でサービスを提供していた。また、定量的手法を用いたアカデミックリサーチコンサルタントも務めていた。

2019年、世界の所得格差と戦うために五常に入社。中でも、五常のデータ分析、データプロジェクトを担当するとともに、その知識と経験でパートナー会社をサポートしている。

趣味はハイキングと水墨画。インスピレーションが湧いたら、俳句を作る。

野口能也

Researcher in Residence

五常のデータ分析プロジェクトをリードしている。東京大学を卒業後、第一生命保険相互会社に2年間勤務、ゴールドマン・サックス・アセット・マネジメントでは、計量モデルを用いた旗艦ヘッジファンド、グローバルアルファを運用するグループで活躍。他にグローバル・タクティカル・アセット・アロケーション運用、様々な定量分析ツールの開発に従事。

退社後は独立、金融機関のコンサルティングを含む複数事業を営む。

金融論、音楽、スキーが好き。

勤務地：日本

ラジニッシュ・ロイ

Internal Audit

2021年12月から内部監査責任者として五常に参加。五常グループの内部監査機能を担当し、各パートナー会社の内部監査機能と連携。Chartered Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, ISO9001:2015 Lead Auditorの資格を保有。銀行・金融業界で合計20年の経験を持ち、様々な銀行や金融機関に勤務。

Axis Bankでは、マネーロンダリング防止コンプライアンスを担当。また、Lulu Financial Groupのアブダビにあるグローバル本社では、チーフ内部監査役として勤務した。その他、ICICI Bank、PwC、YES Bank、HDFC Lifeでの勤務経験がある。

余暇にはマラソン、ハイキング、音楽鑑賞を楽しむ。

勤務地：インド

ジョイディープ・バンデュオパデイ

Internal Audit

2022年6月より五常の内部監査部門に加わり、五常グループの内部監査チームをサポート。コンピューターサイエンス学部を卒業し、保険と株式取引の資格を取得。また、ソフトウェア技術の学位、KYCとAMLの認証も取得。

銀行・金融サービス業界で約18年の経験を持ち、リテールバンキング業務、マイクロファイナンス、内部監査、不正調査、プロセスレビュー、コンプライアンス・テストなどの経験を持つ。

Microland Ltd、Wipro Infotech、Axis Bank、ICICI Bankなどの組織でさまざまな職務を経験し、最終的にはBandhan Bankの内部監査部門を担当。

プライベートでは、家族と余暇を過ごしたりペットと遊ぶのが好き。

カラグプル出身で、現在は子どもと妻とともにコルカタに在住。

勤務地：インド

スチュワート・ラザフォード

社外取締役

スチュワートはアジア、アフリカ地域の貧困層への金融サービスを専門とする研究者、実務家、教員、そしてコンサルタントとして活動している。長年、世界銀行をはじめとした国際機関でマイクロファイナンス領域のコンサルタントとして業務を行いつつ、Oxfam、CARE、Save the Children、ASA、BRAC、Gates Foundation、ActionAidといった国際的なNGOでも活動してきた。教員としては、マンチェスター大学で教鞭を執りつつ、Boulder Institute of Microfinanceのアメリカ、エストニア、イタリア支部や、アジア開発銀行の東京支部でマイクロファイナンスに関するトレーニングを行うなどしてきた。

ケンブリッジ大学の博士号を持ち、建築士の資格も持つ。

インパクト委員会の議長を務めるとともに、指名委員会の委員を務めている。

琴坂 将広

社外取締役

慶應義塾大学総合政策学部准教授。2017年3月に社外取締役として五常に参画。監査委員会議長、指名委員会、報酬委員会、インパクト委員会の委員。

数社の起業を経験の後、マッキンゼー・アンド・カンパニーの日本およびドイツを拠点に主に海外企業の経営支援に従事。その後、オックスフォード大学に移籍し、経営学の優等修士号と博士号を取得。立命館大学経営学部を経て、2016年より現職。専門は、経営戦略、国際経営、および、制度と組織の関係。慶應義塾大学政策・メディア研究科委員、オックスフォード大学サィードビジネススクールアソシエイトフェロー、上場企業を含む複数のスタートアップの社外役員を兼務。著書に『STARTUP優れた経営者は何を考え、どう行動したか』、『経営戦略原論』、『領域を超える経営学』、分担著に『Japanese Management in Evolution』などがある。

木下 万暁

社外取締役

日本及び米国カリフォルニア州弁護士。国内及びクロスボーダーのM&A、ジョイントベンチャー、資本提携、業務提携、プライベートエクイティ、ベンチャーキャピタル等を中心に幅広くコーポレート案件を取り扱っている。加えて社会起業家、ソーシャルインパクトファンドの代理等多数。

2016年1月にサウスゲイト法律事務所・外国法共同事業を立ち上げ、同事務所の代表に就任。2020年から3年連続してAsia Business Law JournalのJapan's top 100 lawyersに選出。サウスゲイト法律事務所・外国法共同事業の立ち上げ前には、米国の大手国際法律事務所であるホワイト&ケース及びオメルベニー・アンド・マイヤーズのパートナーを務めた。

五常においては、日々の業務を必要に応じてチェックするとともに、取締役会及び各種委員会に出席することにより、独立した見地から経営陣のモニタリングを行っている。現在報酬委員会の議長を務めるとともに、監査委員会及び指名委員会の委員を務めている。

ローヤン・ドイ

社外取締役

以前の経歴は米国プルデンシャル・ファイナンシャル Chief Compliance Officer及びChief Ethics Officer、ヤマハ株式会社 Global Legal, Ethics & Compliance Advisor。

ヤマハ株式会社入社前には、プルデンシャル・ファイナンシャル、ステート・ストリート信託銀行、シグナ・コーポレーション、エース・リミテッドなどのグローバル大手金融機関各社でシニア法務担当者を歴任。北米、南米、アジア、欧州で200名以上の従業員を管理した経験も有する。また、Global Ethics Officerとして携わったプルデンシャル・ファイナンシャルは、2015年に初めて「世界で最も倫理的な企業」の1つに認定され、その後複数回にわたり認定を受ける。Doi氏はセントルイスのワシントン大学で哲学の学士号を(最も優秀な学生に贈られるMagna Cum Laude、Phi Beta Kappaを取得)、カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校ロースクールにて法務博士号を取得。1994年より日本に在住し、日本を中心にアジアにおける女性のエンパワーメント、神経科学、行動倫理に取り組む。

指名委員会の議長を務めるとともに、監査委員会及び報酬委員会の委員を務めている。

ミレーナ・ニコロヴァ-ヴァチコヴァ

社外取締役

投資銀行、ウェルスマネジメント、ベンチャーキャピタル、インパクト投資において20年以上の経験を有する金融セクターの専門家。幅広い経験を通じて、インパクトのために資金を投じることは、利益を損なうことなく、世の中のために強力な力となり得るという信念をもつ。

ミレーナは、スタートアップ向けアドバイザーのTherion Advisersの共同創業者兼Managing Partner、気候変動の課題解決に取り組む革新的なソリューションに投資するグローバル・ベンチャーキャピタルであるAera VCのVenture Partner、ベンチャーキャピタルAntlerのVenture Partnerを務めています。以前はロンドンでUBSグループ投資銀行部門のExecutive Director、シンガポールのウェルスマネジメントのコンサルタントを歴任。慈善活動にも力を注いでおり、複数のNGOの創設者やパートナー。米国証券アナリスト。London School of EconomicsでInternational Accounting and Financeの修士号を取得。

監査委員会及びインパクト委員会の委員を務める。

Ishaq Sutarwala

FP&A Officer

For Gojo, Ishaq works on Financial Planning & Analysis. As an ex-financial analyst at JP Morgan, he specialised in analysing financials, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis. Before being an analyst, he worked with Deloitte as a tax senior taking care of all statutory compliances for its clients, assisting in quarterly projections and annual tax planning strategy. At Deloitte, he actively participated in ‘Impact Days’- the company’s initiative to spread social, economical and philanthropic awareness by uplifting underprivileged communities.

Ishaq did his MBA from IBS in Management Finance and graduated in Commerce from Jai Hind College, Mumbai. He is passionate about decentralised finance and digging deep into digital currency protocols.

Ishaq is scrupulous and professionally valued for using agile methods in executing financial analysis. Driven, he targets to grow in leadership positions pertaining to finance. He enjoys watching sports and comedy.

イシャーク・スタルワラ

FP&A

財務計画・分析を担当。JP Morgan の元金融アナリストとして、財務分析、予算編成、予測、差異分析などを専門としていた。以前は、DeloitteにTax seniorとして勤務し、Tax戦略等を担当したほか、恵まれない人々のコミュニティを向上させ、社会的、経済的、慈善的な意識を広めるための同社イニシアチブである「Impact Days」に積極的に参加していた。

Jai Hind Collegeで商学を学び、IBSでMBA（Management Finance）を取得。分散型金融とデジタル通貨プロトコルに情熱を注いでいる。

財務分析においてアジャイル手法を用いることに細心の注意を払い、専門家として高く評価されている。目標は金融に関わるリーダーシップポジションで成長すること。趣味はスポーツ観戦とコメディ。

勤務地：インド

菅沼 小春

財務報告・会計

五常では主に会計と財務報告を担当している。

大学2年次に公認会計士試験に合格し、EY新日本監査法人にて金商法・会社法監査及びIFRS導入アドバイザリーを経験後、デロイトトーマツファイナンシャルアドバイザリー合同会社にてクロスボーダーM&Aアドバイザリー、財務デューデリジェンス、カーブアウト支援等に従事。

五常外では、公認会計士・税理士の資格を活かし、スタートアップ企業に経営管理のアドバイザリーを行っている。また、五常財団事務局として運営に携わっている。

趣味はクラシック音楽鑑賞、ロードバイク、温泉めぐり。「環台（台湾をロードバイクで一周すること）」へのチャレンジを夢見ている。

勤務地：日本

Arya Murali

SPM & Impact Measurement Officer

A Master's in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship graduate from the London School of Economics and a Chevening Scholar, Arya cares deeply about poverty alleviation, gender equality, education and youth development. At Gojo, Arya works on social performance management of Gojo’s partners and runs initiatives to measure impact of Gojo’s partners’ products and services on clients’ lives.

Prior to Gojo, she worked for 5 years in strategy, business development, community building, program management and leadership in NGOs, social enterprises and for-profit enterprises. Most recently, she served as the Vice President, India at Women in Technology International, a 30 year old pioneer in empowering women in technology across the globe, where she built and led WITI’s business for India. She has in the past built communities of 5000+ women in tech and conducted several online learning and mentorship programs.

Arya is also a TEDx speaker and one of the 18 young women to receive the prestigious WeTech Qualcomm Global Scholarship. In her spare time, she enjoys reading non-fiction books, writing blogs on her website (aryamurali.com) and listening to countless hours of Indian music.

Works in: India

Hiroko Watanabe

Financial Reporting / Accounting

Hiroko is a Certified Public Accountant and works at Gojo as a member of the finance team, primarily working on accounting and financial reporting.

She passed the CPA exam in Japan while studying at Keio University and after graduation, she joined PwC Aarata LLC, where she engaged in audits of the asset management industry, internal control verification services, financial regulatory advisory services, and experienced audits under IFRS and J-GAAP.

Outside work, she enjoys playing the clarinet and watching baseball games.

Works in: Japan

渡邉紘子

財務報告・会計

ファイナンスチームの一員として五常に入社し、主に会計と財務報告を担当している。

慶應義塾大学在学中に公認会計士試験に合格し、PwCあらた有限責任監査法人に入社。資産運用業界の監査、内部統制検証業務、金融規制アドバイザリー業務に従事し、IFRS、J-GAAPでの監査をそれぞれ経験。

趣味はクラリネットを吹くこと、野球観戦。

勤務地：日本

Charm Cai

Office Manager

Charm takes care of Gojo team members as the office manager. Having worked in various industries and a strong understanding of different cultures and people from all walks of life, she always strives to make a difference for others. In Gojo, she is dedicated to creating a positive, welcoming, and inclusive environment for everyone.

In her spare time Charm likes to cook, play with cats, doing volunteer work, and watch the sea. She is thankful for her peaceful life with family and friends.

Works in: Japan

Charm Cai

オフィス・マネージャー

五常チームのオフィスマネージャーとしてメンバーのケアをしている。様々な業界を経験し、異なる文化や立場の人々への理解を深めてきた。メンバーにとって役立つ変化をもたらすべく、ポジティブでインクルーシブな環境づくりに取り組んでいる。

趣味は料理、猫と遊ぶこと、ボランティア活動と、海を眺めること。愛する家族や友人と過ごす穏やかな時間に感謝している。

勤務地：日本

Mehnaaz Rehman

Deputy Manager - HR & Admin

Mehnaaz joined Gojo in March, 2023 as an Deputy Manager- HR & Admin. She has 7 years of experience in HR and has managed Recruitment, Employee Engagement along with managing end to end employee lifecycle. Prior to joining Gojo, Mehnaaz was associated with Universal Sompo general insurance company where she worked as a HRBP heading North region , taking care of various employee greviances , and conducting GPTW surveys . Apart from Universal Sompo, she has also worked with Maxbupa Health insurance company which has given her exposure across industries.

At Gojo, she works under Human Resource and manages end to end employee life cycle with Admin related activities.

Mehnaaz did her Masters in Business Administration from RIT, Roorkee and did her BCA from her hometown Roorkee.

Mehnaaz lives in Ghaziabad , Uttar Pradesh with her family. She has a keen interes in Decoring , Dancing and travelling . She also loves to socialize with all age group people to establish more powerful bonds.

Works In: India

Ignacio Mas-Ribo

Board Member

Ignacio is a non-executive director at Gojo & Company, Senior Fellow at the Fletcher School's Council on Emerging Market Enterprises at Tufts University, and an independent consultant.

During 2015-2020, Ignacio was co-founder and executive director at the Digital Frontiers Institute, a not-for-profit that develops professional development training courses around digital money and payments. Previously, he was Deputy Director in the Financial Services for the Poor program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Senior Advisor at the Technology Program at CGAP. I have been Director of Global Business Strategy at Vodafone Group, Executive VP of Marketing and Account Management at DoCoMo interTouch, and Senior Manager responsible for telecoms investments in Europe for Intel Capital.

Ignacio has undergraduate degrees in maths and economics from MIT and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. He has been Adjunct Professor at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.

Kana Koda

IR & Fundraising/IPO Project

Kana joined Gojo's finance team in June 2023, where she is involved in investor IR, debt/equity financing and the IPO project.

Prior to joining Gojo, she worked at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) since 2015, where she was mainly in charge of structuring and managing loans for various overseas projects in which Japanese companies participate, including infrastructure projects in developing countries. She also gained experiences in developing ALM strategies based on profitability and market risk analysis for the bank at the Treasury Department. In 2022, she graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK, with a Master of Public Policy.

She enjoys cafe-hopping, cooking, travelling and hot springs. Mother of one child.

Location: Japan

香田 華奈

IR & Fundraising/IPO Project

2023年6月より五常のFinanceチームに参画し、IR、デッド•エクイティ調達、IPOプロジェクトに携わる。

五常入社前は、2015年に国際協力銀行に入行後、途上国でのインフラ案件を含む、日本企業が参画する様々な海外プロジェクト向け融資の組成・管理を担当。また、財務部では採算分析及び市場リスク分析に基づくALM戦略策定に従事。2022年、英国ケンブリッジ大学にて公共政策学の修士号を取得。

好きなことは、カフェめぐり、料理、旅行、温泉。一児の母。

勤務地:東京

Pooja Kumari Singh

Junior Internal Auditor

Dedicated to analyzing, assessing, and mitigating risks, Pooja is a part of the Internal Audit team at Gojo. She earned her master's degree in Post Graduate Diploma in Management with her major in Finance from Management Development Institute Murshidabad in April 2023. Certified as an ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management Specialist, Pooja started her journey with Gojo in June 2022 as an intern, working closely with the IA team, taking care of the data room, managing communication with the partner companies and building reports to be submitted to the Audit committee. Post completing her studies, she successfully transitioned her internship into full-time work at Gojo in July 2023 and is currently supporting the team with Audit functions and developing various policies such as the Internal Credit Risk Policy. Pooja had previously worked as an intern in a CA firm in India, where she drafted financial statements and was a business analyst for Purv Technologies, among other organisations.

Outside of work, she enjoys taking part in case study competitions primarily in finance and marketing. She is a sports enthusiast and loves travelling.

Grateful for the opportunities that have shaped her career so far, she is motivated to explore the world of finance!

Works in: India