Japan's Top Business Interviews Podcast By Dale Carnegie Training Tokyo Japan

  Derek previously was Country Manager Japan for Tourism Australia.  He has spent over 31 years working for Qantas, in a variety of roles including: Senior Manager Qantas Business Rewards, Head of Commercial, Commercial Manager Pacific and Japan, Manager Pacific and Japan Routes, Marketing and Management Services Manager Japan.  He has a Degree in Asian Studies from Griffith University.

Gavin has been working for Baker McKenzie since 2001, rising from Foreign Associate, to Senior Associate, to Senior Foreign Associate and then to Partner.  He has a Bachelor of Law from Bond University and an SMU Certificate in Fintech & Innovation from Singapore Management University

Previously Marton was a Partner at KK Sherpa, Assistant Vice President at Aozora Bank, and a Fund Manager at Nomura Asset Management.  He has an MBA from Waseda University, a degree in Finance from Budapest Business University and a BA in International Marketing from Avans University of Applied Sciences.         

 Previously Alfonso was Japan Country Manager, Regional Director North Asia, Oracle Advertising; Business Director Acxion; Deputy Managing Director, Bandai; Overseas Marketing Team Manager, Sega; Senior Consultant Japan Office, Hall Kinion.  Alfonso is a graduate of the University of Navarra and has a Masters degree from Nagoya University.

Previously Bostjan was Executive Officer, Director of Global Sales And Special Projects Compass Group, Commercial Director, Tupperware, Vice President UK and Ireland, earlier Sales Director Japan and Korea, Steelcase, Sales Representative Architecture & Design Tokyo.

Joe Peters, Managing Director, iSearch Worldwide   Joe previously was President Transamerica Direct Marketing Japan, President AXA Life Singapore, Regional VP Group Life & Health AIG, VP Japan Marketing Mutual of Omaha, Manager A&H INA (Cigna), Manager MetLife

Previously Brian was an Advisor to Curvegrid, Advisor to Cerego Japan, Principal Advisor In Japan Kelly Slater Wave Company, Co-Founder & Director Weatherly Japan, Advisor Salesforce, Advisor to the Board FPG co., Ltd., Advisory Board Member Japan Burton Snowboards, Director NBO Group, Chairman Value Commerce Co., Ltd. Director James Harvard International, Director Gallup, Professional, Basketball...

Previously Eriko was President GE Japan, Director American Medical Device & Diagnostics Association of Japan, Director For Policy Outreach, Legal and Corporate Affairs Microsoft Japan, Marketing Communication Specialist, Sony Euroope, Germany. She is a graduate of Keio University.

Previously Ted was the Chief Operating Officer at Picsel UK, Senior Managing Director Fidelity Investments, Chief Marketing Officer at Vodaphone Japan, Executive Vice-President Japan Telecom, President Comuwizards, Area Marketing Vice-President Verizon Wireless, Managing Director Marketing J-Phone, Director of Strategy Ai Touch, Consultant Bain and Company and Marketing Representative/Systems Engi...

  Previously Martin was the General Manager, Global Treehouse Inc., Director of Operations, North Asia, Oakwood Asia Pacific, Executive Partner Fritz Consulting, General Manager Norfolk Mansions, General Manager Garden Plaza Hotel, General Manager Saigon Floating Hotel, Project Manager Park Hyatt Tokyo, Project Manager EIE International, Food and Beverage Manager Nagoya Hilton International, Assis...

Previously Paul was Adjunct Industry Fellow In Mobile Software at Swinburne Uinversity of Technology, Founder of Long Weekend, IT Director enworld group, CTO and Founder Thomson Reuters cvMail.  He has a BA in Business, Banking & Finance from Monash University.

Kevin played a number of roles at GPlus Media incuding Sales Director and General Manager.  Previously he was a recruitment consultant at Optia Parrners, Training and Development Manager Human Resources at Model Language Studio. 

Prior to his posting in Japan, Bob was working for Evernex in Hong Kong as a Senior Account Manager.  Previously he working in Italy as a Sales Manager for Fwebcreative.  He has a Masters Degree from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and a license, Administrative and Social Economics from the Universite Paris-Sorbonne and an Undergraduate degree from Assumption University in Thailand

Prior to heading Wipro in Japan, Dhruv was at Tata Consultancy Services in Japan in a variety of roles:  Manufacturing Vertical Deputy Head, Head of Automotive Engineering, and Consultant.  He originally came to Japan with Wipro as a Product Development Engineer.  He has an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies and an Undergraduate Degree in Electronics and Communication from the...

  Prior to this position Erwann was Trading Department Director at Saint-Gobain Japan, Vice-President Glass Japan at Saint-Gobain, Sales Planning Director at MAG-ISOVER Japan, North and South Asia Pacific Sales and Marketing Leader at Owens Corning, Sales and Marketing Director NSG Vetrotex Japan, and Commercial Attaché at the French Embassy in Tokyo.  He has a Masters Degree in Applied Mechanics...

Previously Victor was Area Vice President, Japan and Guam for Marriott International, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Sales Officer & Chief Develomental Officer, Prince Hotels and Resorts, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department Seibu Holdings, Regional Vice President, Sales and Marketing, IHG Hotels Group Japan, Senior Vice President, Operations, Japan Cererbus, Vice President Developmen...

Prior to coming to Japan, Petra has had a number of roles for Ikea in Sweden as Global Business Area Manager Bedroom, Textiles and Rugs, and as Deputy Retail Manager in Poland.

Previously Vincent was Managing Director of Swarovski Japan, Japan Sales Director for Van Cleef &Arpels, Japan Deputy Senior Manager at Cartier, Product Manager at Pernod Ricard Japan.  He has an EMBA from the Hult International Business School.

Jose has previously been O&M Senior Sales Manager at Trina Solar, Director of Fotovoltaica de la Mancha, O&M Sales Manager Eco Life Engineering, Country Head Spain and Portugal Scheuten

Multiple award winning filmmaker and CEO of a video production company based in Tokyo, Japan. A former professional wrestler (under the ring name Rionne Fujiwara) and martial art ist - Aikido, kickboxing, catch wrestling. B ilingual English and Japanese audio and visual professional from the Gold Coast in Australia , with almost 20 years' experience living and working in Japan. He f ounded Japan M...

Saxo Bank is a securities broker started thirty years ago in Denmark and they have been in Japan for 13 years.  He started working in banking in Denmark and 14 years ago joined Saxo Bank.  He  came to Japan two years ago and had lived here before twenty years ago when he wa studying here.  At that time he was studying mathematical infomatics at the University of Tokyo for one year and thereafter h...

Matsuba san previously had been General Manager Japan Healthcare IT at GE.  Before that she was Director of Business Planning at the Columbia Medical Center.  She started her career in the Japanese Post Office bureaucracy.  She graduated for Keio University in economics and has an MBA from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester.

166 Dr. Andrijana Cvetkovikj, CEO & President BrioNexus. Andrijana is also a special Advisor for International Affairs to the Japanese government, and previously was Director, Economist Corporate Network North Asia and Ambassador to Japan for Macedonia. She studied film and received her Ph. D. from Nihon University.

Previously Michael was a co-founder of Neural Squared, CEO of Hypnotize, Technical Solutions Consultant on Android and Partner Technology Manager on YouTube at Google. He has a  Master of Engineering  Computer Science degree from The University of Electro-Communications

Previously Jonathan was Managing Director Japan for Cornerstone OnDemand, Country Manager Japan for Credorax, Country Manager Japan for Paypal and when Director of Strategy Softbank Group, he worked very closely with legendary Softbank founder Masayoshi Son.