
Masashi Matsumoto Principal

Mr. Matsumoto joined Polaris in April 2020. Prior to Polaris, he worked at Sumitomo Corporation’s Transportation & Construction Systems Business Unit where he was engaged in various corporate and business roles. Corporate roles include advisory for domestic and cross-border M&A deals in manufacturing, sales distribution, and financial services sectors, as well as strategy planning of mid-term business plan, business portfolio management, and HR strategy etc. Before that, he also held several business roles in automobile supply chain management in the Middle East, and ship trade & finance for the Americas and China. Mr. Matsumoto received a BA in Commerce from Hitotsubashi University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.