Yumiko Yamaguchi

Partner Yumiko Yamaguchi

Profile

After her experience at Bank of America and UBS (formally known as UBS Phillips and Drew) Research group both in Tokyo, she received her master`s degree at University of California, Los Angeles in 1990. She joined McKinsey & Company Tokyo Office and served clients in the area of healthcare and finance, as well as assisting foreign affiliated companies in Japan with their Japan entry strategies and product market strategies.

After Yamaguchi transferred to McKinsey’s Duesseldorf Office in 1996, she became a member of European Healthcare Practice, focusing on practice knowledge management and research.

After returning to Japan in 2002, Yamaguchi joined a start-up boutique consulting firm focusing on healthcare as a co-founder. In 2006 she established its US branch in Silicon Valley, further accelerating the business until 2010 when she came back to Japan and assumed a role as the head of business management/planning to help organize the internal structure of the company.

In August 2012, Yamaguchi joined Genius as a Senior Consultant.

Fields of Expertise

Yumiko is an expert in the Pharmaceutical industry and medical equipment and device industry. She has extensive knowledge in the medical field and her clients include hospitals,and other healthcare facilities. She is has also been successful in consulting venture capital firms, manufacturing companies, and consulting firms.

Consulting case

  • Client: Consulting arm of a large foreign auditing firm
  • Position: Manager-class consultant in the healthcare sector
Status The client is consulting arm of a large well-known international auditing firm. Compared with the parent's size and history, the client i […]
  • Client: Major overseas machinery manufacturer
  • Position: Manufacturing and quality-management related engineers
Status The client was international machinery manufacturer rapidly increasing its share in recent years and becoming the world leading firm.     […]
  • Client: Foreign medical device manufacturer
  • Position: Development division Collaboration Specialist
Status Japan is the most important market among its worldwide network in terms of the next generation product development, and there was an urgent […]
  • Client: Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
  • Position: Executive in Manufacturing Division
Status Client had just launched business in Japan and was in the midst of structuring organization. Acquiring HR was so far successful for the cli […]
  • Client: Automotive and Parts Manufacturing
  • Position: Successor to head the Japanese office
Status The presiding officer has decided to retire in 5 years and to acquire his successor from outside. His succession plan was to hire pre-executiv […]

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