Speakers

Yohei Ishii

At CCP, Yohei Ishii develops and manages new business initiatives and global partnerships across the media, technology and creative industries.  In addition to driving opportunities with hardware and middleware platforms, he is collaborating with CCP's economists and development teams to redefine how games are accessed and monetized. 

Prior to joining CCP in 2009, Mr. Ishii spent the previous three years combating black market real money trading (RMT), establishing a legitimate marketplace platform together with publishers. As a member of the founding team at Live Gamer, he had an unprecedented opportunity  to engage with a wide range of massively multiplayer online (MMO) game and virtual world publishers, securing a global network of partners including Sony Online, Funcom and NHN.  

From 2004-2007, Yohei was the head of business development and strategy for Square Enix N.A., overseeing all new business initiatives related to Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts etc., across console, online, and mobile.  In a former life, he was also an equity research analyst covering the video game sector for Mizuho Securities.

Yohei is a graduate of the London School of Economics and has conducted post graduate work at Columbia Business School.