Sakie Fukushima Representative Director & Chairman Tokyo Consumer Board & CEO Services
“To be successful in this globalizing world, the executive best suited to the mission should be hired regardless of nationality or gender.”
Ms. Fukushima specializes in placing executives in senior management positions in American and European multinational corporations operating in Japan.
Prior to joining the Firm in 1991, she was a consultant at Bain & Company, a major strategic management consulting firm, first in Boston and later in the Tokyo office. Her clients included multinational corporations spanning a range of industries.
Prior to that, Ms. Fukushima worked as a summer associate at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. She also served as a consultant in the Boston headquarters of Braxton International, a strategic management consulting firm, and as a Japanese instructor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.
Ms. Fukushima is a trustee of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai). Additionally, Ms. Fukushima has received wide media attention as one of the only two women who serve on the board of directors of Japanese organizations listed on Fortune’s top 200 global companies, including Sony Corporation. She is the author of several books including How to Become Marketable Before You Become 40 Years Old (in Japanese and translated in Korean), and her writings have appeared in various Japanese and English-language publications. Ms. Fukushima also is a frequent speaker at seminars, conferences and on television talk shows.
Ms. Fukushima received her master’s of education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a master’s of business administration from Stanford University. She also received a bachelor’s degree from Seisen College in Tokyo and a certificate to teach Japanese from the International Christian University.
