Carlyle hires for Japan corporate carve outs

Reiji Terasaka has joined The Carlyle Group as a managing director of the Carlyle Japan advisory team in Tokyo. This is a return to the firm, as he worked at Carlyle from 2003 to 2013 as a director at Carlyle Japan. Most recently, Terasaka was senior vice president of business management and M&A at Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation). Carlyle’s Japan buyout funds, advised by a team of about 20 investment professionals based in Tokyo, have made 26 investments in Japan. Officials at the $217 billion global firm said the team has a strong track record of supporting Japanese companies’ business expansion overseas, enhancing their operational efficiency and strengthening their management infrastructure. As part of Carlyle Japan’s corporate carve-out team, he will focus on investments in general industries and consumer, retail and healthcare sectors. He will work closely with Hiroyuki Otsuka, deputy head of Carlyle Japan, to further accelerate the firm’s corporate carve-out investments in Japan, which is one of the major areas where Carlyle sees growth opportunities. “Mr. Terasaka’s diverse industry knowledge and strong investment experience will bring significant value to our team and out investment activity as we continue to see an increasing number of carve-out opportunities and seek to deploy more capital in Japan,” said Kazuhiro Yamada, head of Carlyle Japan, in a statement. Terasaka said he looks forward to contributing to Carlyle’s efforts to drive value for Japanese companies by leveraging both his global and domestic industry and investment experience.

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