BowerGroupAsia (BGA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kiyoaki "Kiyo" 
Aburaki as the new managing director of its Japan business, effective February 
2020. In this role, he will help clients position themselves effectively with 
key stakeholders in Japan and provide advisory services for the expansion of 
Japanese investment around the region. Aburaki-san joins BGA following a 
distinguished career at Japan's premier business federation, Keidanren, where 
he played a leading role in developing and implementing the group's political 
and international strategies. 

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"I am very excited to announce Kiyo has joined us," said BGA President and CEO 
Ernest Z. Bower. "His networks and deep knowledge of Japanese policy and 
international commerce forged over years working with the Japanese government 
and the country's top companies will bring invaluable insights to our clients 
and our teams working on the ground in the IndoPacific region."
 
Throughout three decades at Keidanren, Mr. Aburaki worked on a core set of 
issues, including international trade and investment, defense, aerospace, 
information technology, entrepreneurship, deregulation and data privacy. Since 
2013, he led Keidanren's strategic international initiatives and was 
instrumental in Japan's Track 1.5 dialogues with the U.S. and China, 
strengthening the U.S.-Japan security and economic alliance and striving to 
build on Japan's political relations with China.

"I am honored for the opportunity to take the lead of BGA's fast-growing Japan 
office," said Aburaki-san. "I look forward to working with my BGA colleagues to 
advance our client's business objectives and support the political-economic 
priorities of my country."
 
Mr. Aburaki has an expert understanding of U.S. policy and industry from his 
time representing Keidanren and its affiliated think tank, the 21st Century 
Public Policy Institute (21PPI), in Washington, D.C. He also worked on several 
projects at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) such as 
U.S.-Japan defense industrial cooperation and cross sections of China, U.S., 
and Japan technology and economic policies. 

Mr. Aburaki is a member of Technology and Security Taskforce, an expert group 
on national economic security. He obtained a Master of Science degree in 
political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a 
Bachelor of Arts in economics from Keio University. 

Mr. Aburaki will be joining BGA's extensive network around Asia. The company 
has 145 people working in its 24 offices throughout the region. 

BowerGroupAsia (BGA) is a strategic advisory firm that specializes in foreign 
direct investment throughout the Indo-Pacific. BGA helps clients interpret the 
world's most complex and dynamic markets, providing on the ground, hands-on 
support and actionable intelligence to develop and implement strategies to 
expand business, resolve problems and do great things in Asia. For more 
information, visit www.bowergroupasia.com.

SOURCE:  BowerGroupAsia
 
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