About Kawatani Takashi

Crosscultural Management Consultant

• President, Diversity Management Institute Inc.
• Formerly, Managing Director of Diversity Strategies S/B, Inter Cultural Management S/B (Kuala Lumpur)
• Research interests: Global HR Development, Multicutural Synergy, Motivation, Diversity Management, etc.
• Formerly, lecturer at Sanno Institute of Management; Special Advisor – Japan Overseas Enterprises Association;
• Research Associate – Centre for Japan Studies, Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia;
• Global Human Resources Advisor for Overseas Vocational Training Association (OVTA).
• Award: Strategic Leadership Award in Global HR Excellence Awards, World HRD Congress 2011.
• Communication Handbook for Malaysian and Japanese Managers, ISIS 1996, Managing Together in Asia:
• Crosscultural Management Guide, 2003 PHP Institute, Eigo No Hanaseru Bosu Ni Naru (Leading in English) 2005
• Nikkei Shimbun, Multicultural Team Building DVD Series, 2008 Revic Global, Working Together, ASK, 2010, others.
• YouTube: Kawatani Global Interview
• Personal Interest: insect catching (organizer of Nature Beetle Program in a Malaysian Jungle), trekking.