Tokyo, July 15, 2022

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced that Yoshiro Makita has been appointed as a Partner in the company’s global Financial Services (FS) practice. He will focus on developing strategy, transformation, and convergence opportunities in FS and insurance, helping to create new synergies between FS and other sectors. Yoshiro will be based in Sydney, Australia, and will closely work with teams in Japan/SEA, covering insurance-related projects across the Asia Pacific region, including Japan and Australia.

Yoshiro has more than 20 years of experience leading management consulting engagements for institutions across Japan, Australia, the US and Southeast Asia. He has advised and assisted insurers and other FS clients with a variety of management agendas, from business growth with new products and services, insurtech investments, digitalization, and M&A through to customer experience, operational efficiency, integration and separation, and transformation design. 

Prior to joining ADL, Yoshiro led insurance management consulting practices for global management consulting firms in Japan and Australia, including KPMG, and most recently PwC. In his earlier career, he was involved in the launch of a technology start-up as a core member in Silicon Valley, where he gained first-hand experience of start-up businesses.

Yusuke Harada, Managing Partner, ADL Japan, comments: “As a veteran of financial services and insurance consulting, Yoshiro brings years of invaluable experience to ADL. He is hands-on and highly committed, with great communication skills and the all important entrepreneurial spirit that we value above all else at ADL. Yoshiro’s arrival will significantly enhance our presence in Asia Pacific. The whole team looks forward to welcoming him.”

Yoshiro Makita, Partner at ADL, adds: “With the rapidly changing business environment surrounding the insurance sector, our clients are seeking new sources of growth while improving margins from current businesses. I’m very excited to take up this opportunity at ADL – with its established and deep industry expertise across key industry sectors, ADL is well positioned to help its insurance / FS clients create new value in the convergence space.”

Yoshiro holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.