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Speakers

Valdis Dombrovskis

Executive Vice-President, Commissioner for Trade at European Commission

H.E. MASAKI Yasushi

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan To The European Union

Takayuki Morita

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (Representative Director) at NEC Corporation

Yoshitaka HOSHINO

Executive Vice President at Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa

President at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Sophie Javary

Vice Chairman, Corporate and Institutional Banking, EMEA at BNP Paribas

Gen Tsuchikawa

CEO and CIO, Sony Innovation Fund and Corporate Vice President at Sony Corporation

Dr. George Olcott

Board Member st Dai-ichi Holdings, Denso Corporation, J.P. Morgan Japanese Investment Trust

Yoko Dochi

Managing Partner, Head of Investor Relations at SoftBank Group International

Tomoyuki Furusawa

Director-General of the Policy and Markets Bureau at Japan Financial Service Agency

Yasuo Takeuchi

President & CEO at Olympus Corporation

Gillian Tett

Chair of editorial board and editor-at-large, US at Financial Times

Peter Carlsson

Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Northvolt

Frank M. Salzgeber

Head of Innovation and Ventures Office at European Space Agency

Junichi Suzuki

Chairman & CEO at Panasonic Europe

Dr. Beda Bolzenius

President and CEO at MARELLI

Toshihiko Otsuka

Chief Executive Officer, Rakuten Europe S.à r.l. / Rakuten Europe Bank S.A.

David Semaya

Executive Chairman at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management

Frank Okoisor

Chief Executive Officer at Toyota Connected Europe

Kazuhiro Yamada

MD, Head of Japan at The Carlyle Group and Vice Chairman at Japan Private Equity Association

Takehiko (Tak) Nagumo

Executive Director at Smart City Institute Japan / Senior MEO at Mitsubishi UFJ

Masato Yamada

Chief Executive Officer at MHI Vestas Japan

Yumiko Murakami

Head of OECD Tokyo Centre

Hirotaka Takeuchi

Professor of Management Practice, Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School.

Sam Strijckmans

President & CEO EMEA, Senior Corporate Vice President at Nitto Denko Corporation

Alicia Ogawa

Non Executive Director at Nippon Active Value Fund

Kazuaki Washimi

Director at Bank of Japan

Kerwin Clayton

Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Asia Pacific at J.P. Morgan

Nahoko Hoshino

Investment Director at SoftBank Vision Fund

Ruth David

Senior UK Correspondent and Deputy London Bureau Chief at Bloomberg News

Sinead Kaiya

Head of Innovation, SAP Asia Pacific Japan, Managing Director at SAP Labs Japan

Miki Ebara

Chief International Correspondent/ Executive Producer at NHK World – Japan

Chris Jackson

President & CEO, NEC Europe and President, Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)

Tomohiro Saito

Senior Vice President of Renewable Energy Project Finance Team at Development Bank of Japan

Sarah Langley

Chief Operating Officer, Global HR at Suntory and VP HR Asia, Beam Suntory

John Lancaster-Lennox

Representative Corporate Officer, President at Nokia Solutions and Networks Japan G.K.

Stephen Pierce

Deputy Managing Director & Chief Human Resource Officer at Hitachi Europe Ltd.

Shugo Sumiyoshi

President and CEO at Asahi Kasei Medical

Dr. Philipp Hoffmann

Head of Business Development & Licensing EU at Daiichi Sankyo Europe

Akiko Koda

Board Member and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Japan

Sherry Madera

Chief Industry & Government Affairs Officer at London Stock Exchange Group

Tetsuya Inoue

Chief Researcher, Financial Market and Innovation Research Department at Nomura Research Institute

Naka Kondo

Senior Editor, Tokyo at The Economist Intelligence Unit

John Ferguson

Head of Globalization, Trade & Finance Practice at The Economist Intelligence Unit

Yoichiro Sato

Partner, Tokyo at Brunswick Group

Takahiro Yamaoku

Co-Head of Investment Banking EMEA at Nomura

Jean Devlin

Partner at Control Risks

Marilyn Chaplin

Chief Human Resources Officer at NTT Ltd

Prof. Dr. Gabriel Felbermayr

President at Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Manfred Stern

Chairman at YASKAWA Europe

Toshiya Tsukahara

Partner, Japan at Advantage Partners

Hiro Nishiguchi

CEO at Japan Innovation Network

Dr. Ole Mølskov Bech

Senior Vice President, Japan And Korea at Novo Nordisk.

Hiroki Habuka

Deputy Director for Global Digital Governance at METI

Kaori Sasaki

Founder & CEO at ewoman, Inc. and UNICUL International Inc.

Jun Tsusaka

Founding Partner, CEO and CIO, Chair ESG Committee at NSSK

Keiko Honda

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs

Christopher Grimes

Executive editor at Nikkei Asia

Masashi Namatame

Managing Executive Officer, Group CDO at Tokio Marine Holding

Josh Flannery

Advisor, New Venture Strategy at Rainmaking Innovation Japan

Nobutake Suzuki

President and CEO at MUFG Innovation Partners

Nobu Okada

Founder & CEO at Astroscale Holdings Inc.

Pernille Rudlin

Managing Director, Rudlin Consulting / Japan Intercultural Consulting

Kanako Shinohara

Senior Director of Strategy & Alliances at NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

Dr. Jochen Legewie

Managing Director Japan, Chairman Asia at Kekst CNC

Takeshi Hitomi

Partner, M&A Group Leader at NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc.

Giorgio Baldassarri Höger van Högersthal

Global Head of the Analytic Development Group (Senior Director) at S&P Global

Naoko Hatakeyama

Senior Corporate Advisor at New Horizon Capital

Sota Suzuki

Executive Officer at Tokio Marine Asset Management

Lars Petersen

Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

Yoko Arai

Chief Global Investment Strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities

Michiko Achilles

Senior Advisor, Human Resource Strategy at SAP Japan / G20/EMPOWER Japan

Kazunori Ogawa

Resident Executive Officer, Regional Head For Europe, The Middle East And Africa at JBIC

Peter Struik

President at FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe

Joerg Hartmann

Corporate Vice President, Member of the Board, Konica Minolta Inc.

Mari Kogiso

Chief Executive Officer at SDG Impact Japan

Jonathan Wallace

Managing Director, M&A, Investment Banking Business Unit at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley

Dr. Parissa Haghirian

Professor of International Management at Sophia University, Tokyo

Sho Nakanose

Founder & CEO at GITAI

Akiko Kawaguchi

Strategy & Risk Integration Division and HR & General Affairs Division at Chiyoda Corporation

Brigitte Spolenak

Global Human Resource Director at Mitsubishi Chemical Europe

Hajime Sugiyama

Digital Manufacturing Evangelist Factory Automation Systems Group at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Katsura Daikuhara

Chief Economist, Head of Country Research & Intelligence at SMBC Bank International

Daiju Aoki

Regional Chief Investment Officer and Chief Economist for Japan at UBS

Pascal Huijbers

CTO, Western Europe and EMEIA Financial Services at FUJITSU

Steven Bruninx

Board Member, Director of Corporate Strategy and Legal Affairs at Nitto Denko Corporation

Dr. Florian Otto

Director at Control Risks

Dr. Laura Bonamici

Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Marketing at Fujitsu

Monika Agocs

Executive Advisor at Asahi Group Holdings

Takashi Inoue, Ph.D.

Chairman & CEO at Inoue Public Relations, Inc. Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management

Clive Gregory

Head of Corporate Advisory for EMEA at MUFG

John van Rossen

Managing Partner at EY Strategy and Transactions

Takura Kawai

Partner, Head of Japan Desk EMEA at Dentons

Nobuko Kobayashi

Partner and Managing Director at EY-Parthenon, Japan

Matt Ringelheim

EY Partner, Strategy & Transactions

Julie Hood

EY EMEIA Strategy and Transactions Leader

Jasper Knol Bruins

EY EMEIA Buy and Integrate Leader

Damien Sauer

Managing Director, Greentech Capital Advisors and Nomura

Takahiro Kitte

EY EMEIA Japan Business Services – Strategy & Transactions Leader

Peggy Hollinger

International Business Editor at Financial Times

Rainer Beller

Chief Technology Officer at Mitsui Rail Capital Europe

Naoki Kanehisa

Partner, Head of London Office at Atsumi & Sakai

Leo Lewis

Asia Business Editor at Financial Times

Takashi Inoue, Ph.D.

Chairman & CEO at Inoue Public Relations, Inc.

Monika Agocs

Executive Advisor at Asahi Group Holdings

Dr. Laura Bonamici

Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Marketing at Fujitsu

Takura Kawai

Partner, Head of Japan Desk EMEA at Dentons

Go Hashimoto

Senior Partner at Atsumi & Sakai

Pirouzan Parvine

Partner, Corporate M&A, Head of Europe Manufacturing at Dentons

Steve LeVine

The Mobilist at Medium

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj

Founder at Eurasian Investor

Orral Nadjari

CEO at BRITISHVOLT

Masayasu Ishida

Co-founder and CEO at SPACETIDE Foundation

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EU-Japan EPA Forum Series

The high-level EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Forum Series is where senior executives, topic experts and key stakeholders gather to discuss and share insights to help shape the discourse on cross-border trade and investments in the ever-changing global landscape.

Content

EU-Japan EPA Forum Magazine

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EY: Can divesting what holds you back move your strategy forward?

Download The 2021 EY Global Corporate Divestment Study

EY: Market Conditions are ripe for M&A as Eurozone prepares for growth

Article by Julie Hood, EY EMEIA Strategy and Transactions Leader

EY: How do you design and deliver a strategy fit for the real world?

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Europe is more attractive than ever to Japanese investors & post-pandemic era looks even better.

Read Article by Dentons

More protective and sustainable – Europe’s post-pandemic investment environment

Read Article by Control Risks

Atsumi & Sakai: Corporate Brochure

Law Firm

Update on EU-Japan EPA and Geographical Indications

Read Article by Atsumi & Sakai