Toshiyuki Kanda is the President of the Okada Aiyon Corporation in Tokyo, Japan.
Education
March 1975: Bachelor of Law, Osaka University
Experience
April 2007 - present: President of Okada Aiyon Corporation.
April 2006 - March 2007: Executive secretary of Okada Aiyon Corporation.
April 1975 - March 2006: Worked with Sumitomo Bank (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation at present). I worked at sales and human resource departments respectively, and was assigned as branch manager at 6 different locations.
Areas of Expertise
Planning and promotion of business
Human resource development and employee training
What have been the main lessons you have learned in your career and how do you implement them in your management?
The last financial crisis occurred in 2008, two years after becoming president of the Okada Aiyon Corporation. We unfortunately had to record the worst annual business result in our history: ¥750 million losses. I worked to reorganize our company to perform the best team effort then achieved V-shaped recovery in following year. In fiscal year 2015, we made the record profit in our company’s history.
Moreover, we have been upgraded to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2016.
Quotes
‘The buck stops here’
