Takeshi Niinami

President and CEO
Suntory Holdings Limited

Date of Birth: 30 January, 1959

Education:

1991	MBA (with distinction), Harvard Business School, Boston
1979 – 80	Exchange student, Stanford University, Palo Alto

Professional Experiences:
Suntory Holdings Ltd,

October 2014 to Present	President & Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Representative Director
August 2014 – September 2014	Advisor

Lawson, Inc.

May 2014 – July 2014	Chairman of the Board
May 2013 – May 2014	Chief Executive Officer, Representative Director
May 2002 – May 2013	President & CEO, Representative Director

Mitsubishi Corporation

April 2001 – May 2002	General Manager, LAWSON Project Management Unit & Food Service Business Unit, Consumer Business Division
July 1999 – April 2001	Section Manager, Food Service Management Team, Marketing & Technology Dept, the Living Essentials Group
June 1995 – July 1999	CEO of Sodex Corporation (Currently LEOC Japan)
April 1981	Joined Mitsubishi Corporation

Professional Memberships:
Japan Association of Corporate Executives

April 2010 – April 2016	Vice Representative
April 2011 – October 2014	Chairman, Committee on Agricultural Reform
October 2012 – March 2013	Chairman, Committee to Support Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Bid, as a representative of the business community
April 2009 – April 2011	Chairman, Committee on Americas-Japan Relations

World Economic Forum

2015 to Present	Member of International Business Council
2014 to August 2016	Member of Global Agenda Council on Japan
2012	Chairman of Role of Business, Global Agenda Council

Asia Business Council

2007 to Present	Member

Council on Foreign Relations

November 2016 -	Member of Global Board of Advisor

Other Memberships

2014 to Present	Member of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister)
2013 to Present	Member of the Tax Commission of the Government
2013 – August 2014	Member of Industrial Competitiveness Council of Japan(Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe)