The 19th Nikkei Global Management Forum

The 19th Nikkei Global Management Forum

Driving transformation in a fast-changing world

Date：November 6 (Tue) - 7 (Wed), 2018
Venue：Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

Topics

  • 2018.11.8

    The 20th Nikkei Global Management Forum ended with a success on November 7th (Wed), 2018.
    We deeply thank all of your participation.
    The outline of the forum and overview of the lectures are posted on The Nikkei (a Japanese daily), The Nikkei Business Daily and Nikkei Asian Review (an English news site) in the November 6 (Tue) through 8 (Thu).
    Next year's 21st Nikkei Global Management Forum (NGMF2019) is scheduled to be held in Tokyo on Monday, October 28 and on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.

  • 2018.11.6

    The articles on this forum are being distributed now. （https://asia.nikkei.com/）

  • 2018.11.5

    Nikkei Asian Review will broadcast selected sessions on YouTube.

  • 2018.11.2

    We regret to announce that Ms. Poppy Gustafsson of Darktrace has canceled her appearance at this year's forum.

  • 2018.10.19

    We regret to announce that Mr. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe of Nestlé has canceled his appearance at this year's forum.

Main Theme

Driving transformation in a fast-changing world

No sector, no industry, no business is safe from disruption.
Yet, just as innovative startups threaten existing firms, some traditional corporations have transformed themselves courageously, fending off the new challengers.

What does it take to survive and thrive in this tumultuous era?
Join us as executives representing an array of renowned companies from around the globe, share their secrets for effective leadership.

Past event (NGMF2017)

The contents of the 19th Nikkei global Management Forum are being distributed below.

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Forum Information

Date November 6 (Tue) - 7 (Wed), 2018
Venue Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Access >
Organizers Nikkei Inc. , IMD , Harvard Business School
Corporate Sponsor KPMG in Japan
Sponsors PARKER , Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company , Cisco Systems G.K. ,
Seiko Watch Corporation
Special Supporter Financial Times
Media Supporter Nikkei CNBC Japan
Registration Fee 86,400 yen（tax included）
※Lunch will be served on both days
Registration Deadline *Registration has been closed.

Corporate Sponsor

KPMGジャパン

Sponsors

PARKER PARKER Seiko Watch Corporation

Benefits of attending the Forum

The Nikkei Global Management Forum brings together some of the world’s most successful business executives to discuss management philosophies, corporate strategies, and the latest global trends in management.

Immerse yourself in two days of inspiring presentations and discussions by global business leaders

It is an opportunity to listen directly to talks by the world’s most accomplished business executives. In this two-day event, you will find yourself deeply engrossed in listening to stimulating speeches by over 10 world-renowned business leaders from home and abroad about their views on work, management philosophies, and leadership.
“How can we make innovation happen in this rapidly changing business landscape and shape a great future with our own hands?” Be inspired by each speaker’s talk on the power of innovation.

Corporate strategy case studies that reflect the latest management trends

What strategy is right for your business in light of the latest technology trends such as AI, IoT, blockchain, and autonomous driving, or the trend of anti-globalization and protectionism? You will learn the latest trends in management through case studies illustrating successful corporate strategies implemented by the speakers.

Experienced journalists from Nikkei and FT as well as professors from HBS and IMD will draw out what the business executives actually did and thought in real-life situations

Senior business correspondents and professors at prestigious business schools will moderate the presentations to draw out the most intriguing and valuable stories from well-known business leaders, ranging from their lesser-known anecdotes and philosophy of life to management know-how and real business strategies. Don’t miss the remarks and questions from these skilled moderators, or ‘professional listeners,’ which make the presentations livelier.

New workshops for participants

Some sessions will include workshops where participants can exchange their opinions before and after a session, which is similar to the teaching approach used by top business schools in the world such as IMD. This will enable you to gain a deeper, multidimensional understanding of the presentation and discussion as well as to interact with your fellow participants.

An opportunity to develop yourself or to train your successors and future leaders

The Nikkei Global Management Forum can serve as an opportunity to improve your own management or leadership skills as well as a training session for your successors and executive candidates. For corporate training purposes, an information leaflet about the 19th Nikkei Global Management Forum is available for download from the link below.

Who participates?

１. Senior management (top management and board members)
２. Middle management aspiring to leadership positions (directors, general managers,and section chiefs)
３. All businesspersons who want to know the latest global management trends

Very popular among business executives

Very popular among business executives

Note: Breakdown of the respondents who answered that they are working for a company
Source: Participant questionnaire on the 19th Nikkei Global Management Forum

What past participants have said…

High levels of participant satisfaction

Do you want attend the forum again? Do you want to recommend the forum ?

Source: Participant questionnaire on the 19th Nikkei Global Management Forum

Speakers

*Honorifics and titles omitted, in no particular order.
As of October 30, 2018

Moderators

Program

November 6 (Tuesday)

9:30 - 9:35

Opening Remarks

Naotoshi Okada President and CEO, Nikkei Inc.
9:35 - 9:50

Opening Session

Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
9:50 - 10:30

Leading in a disruptive world

Peter Voser Chairman, ABB Moderator Dominique Turpin Professor, IMD
10:30 - 11:10

Make the most of digital

Ken Hu Deputy Chairman and Rotating Chairman, Huawei Technologies Moderator Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
11:10 - 11:20

Break
11:20 - 12:00

The story of Audemars Piguet
How to constantly reinvent oneself to preserve one’s core values

Olivier Audemars Vice Chairman of the Board, Audemars Piguet Moderator Dominique Turpin Professor, IMD
12:00 - 12:40

Our corporate values and the challenge of creating a uniquely Japanese integrated resort

Jim Murren Chairman and CEO, MGM Resorts International Moderator Kaori Takahashi Deputy Editor, International News Department, Nikkei Inc.
12:40 - 13:40

Buffet Lunch
13:40 - 14:20

Challenges to make it happen, from Asia to the world

Tony Fernandes CEO, AirAsia Group Moderator Atsushi Nakayama Commentator, Nikkei Inc.
14:20 - 15:30

The key to success in global markets

Hisashi Ietsugu Chairman and CEO, SYSMEX CORPORATION Motoi Oyama Chairman and CEO, ASICS Corporation Moderator Kunio Saijo Senior Staff Writer and Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.
15:30 - 15:50

Coffee Break
15:50 - 16:30

Corporate leadership in the Pacific century

Victor L. L. Chu Chairman and CEO, First Eastern Investment Group Moderator Hiroshi Murayama Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
16:30 - 16:40

Break
16:40 - 17:20

Organizational management

Yoshiharu Hoshino CEO, Hoshino Resorts Moderator Hirotaka Takeuchi Professor, Harvard Business School

November 7 (Wednesday)

9:00 - 9:40

On harnessing the power of disruption

Dominique Turpin Professor, IMD Hirotaka Takeuchi Professor, Harvard Business School Moderator Sonoko Watanabe Deputy Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief, Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Inc.
9:40 - 9:50

Break
9:50 - 10:30

The importance of trust in digital transformation

Christian Rast Global Head of Technology & Knowledge, KPMG International Moderator Dominique Turpin Professor, IMD
10:30 - 10:40

Break
10:40 - 11:20

The role of business in social value creation

Chey Tae-won Chairman, SK Group Moderator Makoto Kajiwara Commentator, Nikkei Inc.
11:20 - 12:30

Rejuvenating Japanese companies: The challenge to transform corporate cultures

Yasuyuki Higuchi CEO, Panasonic Corporation Connected Solutions Company Masahiko Uotani President and Group CEO (Representative Director) , Shiseido Moderator Hirotaka Takeuchi Professor, Harvard Business School
12:30 - 13:30

Buffet Lunch
13:30 - 14:40

The future of AI, robotics, and IoT

Yoshiharu Inaba Chairman and CEO, FANUC CORPORATION Toru Nishikawa President and CEO, Preferred Networks Moderator Masanori Nozawa Deputy Managing Editor and Editor, Business News Department, Nikkei Inc.
14:40 - 15:20

Leadership, technology and preparing for the future of work

Stewart Butterfield Co-Founder and CEO, Slack Technologies Moderator Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
15:20 - 15:40

Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:20

Luxury is difficult

Andy Palmer President and Group CEO, Aston Martin Moderator Peter Campbell Global Motor Industry Correspondent, Financial Times
16:20 - 17:00

Managing diverse teams to achieve corporate goals

Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko President and CEO, Marimekko Corporation Moderator Brooke Masters Opinion and Analysis Editor, Financial Times
17:00 - 17:15

Summary Remarks

Dominique Turpin Professor, IMD Hirotaka Takeuchi Professor, Harvard Business School Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.

Registration

Registrations for The 20th Nikkei Global Management Forum has been closed.

Thank you for the many applications received.
The forum will be covered, in The Nikkei and The Nikkei Business Daily newspapers,
as well as on news and other TV programs on TV TOKYO, BS TV TOKYO and Nikkei CNBC.

Date November 6 (Tue) - 7 (Wed), 2018
Venue Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Access >
Registration Fee 86,400 yen（tax included）
※Lunch will be served on both days
Capacity 500seats
Registration deadline Registration closed at noon on Thursday, November 1, 2018.
Registration procedures Pre-registration is required to attend NGMF2018. Please pre-register online by filling in all of the required information on the application form. Forum attendance is only available to those who complete pre-registration, and anyone arriving at the venue without completing pre-registration will not be admitted.
Registration confirmation E-mail After you complete on-line registration, a "Registration Confirmation E-mail" will be sent to your E-mail address from the system automaticaly. If you have not received a "Registration Confirmation E-mail" within twenty-four hours of registration, please contact the secretariat by E-mail.
Notification to the applicants Seats will be available for 500 attendees. In case there are more than 500 registration, seats will be selected by lottery. Notification will be sent to the successful registration along with an invoice and entrance ticket to the forum.
Those who unfortunately were not selected in the lottery will also be notified by mail. If you have not received any notice by Wednesday, October 31, please contact the secretariat.
Payment of the registration fee Payment of the registration fee should be made by bank transfer or credit card by the date indicated on the invoice. Seats will be guaranteed only after the secretariat confirms payment of the registration fee.
We will not accept payment on the Forum site. Secretariat will not issue receipts unless requested by the applicant.
Cancellation policy Cancellation will not be accepted. No refunds will be made for cancellations or no-shows, although a proxy may take your place. However, cancellations on the day due to unforeseen events (e.g. unavailability of public transportation) may be accepted. Please contact the secretariat should this be the case.
Changes in the conference program/
cancellation of forum events

Please note that "NGMF2018" may be changed or cancelled due to various reasons without prior notification. In case of cancellation of the entire event, there will be a full refund of the registration fee.
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Peter Voser

Chairman
ABB

Peter Voser

Peter Voser is since April 2015 Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABB Ltd., a pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids. From 2009 to 2013, he was Chief Executive Officer of Shell and Chief Financial Officer at the company from 2004 to 2009.

Between 2002 and 2004, he worked as CFO of ABB Ltd. From 1982 to 2002, he held various leadership roles at Shell in Argentina, Chile, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Roche, IBM and Temasek, and a former Board member of Aegon and UBS.

Voser is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies and a member of the Catalyst Board of Directors, a non-profit organization that works to expand opportunities for women in business. In 2011, he was awarded the title of Dato Seri Laila Jasa by His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei. Peter Voser is also member of various international and bilateral business organizations.

He has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.

Yoshiharu Yoshino

CEO
Hoshino Resorts

Yoshiharu Hoshino

Born in 1960 in Karuizawa, Nagano, Yoshiharu Hoshino is the fourth-generation leader of Hoshino Resorts, a family ryokan (Japanese inns) business that opened as a single facility in 1914 and has since developed into a highly influential property management business. Hoshino believes that in 100 years, the tourism industry will become “the world’s most important peacekeeping industry” and has worked in tandem with that philosophy ever since assuming the role of CEO in 1991.

Completing a Masters of Management in Hospitality from Cornell University in 1986, Hoshino quickly realized the Japanese hospitality market’s critical need for more efficient operation and developed an innovative multitasking management system that would revolutionize the Japanese ryokan business. In 2001, he proved the effectiveness of this new operation style to the rest of the market after successfully reviving large-scale facilities that had suffered in the economic depression of the 90’s.

Under Hoshino’s leadership, the company has now grown to 37 properties in and outside Japan which are operated under 4 individual brands—HOSHINOYA, luxury flagships, KAI, hot spring ryokans, RISONARE, resort hotels, and OMO, urban tourism hotels—as well as a variety of other unique lodgings and daytrip destinations.
In 2013, Yoshiharu Hoshino also established Hoshino Resorts REIT, Inc. on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the first REIT in Japan of its kind to boost investment in Japanese tourism.

Hoshino’s innovative approach to hospitality, business culture, and economic strategy have greatly influenced the industry both within and outside of Japan as
the company continues to expand its global presence into the new age.

Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko

President and CEO
Marimekko Corporation

Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko

Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko started as the President of Marimekko Corporation, the leading Finnish design house renowned for its bold prints and colors, in April 2015. A year later she also became the company's CEO.

Prior to her current role at Marimekko, Tiina acted as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) since August 2014. Since 2011, Tiina also led the company's Marketing Communications and Public Relations until her current role. Her career in this fast internationalizing creative company began some 10 years ago in International PR.

Tiina has a Master of Science in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics,
a CEMS Master in International Management from Groupe HEC Paris and Helsinki School of Economics, and she has done further studies at Harvard and IMD Business Schools. She frequents as a guest lecturer and is a member of Aalto University Student Union's (AYY) Honorary Council and Alumni Advisory Board of Aalto University School of Business.

Tiina was elected as the Young Leader of the Year 2015 by the Junior Chamber International Finland and is the patron of the competition in 2018.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

Chairman Emeritus
Nestlé

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

On April 6 th, 2017, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe was appointed Chairman Emeritus of Nestlé S.A. Previously, he led the Nestlé Group from 1997 to 2008, first as CEO till 2005, and then as Chairman and CEO. In April 2008, he handed over the office of CEO and remained Chairman of the Board of Nestlé S.A.

Born in 1944 in Austria, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe graduated from the University of World Trade in Vienna with a degree in Economics. After joining the Nestlé Group in 1968, he spent a significant part of his career in Latin America, before being transferred to Nestlé’s International Headquarter in Vevey as Senior Vice-President. Appointed Executive Vice-President as of 1992 and Member of the Executive Board, he was in charge of the Strategic Business Units, Marketing & Sales, as well as Corporate Communications.

BOARD MANDATES
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe serves as Vice-Chairman of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and as President of the Foundation Board of the Verbier Festival. He is an Independent Director of Delta Topco (Formula 1) and serves as member of the Board of Directors of Salt. He is also member of the Advisory Board of Amrop. Prior, he served as a Board Member of Roche, Credit Suisse, L’Oréal and Exxon Mobil Corporation. In addition, he was Chairman of the 2030 Water Resources Group, a Public Private Partnership.

AWARDS
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe has received several awards, including the Austrian Cross of Honour for services to the Republic of Austria, "La Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca", "La Orden Francisco de Miranda" conferred by the republic of Venezuela, and the Schumpeter Prize for outstanding contribution in disruptive Innovation.
The University of Alberta (Canada) conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on him. Recently, Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe has been inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s “Hall of Fame”.

Yoshiharu Inaba

Chairman & CEO
FANUC CORPORATION

Yoshiharu Inaba

Date of birth: July 23, 1948

Education
Mar. 1973Graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering Dept., Bachelor of Engineering (Tokyo, Japan)
Jan. 1999Doctor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)

Career
Sep. 1983Joined FANUC CORPORATION,
June 1989Member of the Board
June 1992Member of the Board, Senior Managing Officer
June 1995Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer
May 2001Representative Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President
June 2003Representative Member of the Board, President and CEO
June 2016Representative Member of the Board, Chairman and CEO

Toru Nishikawa

President and CEO
Preferred Networks

Toru Nishikawa

Toru Nishikawa established Preferred Infrastructure, Inc., the predecessor to his current company, with friends during his university days while studying at Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo in 2006.

The company developed software that made use of technologies including information searching, natural language processing, machine learning, and distributed systems. He won the Information Processing Society of Japan’s Software Japan Award in 2013.

As technologies related to the internet of things (IoT) have advanced, deep learning has begun to receive attention as a technology that allows for the processing of large-scale, highly-varied data. Nishikawa’s current company Preferred Networks, Inc. was established in 2014 in order to accelerate initiatives related to deep learning.

The company is currently collaborating with companies and organizations such as Toyota Motor Corporation, FANUC CORPORATION, and the National Cancer Center of Japan.

Olivier Audemars

Vice Chairman of the Board
Audemars Piguet

Olivier Audemars

The great-grandson of Edward Auguste Piguet, one of the founders of Audemars Piguet, was born on 13 June 1959, a few kilometres from Le Brassus, birthplace of the family business, where he spent all his childhood holidays.

"My grandfather, Paul-Edward Piguet loved to tell me stories of the factory and instilled his passion for watchmaking in me," he recalls. “He was profoundly attached to the Vallée de Joux. For him, the company did not belong to individuals but to the region itself. His mission was to ensure that it remained in the valley and was passed down through generations."

After a career managing a company dealing with the physics of materials, this enthusiastic long-haul traveller, having criss-crossed the American and African continents, joined the brand's Board of Directors in 1997. He took over from his aunt as Administrator in 2000.

"I see myself as just one another link among many in this company," he says.

No doubt the reason Audemars Piguet is now the only Swiss watch manufacturer
not to have left the property of its founding families is because the heirs continue to uphold the spirit of independence and artistic excellence handed down by their forefathers.

"What we do today must be better than what we did yesterday and what we do tomorrow must be improved still further on what we do today. The brand is refocusing on its ability to make refined complicated movements," says Olivier Audemars.

A huge enthusiast about the mechanics of watchmaking, this father of two little girls also confesses another passion, this time for the inner workings of cars. Irrespective of whether you want to outpace time or measure it, the key remains the same: beauty, precision and performance.

Ken Hu

Deputy Chairman, Rotating Chairman
Huawei Technologies

Ken Hu

Mr. Ken (Houkun) Hu is the Deputy and Rotating Chairman of Huawei’s Board of Directors, and member of the Executive Management Team. Ken chairs Huawei’s Human Resources Committee, and he is also head of the Global Cyber Security and User Privacy Protection Committee, where he guides company strategy and oversees cyber security assurance systems.

With nearly 30 years of telecoms experience, Ken helps set the strategic direction of the company and is instrumental to Huawei's growth in global markets. From October 2011 to March 2018, Ken served as Rotating CEO at Huawei. In this role, he was responsible for companywide business development and management optimization.

Ken Hu joined Huawei in 1990. Since then, he has served in a number of leadership positions, including President of Huawei's China market, Regional President of Huawei Latin America, President of Global Sales, Chief Sales and Service Officer, and Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer. In these roles, he has helped build out Huawei's global sales and service network, and continues to play an integral role in Huawei's management transformation initiatives.

Ken is passionate about connectivity, inclusive growth, and driving social progress through technological innovation. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Digital Communications Industry Steering Committee and a member of the Technology Pioneers Selection Committee.

Ken holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.

Chey Tae-won

Chairman
SK Group

Chey Tae-won

Chey Tae-won serves as the Chairman of SK Group. He oversees and unites the 102 companies – primarily focused on the energy, chemical, telecommunications, semiconductor and trading/services industries – that comprise SK Group.

Business Background
Mar. 2016-PresentChairman & CEO, SK Holdings
Feb. 2012-PresentChairman, SK Hynix
Jan. 2011-PresentChairman, SK Innovation
Jul. 2007- Mar. 2016Chairman, SK Holdings
Sep. 1998-Jan. 2011Chairman & CEO, SK Energy
Dec. 1997-Aug. 1998CEO & Representative Director,
SK Corporation
1996-Dec. 1997Managing Director & Head of Business
Development Team, SK Group
Managing Director & Head of Integrated
Network Team, Yukong Limited
Managing Director, Sunkyong Limited
1994-1995Director, Sunkyong Limited
1993-1994Director, Sunkyong America Inc., New York
1991-1992Manager, Sunkyong America Inc., New York
1989-1991Business Development Manager,
Metra Inc., San Jose, California

Special Distinctions
2016President, Korea Handball Federation
2011Member, the Chongqing Mayor’s International
Economic Advisory Council
2010Working Group Convener, G20 Business Summit
2010Member, Brookings Institution’s International
Advisory Council (IAC)
2010Member of the advisory board,
RAND’s Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP)
2008Director of the Board, United Nations Global Compact
2008President, Korea Handball Federation
2006Member of the Board, Boao Forum for Asia
2002Invited CEO Professor,
Techno-Economics & Policy Program,
Seoul National University
2002Co-Chair, East Asia Economic Summit 2002 in Malaysia,
World Economic Forum
2001Member, International Business Leaders’ Advisory
Council for Mayor of Shanghai
1999“Global Leaders for Tomorrow”,
World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Education
1983-1989University of Chicago, Economics, PhD Program Completed
1979-1983Korea University, Physics, B.S.

Tony Fernandes

CEO
AirAsia Group

Tony Fernandes

One of Asia’s most recognisable entrepreneurs, Tony Fernandes is best known for co-founding low-cost carrier AirAsia with Datuk Kamarudin Meranun and democratising air travel in the region.

Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin famously bought the ailing airline for a token MYR1 (approximately USD0.25) and MYR40 million in debt, turning it around within two years and growing it from a Malaysian domestic carrier into Asia’s largest low-cost carrier by passengers carried.

Fernandes studied in the UK, and qualified as an Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1991 and Fellow Member in 1996. An accountant by training, Fernandes began his career in Richard Branson’s Virgin Group before returning to Malaysia as Warner Music Group’s Vice President for Southeast Asia before venturing into the airline business.

Fernandes has received numerous honours and awards over the course of his career. These include the Honour of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, conferred by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2011, and the Commander of the Legion d’Honneur, awarded by the French government for his outstanding contributions towards the economy of France through the aviation industry.

Stewart Butterfield

Slack Technologies
Co-Founder and CEO

Stewart Butterfield

Stewart Butterfield is the CEO and co-founder of Slack. Over the past twenty years, Stewart has had a distinguished career as a designer, entrepreneur, and technologist.

He pioneered a new way of sharing information on the Internet when he co-founded Flickr in 2003 and, as CEO, built the company into one of the largest web services in the world. Flickr was the vanguard of the Web 2.0 movement, and Stewart was intimately involved in the creation of many technologies which are core to how the world uses networked software today.

He was named as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine, and one of the Top 50 Leaders by BusinessWeek among many similar honors, such as Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List, the Recode 100, Advertising Age’s Creativity 50, and the 2015 Technology Innovator of the Year by the Wall Street Journal.

Stewart has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy from the University of Victoria and an MPhil in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge. He retains academic interests in cognitive science, economics, organizational psychology, and the history and philosophy of science.

andy-palmer

President and Group CEO
Aston Martin

Andy Palmer

Dr. Andy Palmer, CMG, is the President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. He joined the business on October 1 2014.

Palmer is a British-born chartered engineer, chartered manager and businessman with 38 years of automotive industry experience. He is an indentured apprentice and graduated from Warwick University with a Masters Degree (MSc) in Product Engineering in 1990, and acquired a Doctorate (PhD) in Management from Cranfield University in 2004. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. In 2010, Coventry University awarded Palmer an Honorary Doctorate of Technology and in 2014 he was appointed Professor, advising the university in the automotive field.

In his time as CEO of Aston Martin, Dr. Palmer has led the company to record financial results, delivered under the company’s ‘Second Century Plan’. A compre-
hensive plan to transform and grow the company, this plan sees Aston Martin launch a new car every nine months through to 2022.

Prior to joining Aston Martin, Palmer held the post of Chief Planning Officer at Nissan Motor Co. and was a member of the Nissan Executive Committee.
Palmer started his professional career in 1979 aged 16, as an apprentice at Automotive Products Limited (UK).

In the 2014 New Year’s Honours list, Palmer was named a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in recognition of services to the British automotive industry. He serves as an Honorary Group Captain with the RAF and in 2018, Dr.Palmer was recognised by AutoExpress as the most influential person of the past 30 years in the global automotive industry.

Victor L. L. CHU

Chairman and CEO
First Eastern Investment Group

Victor L. L. Chu

Victor Chu was born in Canton, China and came to Hong Kong at the age of four.
He received his early education in Hong Kong and England, and took his law degree at University College London where he is now an honorary fellow.

Mr. Chu is Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm and a pioneer of private equity investments in China. He is a Co-Founder and Director of Peach Aviation in Japan, as well as a Board Member of Airbus SE.

Over the last 30 years, Victor Chu has at various times served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel, Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission, and part-time member of Hong Kong Government’s Central Policy Unit. Mr. Chu has also served as a Foundation Board Member of the World Economic Forum from 2003 to 2015 and currently co-chairs the Forum’s International Business Council. He is Chairman of the Hong Kong-Europe Business Council.

Victor Chu has served on the Governing Council of University College London and
the Foreign Affairs University of China. He is a Trustee of Asia House in London
and Hong Kong, as well as a member of the advisory boards of Chatham House, the Oxford Martin School and the Atlantic Council of the USA.

Mr. Chu was awarded the 2011 Global Economy Prize by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

James J. Murren

Chairman and CEO
MGM Resorts International

Jim Murren

Jim Murren was named Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International in December 2008. He leads a global entertainment company with national and international locations featuring best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and retail offerings.

MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses 27 unique hotel offerings including some of the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. The company is expanding throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Mr. Murren serves as chairman of MGM China Holdings Limited, which owns MGM Macau and is developing MGM COTAI. He also serves as chairman of MGM Growth Properties, a real estate investment trust.

Mr. Murren joined MGM in 1998 after spending more than a decade on Wall Street, where he was regarded as a leading analyst in the hotel and gaming industries.
His arrival at MGM coincided with a period of dramatic growth for the company, including the acquisitions of Mirage Resorts and Mandalay Resort Group.

He is the visionary behind CityCenter, the unprecedented urban resort destination that opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 2009 featuring centerpiece ARIA Resort & Casino. CityCenter – a sophisticated mix of resorts, residences, conference facilities, dining and retail -- is among the largest “green” developments globally. Using cutting-edge solutions, CityCenter demonstrates that sustainability enhances the guest experience.

A native of Fairfield, Conn., Mr. Murren graduated from, and is a trustee of, Trinity College, where he majored in Art History and Urban Studies. He serves as Chairman of the American Gaming Association, on the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution, and on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council. He is chair of the Leadership Board of the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees for Howard University and a member of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies.

A leader in the area of corporate responsibility, he was named a Responsible CEO of the Year by CR Magazine. He is the recipient of the “Distinguished Leader Award” by the University of Massachusetts’ Isenberg School of Management and “Executive of the Year” honor by Casino Journal. Under his leadership, MGM Resorts International was named among FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies® in 2016. Mr. Murren was also named to the Institutional Investor “2017 All-America Executive Team,” ranking as a Best CEO for Sell-Side.

Mr. Murren and wife Heather Hay Murren received the 2017 Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship. The award is given to those who, by their example and business practices, have demonstrated a profound concern for the common good beyond the bottom line, acting as a force for positive change.

The Murrens are actively involved in assisting wounded warriors and their families through the creation of a Fisher House in southern Nevada.

Masahiko Uotani

President and Group CEO (Representative Director)
Shiseido

Masahiko Uotani

Date of birth: June 2, 1954

1977Joined the Lion Dentifrice Co., Ltd. (currently Lion Corporation)
1983Graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York,
Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA)
1988Manager, Citibank, N.A.
1991Representative Director, Vice President of Kraft Japan Limited
(currently Mondelez Japan Limited)
1994Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer,
Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
2001Representative Director, President of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
2006Representative Director, Chairman of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
2007Representative Director, Chief Executive Partner of BrandVision Inc.
2011Outside Director of ASKUL Corporation
2012Corporate Advisor of Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
Director of the Board, Citibank Japan Ltd. (part time)
2013Outside Chief Marketing Advisor of Shiseido
2014President & CEO [incumbent], (Representative Director) [incumbent]
2016President & Group CEO [incumbent], (Representative Director) [incumbent]

Yasuyuki Higuchi

CEO
Panasonic Corporation Connected Solutions Company

Yasuyuki Higuchi

Yasuyuki Higuchi began working as an engineer for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Now Panasonic Corporation) on April 1, 1980.

In 1992, he joined The Boston Consulting Group. After working for Apple Computer Inc., and Compaq Computer Corporation, he became the President of Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. in 2003.

At the request of the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, he took up the position of President and CEO of the retail giant The Daiei, Inc. in 2005.
His 2 years there were spent rebuilding the company.

Following this, in 2007 Mr. Higuchi became a Representative Executive Officer and COO of Microsoft Co., Ltd. (now Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.), before becoming President and then Chairman.

On April 1, 2017 he rejoined Panasonic Corporation as a Senior Managing Executive Officer (becoming a Representative Director in June of the same year) and CEO of the Connected Solutions Company, a company within Panasonic that is tasked with B2B operations. He is currently working to revolutionize Panasonic’s business.

Born: 1957 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Graduated: School of Engineering, Osaka University, and Harvard Business School

Hisashi Ietsugu

Chairman and CEO
SYSMEX CORPORATION

Hisashi Ietsugu

Date of Birth: September 17, 1949 in Osaka, Japan

Career:
Apr. 1973Joined Sanwa Bank (presently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
Sep. 1986Joined TOA Medical Electronics (presently SYSMEX
CORPORATION)
Appointed Member of the Managing Board
Mar. 1990Appointed Member of the Managing Board and
Senior Executive Officer Managing Director
Apr. 1996Appointed Member of the Managing Board and Senior
Executive Officer
Senior Managing Director (Representative Director)
Jun. 1996Appointed President and CEO
Since Apr. 2013Appointed Chairman and CEO

Public Post:
Since Nov. 2016Chairman of the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Since Jan. 2003Honorary Director-General of Japan External Trade Organization
(Kobe Branch)
Since Apr. 2001Managing Director of Kobe Association of Corporate Executives

Christian Rast

Global Head of Technology & Knowledge
KPMG International

Christian Rast

Member of the Global Management Team
Chief Solutions Officer
Member of Management Board, KPMG Germany

Christian Rast was appointed Global Head of Technology & Knowledge on 1 October 2017, and oversees KPMG’s global technology strategy, knowledge its digitization strategy. Since October 2014, Christian took the role as Chief Solution Officer within the German firm. As such he is responsible for the management and development of the KPMG solution portfolio across the Audit, Tax, Consulting and deal advisory.

Christian Rast has held leading positions in various functions for more than 25 years.　Starting as an Executive Board assistant at Bertelsmann AG, he then advanced into other positions within the Bertelsmann Group, and subsequently took on responsibilities as project manager at Roland Berger & Partner primarily for the German privatization agency Treuhandanstalt, before assisting clients such as Veba AG, Bayer AG and Chemische Werke Hüls AG at Dicke & Wicharz (a McKinsey spin-off) with strategy and supply chain projects.

He was one of the co-founders of BrainNet in 1995, and as Managing Director played a pivotal role in the company's development into the leading purchasing and supply chain consulting firm in the German-speaking region in just 17 years.

BrainNet stands out from its competitors through publication of numerous articles and publications on this subject as well as the development of innovative consultancy approaches and quantitative methods. Since KPMG's acquisition of BrainNet in 2012, he has been a KPMG Partner and head of the Global Center of Excellence for Procurement Advisory.

From 2014 to 2017 Christian headed the Global Strategic Growth Initiative Data & Analytics. Together with his leadership team he implemented the Global Lighthouse Organization, centers of excellence for data & analytics services, solution development and go2market support.

Areas of expertise
AuditAudit data and analytics

Education and qualifications
Business graduate [Diplom-Kaufmann], University of Cologne

Motoi Oyama

Chairman and CEO
ASICS Corporation

Motoi Oyama

Date of birth: February 2, 1951
Place of birth: Hakusan-shi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Educational Background:
Mar. 1974Graduated from the Faculty of Business, Osaka City University

Business Background:
Apr. 1974Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation
Apr. 1977Moved Germany as a trainee
Goethe Institute Economics Language Training Course),
University of Cologne
Jan. 1982Joined ASICS Corporation
Feb. 1991General Manager, Marketing Division, Walking Division
Jan. 1997General Manager, Walking Department, Footwear Division
Jul. 2001President and COO, ASICS Europe B.V.
Jun. 2004Director, Senior General Manager, Marketing Division
President and COO, ASICS Europe B.V.
Apr. 2005Director in charge of Overseas, Senior General Manager,
General Manager, Marketing Department
Chairman and CEO, ASICS Europe B.V.
Aug. 2007Managing Director, Senior General Manager, Marketing Division
Chairman and CEO, ASICS Europe B.V.
Apr. 2008President and Representative Director
Apr. 2011President and CEO, Representative Director
Mar. 2017Chairman, President and CEO, Representative Director
Mar. 2018Chairman and CEO, Representative Director (Present Post)

Public Posts
Vice Chairman of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry
Chairman of the Japan Society of Sports Industry
Secretary of the Japan Business Federation (KEIDANREN)
Member of the 2025 Japan World Expo Committee
Chairman of the Association of Japan Sporting Goods Industries
Council Member of the Kansai Economic Federation (KANKEIREN)
Vice Chairman of the Kansai Sporting Goods Industrial Association
Vice Chairman of the Hyogo Sport Association
Vice Chairman of the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Adviser of the Kobe Association of Corporate Executives (former Chairman)
Chairman of the Kobe Tourism Bureau

Poppy Gustafsson

CEO
Darktrace

Poppy Gustafsson

Poppy is a co-founder of Darktrace, which under her leadership has reached a $1.65 billion valuation in under five years and was named Europe’s ‘Fastest Growing Super Scale-up’ by Tech Tour.

Poppy is a qualified chartered accountant and previously served as the company’s CFO. Prior roles also include financial controller positions in the technology and venture capital sectors. She was named City A.M.’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2017.

Dominique Turpin

Dean of External Relations
IMD

Dominique Turpin

Dominique Turpin was previously the director of the IMD MBA (Master of Business Administration) and PED (Program for Executive Development). He was named IMD President in July 2010 and now entitled as Dean of External Relations.

Turpin has directed customized programs for companies such as Groupe SEB, Panasonic, Japan Tobacco International. He has extensive teaching, consulting and research experience in the areas of marketing and international strategy both in Europe and in Asia, particularly in the area of brand management, customer orientation and communications strategy.

He has worked as a consultant and management educator with a large number of international companies including: Coca Cola, CPW, Danone, DSM, Jardine Matheson, Nestlé, Novo Nordisk, Philips and Uponor. He also served as a board member for ITOCHU Europe, a leading Japanese trading company and the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne.

He has widespread executive seminar and consulting experience for clients in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Prior to joining IMD, he spent several years in Tokyo as a representative of a French firm in Japan. He served as Visiting Professor at the Keio Graduate School of Business Administration, Japan. Since 1994, Turpin has served as the IMD representative on the Academic Council of the China-Europe International Business School in Shanghai (People's Republic of China).

He received his master's degree from ESSCA in France. He earned a doctorate in economics from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.

His current research focuses on brand management, and he has been widely published in more than 100 books, articles and case studies including the Financial Times, European Business Forum and MIT Sloan Management Review.

竹内 弘高

Professor
Harvard Business School

Hirotaka Takeuchi

Date of birth: October 16, 1946

Professor Takeuchi received his B.A. from International Christian University in Tokyo and M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

He was an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Business School from 1976 to 1983, where he taught courses in marketing and retailing in the MBA program. He joined Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo as an Associate Professor in 1983 and became Professor in 1987. He returned to the Harvard Business School as a Visiting Professor in 1989 and 1990, where he taught “Competition and Strategy.” He returned to Hitotsubashi University in 1990. In 1998, he became Dean at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) and led to start the first state-run business school in Japan. After retiring from ICS in 2010, he joined Harvard Business School as a Professor.

Professor Takeuchi’s current research interests are focused on (a) the role of marketing within a firm’s global strategy, (b) the unique features of the Japanese new product development process, (c) the competitiveness of Japanese firms in global industries, and (d) the knowledge creation process within organizations.

He is the author of The Best Practice Revolution (Diamond-sha, 1994, in Japanese) and the co-author of the following books: (1) Corporate Self-Innovation: Managing Chaos and Creation (Takeuchi et al., Chuo Koron-sha, 1986, in Japanese);（2）Managing Heterogeneity: The Path to Global Management (Takeuchi and Yoko Ishikura, Diamond-sha, 1994, in Japanese); (3) The Knowledge Creating Company (Ikujiro Nonaka and Takeuchi, Oxford University Press, 1995), which won the 1995 “Best New Book of the Year” Award for the Business and Management category by the Association of American Publishers; (4) Can Japan Compete? (M. Porter, H. Takeuchi, and M. Sakakibara, 2000, London: McMillan in English, and Diamond-sha in Japanese), and (5) Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management (I. Nonaka and H. Takeuchi, John Wiley & Sons, 2004), and (6) Extreme Toyota (H. Takeuchi and N. Shimizu and E. Osono, John Wiley & Sons, 2008).

In addition, he has written over 30 articles for the Harvard Business Review, California Management Journal, Journal of Retailing, Japan Marketing Journal, Business Review, and other academic journals, and nearly 70 articles for business magazines.

His business experience includes management consulting work with McKinsey & Company in Tokyo and marketing research and account service work with McCann-Erikson in Tokyo and San Francisco. He is consultant to a number of multinationals and has been a frequent speaker at management conferences and seminars around the world.

He is a member of a number of committees formed by government agencies and political organizations in Japan. In addition, he is a member of the planning board of the World Economic Forum.

Peter Campbell

Global Motor Industry Correspondent
Financial Times

Peter Campbell

Peter Campbell is the Financial Times’ Global Motor Industry Correspondent, based in London.

He leads the FT’s coverage of the industry, online and in print, and works with a team of local correspondents around the world to cover the major car makers, industry trends and technological breakthroughs. Prior to this, he covered technology and UK company news for the FT. He has previously also covered media, energy, telecoms, tax and industry.

He was named Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards for 2014.

Brooke Masters

Opinion & Analysis Editor
Financial Times.

Brooke Masters

Brooke Masters oversees the media group’s in-house columnists, commissions and edits external contributors and writes a regular column on business affairs.

She joined the FT in New York in 2006 from the Washington Post. She ran the FT’s corporate coverage for four years and previously covered local politics, criminal justice, education, regulation and financial services.

The author of a book about Eliot Spitzer, she attended Harvard and the London School of Economics and is the mother of two teenagers.

関口 和一

Senior Staff Writer
Nikkei Inc.

Waichi Sekiguchi

Waichi Sekiguchi is a senior staff writer for Nikkei. He joined Nikkei in 1982 and has been covering the IT industry and cyberspace issues for over 20 years. As a Washington correspondent during the Bush and Clinton Administrations in the early 90s, Sekiguchi covered US trade and government policies. He was a Fulbright fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University in the late 80s, and was a chief writer for the English edition of the Nikkei.

Sekiguchi served as a news commentator for a NHK World TV program "Nikkei Japan Report" in 2009-2012. Sekiguchi graduated from Hitotsubashi University, and is currently a visiting professor at Graduate School of University of Tokyo and Hosei University Business School and the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM) at the International University of Japan.

Kaori Takahashi

Deputy Editor, International News Department
Nikkei Inc.

Kaori Takahashi

Kaori Takahashi is Deputy Editor of International News Department at Nikkei Inc. Before taking the role this year, she spent five years as Nikkei's first female Sydney Bureau Chief, covering politics, global resources and international trade issues across the Pacific and East Asia.

Entering Nikkei in 1994, Takahashi has reported for the City News, International News, Lifestyle, and Business News sections. Her period as Sydney Bureau Chief brought two editor's prizes for breaking news: one for groundbreaking concessions that secured Japan’s first broad trade agreement with a major agricultural exporter, and the other for Toyota's withdrawal from production in Australia. She commentated on Asia issues for Australian media.

Kaori graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Between 1990 and 1991 she studied at St. Anne’s College, Oxford University.
She lives in Tokyo with her husband and a son. Their daughter lives in Sydney.

Atsushi Nakayama

Commentator
Nikkei Inc.

Atsushi Nakayama

Atsushi Nakayama is an expert in industrial and managerial trends in the automotive, transport, and electronics industries. He worked as a senior staff writer and as an editorial writer before starting his current position in February of 2017. He has performed lectures on topics such as “GE and Toshiba” and “The Future of Mobility”. He was stationed in New York during the 9/11 terror attacks and provided reporting on them.

西條 都夫

Senior Staff Writer and Editorial Writer
Nikkei Inc.

Kunio Saijo

Born in March, 1965

Education:
1987 Graduated from Liberal Arts Faculty of Tokyo University

Business Career:
Joined Nikkei in 1987
Main coverage includes automobile and telecom industries.

New York correspondent from September 1997 to August 2001

Joined the Editorial Board of Nikkei in March 2006

Hiroshi Murayama

Senior Staff Writer
Nikkei Inc.

Hiroshi Murayama

After joining the company in 1989, Hiroshi Murayama worked in the International News Department and in other areas of the business before taking up his current position. His specialty is Asian economics and international relations.

His professional and educational experience includes more than 10 years spent living in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Bangkok. He currently authors columns for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Nikkei Asian Review, and Chinese Nikkei.com. Murayama’s pieces include an overlap of current political, economic, and societal trends in Asia.

His hobbies include reading European classic novels.

梶原 誠

Commentator
Nikkei Inc.

Makoto Kajiwara

Mr. Kajiwara is a commentator for Nikkei. His focus is global capital markets and corporate news.

In 2007 Mr. Kajiwara became the Nikkei's youngest editorial writer. From 2009 to 2011 he was on special assignment in New York to cover the post-crash American economy. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Hong Kong based columnist covering economic news across Asia.
From 2002 to 2006 he was the Nikkei’s chief New York correspondent，where he was responsible for covering capital markets and corporate new

Previous to that, he served as a staff writer in the Capital Market and Corporate News Department in Tokyo from 1997 to 2002 and as a correspondent in the newspaper's Seoul bureau from 1994 to 1997.

Mr.Kajiwara graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Japan's Waseda University in 1988 and joined Nikkei in the same year. He also studied Korean at Yonsei University in South Korea from 1992 to 1993.

Hiroshi Murayama

Deputy Managing Editor and Editor, Business News Department
Nikkei Inc.

Masanori Nozawa

Born in 1966 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture

March 1989Graduated from Waseda University’s School
of Political Science and Economics
April 1989Joined Nikkei Inc. and working for City News Department
at the Editorial Bureau of Nikkei’s Tokyo Head Office
Sep. 1990Transfers to the International News Department
March 1993Transfers to the Marketing News Department
Sep. 1996Transfers to the Editorial Department of
Nikkei’s Seibu (Fukuoka) Main Office
Sep. 1999Transfers to the Distribution Economics Marketing
News Department of the Editing Office at Nikkei’s Tokyo Head Office
March 2003Transfers to Editorial Headquarters for Europe, Middle East and Africa
March 2004Begins to work concurrently as the Chief Correspondent
of Nikkei’s Milano Branch
March 2007Transfers to the Marketing News Department of
the Editorial Bureau at Nikkei’s Tokyo Head Office
March 2008Becomes the Deputy Editor of the Marketing News Department
April 2011Begins working concurrently as the Vice Editor-in-Chief of Nikkei MJ
(Until around March of 2012)
April 2013Becomes the Editor of the Market News Department
April 2015Becomes the Editor of the Business News Department
April 2016Becomes the Editor-in-Chief of the Nikkei Business Daily
April 2018Becomes the Deputy Managing Editor of the Editorial Bureau
and the Editor of the Business News Department

渡辺 園子

Deputy Managing Editor and
Editor-in-Chief, Nikkei Asian Review
Nikkei Inc.

Sonoko Watanabe

As the Editor-in-Chief of Nikkei Asian Review, Watanabe oversees Nikkei’s English news service which is available both by online and weekly print magazine.

Watanabe joined Nikkei in 1987 as a reporter at the Business News Department. As a business news reporter, she covered various industries including automobile, electronics and telecom. Between 1994 and 1997 she worked as a Singapore correspondent covering business in ASEAN, and between 2006 and 2009 she was Nikkei's Shanghai Bureau Chief. As an editor, she worked at business news department and international news department.

Before assuming the current positon in April 2016, she was the editor of economic commentary.

Watanabe graduated from Waseda University with a BA in Economics in 1987.