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BCCJ Excom: behind the scenes

Written by BCCJ
June 17, 2014
Community and Business
Over 200 member companies | 14 Executive Committee members | 3 executive staff | Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the British Chamber of Commerce (BCCJ)?
Following our hotly-contested 2014-2015 Executive Committee (Excom) elections, and our first Excom meeting of the new Chamber year, we are pleased to announce that the following Excom taskforces are now in operation:
Taskforces (7)
- Membership
- Events
- Communications
- Community
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics / 2019 Rugby World Cup
- British Business Awards (BBA)
- Overseas Business Network Initiative (OBNI)
Excom members are also taking responsibility for the following functional roles:
Roles (5)
- Finance
- Legal
- EBC
- British Embassy
- British Council
2014-2015 BCCJ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (14 Excom members were elected on April 23)
David Bickle, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu PRESIDENT
Anna Pinsky, Individual Member VICE PRESIDENT
Reiko Sakimura, Clifford Chance Law Office
Iain Ferguson, Lloyd’s Japan Inc
Graham Davis, Individual Member
Haruno Yoshida, BT Japan Corporation
James Dodds, KPMG
Alison Jambert, Eat creative k.k.
Jonty Brunner, British Airways
Yoko Kosugi, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Richard Thornley, CBE, Individual Member
Philip T Gibb, OBE, Canning
Simon Farrell, Custom Media KK
James Weeks, Kreab Gavin Anderson K.K.
EX OFFICIO
Sue Kinoshita, British Embassy Tokyo
Jeff Streeter, British Council
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Excom is supported by 3 executive staff: Lori Henderson (Executive Director), Sanae Samata (Operations Manager), Sarah Firth (Membership and Marketing Assistant), as well as interns from Temple University and Waseda University.
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If you / your company might be interested in contributing to the work of an Excom taskforce, please email [email protected]