Who we are

Michael W. Short (Asia Pacific Representative) has lived and worked in Asia for over thirty years. After graduatiing from Sophia University in Tokyo (BS), and Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management (MBA), he worked at Citibank for twenty-four years.

Responsibilities included Division Executive level activities covering global Japanese corporate businesses, Asian regional marketing, risk management, and product development and approval. Assignments included Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and the U.K. In 1998, he was seconded to lead strategic investment projects for Brunei's Ministry of Finance in their Investment Agency. He joined AXA in 1999 as CEO and country head of their Japan insurance businesses. There he oversaw the acquisition and integration of Nippon Dantai Insurance Co., and became CEO of a combined operation with four hundred-fifty nationwide offices, ten thousand employees, and over five million customers.
In 2005, Mr. Short joined the WJ Hopper team to develop private equity business in Asia-Pacific. He is a member of the Thunderbird Global Council. He and his wife have two grown children.