2021年1月20日　サステナビリティ分野におけるグローバル・リーダー“LIXIL”から Jin Montesano氏が登壇

Jin is a change-maker whose mission is to help companies and teams achieve purpose-driven transformation. Jin came to Tokyo in 2014 to build a communications function for Lixil, a Japanese company that was globalizing after a series of M&A transactions. She helped the company articulate its global sustainability strategy, including the stewardship of Sato, an innovative award-winning social enterprise tackling the challenges of global sanitation and hygiene. Today, she leads People and Culture at a rapidly transforming and already global Lixil. She was appointed to the board of directors in June 2020. Originally from Honolulu, she was educated at Columbia and Princeton universities and has previously held roles at GSK, GE and Kraft Foods in Singapore, Bangkok and Brussels.

Ross Rowbury has been observing and living and working in Japan for four decades. Originally commencing his career in finance in Tokyo in the early 1980’s he later moved into public relations and communications holding senior positions at Gavin Anderson & Co (now Kreab,) and PRAP Japan. Most recently he headed the Edelman business in Japan for 10 years until July 2020. Ross is studying to become a traditional storyteller (kataribe) of Japanese legends while doing freelance consulting for a number of firms on their Japan business strategy. He is also Visiting Professor of Asian Marketing at Doshisha University in Kyoto.