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294 Philippe Sommer - CEO, Aon Reinsurance Solutions Japan

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293 Doru Tasca - President and Representative Director, ZF Group Japan

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292 Frederic Delsaux - Representative Director, PTS Japan

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291 Anatole Varin — Founder and President, The Plant

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290 James Marsden — Head of Post-Trade, Asia Pacific, Broadridge Financial Solutions

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289 Thomas Fraessle - Representative Director and CEO, ITK Engineering Japan

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288 Noriko Sasaki — Country Head, Checkout.com Japan

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287 Karl Deppen — President & CEO, ARCHION Corporation

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286 Sean Travers - Representative Director of MESHD

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285 Jasper Westerink - CEO, Philips Japan

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Christian Baudat — Country General Manager Japan, The Ascott Limited

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Robert Roche — President & CEO, Oak Lawn Marketing

13

Campbell Hanley — Managing Director, Weber Shandwick Japan

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Ernie Higa — President, CEO, and Chairman of Higa Industries

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Meghan Barstow - President of Edelman Japan

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Klaus Meder — Previous President of Bosch in Japan

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Jesper Koll — Global Ambassador for the Monex Group

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Georg Loeer — Previous Head of NRW Global Business Japan

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Jerome Chouchan — President, Godiva Japan

20

Paul Kraft - Previous Country Manager, Haribo Japan

21

Wolfgang Bierer — President of Endeavor SBC

22

Frank Packard — Founder & Previous President, AAA Partners Japan

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Jim Weisser — President and Co-founder, SignTime

24

Wolfgang Angyal — President of Riedel Japan

25

Lorenzo Scrimizzi — President, Carpigiani Japan

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Bob Noddin — Previous CEO of AIG Japan

27

Mike Alfant - CEO Fushion Systems

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Peter Jennings - Previous President of Dow Japan and Korea

29

Ross Rowbury - Previous President, Edelman Japan

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Paul Hardisty - Former CEO, Adidas Japan

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Harry Hill — Former CEO, Shop Japan

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284 Grant Torrens — Managing Director, Hays Japan

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283 Beat Kraehenmann — Managing Director, Levitronix Japan

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282 Joerg Bauer — Representative Director, Heidelberg Japan

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281 Shu Kimura — Founder, Boulangerie Maison Kayser Japan

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280 Mika Matsuo - Former CHRO, AIG Japan

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279 Tomo Kamiya, President PTC Japan

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278 Benjamin Costa — Representative Director and Managing Director, La Maison du Chocolat Japan

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277 Armel Cahierre — Founder & President, B4F (Brands for France)

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276 Vincent Mathieu - CEO of Carl Zeiss Japan

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275 Joanne Lin - Senior Director, APAC, Deckers Brands

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274 Martin Steenks - Previous Chief Orchestrator, Domino's Pizza Japan

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273 Akiko Yamamoto — President, Van Cleef & Arpels Japan

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272 Erwin Ysewijn, President, Semikron Danfoss Japan

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271 Chris LaFleur, Senior Director, McLarty Associates

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270 Loïc Pecondon-Lacroix, President and Country Holding Officer (CHO) of ABB Japan

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269 Nicolai Bergmann — Founder, Nicolai Bergmann

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268 Alexis Perroton, CEO, Piaget Japan

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267 Dr. Laura Bonamici — Global Head of Marketing, Fujitsu

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266 Evan Burkosky, Co-Founder & CEO, Kimaru AI

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265 Nate Hoernig Founder Humble Bunny

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264 Richard Cohen, Founder Village Cellars

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263 Glen Argyle, President Baxter Japan

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262 Hideo Goto, President Schick Japan

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261 Elio Orsara, Founder Elios Locanda Italiano

56

260 Chris Mohler, CEO Gap Asia

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259 Kasper Mejlvang, President Novo Nordisk Pharma Japan

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258 Duncan Harrison, Managing Director, JAC International

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257 Yvette Pang, CEO International Logistics Company

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256 Eiichiro Onozawa CEO Savills Japan

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255 Duncan Macintyre Managing Director CBRE Asia Pacific

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254 Guillaume Hansali- Country Head Keywords Studios

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253 Terii Jacobs, Regional Senior Director, Head of Human Resources, Japan, Korea, and Micronesia, Hilton

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252 Marc Bolduc, ITL Food Division and Representative Director Japan, Intralox and Chairman of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce In Japan

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251 Kohei Noda, Country Director AB InBev Japan

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250 Akiko Karaki, Partner Head of Tokyo, Brunswick Group

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249 Bruno Gaussorgues, Country Manager, Societe Generale

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248 Rodrigo Lima, President, Danone Japan

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247 Rose MacDonald, Country Manager Japan, Wine Australia

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246 Alexandre Lanos, General Manager of Jean Rousseau Japan

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245 Carl Moser, President of Vollmer Japan Corporation

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244 Junko Kubokawa, Ex- President, Croda Japan

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243 Alberto Fochesato Managing Director of Würth Industry Japan

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242 Maxime Hotelier, Cluster General Manager Tokyo, IHG ANA Hotel Group

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241 Tim Bailey, Principal at Bailey Consulting

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240 Yuichi Takayama, Country Head, Frontier Advisors

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239 Rami Suzuki, President ARC Therapies

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238 Fabio Crisafulli, Japan C&SI Alliance & Netvibes Director, Dassault Systemes

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237 Orjan Pettersson, Managing Director, Profoto KK

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236 Alan Malcolm, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Udemy Japan

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235 Michael Witt, President ,Nicole Racing Japan LLC

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234 Itai Yanai, COO, Plus500

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233 Hartmut Pannen, CEO K.K. Irisu

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232 Koji Endo, Chairman, Kai Group

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231 Corinne Southarewsky, COO Axa Japan

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230 Irina Menshikova, President, Amway Japan

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229 Aytekin Yildiz, APAC Cluster CEO Group BEL, President Bel Japan

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Joe Hart, Global President Dale Carnegie & Associates

89

228 Miyoko Demay, Previous President Tiffany Japan

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227 Johhny Yoo, CEO WeWork Japan

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226 Emmanuel Marchat, Representative Director Stahl, Japan

92

Ross Rowbury, Previous President of Edelman

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Jeremy Sampson, Previous Managing Director of Robert Walters Japan, now CEO N.E. Asia and Greater China

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Paul Hardisty Current President Ralph Lauren Japan, Previous President Adidas Japan

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Seiichiro Asakawa, Previous President Tokyo Chemical Industries

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Laurent Depus, Previous President of Natixis Japan Securities

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Encore: Harry Hill Previous CEO of Shop Japan

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225 Bela Schweiger, Previous Vice-President and Board Director at Haagen Dazs Japan

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224 Eduard Gabric, President and Representative Director, VDM Metals Japan

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223 Svein Tyldum, CEO March McLennan North Asia

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222 Shota Adam, Growth Lead, Employee Number One, Koala Sleep Company

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221 Norman Tweeboom, Japan Regional Head Bloomberg

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220 Rike Wootten, President Vantage Capital Markets Japan and President K.K. Gotairikiu Partners

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219 Roberto Pleitavino, President Oris Japan

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218 Alejandro Cabal, President Tetra Pak Japan & Korea

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217 Scott Sato, Chairman, AoraNow Inc

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216 Joe Hart, Global President Dale Carnegie & Associates

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215 Richard Lyle, President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Vice-President Trade & FDI, Intralink

109

214 Emma Dean, Area Director APMEA North, President British American Tabacco (BAT) Japan

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212 Nicolas Villeger, Founder & Managing Director, Tradentry

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212 Bernard Delmas, Lead Independent Director, Nissan Motor Corporation

112

211 Christian Mecker, President Bosch Mobility South and East Asia

113

210 Tim O'Rourke, Country Manager, Meltwater Japan

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209 Ji Watson Representative Director, CEO, MW Japan; EVP, CFO, MW APAC

115

208 Michael Standar, Regional Director Troax AB

116

207 Gustav Strandell, Executive Director, Kohitsuji-kai Group International Care System KK

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206 Tim Hewitt, Japan Country Manager, BMS Group

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205 Tony Aram, Country Head Japan, Collectors Universe

119

204 Yannick Derrien, Country Manager Japan and APAC Area Manager IDKIDS

120

203 Padraig MacColgain, Vice-President Head of APAC, Colt Data Centre Services

121

202 Mitsuharu Kurokawa, President Toraya

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201 Patrick Boulet, President ACRELEC Manufacturing Japan

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200 Hiroshi Alley, Chairman and President Palo Alto Networks, Japan

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199 Gordon Hatton, Vice President, Head of Development & Delivery (Japan), Colt DCS

125

198 Ahbijay Sandilya, Managing Director for Japan and Micronesia at IHG Hotels and Resorts

126

197 Simone Thomsen, Group Vice-President, President Eli Lilly Japan

127

196 David Michels, Bain and Company, Managing Partner Japan

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195 Luca Orduna, Managing Director, Swiss Prime Brands

129

194 Eddie Jones, Japan's Men's National Rugby Team Head Coach

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193 Gaspard Dessy, CEO Port Cities Japan

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192 Jean Pierre Charriton, President L'Oreal Japan

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191 Geoffrey Bossiere, Ex-20th Century Fox Japan and Ex-Hulu Japan Managing Director.

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190 Maxime Guilbot, Founder and CEO, Ekohe

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189 Guillermo Gutierrez, CEO Chanel Japan

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188 Derek Baines, General Manager Japan & Korea, Tourism Australia

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187 Gavin Raftery, Managing Partner, Baker McKenzie Tokyo

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186 Marton Lendvai, Founder and CEO, TOO International

138

185 Alfonso Asensio, Managing Director, Jellyfish, Japan

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184 Bostjan Ljubic, Managing Director Japan & Korea ARYZTA

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183 Joe Peters, Managing Director, iSearch Worldwide

141

182 Brian Nelson, Chairman GLBB

142

181 Eriko Asai, Co-Founder Indo-Pacfic Partners

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180 Ted Katagi, Founder of Kenja

144

179 Martin Fluck, Area General Manager Far East Hospitality, Japan

145

178 Paul Chapman, Founder and CEO Moneytree

146

177 Kevin Holdaway, CEO GPlus Media Inc

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176 Bob Van den Broecke, Managing Director Evernex Japan

148

175 Dhruv Anand, Country Head and Managing Manager, Wipro Japan

149

174 Erwann Mao, Managing Director, ebm-papst Japan

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173 Victor Osumi, President Delta Air Lines, Japan

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172 Petra Fare, CEO & CSO Ikea Japan

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171 Vincent Nelias, President Triumph Japan

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170 Jose Gozalbo, Country Head, Maetel Construction

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169 Rionne McAvoy, CEO Japan Media Services

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168 Johan Gade, CEO Saxo Bank Japan

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167 Kyoko Matsuba, General Manager, GE Healthcare Japan Edison Solution and Japan Academic

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166 Dr. Andrijana Cvetkovikj, CEO & President BrioNexus.

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165 Michael Cashen, Engage Squared, Country Manager, Japan

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164 Jonathan Epstein, Country Manager, Adyen Japan

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163 Alejandro Espada, General Manager, Faurecia Japan

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162 Alex Zoboli, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Cornerstone Recruitment, Japan

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161 Matt Nicholls, President & Co-Founder, Cornerstone Recruitment Japan

163

160 Satoshi Mizusawa, President, Stryker Japan KK

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159 Masashi Ogino, Japan Country Head, International Airline

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158 Christian Baudat is the Country General Manager Japan for The Ascott Limited.

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157 Masayo Nagai, Chairwoman of APCO Worldwide Asia

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156 Naosuke Goto, CEO, Goto Florists

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155 Morgan Laughlin, Managing Director, PGIM Real Estate, Japan

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154 Adam Hall, Country Manager, Joseph Joseph Japan

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153 John Kirch, beqom Japan Head

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152 Kentaro Kiso, President Barclays Securities Japan

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151 Hiroaki Mori, President McCann Erikson Japan

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150 Matthias Sutter, General Manager, Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo

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149 Hiroo Murota is the Vice President, General Manager, Representative Director of Thermo Fisher Scientific Japan

175

148 Leo Keeley, PresIdent and CEO Japan B2B Sales

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147 Michael Bobrove, CEO HealthyTOKYO

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146 Cairo Marsh, Founder and Executive Partner at relativ*

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145 Takeshi Fujiwara Ex-President BBruan Aesculap Japan

179

144 Carl Eklund, Ex-CEO Volvo Japan

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143 David Macdonald, Ex-CEO Discovery Japan GK

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142 Takeo Obayashi, Chairman Obayashi Corporation

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141 Satoru Hiraga, Director and Chairman of Marsh Broker, Japan

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140 Tae Ho Kim, President, en world Japan

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139 Yuko Furuichi President and CEO of Comexposium Japan

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138 Marco Breitfeld, Representative Director and Head of Shared Services Draeger Japan

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137 Joachim Rohe, Country Director, CPKelco Japan Aps

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136 William Boesen, President of the East Asiatic Company Japan.

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Best of the Best Encore #39: Andrew Hankinson, President, Zwilling J.A. Henckels Japan

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135 Tom Reich President and Executive Manager BAE Systems Japan

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134 Ryan McGuire Managing Director at Cutters Studios Tokyo

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133 Ruth Jarman, President Jarman International

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132: Robert Roche Founder and Executive Chairman of Oak Lawn Marketing

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131: Amane Nakashima, Chairman Kewpie Corporation

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The Best of the Best Encore: Wolfgang Angyal, President of Riedel Japan, Episode #47 Japan's Top Business Interviews

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130 Karl Hahne President Haefele Japan

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129: Brendan Delahunty, President and Representative Director, SPORTS TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY JAPAN

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128: Christian Wiedmann, President & CEO, BMW Group Japan

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127: Dan Kerrigan Country Head Interactive Brokers Japan

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126: Yusuke Asai, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank, Tokyo Japan

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125: Noboru Nakatani, President & CEO of JASTEC Co., Ltd.

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124: Ikuo Yasuda, Chairman, President & CEO of Pinnacle Inc

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123: Yumiko Murakami, General Partner & Founder, M Power Partners

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122: Mario Munoz, President of Mölnlycke, Japan

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REVIVAL 44: Christian Wolf, Managing Director, JAS Forwarding Japan

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REVIVAL 5: Kervin Go, CEO Of Curvature Japan

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121: Mark Militello, Japan Country Head, APAC Head of Markets and Collateral, APAC at Bank Of New York Mellon Financial Corporation Limited

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120: David Bennett, former President, Lenovo Japan

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119: Bill Hall, President at Ipsos Healthcare Japan Ltd

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118: Jennie Petit, President & CEO, TUV Rheinland in Japan

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117: Campbell Hanley, Managing Director, Weber Shandwick, Japan

211

116: Ernie Higa, President & CEO, Higa Industries

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115: Dieter Haberl, Ex-President & CEO, Furla Japan

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115: Dieter Haberl, former President & CEO, Furla Japan

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114: Masatsugu Shimono, ex-senior Vice President, IBM Japan

215

113: Philippe Jardin, Country Manager, Pierre Fabre, Japan

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112: Hans Werner Burg, Representative Director, Leschaco KK, Japan

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111: Scott Smalley, Managing Director, Solutions, Japan, DSV

218

110: Per Rasmussen, President and Representative Director for Millet Mountain Group, Japan

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109: Doug Hymas, Country Executive, Bank of New York Mellon

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108: Mitch Kristofferson, Director, Customer Success, UpClear

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107: Peter Cammaerts, Managing Director, AB InBev, Japan

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106: Jan Babatz, President, Guhring Japan

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105: Nikolaus Boltze, Country Representative, Thyssenkrupp Japan

224

104: Joe Latteri, Managing Director, Customer Success, Meltwater Japan

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103: Meghan Barstow, President, Edelman Japan

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102: James Yamanaka, Area Director, North Asia Area, British American Tobacco

227

101: Will Shaffer, President, Boeing Japan

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100: Noriko Silvester, President & Founder, Candlewick Co., Ltd.

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99: Darren Morrish, General Manager & COO, Tokyo American Club

230

98: Klaus Meder, President, Bosch Japan Corporation

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97: Hiroki Ishida, Representative Director and President of BASF Japan Ltd

232

96: Tim Schlanghecke, Country Director Flavour, Symrise Japan

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95: John Flanagan, General Manager Japan and Regional Head of Programming and Marketing Asia, A+E Networks Japan G.K

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94: Jody Ono, Specially Appointed Professor at Hitotsubashi University Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS)

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93: Arthur Mitchell, Senior Advisor, White & Case

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92: Simon Wallington, Managing Director, Cornes and Company

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91: Derek Young, President, Japan Fidelity International

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90: Hideyuki Takahashi, Chairman, State Street Corporation

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89: Mats Lindstrom, President, Ducati Japan

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88: Eric Wedemeyer, Managing Director, Tactus Partners

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87: Jesper Koll, Global Ambassador & Expert Director, Monex Group Japan

242

86: Saori Kanno, General Manager, Revlon Japan

243

85: Yasunori Takeuchi, Advisor & ex-CEO, Standard Chartered Bank Japan

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84: Tomo Hasegawa, President, Japan at Medline Industries

245

83: Georg Loeer, NRW.Global Business Japan Representative (President & Representative Director at NRW Japan K.K., Tokyo)

246

82: Philippe Auvaro, President of OrphanPacific Inc. of CMIC Holdings

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81: Jerome Chouchan, CEO, President of Godiva Chocolatier for Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand

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80: Om Prakash, Chief Executive, Northrop Grumman

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79: Mario Spitzer, President & CEO, Stihl Japan

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78: Michael King, President, SAS Institute

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77: Dr. Parissa Hagiharian, Professor of International Management, Sophia University

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76: Darren McKellin, Area Director Large Enterprise North Asia, Zscaler

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75: Tom Whitson, former Partner, KPMG Japan

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74: Paul Kraft, Country Manager, HARIBO Japan

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73: Danny Risberg, President & General Manager, Baxter Limited Japan

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72: Shinzo Yotsumoto, Senior Counselor, Kiduki Architect & ex Managing Director, Schaeffler Japan

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71: Paul Atkinson, Representative Director, Country Manager Japan, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

258

70: Antony Cundy, former President, McCann Worldgroup Japan

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69: Fara Taraie, Japan Country Manager, ImpacTech

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68: Jeff Crawford, Managing Director, Zo Digital Japan

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67: Gregory Lyon, President, Gregory Lyon Inc.

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66: Peter Strydom, President, Amway Japan

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65: Paul Dupuis, Chairman & CEO, Randstad Japan

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64: Kenji Govaers, Director, Bain & Company

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63: Wolfgang Bierer, CEO & Founder, ENDEAVOR SBC

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62: David Daniels, Ex-CEO Asia, Le Creuset

267

61: Phillip Rubel, former CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon/ Beacon Communications

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60: Jean-Philippe Oulevey, Director, Greenwings Japan

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59: Dr. Jochen Legewie, Partner & Chairman Asia, Kekst CNC

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58: Hans Heijligers, Head of Japan, IHG Hotels and Resorts

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57: Frank Packard, Founder & President, Triple A Partners Co. Ltd.

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56: Kiyo Weiss, Director, Asia Pacific, Air Canada

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55: Reiko Nakamura, Managing Director, SGK Japan

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54: Ken Shibusawa, President, Shibusawa and Company, Inc.

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53: David Wouters, President, InterSearch Japan & ex Corporate Liaison Manager, Coca-Cola Japan

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52: Moeko Suzuki, Founder, StartUp Lady & Tailor Innovations

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51: Seth Sulkin, CEO, Pacifica Capital, Pacifica Hotels, Food-e

278

50: Jim Weisser, CEO & Co-founder, SignTime K.K.

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49: Frank Foley, ex Managing Director, HarperCollins Japan

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48: Claus Eilersen, Senior Vice President, Novo Nordisk

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47: Wolfgang Angyal, President & CEO, RSN (Riedel) Japan Co. Ltd.

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46: Loic Rethore, North Asia President, Dyson

283

45: Timothy Connor, Managing Director & Founder, Synnovate Advisory

284

44: Christian Wolf, Managing Director, JAS Forwarding Japan

285

43: Paul Goldsmith, Country Manager, Aquent Japan

286

42: Loic Bizel, CEO & Founder, Wantomo

287

41: Kei Sakaguchi, Ex-Japan Representative, Eurasia Group

288

40: Timothy Langley, CEO, Langley Esquire

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Best of the Best: 39: Andrew Hankinson, President, Zwilling J.A. Henckels Japan

290

38: David Sweet, CEO & Founder, FocusCore

291

37: Lorenzo Scrimizzi, Representative Director, Carpigiani Japan

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36: Glen Fukushima Ex-CEO Airbus Japan

293

35: Malik Roumane, President & CEO, Edenred Japan

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34: Robert Noddin, former President, CEO, AIG Japan Holdings KK

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33: Gordon Thom Ex-CEO Bodum Japan

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32: Michael Magee, Managing Director, BRITA Japan

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31: Spencer Wolfe, CEO, AINEO Networks

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30: Thorsten Pohl, Ex-President CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim Japan

299

29: Mike Alfant, CEO, Fusion Systems

300

28: Hideki Matsubara, President & Representative Director, Miele Japan

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27: Martin Spann, Japan Country Head, Commonwealth Bank

302

26: Peter Jennings, President, Dow Japan

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25: Stefan Sacre, CEO President of Carl Zeiss Co.,Ltd.

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24: Thierry Cohen, President, Japan Europe Trading

305

23: Markus Baron, President & Representative Director of SGL Carbon Japan

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22: Andreas Dannenberg, President and CEO of Adcomm Group

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21: Ross Rowbury, Former President of Edelman Japan

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20: Kenichi Fujita, Chairman & Representative Director, Siemens K.K.

309

19: Dr. Carolina Kawakubo, General Manager of MedSkin Solutions

310

18: Pierre Gaulis, CEO of CREAM

311

17: Richard Dyck, President of TGK Japan

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16: Jeremy Sampson, Managing Director of Robert Walters Japan

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15: Laurent Depus, CEO of Natixis Japan Securities

314

14 Vijay Deol, CEO of enworld

315

13: Robert Heldt Founder & President, Custom Media

316

12: Allan Smith Ex-CEO of RGA Japan

317

11: Nikhil Gutpe President of Barilla Japan

318

10: Seichiro Asakawa CEO Tokyo Chemical Industries

319

9: Paul Hardisity Ex-CEO, Adidas Japan

320

8: Dominic Carter CEO Carter Group Japan

321

7: Masa Namiki CEO Interbrand Japan

322

6: James Feliciano CEO of AbbVie Japan

323

5: Kervin Go Country Manager Curvature Japan

324

4: Aki Kubo Representative Director of Tag Japan

325

3. Luke Verwey CEO Nielsen Japan

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2: Harry Hill Ex-CEO Of Shop Japan

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1: Yasuaki Mori Ex-CEO Of Infinion Technologies Japan