I joined Sompo Japan in 1996. After spending 9 years in the retail business and a brief period in commercial marketing, I worked in Tokyo for 10 years as a client executive manager. From 2007 I was seconded to the European entity where I oversaw Japanese clients’ business in Belgium and The Netherlands. Throughout this period, I also assumed a major role in running a Dutch MGA as a director of the company. I joined Sompo International in 2022 as a Head of Japanese Interest Abroad Client Relations and Marketing team, mainly acting as a liaison within the group to maintain and strengthen our relationships with Japanese clients and to provide seamless services to them in the UK and Europe.