AVPN Global Conference 2023 | 20 - 22 June 2023

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Takuya Okamoto
Executive Director

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Social Venture Partners, Tokyo

About

Takuya Okamoto was born in Osaka in 1977. After graduating from his university, he acquired CPA certification and started working in the business recovery section at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In February 2011, Takuya left PwC and shortly thereafter, earthquake and tsunami happened on 3/11. In April 2011, Takuya became the representative director of Social Venture Partners Tokyo (SVP Tokyo). Founded in 2003, SVP Tokyo is a venture philanthropy organization, which supports social entrepreneurs in Japan. Takuya’s work supports social entrepreneurs to reach their business goals. Since its founding, 240 partners have invested their funds in 31 nonprofits in Japan. Takuya has been responsible for the management of the SVP Tokyo and as well as serving Japanese social sector development through his work in SVP Tokyo, METI(Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), and CAO(Cabinet Office, Government Of Japan).