Daisuke Arakawa

As chief of the FT Partnership Office at Nikkei, Daisuke Arakawa is responsible for joint projects between Nikkei and the FT, with the mission of creating additional value for audiences and customers. 

Prior to his current role, he has served as Nikkei’s market and corporate news editor, head of M&A, and president for Nikkei Europe. As the head of M&A, he led the acquisition of the Financial Times in 2015 and became director of the FT and executive officer of Nikkei in 2020. 

He joined Nikkei as a reporter straight out of Tokyo University in 1987.