Paul joined Recruit Co., Ltd. in 1997 and co-led digital business building and corporate venture capital investing efforts. While there he was also a founding member of Medioport (an online golf reservation site) – subsequently sold to Rakuten in 2002.
He joined McKinsey & Company’s Tokyo Office in 2002, was elected Partner in 2007 and Senior Partner in 2014. After leading McKinsey & Company’s Asia Pacific Marketing & Sales Practice from 2011 to 2017 Paul was the Leader of McKinsey & Company’s Consumer & Retail Practice and Managing Partner of QuantumBlack Japan from 2018 until February 2021.
Paul joined Incubate Fund as a General Partner in March 2021.
