The IBP Team
Entering the Japanese market can seem daunting, IBP's founders, together with a team of in situ Finance, Shipping, and Technology industry professionals, will help you rapidly enter and build your Japan business.
Robin is an Asia/Pacific investment & shipping industry professional outsourcing and recruitment consultant with 40 years’ experience of financial and maritime markets based within Japan and the Asia/Pacific region.
He held leading roles in Hong Kong and Japan for Jardine Matheson, Crosby Securities, ING Barings and then established AFM, the headhunting company. He is a highly ranked professional head-hunter focused on Asia/Japan’s Fund Management & Investment industry and In the last ten years Robin has added a focus on headhunting and outsourcing for the Maritime industry.
A specialist investment industry business development and market entry consultant Robin has been instrumental in helping a number of international firms build their business in Japan.
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Gordon has over 35 years Information Technology experience encompassing a broad spectrum of leadership roles including Direct Sales and Partner Business Development.
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Gordon was most recently a Senior Director of Presales for Dell Technologies in Asia Pacific and Japan. Prior to joining Dell Technologies, Gordon was a senior manager at Standard Chartered Bank reengineering the Service Delivery practices to improve availability and reduce technology risk.
Gordon got his start in the business with IBM, holding a number of client facing roles including Systems Engineering, Digital Transformation consultant, and Data Center management. During his leadership role with IBM's America's and Far East division, his team built a viable IT Services practice in Japan which became Kyndryl Japan.
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