Akiko Klahr-SuzukiExecutive Director, AKS Japan International

Akiko Klahr-Suzuki, founder and executive director of AKS Japan International, is an expert in international business and cross-cultural leadership. She has over 25 years of global business experience based in France, Japan and Switzerland, working with more than 20 countries spread over Europe, Asia and the Americas. She helps global Japanese companies in France/Europe to increase management efficiency, synergies and team performance.
Previously, she held the position of Associate Director, Head of the community of Japanese Global Growth Companies at the World Economic Forum (Organizer of “Davos” in Geneva) for 5 years. She developed business communities and dialogues with top Japanese and global business leaders.


Prior to this, Akiko worked at Hewlett-Packard Japan and France (European Headquarters) for about 10 years. She managed numbers of large scale changes and transformation with cross-functional projects (Marketing, Sales, Operation, Quality, IT, R&D) for 500 global accounts, developing solid understanding on the importance of transcultural leadership for global organizations.


Akiko has solid experience in mobilizing cross-cultural teams, leading to significantly improved business performance and global sales enablement. AKS’s clients include global Japanese companies in various industries as well as public organizations & leading business schools.


MBA from IMD Business School (Lausanne), Master in Leadership development and Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum (Davos, Geneva) - joint program with INSEAD, Wharton, LBS and Colombia University (NY), BS in Policy Management from Keio University (Tokyo) and Global Marketing & Strategy ESSEC Business School (Paris, Partnership with KEIO University).

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