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Leads Brunswick’s Tokyo office and Asia-Pacific Lead for the firm's Financial Industries Group. Advises Japanese companies as they navigate issues outside their home market including crisis, M&A, cyber, activism, ESG, geopolitical risk, and corporate governance. Also works with international organisations seeking to either expand their footprint in Japan or to preserve their position in the Japanese market in the face of critical business challenges.Asia-Pacific Lead for the Financial Institutions Group, leading Brunswick’s work in Asia with banks, insurers, asset management and private equity firms, and other financial institutions.The first Partner on the ground in Japan and with Brunswick since 2011. Originally based in Hong Kong, founded the firm’s insight and research practice, Brunswick Insight, in Asia.Before Brunswick, worked in political polling in the United Kingdom and during this period advised both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.