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[11/6 34th Economic Security Seminar] Geopolitical risks, economic security situation and key points for corporate responses

2024/ 10/ 11

The situation surrounding geopolitical risks and economic security is constantly changing, and responding to this has become an urgent management issue for companies. In addition to responding to new events that occur daily, understanding the major trends that cause them is essential when formulating medium- to long-term business plans. In this study session, Owls Consulting Group, which provides support in responding to geopolitical risks and economic security, will explain the megatrends behind the current situation and clarify the key points on how companies should tackle the expanding geoeconomic divide.


【Webinar Summary】

◆Theme: Geopolitical risks, economic security and key corporate responses
 
◆ Date: September 2024, 11 (Wednesday) 06: 16-30: 17
 
◆ Webinar type: Zoom Webinar
  
◆ Participation conditions: Those who belong to a company
Participants from the same industry, individuals, and free e-mail addresses are not allowed to participate.
 
For details of the study session here.
 

 
lecturer
Owls Consulting Group Inc.
Representative Director CEO
Keisuke Hanyuda

Adviser to the Minister's Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | Member of the International Standardization Strategy Subcommittee of the Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters of the Cabinet Office | Vice Director and Visiting Professor of the Institute for Rule-making Strategies, Tama University Graduate School
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (in charge of FTA negotiations/ASEAN region at the Trade Policy Bureau), Canon (corporate planning, M&A
(responsible for), AT Kearney (strategic consulting), Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting
After serving as an executive officer and partner, he founded Owls Consulting Group.
His books include "An Introduction to Business and Human Rights for All Business People," "The Complete Guide to Profitable FTAs" (Nikkei BP), and "Rule-Making Strategies for Winning in the Global Market" (co-authored with Asahi Shimbun Publications). He has also contributed to the Nikkei Business Online Edition's "Keisuke Hanyu's Easy-to-Understand Trade Seminar," and has given numerous lectures and TV commentary as experts.  
Selected as one of Forbes JAPAN's "30 Rulemakers in Japan" (2022)

Owls Consulting Group Inc.
Senior Fellow
Junichi Sugawara

He has previously served as an expert researcher (for trade, investment and non-member country cooperation) at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and as a principal in the research department at Mizuho Research and Technologies Co., Ltd., before assuming his current position. For around 30 years, he has been involved in research and policy analysis on trade, geopolitics and economic security, contributing to numerous books (co-authored books), giving lectures, appearing on television and radio, and serving as a member of external research groups and visiting researcher. He is currently a visiting researcher at the Institute for International Trade and Investment (ITI) and an academic member of the International Business Environment Committee of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

<Owls Consulting Group, Inc.>
Owls Consulting Group Co., Ltd. is a professional firm that utilizes its extensive experience in strategic consulting and networks with government agencies, NPOs, and NGOs to focus on social issue resolution projects, including public-private rule-making and sustainability, as well as deep knowledge in the fields of geopolitics and economic security.
We have particular strengths in supporting the planning and execution of various strategies (management/business strategies, rule-making strategies, sustainability strategies, etc.), assisting in responding to geopolitical and economic security risks, and supporting initiatives related to "business and human rights," and we provide a wide range of support to a variety of organizations (companies, government agencies, NPOs, etc.) across sector boundaries.
Almost all of our members are from strategic consulting firms or government agencies, and many of us also have titles as NPOs or NGOs. As a professional firm centered on the tri-sectors of the private, public, and social sectors, we aim to be "a partner for all organizations that move forward with a mission."

 

 
FRONTEO Inc.
Economic Security Office Strategy Team
Makiko Nagata

Graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Law. He was a relationship manager at Citibank, responsible for client asset management and investment consulting. He worked in corporate sales at BNP Paribas Securities Co., Ltd. as a deputy general manager in the fixed income department. He has experience in retail and wholesale operations at Levi Strauss Japan Co., Ltd.
Currently, he is in charge of the strategy team of FRONTEO Economic Security Office, mainly in charge of private companies, and supports clients in solving economic security issues and formulating strategies.
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