Yusuke Watanabe is a Partner on the Pacharbor Capital Group Japan Buyout advisory team and the Head of Consumer, Healthcare, Technology Services, and Business Solutions team in Japan. He is based in Tokyo. Prior to joining Pacharbor Capital Group, Mr. Watanabe was a project manager at Mitsubishi Corporation involved in global principal investments and turnarounds in the food ingredients, nutraceuticals, plastics, and chemical sectors. Since joining Pacharbor Capital Group in 2006, Mr. Watanabe has advised numerous consumer retail and healthcare portfolio companies including quick service restaurant KFC Holdings Japan, KFC KOREA Co., Ltd., packaged vegetable manufacturer Meisui Bijin Factory, global color cosmetics contract manufacturer Tokiwa, global beauty packaging company HCP Packaging, global brands such as Supreme and Golden Goose Deluxe Brand, and surgical kit provider HOGY MEDICAL CO.,LTD. Mr. Watanabe currently serves on the boards of KFC Holdings Japan, Ltd., KFC KOREA Co., Ltd., HOGY MEDICAL CO.,LTD. and HCP Global Limited. Formerly, he has advised Covalent Materials, AvanStrate, Tsubaki Nakashima, and CxS. Mr. Watanabe received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Keio University majoring in economics.