Shingo Ito, based in Tokyo, is a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Technology and Communications Practice. His specialties are CEO and senior executive searches, advising management boards, and executive assessment and development. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Shingo most recently served as Vice President and a management board member at DTSI, a leading IT and facility solution provider based in the Philippines, where he was responsible for business development in Metro Manila and Cebu. That was preceded by a lengthy stint at NTT Communications, where he was involved in various activities including product sales and marketing in Europe and global legal affairs before advancing to become the company’s Global Client Director in charge of several global strategic accounts with a focus on Asia-Pacific. Shingo began his career as an attaché at the Japanese embassy in Zimbabwe. Shingo earned a BA in political science from Doshisha University and subsequently completed an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.