Providing a future-oriented tool
that serves as a compass for asset management.
Providing a future-oriented tool
We will powerfully support your future asset management with our experience and proven track record.
GIC Co., Ltd.
President and CEO
Yasuaki Watanabe
For over a decade since founding my company, I have been engaged in management consulting while concurrently serving as a university professor. My specialization is finance and financial engineering, but I have also broadened my expertise to cover a wide range of related fields for management consultations.
As I approach mandatory retirement at the end of March, Reiwa 8 (March 31, 2026), I have decided to embark on developing a future-oriented robo-advisor. I look forward to announcing its release widely on social media and other platforms in about a year's time.
Career
After graduating from Keio University in 1983, and following experience at institutions including JP Morgan Chase, attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley in 2004.
Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 2005–2007
Visiting Scholar, MIT Department of Economics, 2009
Professor, School of Management, Kochi University of Technology, 2007–2013
Visiting Professor, ESCP-EUROPE (Paris), 2012
Visiting Professor, Stanford University, 2013–2015
Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Osaka University, 2013–2019
Ph.D. in Business Administration, Tohoku University (2003); Completed the Executive Program at Harvard Business School (2005)
Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University, 2013–2026
If you're interested in the academic details, please refer to researchmap
Qualification
Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan、Certified International Investment Analyst
（These qualifications are regarded as professional credentials for engaging in the asset management business both in Japan and overseas.）
Past involved companies
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide Inc.、VECTOR INC.、Capital Asset Planning, Inc.、NIPPON KANZAI Co., Ltd.、DAIDO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY、THine Electronics, Inc. and many others （I advised these companies, primarily on their marketing strategies.）
I can offer suggestions and support regarding
measures to take and strategies to minimize losses
should another financial crisis occur.