Tatsuo Okaya

channel partner, AsiA / pacific


Tatsuo Okaya is a sought-after thinking partner and advisor to corporate leaders on macro-economic and socio-ecological trends. A passionate student of human potentiality, Tatsuo teaches his clients that an individual’s internal self-leadership together with an open, cooperative, boundary-crossing mindset drives organizations to transform.

Tatsuo serves on the board of a private holding company in Japan. He is the Founding Partner of LINQ Partnership, providing business incubation, mergers & acquisitions and general corporate finance advisory. He has been Vice President at Smith Barney overseeing cross-border M&A activities. He began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Tatsuo holds an MBA in Energy Finance from the University of Denver as well as a BA in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a BA in Business from Keio Gijuku University in Tokyo, Japan.

Tatsuo is also a firefighter in the volunteer fire brigade in Geyserville, CA where he lives and enjoys growing wine grapes.

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