Prior to co-founded Japan Innovation Network, Mr. Nishiguchi was an Executive Managing Director of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Japan’s largest public-private investment fund with $20 billion investment capacity, after his post as a Worldwide Partner at Mercer. He also worked as a professional staff at the World Bank Group in Washington DC. Mr. Nishiguchi is concurrently serving as Independent Director of PERSOL HOLDINGS, President of Japan Bosai Platform, Executive Senior Innovation Advisor of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as well as Professor at Sophia University, Tokyo. He holds MBA from Kellogg Management School at Northwestern University and BA from Sophia University.