Yukiko Kato, Founder & CEO

Lynx Business Development Inc. Founder , President and CEO June 2008 to present

20+ years rich experience in luxury, lifestyle,Beauty, Fashion business including 10years in Paris

Start-up from scratch , reorganization to management in global brands

PAST ACTIVITIES

- Expert Beauté Co., Ltd (Luxury Cosmetics) Founder, President, and CEO

- Experts Conseils Co., Ltd (Management Consulting)Co-founder and Managing Partner

- Expert Okura Co., Ltd (Luxury cooking school) Co-founder, Managing Director, and Chief Marketing Officer

- Fendi Japan K.K (Fashion) COO, Senior Marketing Director, and Business Development Director

- AOI Co., Ltd (Luxury Brand Distributor) Corporate Planning Officer

- Hanae Mori Paris S.A (Fashion, Paris) Manager

- Hanae Mori K.K (Fashion) Assistant to Creator/President

EDUCATION

Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Environment and Society, PhD (Science)

Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, MBA

Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégique, Cycle d'Enseignement Diplomatique Supérieur

Keio University BA, Economics, Philosophy

LECTURES ON BRANDING

Yukiko Kato has been invited to speak as an expert, having given highly respected lectures on

branding under the title “Media, Dialogue, and Rhetoric” at the Sophia University since 2005.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

India Center : Member of Executive Board

ALL LADIES LEAGUE : Tokyo Chapter Chairperson

ACADEMIC SOCIETY ACTIVITY

Japan Society of Strategic Studies

The Operations Research Society of Japan

Game Theory Society