Naonori Kimura explores the potential of Japanese businesses
Challenging spirit and teamwork keep ANA flying high
Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer
How a company survives a crisis affects its future resilience. For All Nippon Airways, its biggest crisis came from the...
Nomura finds new ways to design spaces for future
Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer
If you walk down the streets in central Tokyo, you can come across many of Nomura Co.’s creations — the...
Seven & I builds trust to realize richer lives worldwide
Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer
Many century-old companies have a history of transformation to survive. Seven & I Holdings Co. is no exception. The operator...
Realizing a sustainable future via ‘digital commons’
Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer
Building a brand from scratch is never easy — but Biprogy tackled the task when it changed its name from...
SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’
Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer
One year before their company changed its name to SWCC Corp. in 2023, one of the younger executives came to...
Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’
Hiroko Nakata
Contributing writer
High-rises with offices, restaurants and luxurious residences surrounded by green walkways have for decades increasingly transformed the landscape in central...
PRI’s Morisawa discusses Japan institutional investors
Hiroko Nakata
Contributing writer
As the world struggles to curb global warming and other threats to the environment and society, what role should Japanese...
Shipping firm ONE steams ahead with nimble efficiency
Hiroko Nakata
Contributing writer
Few people probably have heard of the Japanese shipping company that made ¥2 trillion in profit for two years in...
IBM’s tech advances driven by leadership, collaboration
Hiroko Nakata
Contributing writer
What makes a company sustainable for decades? Amid fast business transformation around the world, International Business Machines Corp. is a...
Komatsu builds a sustainable future through innovation
Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer
Construction sites worldwide are beginning to look different. Remote-controlled excavators now dig up soil, and autonomous haul trucks remove it....
Sumitomo Mitsui: The power of trust is a curious thing
Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer
The Japanese financial industry got caught off guard a few years ago when Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. made a...
Japan Tobacco sows seeds for a diversified future
Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer
In the early 1990s, when Japan was experiencing a feeble economy after its boom went bust, Japan Tobacco Inc. released...
Naonori Kimura
Naonori Kimura's activities include numerous advisory services such as corporate strategies including breakthroughs, strategy shifts and re-growth initiatives. He has advised clients on business management streamlining, structural reforms, financial strategy, new business development, M&A strategies, and cost competitiveness. He is currently Chairman & President of IGPI (Shanghai) Ltd. and outside director of Molten Corporation and Relia, Inc.. He is also Advisory board member of The Japan Times ESG consortium.
Prior to IGPI, he launched a venture business, worked with NCR Japan and later at Towers Perrin and Arthur D. Little Japan.
He graduated from Keio University, School of Economics, and holds an MBA from the University of Leicester and an MS in Finance from the Lancaster University. He also completed AMP in Harvard Business School.
