Mr. Misato is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Healthcare Group. He has almost two decades of investment banking experience and has advised on numerous domestic and cross-border M&A transactions in the healthcare industry. Within Houlihan Lokey’s Healthcare Group, Mr. Misato leads the Japan team, which focuses particularly on M&A in healthcare services, pharma services, healthcare IT, medical devices, and life sciences tools. He is based in the firm’s Tokyo office.
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Misato worked on the investor side, specializing in the life sciences sector. Before that, he held positions at PwC and Accenture.
Mr. Misato holds a Master of Engineering in Physical Chemistry from Waseda University.