Mr. Thomas BRODBECK
President, Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCIJ)
Head of Technical Service, Sika Japan
A Swiss national, Mr. Thomas Brodbeck was elected as President of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCIJ) in February 2023, after serving on the Executive Committee for one year.
He spent 20 years at Sika in several positions from RnD, Operations, and global Technical Service before relocating to Japan in 2019. After a business development role, he was appointed as Head of Technical service and a member of the management at Sika Japan where built up a new team as part of a major M&A integration project in recent months.
Mr. Brodbeck also serves on the Executive Operating Board of the European Business Council (EBC).
He holds a degree in business administration and economics from Scuola universitaria professionale della svizzera italiana, Switzerland.
H.E. Dr. Andreas BAUM
Ambassador of Switzerland to Japan
Prof. Dr. Michael O. HENGARTNER
President of the ETH Board
State Secretary Martina HIRAYAMA
Head of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
Mr. Allan SUMIYAMA
Head of the Corporate Technology Strategy Division, Sony Group Corporation
Ms. Kyoko MARUMO SUZUKI
Head of the Science and Technology Office Tokyo,
Embassy of Switzerland in Japan
Mr. Raymond CRON
CEO
Switzerland Innovation
Prof. Dr. Mikołaj Jan PISKORSKI
Professor of Digital Strategy, Analytics and Innovation
Dean of Asia and Oceania
IMD
Prof. Dr. Osamu WATANABE
Executive Vice President for Research
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Christian SCHWARZENEGGER
Vice President, Faculty Affairs and Scientific Information
University of Zurich
Dr. Gianluca AMBROSETTI
CEO and Co-Founder
Synhelion
Ms. Naoko OGAWA
Director, Industrial Technology Bureau
KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
Mr. Tetsuya TANAKA
Deputy Director-General
Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Policy Bureau
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)