The 19th Nikkei Global Management Forum

The 19th Nikkei Global Management Forum

Creating opportunities from disruptive innovation

Date：November 7 (Tue) - 8 (Wed), 2017
Venue：Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

The 20th Nikkei Global Management Forum (NGMF2018) is
scheduled to be held in Tokyo
on Tuesday, November 6 and on Wednesday, November 7, 2018.
We hope you'll be looking forward to it.

Topics

  • 2017.11.21

    The articles on this forum are being distributed on Nikkei Asian Review now.

  • 2017.11.9

    The 19th Nikkei Global Management Forum ended with a success on November 8th (Wed), 2017.
    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 7 (Tue) through 9 (Thu).
    Next year's 20th Nikkei Global Management Forum (NGMF2018) is scheduled to be held in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 6 and on Wednesday, November 7, 2018.

  • 2017.11.7

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

  • 2017.10.12

    We regret to announce that Mr. Max Conze of Dyson has canceled his appearance at this year's forum.

Main Theme

Creating opportunities from disruptive innovation

The very concept of globalization is being called into question. The tides of populism, protectionism and terrorism are rising worldwide. And yet, this tumultuous era is also generating tremendous opportunities, as artificial intelligence and other disruptive innovations transform industries.

What does it take to adapt to the rapid changes in the global economy and achieve sustainable growth? What sort of strategies – and leaders – do companies need to reach their full potential? This forum will seek answers, drawing on the knowledge and experience of executives from around the globe.

Past events

The contents of the 18th Nikkei global Management Forum are being distributed below.

Articles

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Video

Forum Information

Date November 7 (Tue) - 8 (Wed), 2017
Venue Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Access >
Organizers Nikkei Inc. , IMD , Harvard Business School
Corporate Sponsors KPMG in Japan , Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company
Sponsor LG Electronics Japan
Special Supporter Financial Times
Media Supporter Nikkei CNBC Japan
Registration Fee 75,600 yen（lunch and tax included）
Registration Deadline *Registration has been closed.

Corporate Sponsors

KPMGジャパン 三井住友海上火災保険

Sponsor

LG Electronics Japan

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

Starting this year, 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 18th Nikkei Global Management Forum

What past participants have said…

The Forum stimulated and motivated me, a manager of the same generation. (A male in his 50s)

Although the industry I am in is different, I have found the talks about core elements of successful business management useful. (A female in her 40s)

It was a good opportunity to think about corporate management in the era of drastic and unexpected changes. (A male in his 60s)

The Forum revealed an unwavering management philosophy even while responding to changes in the business environment. (A female in her 50s)

Everything was enlightening. I was impressed by the leaders’ public speaking skills and poise. A fulfilling 2-day event. (A male in his 40s)

The Forum taught me the key points for successful global M&As. (A male in his 30s)

This was my second time to attend the Forum. I’ve learnt a lot. I’ll come back again next year. (A male in his 50s)

High levels of participant satisfaction

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

Source: Participant questionnaire on the 18th Nikkei Global Management Forum

Speakers

Moderators

Program

November 7 (Tuesday)

9:30 - 9:35

Opening Remarks

Naotoshi Okada President and CEO, Nikkei Inc.
9:35 - 9:45

Opening Session

Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
9:45 - 10:45

The essence of innovative management

Ratan Tata Chairman,Tata Trusts Moderator Sonoko Watanabe Deputy Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief, Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Inc.
10:45 - 10:50

Break
10:50 - 11:30

The future of business: driven by diversity, transformed by talent

Tatsuo Yasunaga President and CEO, Mitsui & Co. Moderator Kunio Saijo Senior Staff Writer and Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.
11:30 - 11:45

Break
11:45 - 12:25

Driving business transformation

Bill Thomas Chairman, KPMG International Moderator Rana Foroohar Global Business Columnist, Financial Times
12:25 - 13:30

Buffet Lunch
13:30 - 14:10

From display devices to intelligent interface: the key to success in IoT age

Wang Dongsheng Chairman, BOE Technology Group Moderator Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
14:10 - 14:20

Break
14:20 - 14:30

Workshop
14:30 - 15:10

Luxury brand management and innovation in the digital era

Christoph Grainger-Herr CEO, IWC Schaffhausen Moderator Dominique Turpin Professor, IMD
15:10 - 15:40

Coffee Break
15:40 - 15:50

Workshop
15:50 - 17:05

Disruption and risk management

Garibaldi Thohir President Director and CEO, Adaro Energy Yasuyoshi Karasawa President and CEO, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Moderator Hirotaka Takeuchi Professor, Harvard Business School
17:05 - 17:10

Break
17:10 - 18:00

"Democratization of Clothing"- Changing the world with LifeWear

Tadashi Yanai Chairman, President and CEO, Fast Retailing Moderator Toru Shimoharaguchi Deputy Managing Editor and Editor, Business News Department, Nikkei Inc.

November 8 (Wednesday)

9:30 - 10:20

Business school professors discuss leadership in turbulent times

Hirotaka Takeuchi Professor, Harvard Business School Dominique Turpin Professor, IMD Moderator John Gapper Chief Business Commentator, Financial Times
10:20 - 10:25

Break
10:25 - 11:05

M&A strategy and corporate governance in a shifting world

Naoki Izumiya Chairman and CEO, Asahi Group Holdings Moderator Makoto Kajiwara Commentator, Nikkei Inc.
11:05 - 11:20

Break
11:20 - 12:00

Innovating shopping center business

Supaluck Umpujh Chairwoman, The Mall Group Moderator Ken Koyanagi Editor-at-Large, Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Inc.
12:00 - 13:00

Buffet Lunch
13:00 - 14:15

Winning hearts and pockets of sports fans around the world

Javier Tebas President, National Professional Football League, Spain Saburo Kawabuchi Supreme Advisor (Captain), Japan Football Association Moderator Yukinori Takechi Senior Staff Writer, Sports News Department, Editorial Bureau, Nikkei Inc.
14:15 - 14:45

Coffee Break
14:45 - 15:45

Leadership in the age of disruptive change

Steve Milligan CEO, Western Digital Moderator Waichi Sekiguchi Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
15:45 - 16:15

Summary Remarks

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

*Honorifics and titles omitted, in no particular order.
*Agenda, speakers, presentation themes may be subject to change.

Registration

Registrations for The 19th 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 JAPAN and Nikkei CNBC.
Date November 7 (Tue) - 8 (Wed), 2017
Venue Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Access >
Registration Fee 75,600 yen（lunch and tax included）

Registration closed at noon on Wednesday, November 1, 2017.
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安永 竜夫

President and CEO
Mitsui & Co.

Tatsuo Yasunaga

Date of Birth: December 13, 1960

EDUCATION:
Department of Urban Engineering, the University of Tokyo
(Graduated in March 1983)

CAREER at MITSUI & CO., LTD. :
May 2008
General Manager, Planning & Administrative Division
Infrastructure Projects Business Unit

July 2010
General Manager, Corporate Planning & Strategy Division

April 2013
Managing Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
Integrated Transportation Systems Business Unit

April 2015
President & Chief Executive Officer

Tatsuo Yasunaga joined Mitsui & Co. in 1983 and has held responsibilities in China, Southeast Asia, the US, Latin America, Russia and the Middle East, with a focus on plant engineering projects. Over the course of his career he has gained diverse and deep business experience, with periods spent assigned to the World Bank and Toyo Engineering Corporation.

From 2010, he served as General manager of Corporate Planning & Strategy Division, leading formulation of the company’s medium-term management strategy and the business plan. He became Chief Operating Officer of the Integrated Transportation Systems Business Unit in 2013, spearheading projects across various fields including automotive, construction machinery, shipping, aerospace and railway. Through many endeavours, including railway infrastructure projects and truck-leasing projects, he set this unit on the road to growth.

Mr. Yasunaga’s motto in business is, “Know and respect your partners.” He made a point of studying the language, history and culture of each nation where he was assigned responsibility. By personally visiting countries where Mitsui does business, he hopes to set an example, showing the importance of dialogue with customers and partners with the aim of realizing 360°business innovation.

柳井　正

Chairman, President and CEO
Fast Retailing

Tadashi Yanai

Tadashi Yanai is Chairman, President & CEO of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., the leading global Japanese retail holding company that designs, manufactures and sells clothing under seven main brands: Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Princesse tam.tam, Theory, and UNIQLO.

Fast Retailing is the world’s third largest apparel retail company, with global sales of approximately 1.8 trillion yen for the 2016 fiscal year ending August 31, 2016 (US $17.3 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2016 rate of $1 = 103.2 yen), and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer. With a corporate statement of “Changing clothes. Changing conventional wisdom. Change the world,” Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere.

Mr. Yanai started with a single UNIQLO store in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1984, and has built the UNIQLO business to more than 1,900 stores today across 18 markets worldwide: Japan, UK, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, US, France, Singapore, Russia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Germany, Australia, Belgium and Canada.

In October 2015, Mr. Yanai was granted a Lifetime Achievement Award by CNBC TV, a leading global broadcaster of live business and financial news and information, at its 14th Asia Business Leaders Award Ceremony. Mr. Yanai was ranked among the “Best Performing CEOs in the World” in the November 2014 issue of the Harvard Business Review, and he was named in TIME magazine’s list of “100 Most Influential People in the World” in its April 29, 2013 issue.

In addition to his role at Fast Retailing, Mr. Yanai has been an external director of Softbank Corp., a Japanese listed company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) engaged in the telecommunications and Internet business, since June 2001.

Born February 7, 1949 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Mr. Yanai graduated from Tokyo’s Waseda University in March 1971 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Economics.Mr. Yanai is married, with two grown children.

王東升

Chairman
BOE Technology Group

Wang Dongsheng

Mr. Wang Dongsheng has a degree of Master of Engineering. He is a financial expert and also a systems engineering specialist. He is the founder of BOE and now serves as Chairman of BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.

Mr. Wang Dongsheng founded BOE in 1993, which has grown into a leading company in the global display industry under his excellent leadership.

Mr. Wang Dongsheng first introduced the concept of “semiconductor display industry” in the global industry. He defined an umbrella term "semiconductor display" for TFT-LCD, AMOLED, micro-display and other new display technologies, which are all based on semiconductor technologies. From a philosophical perspective, he proposed that from CRT to TFT-LCD, it was the disruption of the old display technology and restart of the new, while from TFT-LCD to AMOLED and other new semiconductor display technologies, it is extension and development of the same technology category. His ideas settled the industry’s long-pending issue and are of practical significance in promoting the development of the industry.

Mr. Wang Dongsheng put forward the “Survival Law” for the display industry, stating that panel performance metrics must at least be doubled every 36 months for a given price point. This cycle is getting shorter. This theory has been recognized as "Wang's Law" by the industry.

He also proposed “5P1H” to indicate the direction of product innovation. “5P” includes Picture, providing best-quality pictures; Power, increasingly power-efficient; Panel as System & Service; Pilot of Fashion; and best Price. “1H” means display products should be good to people's Health.

Mr. Wang Dongsheng proposed the IoT ecological concept of “Ecoresystem: Open and Connected” on BOE Innovation Partner Conference in 2016, advocating to open up application and technology platforms and to fully promote the harmonious combination of semiconductor chips, display panels, software and contents as well as functional hardware, in order to build an open, cooperative and win-win new industrial ecosystem.

クリストフ・グランジェ・ヘア

CEO
IWC Schaffausen

Christoph Grainger-Herr

Date of birth: 27 February 1978, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

CAREER：
since 2006
IWC Schaffhausen, Branch of Richemont International SA, Schaffhausen,
Switzerland

2017
Chief Executive Officer

2016
Associate Director Retail/International Sales Director

2015
Associate Director Strategic Planning

2011–2015
Executive Brand Architect

2010–2011
Head of Marketing

2009–2010
Head of Trade Marketing

2006–2009
Trade Marketing

2004–2006
Smolenicky & Partner Architektur, Zurich, Switzerland
Project Architect

2001–2002
Path Design, London, UK
Placement as Interior Designer

EDUCATION：
2003–2004
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basle, Switzerland
Final year of the interior design programme
Degree title: Diplom-Designer (FH) Innenarchitektur

1999–2003 Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
Undergraduate interior design programme
Degree title: BA (Hons) Interior Design

1998–1999
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK
Foundation course for design degree programmes

Nationality
German

Languages
German, English, French

Interests
Family, winter sports, running, biking

Civil status
Married, 2 children

ビル・トーマス

Chairman
KPMG International

Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas became Chairman of KPMG International on 1 October 2017. Bill was previously the Chairman of KPMG’s Americas region, a position he held from March 2014 to March 2017. In addition, Bill served as the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Partner of KPMG in Canada from 2009 to 2016.

As a member of KPMG’s Global Board and Executive Committee since 2009, Bill has been a leader in defining KPMG’s global strategy. As CEO of KPMG in Canada, he provided leadership and direction for the firm’s business across the country, working with partners and staff to drive KPMG’s strategy and growth. Bill is also a champion in promoting an inclusive and high-performing culture throughout the KPMG network.

Originally from Vancouver, Bill began his career in KPMG’s Vancouver office in 1989. Five years later, he took a role outside the firm to become Director of Finance for a North American real estate and hospitality company. He returned to KPMG in 1997 and was made a partner in 1999. He became the Audit Leader for the firm’s Greater Vancouver practice in 2003, and was appointed Office Managing Partner in 2006. Bill relocated to Toronto a year later to serve as KPMG’s Deputy CEO prior to his appointment as CEO and Senior Partner of KPMG in Canada.

Bill believes strongly in the role of business in positively contributing to society and our communities. He has actively supported KPMG’s citizenship initiatives and is an enthusiastic volunteer. He serves on the Campaign Cabinet for the United Way, the Queen’s University School of Business Advisory Board and is a Co-Chair of We Day Canada.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia and achieved his Chartered Accountant designation in 1992 from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. He was named a Fellow of the Institute in 2008.

Bill is a past recipient of Business in Vancouver’s Forty-under-Forty award, which recognizes British Columbia’s top 40 outstanding young entrepreneurs, executives, managers and professionals. In 2012, he was honored with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his significant contribution to Canada. In 2015, Bill was named a Catalyst Canada Honours Champion in recognition for his leadership in building a diverse and inclusive culture in KPMG in Canada.

柄澤 康喜

President and CEO, Group CEO
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Yasuyoshi Karasawa

Date of birth: October 27, 1950

Education:
March 1975
Graduated from Kyoto University

Work Experience:
April 1975
Entered The Sumitomo Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

April 2004
Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.(“MSI”)

June 2005
Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., MSI

April 2006
Director, Managing Executive Officer, MSI

April 2008
Director, Senior Executive Officer, MSI

April 2008
Director, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

April 2009
Director, Senior Executive Officer,
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

April 2010
Representative Director, Executive Officer,
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

April 2010
Representative Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, MSI

June 2014
Representative Director, President, Chief Executive Officer
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

April 2016
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, MSI (present)

April 2017
Representative Director, President, Chief Executive Officer
Group Chief Executive Officer
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (present)

スティーブ・ミリガン

CEO
Western Digital

Steve Milligan

Steve Milligan is chief executive officer of Western Digital. Steve re-joined Western Digital as president in March 2012 and was appointed CEO effective January 2, 2013.

Immediately prior to returning to Western Digital, Milligan was president and chief executive officer of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST). During his tenure, Milligan led Hitachi GST through a financial and operational turnaround culminating in Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi GST in March 2012.

Prior to joining Hitachi GST in 2007, Milligan was Western Digital's senior vice president and chief financial officer. He originally joined Western Digital in 2002 as vice president, finance.

Milligan previously was with Dell and Price Waterhouse. He traces his computer industry knowledge to Dell and his hard disk drive roots to his 12 years at Price Waterhouse, where his responsibilities included auditing IBM's hard disk drive business.

Milligan serves on the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, The Ohio State Foundation, and Ross Stores, Inc.

Milligan holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Ohio State University.

泉谷 直木

Chairman and CEO
Asahi Group Holdings

Naoki Izumiya

Date of Birth: August 9, 1948

Academic Background:
March, 1972
Graduated from Kyoto Sangyo University Faculty of Law - Department of Law

Professional Background:
March 2016-current
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

March 2014
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

July 2011
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

March 2010
President and Chief Operating Officer

March 2009
Senior Managing Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer

September 2007
Managing Director and Managing Corporate Officer, Senior General Manager of Liquor Sales and Marketing Headquarters and Senior General Manager of Marketing Headquarters

March 2006
Managing Director and Managing Corporate Officer, Senior General Manager of Liquor Sales and Marketing Headquarters

March 2004
Managing Director

March 2003
Director

September 2001
Corporate Officer, Deputy Senior General Manager of Tokyo Metropolitan Region Headquarters and General Manager of Tokyo Branch

October 2000
Corporate Officer, Senior General Manager of Corporate Strategy Planning Headquarters

March 2000
Corporate Officer, Senior General Manager of Group, Corporate Strategy Headquarters and Manager of Corporate Strategy

September 1998
General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department

September 1996
General Manager of Corporate Planning Department

March 1995
General Manager of Public Relations Department

September 1993
Deputy General Manager of Public Relations Department and Manager of Planning Section

September 1987
Manager of Public Relations Section, Manager of Public Relations Planning Section, Public Relations Department and Secretariat of Corporate Identity (CI)

August 1986
Manager of Public Relations Department - Public Relations Planning Section and Secretariat of Corporate Identity (CI)

April 1972
Joined Asahi Breweries, Ltd.

マックス・コンツ

CEO
Dyson

Max Conze

Max Conze is Dyson’s CEO. Max was formally President of Dyson USA, joining last year from Procter and Gamble, where he had stints in Germany, Britain, China and America. He has led a significant improvement in market share and profits during his time with Dyson.

Max shares James Dyson faith in young talent and brings with him the energy, expertise to grow Dyson to a multi billion pound organisation.

Max read Business Administration at Abbott Turner School of Business, Columbus State University, USA, and served as a lieutenant in the German Army in the early 90s. He is married with two children and lives with the family in the UK.

ガリバルディ・トヒル

President Director and CEO
Adaro Energy

Garibaldi Thohir

Date of birth: May 1, 1965

Mr. Garibaldi Thohir, serves as the Chief Executive Officer at PT Adaro Energy Tbk, the Indonesian energy group that focuses on integrated coal mining through subsidiaries. He earned a BBA from the University of Southern California in 1988 and an MBA from Northrop University, California, in 1989. In 1992, he bought a stake in PT Allied Indocoal in a joint venture with an Australian firm, and developed an extensive network that helped him create a new business opportunities. In 1997, he formed motorcycle financing company PT Wahana Ottomitra Multiartha (WOM Finance). He led it to a US$150 million valuation and took it public in 2004.

In 2005, he acquired PT Adaro Indonesia that operates the largest single-site coal mine in the southern hemisphere. The IPO of Adaro Energy on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2008 raised Rp12.2 trillion (US$1.3 billion), with 35% of the company listed, to fund acquisitions to simplify the corporate structure into a single holding company with independent operating subsidiaries. In 2011, the company made it to the list of The Asia’s Fab 50 Companies by Forbes.

He is also Commissioner of PT Indonesia Stock Exchange, President Commissioner of PT Alam Tri Abadi, PT Adaro Indonesia, PT Adaro Power, PT Bhakti Energi Persada, PT Adaro Persada Mandiri. He is on the Supervisory Board of the Adaro Bangun Negeri Foundation.

Recognitions:
- Green CEO Award for two consecutive years in 2016 & 2017, by Warta Ekonomi
- Indonesia Most Admired CEO Award 2015 by Warta Ekonomi
- Jewel of the Muslim World Award 2012 from the Organization for Islamic Co-operation
- Best CEO in Mining 2012 in Majalah Tambang’s annual corporate excellence awards
- Asia's 25 hottest people in business in 2012 by Fortune
- Businessman of the Year in 2011 by Forbes Indonesia

スパラック・アムプット

Chairwoman
The Mall Group

Supaluck Umpujh

With her far-sighted vision and entrepreneurial skills, Supaluck Umpujh is a major force in the rapid growth of the Umpujh family business, The Mall Group Co., Ltd., one of the biggest retail operators in Thailand founded in 1981. Firmly established, with 15 branches, as the most popular shopping complexes and department stores nationwide.

Ms. Supaluck is well-known as an astute and innovative businesswoman for the past 35 years, she has effectively diversified her career path, from a graduate in Pharmaceuticals with first class honors and also a master’s degree in Physical & Industrial Pharmacy from Purdue University, U.S.A., to successfully transform the modest family industry into a $1.65 billion empire with 15,000 employees. Previously, Ms. Supaluck was named Retailing Queen by Forbes ranking 12th richest person and woman in Thailand.

With her acute business prowess and dynamic approach, she played a major role in the expansion of The Mall Shopping Complexes and Department Stores and the establishment of the high-end and lifestyle The Emporium, EmQuartier, the international renowned masterpiece, Siam Paragon -The Pride of Bangkok, a world-class shopping and entertainment phenomenon which became The Jewel of Asia and assisted the tourism industry and stimulated the economy of Thailand.

Following the success of The Siam Paragon, The Emporium, EmQuartier, Ms.Supaluck is striving to create host of revolutionary retail mega projects and is set to make Thai retail history with more than Bt50 billion worth of investment being allocated to future projects world-class shopping and entertainment phenomena - the Bangkok Mall, EmSphere Bangkok and BluPearl, Phuket. These projects will comprises of business, retail and entertainment centres that will place Thailand at the forefront of world retail innovation and lifestyle. She has set the company's mission and goal to elevate Thailand to a world-leading retail centre as a world class tourist destination and entertainment facilities.

Beside her business commitment, Ms. Supaluck strongly supports community and social projects such as educational grants, queen projects, anti-drug campaign, youth sports, cancer institute and more. She was dubbed as "The Iron Butterfly" of Thai retailing by Fortune magazine, also “Person of the Year” by Thailand Tatler magazine in 2015. She was also honoured as the “Outstanding Businesswoman 2004” by the Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Association of Thailand. Also in 2006 she was awarded for Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World (LWEW).

ハビエル・テバス

President
National Professional Football League, Spain

Javier Tebas

Javier Tebas Medrano (San Jose, Costa Rica, 1962), of Spanish nationality, holds a degree in Law from the University of Zaragoza. His involvement in football began in 1993, when he was named president of Sociedad Deportiva Huesca. In 2001 Tebas was elected as vice-president of LaLiga. In 2003 he was named head of the so-called G-30, a group representing 30 LaLiga clubs which worked on the joint negotiation of their audiovisual rights. Since 26 April 2013 Tebas has acted as president of LaLiga.

Upon taking up the LaLiga presidency, Javier Tebas identified his main objective as being to reduce club debts. In the space of just one year, LaLiga's efforts in this area saw the debts owed by its member clubs to the Tax Agency fall by 25%. The joint sale of audiovisual rights for the 2016/2017 season is set to see the LaLiga clubs experience a significant increase in their revenues. One of the main achievements during his term as president has been securing the centralised sale of audiovisual rights for the 2016/17 season brought in by Royal Decree-Law 5/2015, which will allow LaLiga clubs to significantly increase their revenues. Other pillars of his work are undoubtedly the fight against piracy and the fight against any kind of violence in football. He has achieved very positive results on these two fronts, as well as with the transparency policy of the organisation itself.

Innovation, technological development and internationalisation also represent other essential parts of his strategy. During these years he has increased the presence of LaLiga beyond Spanish borders, with offices in the United Arab Emirates, the United States, China, South Africa, Nigeria, India and Singapur. As a result of this internationalisation, foreign interest in LaLiga broadcasting rights continues to grow, allowing people in more and more corners of the world to watch the Spanish league.

川淵 三郎

Supreme Advisor (Captain)
Japan Football Association

Saburo Kawabuchi

Date of Birth: December 3, 1936

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND /BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
1955
Graduated from Osaka Mikunigaoka High School

1961
Graduated from Waseda University (Commercial Science)
Joined Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

1982
Nagoya Branch, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

1988
Furukawa Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
General Secretary of JSL First Division (- Feb 1991)
Executive Committee Member of Japan Football Association

1991
Chief Executive of J. League Preparatory Office
Resigned from Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Chairman of Japan Professional Football League (J.League)( - Jul 2002)

1994
Vice President of Japan Football Association
Deputy Chairman of Executive Board of the World Cup Japan 2002 Bidding Committee

1996
Deputy Chairman of Executive Board of 2002 World Cup Preparatory Committee for Japan

1997
Member of Executive Board of Japan Organising Committee for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan (JAWOC)

2000
Deputy Chairman of Japan Organising Committee for the 2002

2002
President (Captain) of Japan Football Association

2008
Honorary President (Captain) of Japan Football Association

2012
Supreme Advisor (Captain) of Japan Football Association

2013
Chairman of Board of Trustees of Tokyo Metropolitan University ( - Apr 2017)

2015
Chairman of Japan Professional Basketball League ( - Sep 2015)
President of Japan Basketball Association ( - Jun 2016)
President of the Alliance of Japan Top Leagues

2016
Executive Advisor of Japan Basketball Association

FOOTBALL CAREER:
1995
Participated in All Japan High School Tournament

1958
Selected as a member of Japan National Team

1959
Participated in the qualifying round of the Olympic Games Rome 1960

1962
Participated in the Asian Games in Jakarta

1964
Participated in the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964

1972
Manager of the Furukawa Electric Football Club (- 1975)

1976
Executive Officer of Japan Soccer League (JSL)( - 1979)

1980
General Manager of Technical Dept. for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984 ( - 1984) and Head Coach of Japan National Team (for six months)

ラタン・タタ

Chairman
Tata Trusts

Ratan Tata

Ratan N. Tata was the Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, from 1991 till his retirement on December 28, 2012. Effective December 29, 2012, Mr. Tata has been conferred the honorary title of Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, Tata Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals. Mr. Tata has been appointed as Interim Chairman of Tata Sons following the removal of Mr. Cyrus Mistry as Chairman of the company on October 24, 2016.

Mr. Tata was the Chairman of the major Tata companies, including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Indian Hotels and Tata Teleservices and during his tenure, the group’s revenues grew manifold, totaling over $ 100 billion in 2011-12.

Mr. Tata serves on the board of directors of Arconic and is also on the international advisory boards of Mitsubishi Corporation, JP Morgan Chase and Rolls-Royce.

Mr. Tata is also associated with various organizations in India and overseas. He is the Chairman of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, two of the largest private-sector-promoted philanthropic trusts in India. He is the Chairman of the Council of Management of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He also serves on the board of trustees of Cornell University and the University of Southern California.

Mr. Tata joined the Tata Group in 1962. After serving in various companies, he was appointed Director-in-Charge of the National Radio & Electronics Company Limited in 1971. In 1981 he was named Chairman of Tata Industries, the group’s other holding company, where he was responsible for transforming it into a group strategy thinktank, and a promoter of new ventures in high technology businesses.

Mr. Tata received a B.Arch. degree from Cornell in 1962. He worked briefly with Jones and Emmons in Los Angeles before returning to India in late 1962. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.

The Government of India honored Mr. Tata with its second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2008. He has been appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Rockefeller Foundation has conferred him with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Among his other achievements, Mr. Tata is also an honorary fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Royal Academy of Engineering and a foreign associate of National Academy of Engineering. He has received honorary doctorates from several universities in India and overseas.

ドミニク・テュルパン

Dean of External Relations
IMD

Dominique Turpin

Dominique Turpin was named IMD President in July 2010.

He was previously the director of the IMD MBA (Master of Business Administration) and PED (Program for Executive Development).

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.

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.　

渡邊 園子

Editor-in-Chief, Nikkei Asian Review
Nikkei Inc.

Sonoko Watanabe

Sonoko Watanabe is the Editor-in-Chief of Nikkei Asian Review and a Deputy Managing Editor of Nikkei Editorial Bureau.
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 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 assumed current positon in April this year, she was the editor of economic commentary.

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

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

ラナ・フォルーハー

Global Business Columnist
Financial Times

Rana Foroohar

Rana Foroohar is Global Business Columnist and an Associate Editor at the Financial Times, based in New York. She is also CNN’s global economic analyst. Her book, “Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business” (Crown), about why the capital markets no longer support business, was shortlisted for the Financial Times McKinsey Book of the Year award in 2016.

Prior to joining the FT and CNN, Foroohar spent 6 years at TIME, as an assistant managing editor and economic columnist. She previously spent 13 years at Newsweek, as an economic and foreign affairs editor and a foreign correspondent covering Europe and the Middle East. During that time, she was awarded the German Marshall Fund’s Peter Weitz Prize for transatlantic reporting. She has also received awards and fellowships from institutions such as the Johns Hopkins School of International Affairs and the East West Center. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Foroohar graduated in 1992 from Barnard College, Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, the author John Sedgwick, and her two children.

下原口 徹

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

Toru Shimoharaguchi

Toru Shimoharaguchi joined Nikkei in 1988 and started his career in Osaka at City News Department, Editorial Bureau. After covering the service industry, department stores, supermarkets, and big retails at the Marketing News Department, Shimoharaguchi was appointed to Shanghai Bureau Chief in 2000. He was promoted to Deputy Editor and Senior Staff Writer at Marketing News Department and became the Shanghai Bureau Chief again for the second time in 2009. Became the Editor-in-Chief of The Nikkei MJ (Marketing Journal) in 2013. Deputy Managing Editor and Editor, Business News Department from 2016.

ジョン・ギャッパー

Chief Business Commentator
Financial Times

John Gapper

John Gapper is chief business commentator and associate editor of the Financial Times. He writes an award-winning column on business, with a focus on finance, media and technology, and contributes editorials and features, including regular Lunch with the FT interviews.

John is one of the FT’s most senior writers, having covered the financial and media industries, as well as management, before becoming a columnist in 2003. Between 2005 and 2012, he was based in the FT’s New York office, where he helped to lead its expansion in the US. John was formerly comment editor of the FT, and in that role launched the FT’s award-winning comment page.

As a columnist, he has written on topics including Wall Street and the aftermath of the financial crisis; management and corporate strategy, the future of digital news and entertainment; innovation and venture capital; how should companies handle crises, and the disruptive impact of technology.

He is the author of two novels, The Ghost Shift and A Fatal Debt, both published by Random House, and of the non-fiction works How to be a Rogue Trader and All That Glitters, an account of the collapse of Barings, published by Viking Penguin. He often appears on television and radio, including on the BBC, CNBC and CNN.

His awards include the 2015 Harold Wincott prize for financial commentary, the 2013 Gerald Loeb award for commentary, and three Best in Business citations from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. He was twice named best business columnist in the Comment Awards, and included in the 100 most influential men in Britain by GQ magazine.

John attended St Benedict’s School, Ealing and won an open scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford University, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later gained a Harkness Fellowship to study at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining the FT in 1987, he trained as a journalist with Mirror Group Newspapers, working on papers including the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph.

He lives in east London with his wife, the novelist Rosie Dastgir, and their two daughters.

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 news.

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.

小柳 建彦

Editor-at-Large, Nikkei Asian Review
Nikkei Inc.

Ken Koyanagi

Ken is an experienced journalist and an online media developer. As an Editor-at-Large based in Bangkok, he writes and edits stories on business, economy and politics across Asia. Previously he was the founding Publisher of the Nikkei Asian Review (NAR) from its launch in November 2013 through April 2015. Prior to that, he led development projects of the NAR and the Japanese Nikkei newspaper’s online service.

Since joining Nikkei in 1988, Ken as a staff journalist has covered various beats such as the Tokyo capital market, financial sector, TMT (technology, media & telecom) sector, and the US TMT sector. He was the Silicon Valley bureau chief in 2003-2005.

He studied the political science at the Penn State University Graduate School, the French language and the political science at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

武智 幸徳

Senior Staff Writer, Sports News Department, Editorial Bureau
Nikkei Inc.

Yukinori Takechi

Born in 1961, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

March, 1984
Graduated from Waseda University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

April, 1984
Joined Nikkei
Sports News Department, Editorial Bureau, Tokyo

1996
Sports Group, City News Department, Editorial Bureau, Osaka

1999
Deputy Editor, Sports News Department, Editorial Bureau, Tokyo

2007
Editor, Sports News Department, Editorial Bureau, Tokyo

2009
Senior Staff Writer, Sports News Department, Editorial Bureau, Tokyo

Throughout his career at Nikkei, Yukinori Takechi has been covering soccer. Takechi also covers boxing, sumo wrestling, and professional baseball. He reports extensively on FIFA World Cup, the Olympics, the Asian Games, and etc.