Representative Director, Executive Vice President & COO
Having joined Kokubu Group Corp. in September 1998 and subsequently holding various senior positions at the company, Akira Kokubu became its Representative Director, Executive Vice President and COO in January 2016.
Education
June 1998
Master of Business Administration, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
March 1994
Bachelor of Law, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Experience
January 2016
Representative Director, Executive Vice President and COO, Kokubu Group Corp.
March 2011
Representative Director, Executive Vice President
March 2007
Senior Director
March 2005
Executive Director
General Manager, Sales Promotion Division
September 2004
Director
General Manager, Sales Promotion Division
December 2001
Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Kishikatu Kokubu & Co., Ltd. (wholesaler of confectionery)
September 1998
Joined Kokubu & Co., Ltd.
Deputy General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division
April 1994
Joined Nestlé Japan Ltd.
Managerial Experience
Chairman, Association of Processed Food Wholesalers in Japan (present post)
Board Chairman, Wholesaler and Liquor Union in Tokyo
