Monday, April 18, 2022, 6:00 – 7:00 PM (EDT) (Reception to follow)
Room 120 (Cooperman Commons) (NEW ROOM), Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School
(645 West 130th Street, New York, NY 10027)
*Note: This in-person event is only for individuals with an active Columbia University ID.
Featuring:
Takeshi Niinami
Chief Executive Officer
Suntory Holdings Limited
Moderator:
Takatoshi Ito
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Opening Remarks:
David E. Weinstein
Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
What you'll learn:
Suntory, one of the world's leading consumer products companies, acquired American spirits company Beam Inc. to create Beam Suntory in 2014. Amounting to $16 Billion, this was one of the largest Japanese buyouts of an American corporation at that time. What were the greatest challenges? What were the key success factors in bringing together two very different organizations of the East and West? Mr. Niinami, CEO of Suntory, will reflect upon this challenging journey and share his thoughts and learnings.
About the speaker:
Takeshi "Tak" Niinami is the Chief Executive Officer of Suntory Holdings, one of the world's leading consumer products companies with operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania. Prior to joining Suntory in 2014, Tak served as CEO of Lawson, Inc.
Outside of Suntory, Tak is a member of the Council on Social Security Reform for All Generations and has served on the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy as senior economic advisor to the Prime Minister since 2014. He is also Vice Chair of the Board of Councilors of Keidanren – Japan Business Foundation, and Vice Chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. Tak is also a member of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Board, the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council, the Advisory Board of the World Economic Forum Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Global Board of Advisors of the Council on Foreign Relations, and The Business Council in the US as well as Vice Chairman of Asia Business Council.
Tak received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Admission and Contact:
This in person event is only for individuals with an active Columbia University ID.
You must register to attend this in-person event (Location: Room 120 (Cooperman Commons) (NEW ROOM), Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School).
If you have questions about the event, please contact us at cjeb@gsb.columbia.edu.
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