Keita is a Principal in Arthur D. Little’s Japan office. He has 15 years of management consulting experience, serving clients in a variety of industries and focusing on healthcare & life sciences.

Keita is a Core Member of the Global Healthcare & Life Science Practice and a Member of the S&O Digital Competence Center.

Since joining Arthur D. Little in 2015, Keita has supported various leading players in pharmaceutical, medical devices, medical ICT, and private equity on long-term R&D strategy, new-business development, scenario planning, go-to-market/product-launch strategy, organization transformation, business/technology due diligence, M&A/partnering, and BPR.

Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, he was a Corporate Strategic Planner at a global pharmaceutical company and at Monitor Group (Deloitte Monitor), where he had begun his career as a Case Team Member.

Keita is highly passionate about public relations, seminars, contribution to digital media, and networking with biotechs, healthtechs, medtechs, VCs, and academia.

Keita loves being a consultant, spending all of his life on consultancy, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. His favorite words of wisdom are, “Who says it can’t be done?”