Ryusuke Shigetomi is a Chairman and Representative Director for The Blackstone Group Japan K.K. Mr. Shigetomi is responsible for advising and supporting Blackstone’s investing and capital raising efforts in Japan.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Shigetomi was Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Global Investment Banking & Managing Director of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities’ Investment Banking Division and the Head of Telecommunication, Media and Technology Banking Group. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2000, Mr. Shigetomi had taken various positions with The Industrial Bank of Japan, where he played a key role on a number of trophy deals mainly in telecom/media/technology and energy sectors.

Mr. Shigetomi received his LL.B. degree from the University of Tokyo.