Matsuo served as president and chairman of the board of Fukuoka Realty Co., Ltd. from 2004 to June 2006, and successfully originated and completed the IPO of Fukuoka REIT Corporation (FRC: 8968), a regional J- REIT. Prior to that he served as senior vice president in charge of marketing for proprietary investment in the Global Real Estate Group of Lehman Brothers in Japan from 1999 to 2004. From 1993 to 1999, Matsuo held the post of vice president within Mitsui Fudosan USA and was responsible for managing about 100 billion yen in assets generated by properties in California and Hawaii. He was a project manager in the Project Development Division of Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. between 1987 and 1993.

MBA Wharton School, M.A. Lauder Institute; University of Pennsylvania
B.A. Faculty of Law; University of Tokyo