Taiji Isono is a Managing Director on the Pacharbor Capital Group Japan Advisory team. He is based in Tokyo.

Prior to joining Pacharbor Capital Group, Mr. Isono was President of TradeCard Japan, which he established with TradeCard Inc., Mitsui & Co., Mitsubishi Corporation, and Warburg Pincus. While at TradeCard Japan, he led business development, alliance management, and administrative management. Prior to that, he worked in the finance division of Mitsui & Co. for three years.

Mr. Isono is a board member of Sankyo Rikagaku Co., Ltd., and Kyoden Co., Ltd., and a former board member of Covalent Materials Corporation, WingArc1st Inc., and Oyatsu Company, Ltd., Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd., as well as a former corporate auditor of Simplex, Inc.

Mr. Isono received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from Keio University.