Toshisada Yamanaka

Toshisada Yamanaka, advisor to OEP, is founder and president/CEO of Tokyo-based Gladstone Corp. Gladstone provides M&A and investment advisory services to OEP and assists OEP and other clients develop business alliances with companies across the Japanese industrial landscape. Mr. Yamanaka founded Gladstone Corporation in February 2007 with backing from wealthy American investors. Prior to forming Gladstone, Mr. Yamanaka was general manager at ORIX Corporation, a diversified financial services company, in the International Credit Evaluation Group where he led a team focusing on major M&A deals. ORIX (formerly Orient Leasing) is one of Japan’s largest midmarket financial groups with more than $100 billion under management. Mr. Yamanaka started his career in finance at a major commercial bank in Japan. Mr. Yamanaka has a B.A. from Waseda University, School of Law and is fluent in Japanese and English. He lives in Tokyo.