Education
1986: Graduated from Doshisha University with a bachelor"s degree in Philosophy.
島田 哲夫
Chairman of Shimada Corporation
1986: Graduated from Doshisha University with a bachelor"s degree in Philosophy.
Now an official advisor of Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, France Police United of Thai Premier League. April 1986- August 1993: Built the first computer museum in Tokyo when working for Universal Postal Union, which is a Japanese publishing company. September 1993 - May 2000: Managed the World Tennis Championship along with variety of different football events at Diamond Agency, which is a Japanese advertising agency.
June 2000 - December 2002: Remodeled Tokyo Verdy"s branding that includes but not limited to club name and logo design.
Also relocated the club"s home stadium while serving as the club"s Marketing Manager. January 2003 - July 2006: While serving as the Marketing General Manager, at Shonan Bellmare of J.League, he initiated the new marketing concept in Japan where he placed Sanno Institute of Management"s (university) school name on a professional football club"s jersey as its main sponsor.
Within this sponsorship deal he developed sports marketing courses for Sanno University, where he also served as a guest professor hosting a class every week. 2007: Published his first book "How to build Japanese original sports-clubs", and founded Shimada Corporation which is a management and investment consulting firm with the focus on professional football business.
Assumed the position of Official Advisor of Sanko Partners.
In 2008, consulted for two Japanese professional football clubs" investment projects. August 2010: Assumed the position of Official Adviser as the first Japanese for Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, France Police United in Thailand Premier League.