Advisor
Arisa has been involved in research and training projects related to impact investing and philanthropy in Japan and the United States at institutions such as Indiana University School of Philanthropy, the Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF), the Social Impact Management Initiative (SIMI), and the Sagamore Institute. Previously, she spent eight years in the U.K., where she worked for Storm Research Limited, an independent public equity research firm, conducting research on small and mid-cap stocks in Japan.
Advisor
Brian Trelstad is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, where his teaching and research focuses on social entrepreneurship, systems change, impact investing, and the role of business in society. Brian is also a Partner and Board Member at Bridges Fund Management, an impact investing fund that invests in health, education, and environmental services business. Prior to Bridges, Brian was the Chief Investment Officer of Acumen, where he oversaw investments in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Advisor
Vikram Gandhi is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Vikram is the Founder of Asha Impact, an impact-oriented venture capital firm and is also a Senior Advisor to The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. He is also a member of the Business Administration Advisory Board at University of the People and a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and has been a part of the New York, Hong Kong and Mumbai chapters. In his vast career, he spent a total of 23 years in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse.
Advisor
Shawn Cole is a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS), where he teaches and conducts research on financial services, social enterprise, and impact investing. Before joining the HBS, he worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the economic research department. He has served on the Boston Federal Reserve’s Community Development Research Advisory Council, as well as on the Gates Foundation, and was the chair of the endowment management committee of the Telluride Association.
Growth Partner
Tsuyoshi began his career at JP Morgan followed by PwC Sustainability where he supported Japanese corporates with their sustainability initiatives. After graduating from Harvard Graduate School of Education, he served as the Country Manager of Saturday Kids Japan, a programming school for kids. He was previously the Director of Global Business Development at Wonderfy before joining GLIN in 2023.
Expertise: Sustainability strategy and impact-weighted accounting.
Impact/ESG themes: Education
Consulting Manager
Ryuhei worked at MUFG Bank and later at an ESG consulting firm where he helped businesses formulate ESG-related policies and regulations, and improve ESG evaluation. As a CDP Scoring Partner, he engaged in scoring and consulting in scenario analyses and GHG emission reduction. He joined GLIN in 2023.
Expertise: Value creation, sustainability strategy, response to climate change
Impact/ESG themes: Impact-weighted accounts, economic inequality, environmental issues
Consulting Director
Ulysses worked at EY Japan where he helped build the sustainability team, serving as a catalyst to grow the sustainability market in Japan. He joined Spiber Inc. in 2021 as the head of long-term strategy. As a sustainability professional, he strives to promote business and human rights and sustainable supply chain agendas. He joined GLIN in 2023.
Expertise: Value creation, sustainability strategy, human rights.
Impact/ESG themes: Human rights, well-being, value chain impacts.
Consulting Partner & Portfolio Team Manager
Yosuke worked at EY Japan where he engaged in HR and organizational consulting to promote Diversity & Inclusion. At Accenture, he worked on policy recommendations for ESG investment for G20 countries. After studying impact/ESG investment at IE Business School, Yosuke joined GLIN in 2021.
Expertise: Impact/ESG investment, value creation including formulation of sustainability strategy.
Impact/ESG themes: DE&I, wellbeing.
Partner
Yuji previously worked for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the OECD (Paris), Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch (London). Notably, he had also served as the Managing Director of GE’s Healthcare Business in Asia, President of Permira Advisors Japan, and Executive Managing Director, COO & CIO of the Cool Japan Organization. Yuji holds an MBA from Yale University. He joined the founding team in 2021.
Expertise: Investment strategy, investment & evaluation, and enhancing corporate value.
Impact/ESG themes: Building an economic system optimized for externalities and long-term elements.
Partner
Sadaharu gained global marketing and social impact marketing experiences at Dentsu. After working abroad in India, he studied impact/ESG investment at Harvard Business School while working with Omidyar-affiliated VC firms in Washington, D.C., and Kenya. After graduating with distinction, he joined McKinsey and later founded GLIN.
Expertise: Impact/ESG investment, evaluation, and value creation.
Impact/ESG themes: Addressing the wealth gap and supporting businesses with high additionality.
Partner
Masahiro worked at Mitsubishi Corporation where he engaged in business turnaround and gained overseas experience in Brazil. At Harvard Business School he deepened his knowledge in impact/ESG investment and worked at Anzu Partners and JAFCO, investing in startups and growth-stage firms. He founded GLIN in 2020.
Expertise: Impact/ESG investment, evaluation, and value creation.
Impact/ESG themes: Climate change, opportunity gap, building an ecosystem for impact investment.
アドバイザー
ハーバード・ビジネス・スクール教授
HBSの上級講師として、Shawn Cole教授と共にインパクト/ESG投資のクラスを立上げ、指導を行う。インパクト志向のベンチャーキャピタルであるAsha Impactの創設者としてファンド運営も行う。その他、カナダ年金投資委員会の上級顧問、University of the Peopleの経営管理諮問委員会のメンバー、Young Presidents Organization(YPO)のメンバーとして、ニューヨーク、香港、ムンバイの各支部に所属。職務経験としてはMorgan StanleyとCredit Suisseで合計23年間、投資銀行業務に従事。
グロース・パートナー
Tsuyoshi Domoto
JPモルガン証券を経て、PwCサステナビリティ合同会社にて国内上場企業に対するマテリアリティ策定などサステナビリティ・ESG領域でのコンサルティングに従事。ハーバード教育大学院を卒業後、プログラミングスクール「サタデーキッズ」の日本支社長を務める。教育系スタートアップWonderfyにて海外事業開発リードを経て、2022年にGLINに参画。
GLINでの担当領域:サステナビリティ戦略策、インパクト加重会計が専門。
関心の強いインパクト/ESGテーマ:教育
コンサルティングパートナー&ポートフォリオチームマネージャー
Yosuke Tamura
EY JapanにてDE&I推進を主眼においた人事・組織コンサルティングチームの立ち上げ、プロジェクト推進に従事。その後、アクセンチュア医療・公共サービスチームにて、G20諸国へのESG投資の政策提言などに従事。欧米のインパクト/ESG投資を学ぶためIE経営大学院に留学、2021年にGLINに参画。
GLINでの担当領域:インパクト/ESG投資、サステナビリティ戦略策定含む企業価値向上
関心の強いインパクト/ESGテーマ:DE&I、ウェルビーイング
パートナー
Sadaharu Saiki
電通にて自動車会社の海外マーケティング、自治体のインパクトマーケティングを担当した後、インド駐在を経て、ハーバード・ビジネス・スクールに留学。インパクト/ESG投資を学びつつ、米国Omidyar Network系列VCやケニア日系VCでも経験を積む。Distinctionで卒業後、McKinseyを経て、GLINを創業。
GLINでの担当領域:インパクト/ESG投資・評価および企業価値向上
関心の強いインパクト/ESGテーマ:格差是正、Additionalityの高い事業の支援
パートナー
Masahiro Hata
三菱商事にて事業会社の経営再建、ブラジル駐在を経験。サステナブルファイナンスに興味を持ち、ハーバード・ビジネス・スクールに留学。インパクト/ESG投資に関する知見を深め、またAnzu Partners(米国VC)やJAFCOでスタートアップ・グロース投資の経験を積む。2020年にGLINを創業。
GLINでの担当領域:インパクト/ESG投資・評価および企業価値向上
関心の強いインパクト/ESGテーマ:気候変動、機会格差、インパクト投資を実践しやすいエコシステム構築
Partner
Masato worked at Mitsubishi Corporation, developing new businesses in the AI/IoT New Business Development team and exploring investments in high-growth startups. At Harvard Business School, he served as President of the Impact Investment Club and collaborated with the Acumen Fund. In 2020, he founded GLIN.
Expertise: Impact/ESG investment, evaluation, and value creation.
Impact/ESG themes: Exploring the intersection between economy and society, addressing income inequality, and environmental concerns.
Advisor
David Freiberg
David is a founding member of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) and leader of impact-weighted accounting services at EY CCaSS. He has extensive experience in implementing IWAI for companies and investors worldwide. David played key roles in developing impact and ESG services at top consulting, legal, and audit firms, including KKS Advisors and Paul, Weiss, where he helped establish “Sustainability & ESG” and “Civil Rights & Racial Equity Audits” practice groups.
Analyst
During her Bachelors’ at Aoyama Gakuin University, Rina engaged in product development and sales strategy with Mitsubishi Corporation through her studies. She became interested in sustainability and marketing, and has worked as a reporter for the TV Tokyo economic program, interviewing executives of Japanese companies. Also served as a moderator for METI events and as a member of the Impact Shift Executive Committee.
After an internship at a VC firm, she joined GLIN as a new graduate in 2024.
Impact/ESG themes of interest:DE&I, apparel GX , supply chain, reducing inequality, wellbeing
Consultant
Miharu graduated from the Sociology Department of Tokyo University, as a recipient of the Best Thesis Award (Krone Prize), for her research on the social participation of women university graduates. Later, she joined Circulation Co., Ltd. where she spearheaded diverse consulting projects encompassing new business development, recruitment, and marketing for BtoC enterprises. She led company-wide Public Relations since six months before the company’s listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market. Miharu joined GLIN in 2024.
Impact/ESG themes of interest: DE&I, Health Disparities/Wage Gaps, Elimination of external diseconomies, Value creation
Manager
Ryo has worked as a small and mid-cap equity analyst and fund manager (L/O&L/S) for Nikko Asset Management. He completed MIINT, the Wharton School’s Impact Investing Program, and co-founded a US Tech start-up. He obtained his MBA at IE Business School with honors as an IE Foundation Fellow. He is an accredited analyst with the SAAJ.
Areas of expertise: Impact investing, consulting.
Impact/ESG themes of interest: Closing the wealth gap, Education, Well-being, Quantification of non-financial values, Corporate value-up.
Consultant
After graduating from Binghamton University, Daiki joined AlphaSights to support management consulting firms and impact investment firms. He also supported the management and operation for a Tokyo-based NPO that supports LGBTQ+ community in Japan. Afterwards, Daiki joined Deloitte Tohmatsu Touche LLC and offered ESG advisory services. He joined GLIN in 2023.
Areas of expertise: Impact-weighted accounts, sustainability strategy.
Impact/ESG themes of interest: DE&I (especially LGBTQ+), wellbeing
Consultant
After completing her master’s degree at the Graduate School of Public Policy at UTokyo, Mai worked at the MOFA Japan where she was engaged in international negotiations related to the COP on climate change. At an ESG consulting firm, she experienced projects such as improving ESG assessment and TCFD/scenario analysis. Mai joined GLIN in 2023.
Areas of expertise: ESG strategy, ESG value creation.
Impact/ESG themes of interest: Environmental issues, Quantification of non-financial values, Scenario planning.
Consulting Manager
After completing her master’s at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Hanna joined the Nippon Foundation where she managed projects in education, upskilling, and peace building in Southeast Asia. She later joined McKinsey where she created and implemented long-term strategy for value creation and DE&I in consumer, retail, life science companies and the public sector. Hanna joined GLIN in 2023.
Areas of expertise: sustainability strategy & development.
Impact/ESG themes of interest: Education, DE&I, wellbeing.
Consulting Manager
After completing her master’s at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Hanna joined the Nippon Foundation where she managed projects in education, upskilling, and peace building in Southeast Asia. She later joined McKinsey where she created and implemented long-term strategy for value creation and DE&I in consumer, retail, life science companies and the public sector. Hanna joined GLIN in 2023.
Areas of expertise: sustainability strategy & development.
Impact/ESG themes of interest: Education, DE&I, wellbeing.