Advisor for Media and Japanese Business
Providing expert advice to Japanese and international media businesses with a deep understanding of diverse cultures.
- Consultant and advisor for digital media strategy, content planning and distribution, and financing support. Helping companies solve their business challenges through content.
- General Manager and President, Board Director, Division Vice President, Head of Content and Operations, Head of Content Production, Business Development.
- Top media and tech brands: DoCoMo (i-mode), Disney, Google (YouTube), Warner Bros. Discovery, KADOKAWA.
- TV, Film, Digital and Social Media, Streaming. Japan and Asia Pacific.
- Advising companies on their general business management, strategic planning and business development, talent strategy and planning – growth and transformation, including fund raising and mergers and acquisitions.
- 25 years of corporate business leadership. Non-executive independent board director, consultant, advisor, mentor and coach.
- Inbound and Outbound Japan business – established companies and emerging ventures – Japanese and multinational.
- Well-versed in corporate governance and ESG management – business ethics, diversity, equity, inclusion, and social engagement.
- Providing business consulting services to solve cross-cultural business challenges; individual mentor and coach.
- Canadian with 35 years of global experience and 30 years in Japan, including 25 years in Japanese and global business.
- Deep experience with intercultural business challenges and bridging cultural gaps to maximize performance through diversity and inclusion.
Media Strategy
Seeding the YouTuber Ecosystem – Today $5B in Asia
The future was uncertain when I joined YouTube in February 2009 as one of Asia Pacific’s first dedicated YouTube executives. Our most prominent YouTuber was
May 14, 2024
Culture
Pioneering Foreigners In The Japanese Workforce
Read the story of my success navigating the bicultural nature of business in Japan as a pioneering foreigner in a Japanese company in 1999.
February 25, 2024
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
To Support Mental Health Be Vulnerable and Empathetic
I joined host Jennifer Shinkai on the Ikigai podcast to discuss mental health in the workplace and my experiences, including self-maintenance and management. Here is the podcast and further thoughts.
February 25, 2024
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