Arrivals & Departures; In collaboration with Santa Fe relocation services Japan KK, the J@pan Inc Arrivals & Departures column takes a look at some of the key figures in Japan's expatriate business community who are either Just landing in Japan or flying off to new places

Japan, Inc., May-June, 2008

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Name: Denis O'Sullivan

Nationality: Irish

Family: Single (but accepting proposals)

Personality: Motivated, open-minded, team player

Company: Willis Japan

Job Title: Chief Operating Officer

Arrived in Japan: October, 2007

Moved from: Sydney, Australia

Business objectives in Japan: To lead and grow Willis to become the leading insurance intermediary in Japan.

Reaction to moving to Japan: In 2007 I started to pursue an opportunity to transfer to Asia with Willis, but Japan was my preference as I had worked in Tokyo for 2 years from 2000-2002. When my move was finalized, I was very excited about the move and I am loving it here.

Looking forward to: Learning more about the Japanese business environment and culture, fitting in, motivating the team, and making a difference.

Talents and interests: Investing, renovating houses, adventure travel and anything involving the outdoors.

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Name: Guy Predergast

Nationality: Australian

Family: My wife Isabelle is French, and our son Marc was born in Malaysia in 2006. We are expecting our second child to be born here in

Personality: Trustworthy, dependable, friendly

Company: Halfen

Job Title: Country Manager

Arrived in Japan: January, 2008

Moved from: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Business objectives in Japan: The Halfen brand is well known in many other countries and we'd like to extend that recognition in what we see is a great market for our products.

Reaction to moving to Japan: Great!

Hobbies: I really like snooker and played in a few club competitions--I've not had the chance over the last few years which I miss.

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Name: Anil Dwivedi

Nationality: Indian

Family: Married with two daughters, 8 and 5

Personality: Ambitious, Self-motivated and Goal oriented

Company: CDC Software Japan KK

Job Title: President

Took up current position: April, 2008

Moved from: India

Business objectives in Japan: Grow CDC Japan business to 10% of global revenues in 3 years and start Korea operations.

Reaction to moving to Japan: I moved to Japan about 9 years back and I did not know much about Japan at that time but I have enjoyed living in Japan all these years.

Looking forward to: Japan is an exciting place for IT market with plenty of opportunities due to the resource shortages and globalization.

Motto: Keep focus on your Karma (Work) and results will follow.

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Name: Jan Stuve

Nationality: German

Family: Married with two small children (1 and 3 years old)

Personality: Open-minded, direct and straightforward, sometimes impatient

Company: Accenture

Job Title: Project Manager

Arrived in Japan: June, 2007

Moving to: Australia

Lesson learned in Japan: Japanese people have an incredible focus on quality and detail.

Unusual interest: I enjoy rock climbing because it helps me clear my brain of everyday thoughts.

Motto: Strive for a balance of work and life, and achieve a certain freedom of mind.

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Name: Tim Lester

Nationality: Australian

Family; Married with three children

Personality; Pragmatic, friendly and quietly ambitious.

Company; Arthur Aliens Richardson (formerly Lovells)

Job Title: Partner

Arrived in Japan: I lived in Japan for nearly 12 years, 7 of those in my most recent stint, since April 2001.

Moving to: Perth, Australia

Business lessons learned in Japan: Despite many views to the contrary, Japan is not in fact all that unique. In the context of its important role in the global economy, the almost mythical view that it is unique is now slowly being eroded as more and more foreign companies are finding success in Japan.

Biggest achievement in the Japanese market: Running the leveraged buyout for SoftBank Corp of Vodafone Japan and the refinancing of that deal by way of whole business securitization. The acquisition represented the largest LBO to have been completed globally in the previous 17 years and the WBS remains the largest of its kind.

Hobbies/interests: Spending time with my family, movies, eating out, entertaining friends, playing sport or going on weekends away.

Motto: When doing something, do it right and do it well.

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