Takahisa Ohira

Takahisa is the Head of Global Department at Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support (DTVS), where he supports startups from Asia (Southeast Asia, India) and Japanese startups expansion in Asia. And also support large companies' collaboration with Asia startups and new business development. .

As the FinTech leader at DTVS, he had provided support services to start-ups (FinTech, media, EC) and new business development consulting for large companies. His expertise and consulting focus include wide knowledge in IT & finance industry, business development, and media management experience. He was also the Director of Platform Division in DTVS, where he led Deloitte’s premier pitching platform “MorningPitch” and managed governmental projects.

His commentary on FinTech frequently appears in major Japanese financial publications such as Nikkei FinTech and Weekly Diamond. He also served on the jury of FinTechCity Asia 2017 and many other business contests.

Prior to Deloitte, Takahisa engaged in consulting for financial services companies (credit card, securities, consumer finance) at an IT consulting firm. After which, he led the business development of a domestic magazine publisher where he was responsible for launching 6 new business lines in 2 years.