Kazushige Kobayashi

Managing Director, MCP Asset Management

Kazushige has over 30 years of experience in private equity (PE) business.

He joined MCP Asset Management in 2020 and manages 2 fund of funds programs of Tokyo Metropolitan Government including a climate tech VC program. 

In addition, he serves as an advisor for a couple of GPs and Japanese government funds, including Rhone, a global mid-market PE fund, SME Japan (FOFs under Japanese government) and Innovation Platform for the University of Tokyo.

Until 2020, he was Managing Director – Head of Primary Investments at Capital Dynamics (CD), a global private asset management company. He oversaw CD’s PE investments in Asia and also served as a member of the Global PE Investment Committee and Executive Committee.

Before joining CD in 2010, he worked for Mitsubishi Corporation, and as a part of that, he served as President and CEO of Alternative Investment Capital (AIC), a private equity advisory firm in Tokyo. AIC was established in 2002 and has grown AIC as a globally recognized PE investor.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Hitotsubashi University.