Born in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture in 1954, the author lived briefly in Tokyo, before moving to Singapore with his family (1961-1964). He came back to Japan when he was a fifth grader in Ashiya City, H...mehr sehenBorn in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture in 1954, the author lived briefly in Tokyo, before moving to Singapore with his family (1961-1964). He came back to Japan when he was a fifth grader in Ashiya City, Hyogo prefecture. The author later graduated from Yamate Junior High School and Kobe Senior High School. LLB, University of Tokyo,1976. The author graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA in 1982.
After working for the Taiyo Kobe Bank (Currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,) the author joined the Boston Consulting Group in Tokyo in 1982. Clients of his strategy consulting included both Japanese and Western corporations. While at BCG, the author was transferred to the Düsseldorf Office in Germany (1989-1990, the year of East West Unification). In1991, the author became a Board Member of BCG Inc., and Vice President of Tokyo Office. (Currently, this position is known as "Partner and Managing Director.") After leaving BCG, he joined the academia, and has worked as independent board members of Seiyu, (Subsidiary of Walmart) and Dream Incubator, and as statutory auditors of Aplix corporation and Board Member of Japan Association for CFOs. Since 2002, the author has been a Professor at Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University) in Tokyo.weniger sehen