Tetsuo Fukuyama, Representative Director &Chairman

1971Graduated Keio University in Tokyo, Bachelor of Science
1971~1981Kanebo, Ltd., Operation Research Laboratory
1974M.S. from Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. (Operations Research)
1981~1987Price Waterhouse Japan – Director
1988~1995Price Waterhouse Japan – Partner
1995~2001ProAxis Co., Ltd. – Managing Director
1995~2002Advisor for JICA Planning and Financial Cooperation Division
2001~2018Truspire Co., Ltd. – President & CEO
2006~2020EBRD TAM
(since Jan. 2012, EGP: Enterprise Growth Programme) /
/IA(International Advisory)/
Team Co-ordinator for Central Asia
2018Truspire Co., Ltd. –
Representative Director &Chairman

Tetsuo Fukuyama completed his undergraduate degree in Administrative Engineering at Keio University. He then joined Kanebo Co., Ltd. (now Kuracie), where he worked in production management areas for the textile, cosmetics, food and pharmaceutical industries. Tetsuo was then sent by Kanebo to the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned a master’s degree in Operations Research.

Later, as a partner at Price Waterhouse, he was in charge of Financial Service consulting, Human Resources and Strategic Management, providing guidance to financial institutions, IT companies and manufacturing companies on strategic and operational matters.

Since starting Truspire in 2001, Tetsuo has provided management consulting to a range of listed companies and SMEs. In addition, he has been working in developing countries, delivering lectures and training courses for business professionals on Strategic Management, Business Plan Development and Production/Quality Management. He also advises SMEs in these countries in both the manufacturing and service industries. His basic approach is grounded in the philosophy and theory of Japanese management methods.