Contributors
 Steve Collins is CEO of K9 Natural Japan, the local arm of a New Zealand firm that, since 2006, has been making freeze-dried, award-winning, premium dog food and snacks without additives. |
 Daiske Yoshida is a partner in the Litigation department of Latham & Watkins’ Tokyo office, and has extensive experience representing firms in a wide range of cross-border controversy issues. |
 Sir David Warren KCMG has been British ambassador to Japan since 2008. He graduated from Oxford University, joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975, and served here in 1977–1981 and 1993–1998. Sir David will retire from the Diplomatic Service late this year. |
 Nick Walters became BCCJ president in April 2012. |
 Lori Henderson became BCCJ executive director on 1 February. She previously worked for a media firm producing global management video lectures for Japan’s first fully online university. Lori has a Master’s degree from the University of St. Andrews. |
 Ian de Stains, OBE served as BCCJ Executive Director from 1987 to 2010. After joining the BBC in 1969 he was seconded to NHK in Tokyo in 1976. Mr De Stains was appointed OBE in 1993 for commercial and community service. |
 James Weeks is a Member of the BCCJ Executive Committee, is a Senior Advisor at Kreab Gavin Anderson. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a strategic communications consultant advising high-profile clients. |
 Julian Ryall is Tokyo correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. |
 Justin McCurry is Tokyo correspondent for The Guardian and The Observer. |
 Mark Schreiber is an author and translator who has been based in Tokyo since 1966. He was employed as a media analyst in market research before turning to freelance writing. |
 David Swan is managing director of Robert Walters Japan & Korea. |
 Henry Scott Stokes, is a journalist who has been the Tokyo bureau chief for The Financial Times, The Times and The New York Times. Educated at Winchester College and Oxford University, Henry is the author of The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima (1974). |
 Antony Tran is a Tokyo-based photographer who specializes in events, commercial, portraits and street photography. |
 Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert is a Tokyo-based photographer for international media, NGOs and corporate clients. |
 Robert Gilhooly is a Tokyo-based photojournalist whose work has featured in The Guardian, The Times, Newsweek, as well as in documentaries and books. |
 Rich Freeman, is rugby writer in Tokyo for the Daily Yomiuri and the Japan correspondent for UK Rugby World. |
 Isabel Reynolds is a freelance journalist who has been based in Tokyo for the past 14 years, covering everything from financial markets to films and fashion. |
 Philippe Fauchet is representative director and president of GlaxoSmithKline K.K., vice-chairman of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, and an advisor to the French Foreign Trade Commission. |
 Jane Best, MBE is President & CEO of Refugees International Japan and was appointed MBE in 2001 for her voluntary work. |
 Dr Greg Story is president of Dale Carnegie Japan. |
 Ian Tozer is general manager and chef at Roti Roppongi. |
 Christine Wright is managing director at Hays Japan. |
 Craig Harrison is director of Client Services at Crown Worldwide K.K., a privately owned global relocation provider. |
 Dan Underwood is managing director and partner at Tokyo corporate communications firm Ashton Consulting Limited. He advises clients on crisis management, media relations and M&A communications. |
 Megan Waters is assistant editor at Custom Media K.K. |
 David Williams has been Head of School at The British School in Tokyo since August 2009. |
 Michelle Mizutani is a counsel at Clifford Chance Law Office (Tokyo), specialising in dispute resolution and regularly assisting corporations to design compliance programmes. |
 Chris Nicholls is deputy head of secondary at the British School in Tokyo. |
 Philippa Symington, a managing director in the Global Risk and Investigations Practice of FTI Consulting in Hong Kong, manages global risk mitigation including business intelligence, macro risk assessments, and other risk consulting services. |
 James Oakes leads the Healthcare & Life Sciences team at Michael Page Japan, specialising in recruiting marketing, clinical and regulatory professionals for pharmaceutical and medical-devices companies. |
 Yuuichiro Nakajima is managing partner at Crimson Phoenix K.K. and a member of the BCCJ Executive Committee. |
 Joao Longo Pereira is a Brazilian photographer based in Tokyo specialising in nature, people, culture, events and cuisine. |
 Rajat Jain is the manager of Procurement and Supply Chain at Michael Page Japan. |
 Jeremy Parton is a visual designer who currently lives in Seattle, Washington. His design style has developed from a broad range of artistic and photographic experience driven by his passion and love of nature. |
 Jeff Allan is based in Tokyo where he writes about technology, business, and international lifestyle. |
 Matt Lennon is head of Sixth Form at the British School in Tokyo. Matt gained a sports and business studies degree from the University of Manchester and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education—Physical Education from De Montfort University, Leicester. |
 Anne Good, president of Eureka!, is a career, life and executive coach who helps clients get from where they are to where they want to be by unleashing the power within. |
 Christina Ahmadjian, PhD is dean of Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy. |
 Chihiro Ashizawa is a senior associate who specialises in Capital Markets, Financing, Financial Regulations and General Corporate at Clifford Chance Law Office, in Tokyo. |
 Adrian Rowles is a senior partner at the Tokyo branch of deVere Hong-Kong Limited, part of the deVere Group, the world’s largest independent financial consultancy. |
 Kwame Sarpong, from Ghana, is a former intern at Refugees International Japan. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science (International Strategic Studies) from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, and is currently enrolled in a Master’s course in Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. |
 Amit Thakur is representative director of ANS Solves Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based consulting and technology solutions provider for the financial and retail sectors. |
 Thomas J Nevins is author of several business books and founder and chief consultant of TMT Inc., the Japan Partner of executive search consultants Glasford International. |
 Kingsley Kemish is a senior manager at Ernst & Young Shinnihon Tax in Tokyo. He specialises in tax advice for UK firms in Japan, as well as UK tax advice for Japanese firms investing in, or through, the UK. |
 Michiaki Tanaka is a consultant and Japan representative of World of Feng Shui in Tokyo. He is also owner and president of Kantan Systems, a computer firm. |
 Hiroyuki Isobe is president of Japan Valuers Co. and has been in the real estate market in Tokyo as a valuer for more than 30 years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Counselors of Real Estate in the US. |
 Masayuki Yonemura is managing director of consumer insight and brand consultancy Flamingo Tokyo. |
 Jack Byrd, managing partner of 360 Risk Management Group KK, deals with complex white-collar criminal investigations, internal fraud and embezzlement investigations for governments and companies around the world. |
 Kenji Miyagawa, counsel at Clifford Chance Law Office, specialises in advising top financial institutions and trading houses on emissions trading, regulatory and financing. |
 Andrew O’Shea, senior associate at Clifford Chance Law Office, specialises in advising financial institutions and trading houses on project financing, corporate lending, projects and project finance. |
 Ray Bremner, president and CEO of Unilever Japan, was appointed OBE in June for services to CSR and the community in Japan. |
 Elizabeth Oliver, founder of Animal Refuge Kansai (ARK), was appointed MBE in June for services to animal welfare and civil society. |
 Gavin Blair is a contributing editor for the Economist Intelligence Unit in Tokyo. |
 Marc Rathbone, of Clifford Chance Law Office, specialises in corporate, energy, electricity regulation and supply, and resources. |
 Andrew Whan, head of Clifford Chance Law Office Corporate Group, has been based in the Asia-Pacific region for 10 years acting for leading private equity funds and financial and corporate investors in private and public M&A transactions. |
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