Leadership
President
Carol Reade
Carol Reade is a professor of international management at San José State University’s Lucas College and Graduate School of Business. She received her doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her master’s from Sophia University in Tokyo where she is a regular visiting professor of Japanese business and management. Her research interests lie at the intersection of culture, societal conflict and sustainability, and their implications for international human resource management. Her work has been published in, among others, the Journal of International Management, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Organization & Environment, and the Journal of International Business Policy.
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Vice President
Derek Lehmberg
Derek Lehmberg is a Professor of Management at North Dakota State University. Lehmberg holds a PhD from the Ivey School of Business, an MBA from INSEAD, an MS from Kobe University, and a BA from Northwestern University. Lehmberg’s research areas include strategic management, international management, and Japanese business. Lehmberg’s research has published in Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Behavioral Finance, Journal of Management, Long Range Planning, Case Research Journal, Business Horizons, and other peer reviewed outlets. Lehmberg teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in international management, strategic management, management decision making, and operations management. Prior to entering academia, Lehmberg was a management consultant with IBM Japan, PWC Consulting, and Japan Management Association Consulting, practicing in the areas of Strategy and Operations.
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Treasurer
Naoki Ando
Naoki Ando is a professor of international business at the Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University, Japan. He received his PhD in Business Administration from Seoul National University, Korea. His research
interests include MNEs’ competitive strategies in emerging economies, MNEs’ regional geographic diversification, and language barriers inside an MNE. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in international business and global business strategy. His research has been published in journals such as Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Asian Business & Management, Multinational Business Review, Human Resource Management Journal, and International Journal of Human Resource Management.
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Secretary
H. Richard Nakamura
H. Richard Nakamura is Assistant Professor at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg (Sweden). He received his doctorate at Stockholm School of Economics, and is researching and teaching International Business and Management with a special focus on Japan and East Asia. He has authored book chapters and published articles on foreign direct investments (FDI), international trade, cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As), international entrepreneurship and digital connectivity. His main research interests are FDI, cross-border M&As and SMEs in Japan and East Asia.
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Additional Team Members
2025 Conference chair
Masashi ARAI
Asia University
Tokyo, Japan
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Public relations director
Ting Liu
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
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IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Tomoki Sekiguchi
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SECRETARIAT
Diane Bird
Forest Grove, Oregon, USA
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Former Presidents
2021 – 2023
Tomoki Sekiguchi
Professor at the Graduate School of Management & Asian Business
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
2019 – 2021
Fabian Jintae Froese
Professor of Human Resource Management & Asian Business
University of Goettingen
Goettingen, Germany
2017 – 2019
Chie Iguchi
Professor
Keio University Faculty of Business and Commerce
Tokyo, Japan
2015 – 2017
James Hagen
Professor for Global Marketing Strategy
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Hamline School of Business
2013 – 2015
Gary Knight
Professor for Global Management
Willamette University
Salem, Oregon, USA
2011 – 2013
Norihiko Takeuchi
Associate Professor for International Development
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
2009 – 2011
Elizabeth Rose
Professor for International Business
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
2007 – 2009
Shige Makino
Professor for Management
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
2005 – 2007
Shane Schvaneveldt
Associate Professor for Management
Weber State University
Oden, Utah, USA
2003 – 2005
Chikako Usui
Professor for Sociology
University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2001 – 2003
Tom Roehl
Professor for International Business
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington, USA
1999 – 2001
Mitsuru Wakabayashi
Professor for International Business
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
1997 – 1999
Allan Bird
Professor for Global Business
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
1995 – 1997
Leonard Lynn
Professor for Management Policy
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1993 – 1995
George Graen
Professor for Psychology
University of Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
1991 – 1993
Koji Taira
Professor
UIUC, Institute Labor & IR
Urbana, Illinois, USA
1987 – 1991
Toshiaki Taga
Founder of AJBS
U.S.-Japan Institute
Washington DC, USA