Shintaro Okuno
APAC Regional Managing Partner,
Profilo di Shintaro
Competenze
Shintaro leads the firm’s strategy, team, and operations across Bain’s APAC offices.
With over 20 years of experience at Bain, Shintaro has led major transformation efforts for clients across a wide range of industries including industrial goods, automobile, logistics, technologies, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and retail. He holds deep expertise in M&A and private equity investment-related projects, including corporate turnaround strategy and blueprinting, post-merger integration, M&A and alliance strategy, full potential and growth strategy. He has built some of Bain’s most enduring relationships in both corporate and investor-led settings.
Prior to his appointment, Shintaro was a member of Bain’s Board of Directors since 2024 and Bain’s Japan Chairman since 2022 and. He was also the managing partner of Bain’s Japan business for 8 years since 2014.
Before joining Bain in 2003, Shintaro began his career at Central Japan Railway Company. He received an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA from Kyoto University.
Recent Insights
- “Bain & Company appoints Shintaro Okuno as new Regional Managing Partner for Asia-Pacific,” Press release, luglio 2025
- “Engineering and R&D: The Path to New Sources of Value,” Engineering and R&D Report, aprile 2023, Report
- “Shintaro Okuno appointed as Chairman of Bain & Company Japan Incorporated ,” Press release, febbraio 2022
- “Bain & Company appoints David Michels as new Japan representative,” Press release, dicembre 2021
- “Learning from Japan’s Disappointing M&A Boom,” Brief, aprile 2020