Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner

David re-joined Eight Roads Ventures in 2012 to build the venture capital business for FIL in Japan. David spent from 2005 to 2012 at the Walt Disney Company as Vice President of the Interactive Media Group in Japan. In that role, he wrote the business plan, started and then led the team that created the Disney Mobile on Softbank MVNO (mobile carrier business). Following this, he was promoted to General Manager of the Interactive Media Group where he was responsible for Disney Mobile. As GM, he oversaw the expansion of Disney Mobile to include Docomo. Earlier in his career David was a founding partner at Japan Transaction Partners, and worked in finance and business development at Asahi Glass.