Daisuke Imoto

Daisuke Imoto joined DNDi in December 2022 as Business Development and Alliance Management Director. He expanded his role to lead the DNDi Japan along with the role in Business Development in April 2025.

Daisuke has gained an extensive experience in business development in different sectors such as development finance, pharmaceutical industry, and public-private partnership fund, through a passage at DNDi, where he led the Japan Office from 2017 until 2019. Prior to coming back to DNDi in 2022, he played a prominent role at the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), as Vice President in charge of External Affairs and Corporate Development for three years.

Daisuke is fluent in English and French and holds a BA in Law from The University of Tokyo and an MBA from INSEAD, complemented by a diploma in French civilization from Paris Sorbonne University.