Taiji Isono

Taiji Isono is a Principal on the Carlyle Japan buyout advisory team. He is based in Tokyo.

Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Isono was President of TradeCard Japan, which he established with TradeCard Inc., Mitsui & Co., Mitsubishi Corporation and Warburg Pincus. While at TradeCard Japan, he led business development, alliance management and administrative management. Prior to that, he worked in the finance division of Mitsui & Co. for three years.

Mr. Isono is a board member at Sankyo Rikagaku Co., Ltd., IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. and Kyoden Co., Ltd., as well as a former board member at Covalent Materials Corporation, WingArc1st Inc, Oyatsu Company, Ltd. and a former Corporate Auditor of Simplex, Inc.

Mr. Isono received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Keio University.