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EU-side members (59)

  Japan-side members (34)

Ms Belén GARIJO
BRT co-Chair

Chair of the Executive Board and CEO
Merck

NEC logo

Dr Nobuhiro ENDO
BRT co-Chairman

Executive Advisor
NEC Corporation

Mr Marcus SCHÜRMANN
Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Japan /
CEO, AHK Japan
German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (AHK Japan)

Ajinomoto_logo

Dr. Hiroshi SHIRAGAMI
Director, Representative Executive Officer & Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer, Supervision of Research & Development
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

Air Liquide

Mr Koji MAKIHARA
COO
Air Liquide Japan

Mr Yuji HIRAKO
Senior Advisor
ANA Holdings Inc.

Airbus

Mr Christian SCHERER
Chief Commercial Officer and Head of International
Airbus

Mr Osamu NAGAYAMA
Honorary Chairman
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Mr Luís ESTEVES
Co-CEO
Amorim & Irmãos, SA

Euglena Logo

Mr Mitsuru IZUMO
Founder and CEO
Euglena Co., Ltd.

Mr Stéphane ISRAËL
Chairman & CEO
Arianespace

Mr Hidenori FURUTA
Non-Executive Chairman
Fujitsu Limited

Mr Marcelo LU
President, Asia Pacific (excluding China)
BASF SE

GISPRI

Mr Shinji FUKUKAWA
Senior Advisor
Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute

Dr. Ying CHEN
President, Representative Director & Senior Bayer Representative for Japan
Bayer Holding Ltd.

Hitachi

Mr Hirohide HIRAI
Vice President and Executive Officer
Hitachi, Ltd.

Mr Jean LEMIERRE
Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors
BNP Paribas

Ms Akari-Lisa ISHII
Principal and Lighting Designer
I.C.O.N.

Bouygues Europe SA Mr Paul CARTUYVELS
Executive Director
Bouygues Europe SA
JBA

Mr Tetsuya TANAKA
Managing Director
Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)

Mr Markus J. BEYRER
Director General & CEO
BusinessEurope
Mr Mikihito SAITO
President
Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)

Mr Jérôme CHOUCHAN
President
CCI France Japon

Mr Hiroshi KIMURA
Honorary Company Fellow 
Japan Tobacco Inc.

Mr Dominique RESTINO
President, Paris Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CEFJ - French-Japanese Committee for Economic Exchange
JFE Steel Corporation Mr Kyoji YOSHINO
Vice President
JFE Steel Corporation

Prof. Vladimír MAŘÍK
Chairman of the Board
CertiCon, a.s.

Mr Kuninori KUROISHI
Senior Advisor
Marubeni Corporation

K.K. CEVA Japan Mr Fabien GIORDANO
CEO - North Asia
CEVA Logistics Japan, Inc.

Mr Masahiro OYA
Executive Officer (Associate) In charge of Global Strategic Planning & Marketing; Vice President, Global Strategic Planning & Marketing
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Mr Jarkko JUSSILA
CEO
Ciriot Inc.

Mr Hiroshi MATSUDA
Chief Regional Officer, Europe, Middle East & Africa | President, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries EMEA, Ltd. 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Cosylab

Dr. Mark PLEŠKO
President
Cosylab d.d.

jp-nagase

Mr Kenji ASAKURA
Representative Director, Chairman
Nagase & Co., Ltd.

Cybernetica AS Mr Oliver VÄÄRTNÕU
CEO
Cybernetica
NEC logo

Mr Shigehiro TANAKA
Corporate Senior Executive Vice President,
Chief of External Relations

NEC Corporation

Mr Ulrik BREMHOLM
Vice Chairman
Danish Crown AMBA

Mr Akira SHIMADA
Representative Member of the Board, President
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

  Mr Philippe GODBOUT
Managing Director
Dassault Systèmes K.K.

Mr Manabu Sakane
Chief of Strategy Acceleration
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Mr Karsten MICHAELIS
President / Representative Director
DHL Global Forwarding Japan K.K.

jp-nissin

Mr Koki ANDO
Representative Director and President, CEO
Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

Ms Cecilia BONEFELD-DAHL
Director-General
DIGITALEUROPE

Mr Tomoyuki TERAGUCHI
Vice Chairman
Nomura Holdings, Inc.
EDF Ms Isabelle SENGHOR
General Representative, EDF Japan & South Korea
EDF

Mr Yuki KUSUMI
Director, Chairperson of the Board
Panasonic Holdings Corporation

Mr Alain DARDY
Representative Director
Energy Pool Japan

Mr Hiroshi MIKITANI
Chairman and CEO
Rakuten Group, Inc.

Mr Laurent DEPUS
President of the Board
European Business Council (EBC) in Japan
Mr Yoshiaki OKABE
Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer, Chief Brand Officer - brand SHISEIDO
Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Mr Pascal KERNEIS
Managing Director
European Services Forum (ESF)
Schneider Electric Japan

Ms Ryoko AOYAGI
Cluster President Japan
Schneider Electric Japan Holdings Ltd.

Europlan Group Mr Michael CAMPBELL
Group Chairperson
Europlan Engineering Services Limited
Sony Group Corporation

Mr Kenichiro YOSHIDA
Director, Chairman
Sony Group Corporation

Mr Frédéric SANCHEZ
Chairman of the Executive Board
Fives Group
Spiber Inc. Mr Kenji HIGASHI
Vice President of Sustainability /
Director of Spiber Europe
Spiber Inc
GeSI Dr. Luis NEVES
CEO
GeSI (Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative)

Mr Masakazu TOKURA
Chairman of the Board
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Global Shares Mr Toshiro TAKINO
Managing Director
Global Shares Japan K.K. 
Global Shares
Mr Takayuki SUMITA
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Planning and Coordination Group, Chief Strategy Officer
Sumitomo Corporation
H3 Dynamics Mr Bertrand GAUTHIER
GM, Europe & Group Co-founder
H3 Dynamics

Mr Shuzo SUMI
Senior Executive Advisor
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co.,Ltd.

Mr Petr BARES
Managing Director
Iguassu Software Systems

Honorary President
Czech Space Alliance

Mr Akihiro NIKKAKU
Chairman and Representative Member of the Board
Toray Industries, Inc.

IKEA

Ms Petra FÄRE
President, CEO & CSO
IKEA Japan K.K.

Mr Satoshi TSUNAKAWA
Executive Adviser
Toshiba Corporation

Mr Frank VAN STIPDONK
Chairman
Interfood Holding B.V.

Ms Yumiko NODA
Chairman and Representative Director
Veolia Japan GK

Mr Koen KLINGELE
Managing Director
Klingele Chocolade NV
 

 

La Poste Groupe

Mr Philippe WAHL
Chairman and CEO
La Poste Groupe


 
 

To be confirmed
LEGO Japan Limited

   

Mr Tilen MILICEVIC
CEO
L4T Group (Life For Tyres) LTD.

   
LRD Simulation

Mr Xavier BURGOS HAUCHART
CEO
LRD Simulation

   

Mr Jeremy GROSSAS
Representative Director & President
Merck Biopharma Japan

   
MER MEC Japan G.K.

Mr Giuseppe AURISICCHIO
Managing Director
MER MEC Japan G.K.

   
METRON Japan GK

Mr Kevin LESAULNIER
Head of Sales – Japan & Korea
METRON Japan GK

   

Mr Nicolas BÉCRET
CEO
Nanomakers S.A.

   

Dr. Marine FAUSSILLON-LAVILLE
President and co-founder
Novaptech

   

Mr Bernard YVETOT
CEO
Orange Japan Co.Ltd

   

Mr Pedro BARATO TRIGUERO
President
Organización Interprofesional del Aceite de Oliva Español (Olive Oils from Spain)

   

Mr Jun IWATA
Head, Government & Public Affairs
Philips Japan, Ltd.

   
Randstad K.K.

Mr Kajetan SŁONINA
Chief Executive Officer, Randstad Japan & APAC
Randstad K.K.

   

To be confirmed
Rolls-Royce Deutschland

   

Mr Sylvain FORTÉ
CEO
SESAMm

   
Shell Japan Limited

Ms Yasuko YOSHIDA
Country Chair
Shell Japan Limited

   

Mr Kuni HORITA
President & CEO
Siemens K.K.

   
Skeleton Technologies

Mr Taavi MADIBERK
CEO & co-Founder
Skeleton Technologies

   
SMEunited

Ms Véronique WILLEMS
Secretary General
SMEunited

   
Super Garden

Ms Laura KAZIUKONIENĖ
CEO
Super Garden

   
Thales

Mr Alain CORREIA
President & CEO
Thales Japan K.K. / Thales DIS Japan K.K.

   

Mr Nikolaus BOLTZE
Country Representative Japan
thyssenkrupp AG

   

Mr Alain DE TAEYE
Member of Management Board
TomTom N.V.

   
Tox by Design

Dr. Matthieu CHAREYRE
Founder & President
Tox by Design

   
       
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