Japan's Top Business Interviews Podcast By Dale Carnegie Training Tokyo Japan
225 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago -Japan's Top Business Interviews is the premier business interview podcast for people who want to know more about business in japan. The guests cover a range of industries and organisation sizes, to present a thorough overview of issues with leading in Japan. If you are a leader, especialy someone leading in Japan, then this is the podcast for you.
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Christian Mecker, President Bosch Mobility South and East Asia
July 12, 2024 15:59 - 56 minutes - 78 MBPreviously Christian was VP Sales and Application Diesel Systems Robert Bosch, General Manager Robert Bosch Japan, Directeur des Ventes Robert Bosch France. He has a mechanical engineering degree from Ecole centrale de Lyon
210 Tim O’Rourke, Country Manager, Meltwater Japan
July 05, 2024 15:02 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBPreviously Tim has held a number of roles with Meltwater: Area Director, Managing Director Australia, Senior Client Success Manager Australia, Sales Manager Australia, Sales Consultant Australia. Prior to Meltwater, he was a journalist with the Herald Sun in Melbourne.
209 Ji Watson, Representative Director CEO MWG Japan and CFO McCann Worldgroup APAC
June 28, 2024 15:59 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBPreviously Ji was Senior Partner, IBM Worldwide Finance and Operations Director at Ogilvy and Mather Advertising; Director, Brand Strategy Group; Director, Global Agency Coa-Cola; Marketing Manager, Turner Broadcasting. She has an MBA from Emory University – Goizueta Business School and an undergraduate degree in accounting from Oglethorpe University.
208 Michael Standar, Regional Director Troax AB
June 21, 2024 21:59 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBPreviously Michael was Board Chairman and Director Voestalpine Bohler Welding Asia Pacific, Business Development Director-Consumables ESAB Asia Pacific, Country Manager Japan and Korea ESAB, President Besam Japan, Product Manager Eiga AB, Sales Engineer, Market Manager Asia Pacific Nomafa AB. He has a Master of Science from the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University.
207 Gustav Strandell, Executive Director, Kohitsuji-kai Group International Care System KK
June 14, 2024 23:56 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBPreviously Gustav was CEO Maihama Club Nursing Homes, Managing Director, Swedish Care Institute, Consultant Access Technology. Gustav Graduated with an MA in East Asian Studies from Stockholm University.
207 Gustav Strandell, Executive Director, Kohitsuji-kI Group International Care System KK
June 14, 2024 23:56 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBPreviously Gustav was CEO Maihama Club Nursing Homes, Managing Director, Swedish Care Institute, Consultant Access Technology. Gustav Graduated with an MA in East Asian Studies from Stockholm University.
206 Tim Hewitt, Japan Country Manager, BMS Group
June 07, 2024 15:19 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBPreviously Tim was an Associate General Counsel at Marelli, Director Indirect Sales at Colt Technology Services, Senior Lawyer Minter Ellison Lawyers. He has a Law Degree, Bachelor of Asian Studies and is a graduate from the from the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA
205 Tony Aram, Country Head Japan, Collectors Universe
June 01, 2024 00:30 - 1 hour - 105 MBPreviously Tony was in the Financial Accounting Group-Advisory and Administration, Nomura Holdings, Head of Real Estate Finance Macquarie Group, Chief Financial Officer Merrill Lynch, Area Financial Controller HSBC, Manager PWC and Auditor KPMG. He has a Bachelor of Economics, Accountancy from the University of Sydney.
204 Yannick Derrien, Country Manager Japan and APAC Area Manager IDKIDS
May 24, 2024 15:47 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MBPreviously, Yannick was General Manager Adolfo Dominguez Japan, Pandora Division Manager Bluebell, Deputy General manager PCSA, Japan Country Manager Fast Retailing Group, Japan CEO Mauboussin, Finance Management Program member GE Healthcare
203 Padraig MacColgain, Vice-President Head of APAC, Colt Data Centre Services
May 18, 2024 03:28 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBPreviously Padraig was Vice-President, Service Operations at Colt Data Centre Services, Director, Design, Build and Transition, Director, Core Technology, KVH, Manager Equant
202 Mitsuharu Kurokawa, President Toraya
May 10, 2024 15:48 - 1 hour - 114 MBMr. Kurokawa is the 18th generation of his family to run this traditional Japanese sweets business, which started in the 1500s in Kyoto. He has worked in the business his whole career and spent a year in their store in Paris.
201 Patrick Boulet, President ACRELEC Manufacturing Japan
May 03, 2024 15:02 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBPreviously Patrick was Operations Director at Innov8; Purchasing and RD Director at Groupe ADF; Operations Director at Uniross; Purchasing Director at Alcatel Mobile Phones and Mechanical Manager at SAGEM. He has a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arts et Metiers Paris Tech – Ecole National Superieure d’Arts et Metiers and an MBA from ESSEC Business School and a DUT, Mechanical from the Universite de Provance
200 Hiroshi Alley, Chairman and President Palo Alto Networks, Japan
April 26, 2024 15:11 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBPreviously Hiroshi was Regional Vice President, President F5 Networks, Japan; Chief Executive Japan and China Wipro Technologies; and Managing Director, President BEA Systems Japan. He has a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Management from The University of Maine at Orono
199 Gordon Hatton, Vice President, Head of Development & Delivery (Japan), Colt DCS
April 19, 2024 15:26 - 1 hour - 87 MBPreviously Vice President, Head of APAC Development, Head of Japan, Vice President Colt DSC: Head of Japan Pembroke Real Estate; Executive Officer, Bovis Lend Lease; Architect, Takenaka Komuten; Harvard University Graduate School Of Design; University Of Manitoba Architecture
198 Ahbijay Sandilya, Managing Director for Japan and Micronesia at IHG Hotels and Resorts
April 13, 2024 00:02 - 47 minutes - 65 MBPreviously Ahbijay was Vice-President of Development for IHG Japan, Australasia and Pacific Region, Director of Development Planning AMEA for Whitbread PLC Singapore, and Director of Development Middle East, Africa and South Asia for the Jumeirah Group. He has a Master’s Degree from Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School Of Management
197 Simone Thomsen, Group Vice-President, President Eli Lilly Japan
April 05, 2024 21:47 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBPrior to her Japan posting Simone was VP Marketing International Business Unit in Indianapolis, VP and General Manager Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Chief Marketing Officer Japan, Managing Director Austria, International Marketing Leader Cardiology Indianapolis, National Sales Director Germany, Austria and Switzerland, New Product Planning Manager Germany, Head of corporate Communications. Prior to Eli Lilly with Fresenius Kabi she was Head of Area Management Japan, Head of Corporate Co...
196 David Michels, Bain and Company, Managing Partner Japan
March 29, 2024 15:46 - 1 hour - 104 MBDavid has been with Bain his whole career, starting as an Associate to Partner, becoming a Partner and HR Leader Switzerland, Partner and Healthcare Practice Leader, Senior Partner and Regional EMEA Practice Leader for Transformation and Change, Senior Partner and Global Leader Change and Implementation Practice.
195 Luca Orduna, Managing Director, Swiss Prime Brands
March 22, 2024 15:49 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBPrior to starting the Swiss Prime Brands company in Japan, Luca was an Assistant Manager at Masuda Infinity Japan, a Junior Associate at Goldwyn Partners Group AG, a Consultant at Het Buitenhuis. Be honest – are you a great leader or are you a mediocre leader? How can you become a leader people actually want to follow? How can you be the leader whose team gets results? There is a perfect solution for you- To LEARN MORE click here (https://bit.ly/43sQHxV ) To get your free guide “How To S...
194 Eddie Jones, Japan’s Men’s National Rugby Team Head Coach
March 15, 2024 15:10 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBEddie’s coaching of Japan to defeat South Africa against their hometown advantage in South Africa, was a breakthrough moment for Japanese rugby, which until that point had never managed to win a game at that level. Eddie started his coaching career at Randwick as an assistant coach in 1994. He coached Tokai University as an assistant coach in 1995-96, was assistant coach for Japan in 1996, coached the Suntory Sungoliath team in 1997, the ACT Brumbies from 1998-2001, Australia from 2001-20...
193 Gaspard Dessy, CEO Port Cities Japan
March 08, 2024 15:25 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBPreviously Gaspard was Port Cities Managing Director Mexico, Managing Directors Indonesia, Ethnicraft Project Manager, Carmeuse Group Supply Chain Analyst. Gaspard Graduated from the Louvain School of Management, Universite Catholique De Louvain
192 Jean Pierre Charriton, President L’Oreal Japan
March 01, 2024 15:18 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBJean Pierre has spent most of his career at L’Oreal. Previously he was Senior Vice President L’Oreal Luxe APAC, Managing Director L’Oreal Luxe Europe, General Manager L’Oreal Luxe Thailand. He is an MBA Graduate of emlyon business school.
191 Geoffrey Bossiere, Ex-20th Century Fox Japan and Ex-Hulu Japan Managing Director.
February 23, 2024 15:29 - 1 hour - 88 MBGeoffrey has started his own company Shining Prince Entertainment, currently he is Japan Representative for Drylab Media Tech. Previously he was Co-Founder and Head of Sales for V-Net Solutions Japan, General Manager HBO Max Japan, Japan Country Manager for IMAX, Strategic Advisor for 20th Century Fox Japan, Advisor to LAIKA LLC, Advisor to Netflix, Launch Managing Director and Senior Advisor Hulu Japan, Senior Japan Advisor Paramount Home Entertainment, Japan Country Manager, Dreamworks, He...
190 Maxime Guilbot, Founder and CEO, Ekohe
February 16, 2024 15:40 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBMaxime founded his company in 2007 in China and now has offices in Tokyo, Paris, Vancouver and New York. Before starting Ekohe, he was the R&D Manager at Labbrand in Shanghai. He has a Master’s Degree in Engineering from Centrale Lille Institute and another Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
189 Guillermo Gutierrez, CEO Chanel Japan
February 09, 2024 15:11 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBGuillermo has spent most of his career at Chanel as Country Manager Singapore, Regional President SE Asia, Global Marketing Director (cosmetics), Japan Cosmetics General Manager, Japan Fashion General Manager. He graduated from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) and is also a graduate of the EU’s Executive Training Programme in Japan (ETP 7).
188 Derek Baines, General Manager Japan & Korea, Tourism Australia
February 02, 2024 15:39 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBDerek previously was Country Manager Japan for Tourism Australia. He has spent over 31 years working for Qantas, in a variety of roles including: Senior Manager Qantas Business Rewards, Head of Commercial, Commercial Manager Pacific and Japan, Manager Pacific and Japan Routes, Marketing and Management Services Manager Japan. He has a Degree in Asian Studies from Griffith University.
187 Gavin Raftery, Managing Partner, Baker McKenzie Tokyo
January 26, 2024 12:42 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBGavin has been working for Baker McKenzie since 2001, rising from Foreign Associate, to Senior Associate, to Senior Foreign Associate and then to Partner. He has a Bachelor of Law from Bond University and an SMU Certificate in Fintech & Innovation from Singapore Management University
186 Marton Lendvai, Founder and CEO, TOO International
January 19, 2024 15:56 - 56 minutes - 78.1 MBPreviously Marton was a Partner at KK Sherpa, Assistant Vice President at Aozora Bank, and a Fund Manager at Nomura Asset Management. He has an MBA from Waseda University, a degree in Finance from Budapest Business University and a BA in International Marketing from Avans University of Applied Sciences.
185 Alfonso Asensio, Managing Director, Jellyfish, Japan
January 12, 2024 23:58 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBPreviously Alfonso was Japan Country Manager, Regional Director North Asia, Oracle Advertising; Business Director Acxion; Deputy Managing Director, Bandai; Overseas Marketing Team Manager, Sega; Senior Consultant Japan Office, Hall Kinion. Alfonso is a graduate of the University of Navarra and has a Masters degree from Nagoya University.
184 Bostjan Ljubic, Managing Director Japan & Korea ARYZTA
January 05, 2024 15:27 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBPreviously Bostjan was Executive Officer, Director of Global Sales And Special Projects Compass Group, Commercial Director, Tupperware, Vice President UK and Ireland, earlier Sales Director Japan and Korea, Steelcase, Sales Representative Architecture & Design Tokyo.
183 Joe Peters, Managing Director, iSearch Worldwide
December 29, 2023 15:50 - 1 hour - 103 MBJoe Peters, Managing Director, iSearch Worldwide Joe previously was President Transamerica Direct Marketing Japan, President AXA Life Singapore, Regional VP Group Life & Health AIG, VP Japan Marketing Mutual of Omaha, Manager A&H INA (Cigna), Manager MetLife
182 Brian Nelson, Chairman GLBB
December 22, 2023 15:25 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBPreviously Brian was an Advisor to Curvegrid, Advisor to Cerego Japan, Principal Advisor In Japan Kelly Slater Wave Company, Co-Founder & Director Weatherly Japan, Advisor Salesforce, Advisor to the Board FPG co., Ltd., Advisory Board Member Japan Burton Snowboards, Director NBO Group, Chairman Value Commerce Co., Ltd. Director James Harvard International, Director Gallup, Professional, Basketball Player Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance. Brian is a graduate of the University of Southern...
181 Eriko Asai, Co-Founder Indo-Pacfic Partners
December 15, 2023 15:43 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MBPreviously Eriko was President GE Japan, Director American Medical Device & Diagnostics Association of Japan, Director For Policy Outreach, Legal and Corporate Affairs Microsoft Japan, Marketing Communication Specialist, Sony Euroope, Germany. She is a graduate of Keio University.
180 Ted Katagi, Founder of Kenja
December 08, 2023 15:41 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBPreviously Ted was the Chief Operating Officer at Picsel UK, Senior Managing Director Fidelity Investments, Chief Marketing Officer at Vodaphone Japan, Executive Vice-President Japan Telecom, President Comuwizards, Area Marketing Vice-President Verizon Wireless, Managing Director Marketing J-Phone, Director of Strategy Ai Touch, Consultant Bain and Company and Marketing Representative/Systems Engineer IBM.
179 Martin Fluck, Area General Manager Far East Hospitality, Japan
December 01, 2023 15:54 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBPreviously Martin was the General Manager, Global Treehouse Inc., Director of Operations, North Asia, Oakwood Asia Pacific, Executive Partner Fritz Consulting, General Manager Norfolk Mansions, General Manager Garden Plaza Hotel, General Manager Saigon Floating Hotel, Project Manager Park Hyatt Tokyo, Project Manager EIE International, Food and Beverage Manager Nagoya Hilton International, Assistant F&B Manager Tokyo Hilton International. He is a graduate of the Hotel Management School Lau...
178 Paul Chapman, Founder and CEO Moneytree
November 24, 2023 15:35 - 1 hour - 104 MBPreviously Paul was Adjunct Industry Fellow In Mobile Software at Swinburne Uinversity of Technology, Founder of Long Weekend, IT Director enworld group, CTO and Founder Thomson Reuters cvMail. He has a BA in Business, Banking & Finance from Monash University.
177 Kevin Holdaway, CEO GPlus Media Inc
November 17, 2023 15:59 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBKevin played a number of roles at GPlus Media incuding Sales Director and General Manager. Previously he was a recruitment consultant at Optia Parrners, Training and Development Manager Human Resources at Model Language Studio.
176 Bob Van den Broecke, Managing Director Evernex Japan
November 10, 2023 15:38 - 1 hour - 103 MBPrior to his posting in Japan, Bob was working for Evernex in Hong Kong as a Senior Account Manager. Previously he working in Italy as a Sales Manager for Fwebcreative. He has a Masters Degree from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and a license, Administrative and Social Economics from the Universite Paris-Sorbonne and an Undergraduate degree from Assumption University in Thailand
175 Dhruv Anand, Country Head and Managing Manager, Wipro Japan
November 03, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBPrior to heading Wipro in Japan, Dhruv was at Tata Consultancy Services in Japan in a variety of roles: Manufacturing Vertical Deputy Head, Head of Automotive Engineering, and Consultant. He originally came to Japan with Wipro as a Product Development Engineer. He has an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies and an Undergraduate Degree in Electronics and Communication from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology.
174 Erwann Mao, Managing Director, ebm-papst Japan
October 29, 2023 08:55 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBPrior to this position Erwann was Trading Department Director at Saint-Gobain Japan, Vice-President Glass Japan at Saint-Gobain, Sales Planning Director at MAG-ISOVER Japan, North and South Asia Pacific Sales and Marketing Leader at Owens Corning, Sales and Marketing Director NSG Vetrotex Japan, and Commercial Attaché at the French Embassy in Tokyo. He has a Masters Degree in Applied Mechanics from Tokyo University and an MBA from the Skema Business School.
173 Victor Osumi, President Delta Air Lines, Japan
October 20, 2023 23:24 - 1 hour - 101 MBPreviously Victor was Area Vice President, Japan and Guam for Marriott International, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Sales Officer & Chief Develomental Officer, Prince Hotels and Resorts, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department Seibu Holdings, Regional Vice President, Sales and Marketing, IHG Hotels Group Japan, Senior Vice President, Operations, Japan Cererbus, Vice President Development, Japan and Korea, InterContinental Hotels Group, Vice President, Global Sales, North Asia Marr...
172 Petra Fare, CEO & CSO Ikea Japan
October 13, 2023 15:28 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBPrior to coming to Japan, Petra has had a number of roles for Ikea in Sweden as Global Business Area Manager Bedroom, Textiles and Rugs, and as Deputy Retail Manager in Poland.
171 Vincent Nelias, President Triumph Japan
October 06, 2023 15:23 - 1 hour - 109 MBPreviously Vincent was Managing Director of Swarovski Japan, Japan Sales Director for Van Cleef &Arpels, Japan Deputy Senior Manager at Cartier, Product Manager at Pernod Ricard Japan. He has an EMBA from the Hult International Business School.
170 Jose Gozalbo, Country Head, Maetel Construction
September 30, 2023 00:41 - 56 minutes - 78 MBJose has previously been O&M Senior Sales Manager at Trina Solar, Director of Fotovoltaica de la Mancha, O&M Sales Manager Eco Life Engineering, Country Head Spain and Portugal Scheuten
169 Rionne McAvoy, CEO Japan Media Services
September 22, 2023 15:53 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBMultiple award winning filmmaker and CEO of a video production company based in Tokyo, Japan. A former professional wrestler (under the ring name Rionne Fujiwara) and martial artist -Aikido, kickboxing, catch wrestling. Bilingual English and Japanese audio and visual professional from the Gold Coast in Australia, with almost 20 years’ experience living and working in Japan. He founded Japan Media Services in 2015.
168 Johan Gade, CEO Saxo Bank Japan
September 17, 2023 00:22 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBSaxo Bank is a securities broker started thirty years ago in Denmark and they have been in Japan for 13 years. He started working in banking in Denmark and 14 years ago joined Saxo Bank. He came to Japan two years ago and had lived here before twenty years ago when he wa studying here. At that time he was studying mathematical infomatics at the University of Tokyo for one year and thereafter had visited Japan often over the years.
167 Kyoko Matsuba, General Manager, GE Healthcare Japan Edison Solution and Japan Academic
September 08, 2023 15:41 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBMatsuba san previously had been General Manager Japan Healthcare IT at GE. Before that she was Director of Business Planning at the Columbia Medical Center. She started her career in the Japanese Post Office bureaucracy. She graduated for Keio University in economics and has an MBA from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester.
166 Dr. Andrijana Cvetkovikj, CEO & President BrioNexus.
September 02, 2023 01:35 - 1 hour - 88.5 MB166 Dr. Andrijana Cvetkovikj, CEO & President BrioNexus. Andrijana is also a special Advisor for International Affairs to the Japanese government, and previously was Director, Economist Corporate Network North Asia and Ambassador to Japan for Macedonia. She studied film and received her Ph.D. from Nihon University.
165 Michael Cashen, Engage Squared, Country Manager, Japan
August 25, 2023 15:05 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBPreviously Michael was a co-founder of Neural Squared, CEO of Hypnotize, Technical Solutions Consultant on Android and Partner Technology Manager on YouTube at Google. He has a Master of Engineering Computer Science degree from The University of Electro-Communications
164 Jonathan Epstein, Country Manager, Adyen Japan
August 18, 2023 15:27 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBPreviously Jonathan was Managing Director Japan for Cornerstone OnDemand, Country Manager Japan for Credorax, Country Manager Japan for Paypal and when Director of Strategy Softbank Group, he worked very closely with legendary Softbank founder Masayoshi Son.
163 Alejandro Espada, General Manager, Faurecia Japan
August 11, 2023 15:08 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBPreviously President, Faurecia Howa Interiors Japan. Masters in Management, Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership D.E.A. Engineering, Universidade de Vigo, M.S. Degree Water Engineering, Polytech Montipellier