Eiji YatagawaPartner, Head of Japan Private Equity

Eiji Yatagawa (Tokyo) joined KKR in 2006 and is a Partner and Head of Japan Private Equity. He is on the Board of Directors of PHC Holdings (formerly Panasonic Healthcare), Koki Holdings (formerly Hitachi Koki), dataX (formerly From Scratch), Yayoi, LOGISTEED (formerly Hitachi Transport System), FUJISOFT and TOPCON. Mr. Yatagawa was also previously involved with KKR’s investments in Unisteel (Singapore), Intelligence, AlphaTheta (formerly Pioneer DJ), Transphorm (USA), Marelli Holdings (formerly Calsonic Kansei), Kokusai Electric (formerly Hitachi Kokusai Electric), NETSTARS, and Seiyu. From 2010 to 2012, he worked in KKR's Hong Kong office. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Yatagawa was with Goldman Sachs & Co.'s investment banking team, based in New York and Tokyo, where he focused on the telecommunications, media, and technology sector and was involved in a number of mergers and acquisitions as well as financing projects. He holds a BS and an MS from the University of Tokyo.