Mr. Date is a professional manager of a high-tech startup company with a background in finance. After graduating from university, he joined the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan. At the bank, he conducted industry researches on the automobile industry and engaged in consulting business for auto and auto parts companies. He studied Latin American economics and politics at University of California San Diego, and then worked in Mexico City and New York. In New York, he conducted project financing in Latin American countries and financing for government agencies in cooperation with World Bank Group. At Shinsei Bank, he played a major role of launching investment banking business and left the bank in 2006. Since then, he continues to support various type of high-tech startups. Bachelor of Law, Kyoto University Completed Management of Technology Program of the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering