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Last week I had the privilege of speaking on behalf of HGF Limited at an excellent event co-hosted by The Institute of Directors (IoD) IoD Japan Business Group and JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization which focused on how partnerships with Japanese companies can catalyse growth for UK SMEs. A big thank you to Akihiro Kudo for moderating the panel and to Sarah Parsons of EAST WEST INTERFACE for her valuable insights on corporate transparency and risk management. The event was chaired by Dr Indranil Nath, Chair of the IoD Japan Business Group, and Vice Chair Rie Hamaguchi, with the support of Japan House London, the Osaka Prefectural Government and the Osaka City Government. It was an honour to share a stage with Sam Thorne (Director General of Japan House London); Hideyuki Yokoyama (Mayor of Osaka City); Kyoichiro Kawakami (Economic Minister at the Embassy of Japan in the UK); Westminster's Lord Mayor, Councillor Robert Rigby; Hideo Yura (Director General of JETRO); Masahide Sakishige (Deputy Director General of JETRO)); and Lord Hugh Trenchard; the highly knowledgeable panellists: Johnny J Pawlik - Founder, Conference Speaker, Interim CMO 🇬🇧🇯🇵 (CEO of Mantra Media); Richard Crosfield (Presidio Venture Europe); Jason Frank (Re:Adapt Data Science); and Tsubasa Hotta (Tractable); and the wonderful MCs Ai S. and Rosie Slater. I also really enjoyed the traditional Noh performances by Sakurako Tanaka and the Japan House London exhibition on Japan's food replica culture.
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