Keynote Speakers

Transforming Organizations to have a "stretch and performance" culture

Isao Sakurai

CEO of HSBC Services, Head of Human Resources at HSBC Japan

Isao Sakurai has more than 14 years of experience in the various HR areas at a Japanese large company and U.S. companies both in the States and in Japan -- 17 years of experience in the banking industry with 4.5 years in the United States in total.

Duties/Achievements:
His duties head covers all the local HSBC businesses including banking, securities and asset management businesses where he has developed a comprehensive “People Strategy” to transform HSBC Japan to a ‘stretch and performance culture’ organization.

Before heading up HR at HSBC, Isao Sakurai was the HR Director, Cisco Systems KK reforming the HR department to be more trusted strategic business partner and tackled long standing unsolved issues such as, overtime issue, revision of work rules, temp/contractor issue, disabled hiring, etc.

Other notables include being the HR Director (leader) for GE Capital Consumer Finance Limited and the Senior Vice President and Head of Office of the President, Sanwa Bank

Isao Sakurai - Career history
Jan. 2008	Tokyo Branch Manager and Head of HR, HSJL
Nov. 2006	Head of HR, HSBC Services Japan Limited (HSJL)
Sept. 2004	HR Director, Cisco Systems KK
Jan. 2001	HR Manager, GE Japan
Mar. 1998	Senior Vice President and Head of Office of the President, Sanwa Bank California, Los Angeles.
Jan. 1994	Senior Manager, Human Resources Department, The Sanwa Bank Limited
May. 1988	LL.M, Cornell University Law School, Ithaca NY
Apr.1983	The Sanwa Bank Limited
Mar. 1983	LL.B, Hitotsubashi University

Aligning People with strategy and sustainable capital development

Thomas Pedersen

Statutory Executive Officer, Head of People and Communications Group, and Chief Learning Officer

Mr. Thomas Pedersen is a Statutory Executive Officer, Head of the People and Communications Group, and the Chief Learning Officer for Shinsei Bank. Tom is working on several initiatives at the Bank and with subsidiaries on sustainable human capital development, corporate values, and aligning people with strategy. The work of the People and Communications Group at Shinsei Bank covers a wide range of game changing activities for Shinsei Group. These activities include human resources, philanthropy, diversity, branding, communications, content development and knowledge management. The Group’s focus is on creating a high performing organization where employees can contribute their best each day.

Thomas Pedersen - Career history
Jun.2008	Statutory Executive Officer Head of People and Communications Group, Chief Learning Officer, Shinsei Bank, Limited (Current)
Apr.2006	Chief Learning Officer, Shinsei Bank, Limited
Apr.2005	Joined Shinsei Bank, Limited
Aug.2002	Head of Asia Workforce Effectiveness, Morgan Stanley Japan Limited
1995	Lecturer, Keio University Independent Management Consultant
1993	Senior Consultant, Oak Associates, K.K.

Bringing out the Best in your International Work Force - Insights for creating a dynamic, motivated, and eager-to-adapt international team -

Ruth Shiraishi

Director, Space Design

With 20 years-plus experience in Japanese business, Ruth Shiraishi has had the unique opportunity to observe the forces at work in team-building among her Japanese peers. In her current capacity as Director of Business Development at Space Design Inc., she leads a varied, multi-national team within the strict and conservative realm of Real Estate. As a developer, service apartment provider, owner and operator, Space Design employs a wealth of human resources to support a global community of cutting edge business pioneers. Ruth hopes to offer insight into creating a truly successful team in Japan whether the firm is based locally or overseas.

Hajime Nakajima

Chairman, Kepner-Tregoe Japan, LLC.

Hajime Nakajima is a Senior Adviser at Kepner-Tregoe Japan. He graduated from Waseda University, and after beginning his career in the human resources division at Furukawa Electric, he was instrumental in the establishment of Kepner-Tregoe’s Japan office in 1974. Mr. Nakajima consults leading Japanese companies on creating and implementing management strategies using Kepner-Tregoe’s unique problem-solving and decision-making techniques. His specialty is in developing international strategy, and his personal clients include Honda and Sony. Currently, Mr. Nakajima is focusing his energy on the cultivation of superlative human resource capability. An external director and advisor of several companies, and a committee member of the Business Research Institute, Mr. Nakajima is also a director of the International Management Association. 

Avoiding Employment Law Problems - Training supervisors on basic employment law concepts, Termination issues, minimizing risk

Timothy Langley, esq.

President & Representative Director
Langley Enterprise, k.k.

Tim Langley is an international attorney and Japan-based consultant.  He has more than 35 years of experience in Japan.

Mr. Langley has been chief lawyer to Apple Computer Japan, to General Motors (Asia Pacific); and he has advised countless large and small companies in their attempts to build a larger presence in Japan.

Langley’s background in corporate and dual-jurisdiction (US – Japanese) legal issues is complimented by a unique specialization in diplomacy and international political affairs.  He is well-known for advising and assisting foreign missions, foreign-capital  companies and joint-ventures as well as high-profile individuals in their regulatory affairs efforts with the government of Japan.  Langley was the first non-Japanese to work inside the Japanese Parliament, a position entered into from Tohoku University law school in 1982.  Langley published his first book on Japanese politics in Japanese (Gaijin seiji hisho – Dai-ichi-go, Sankei Press, 1983).

Mr. Langley is a graduate of the University of Georgia (1976), he holds post-graduate degrees from Tohoku University Graduate School of Law, Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service (MSFS), Georgetown Law School (JD) and the University of Denver School of Law (LLM).

Panel Discussion - Creating Competitive Advantages through Divsersity Initiatives

• Moderator: Kimiko Inoue, Consultant, Mercer Japan Ltd.
  
• Victoria Bolam, Representative Director, Kepner-Tregoe Japan, LLC.
• Ms. Royanne K. Doi, SVP and Senior Regional Counsel for APAC, State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
• Timothy Langley, esq., President & Representative Director, Langley Enterprise, k.k.

* English / Japanese simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
* Agenda and Speakers are subject to change.