Small and Medium Enterprise Consultant

Small and Medium Enterprise Consultant's Profile

A small and medium enterprise consultant is expert with overall knowledge of business management, such as economics, economic policy, finance, accounting, corporate management theory, operations management, legal affairs management, information systems management, small and medium enterprise management, and governmental policy.

Small and medium enterprise consultants at the Tokyo One-Stop Business Establishment Center can provide consultations related to establishing a business, from information on establishment procedures to business / financial planning and management consulting, etc.

• Akiyoshi Okada

  

  Qualifications/Certifications: Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant
  Career Summary: Specializes in human resource management (how to recruit and retain employees), finance (cash management techniques that do not rely on ad hoc tactics), and business plan preparation for financial institutions' loans.

• Koki Yokoo

  

  Qualifications/Certifications: Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant, Financial Planner (AFP), Museum Curator, Manager of Turnaround and Business Succession, Certified Management Innovation Support Organization.
  Career Summary: Long experience of working and managing large and small companies, including B to B sales for public organizations at a major non-life insurance company, head of the public relations department (cultural projects and media relations), head of the strategic project office in the president's office of an affiliated company, and president of an insurance agency company for public organizations, currently working on public tender projects and business start-up support projects, Currently, he focuses on regional economic support, including management consultation services for corona measures at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Seimei Nakagawa

  

  Qualifications/Certifications: Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant, Labor and Social Security Attorney
  Career Summary: While serving as the Head of Human Resources at pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies, implemented an onboarding program mentor system to improve human resource systems and employee retention with global collaboration. Since becoming independent, he has focused on screening for public subsidies, consulting for client companies, and consulting on labor issues.

• Hiroshi Nagai

  

  Qualifications/Certifications: Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant, MBA (San Francisco State University), Class 1 Certified Public Health Manager, JCCI Bookkeeping Level 2, French Language Proficiency Test Level 2
  Career Summary: I am a former engineer and a small business consultant. My main focus is on manufacturing and technology, but I am also good at management strategy and business planning, making use of my numerical processing skills. Recently, I have been increasingly involved in supporting the overseas expansion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and I also serve as a lecturer at seminars related to this area. I have been making full use of my English at a business level, and recently I have gained some proficiency in French as well.

• Kunio Hishida

  

  Qualifications/Certifications: Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant
  Career Summary: After graduating from university, he worked for a general trading company Sogo Shosha, where he was in charge of finding U.S. products for Japan, exporting dairy products to Japan, and selling oxygen absorbers to the U.S. and was involved in M&A of food distribution businesses. including PMI. After retired from Sogo Shosha, he experienced wide range of businesses such as management of a listed company and advisory businesses to PMI after M&A.

• Hisao Asakura

  

  Qualifications/Certifications: Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant、Career Consultant、Retail sales Advisor、Package Consultant、IP Advisor
  Career Summary: After working for a Global Trading Company in new business development and as an overseas branch manager, he worked as VP for a beverage manufacturer. Since becoming independent, he has provided financial advice to foreign entrepreneurs, lectured at seminars related to business startups, provided financial advice (assistance in preparing business plans, mediation and coordination with financial institutions), and assisted in the establishment of corporations and the development of sales channels and other corporate startup support.

• Tsutomu Okamura

  

  Qualifications/Certifications: Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant、2nd Grade Career Consultant
  Career Summary: Worked for a major telecommunications company and its subsidiaries, holding various positions in human resources, personnel development, labor management, corporate planning, finance, marketing, and other areas. As Vice President of a local subsidiary, he was seconded to Germany, where he gathered information on local carriers and created new businesses. Since becoming independent, he has focused on supporting entrepreneurs, including foreign nationals, in their commercialization efforts, conducting seminars, recruiting and retaining human resources in small and medium-sized enterprises, and utilizing middle-aged and older employees.