Tokyo, January, 18, 2023

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced that Satoshi Ohara has rejoined the company as a Partner in its Global Healthcare & Life Sciences practice. With 28 years of strategy consulting experience, Satoshi has worked for clients in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, consumer goods & retail, chemicals & metals, automotive & machinery, energy, ICT, private equity, and financial services. He will be based in ADL’s Tokyo office as a core member of the company’s Japanese team.

Satoshi’s most recent role was CFO at health tech start-up Ubie, Inc, where he contibuted to raise 50M Euros of Series C capital. Prior to this engagement, Satoshi worked extensively in the consulting industry, including four years as a Partner at ADL Japan, where he made a significant contribution to the expansion of the business. Before ADL, he held senior positions at SIGMAXYZ, Bain & Co, Roland Berger, and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He also worked in asset management at Goldman Sachs.

With his broad experience across multiple industries, Satoshi has led projects related to M&A/alliance, portfolio management and restructuring, future vison and new business development, organization and operation reform, R&D/SCM/M&S model change, and digital transformation.

Yusuke Harada, Managing Partner at ADL, comments: “We’re very happy to welcome Satoshi back to ADL. During his previous time with the company, he really helped to grow and transform our business in Japan, and I’m sure he’ll make a similar contribution going forward. His extensive track record in consulting brings a wealth of experience to ADL, and his entrepreneurial and cosmopolitan personality has always been a great fit with the company’s culture.”

Satoshi Ohara, Partner at ADL, adds: “I’m very excited to be back in ADL’s Tokyo office. Having continued to work as a Senior Advisor to the company for the past two years, I’m looking forward to returning full-time to the team, where I plan to further help expand the business and its capabilities. I’m also keen to recruit and build up our local expertise in healthcare and life sciences, as well as help to develop the global practice.”

Satoshi has a BA in Political Science and Economics from Waseda University, Tokyo, and an MBA in Finance and Business Policy Studies from the University of Chicago.