Nicholas Anstee was appointed the 682nd Rt Hon Lord Mayor of the City of London in November 2009. He visited Japan in May with representatives of UK financial firms to speak with members of the government, Nippon Keidanren and private firms.

David Warren became Ambassador to Japan in July 2008. He graduated from Oxford University, joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975, and also served here in 1977-1981 and in 1993-1998, as well as in Nairobi, Kenya.

Sir Andrew Cahn, KCMG has been Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment since 2006. He worked at the European Commission, for the UK in the European Union, and the European Secretariat in the Cabinet Office before joining British Airways in 2000.

Philip Gibb became BCCJ President in April 2010 and is a financial services veteran of some 37 years. He has spent the last six years with Magellan Financial Planning, advising clients on all aspects of their personal financial planning needs.

Andrew Mankiewicz became BCCJ President in 2007 and is CEO of Tozai Group —M&A advisors on Japan, Korea, China and the UK. For 18 years, he has built businesses in sectors including financial services, IT, media, healthcare and retail.

Ian de Stains, OBE became BCCJ Executive Director in 1987. After joining the BBC in 1969 he was seconded to NHK in Tokyo in 1976. Mr De Stains was appointed OBE in 1993 for commercial and community service.

Paul Atkinson is BCCJ vice-president and managing director of the Insurance Group at Cornes & Co. Ltd., where he is responsible for commercial insurance.

David Cairns has been Director of UK Trade & Investment in Japan since 2006 and studied Japanese art and language at Oxford University. After working for Nomura in London he joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Paul Hunter is the economic counsellor at the British Embassy Tokyo and has been head of the Economic and Trade Policy Section since 2008. He was previously at the UK’s Financial Services Authority and Office for National Statistics.

Dr. Gabriel Symonds trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital (University of London) and opened the Tokyo British Clinic in 1992.

Roland Buerk became the BBC Tokyo correspondent in January 2009 after having covered South Asia for five years.

Dr David Bryer CMG is chairman of Home-Start International and previously was director of Oxfam and a board member of WWF and Save the Children. He was appointed CMG in 1996.

Julian Ryall is Tokyo correspondent for The Daily Telegraph.

Justin McCurry is Tokyo correspondent for The Guardian and The Observer.

Gavin Blair is a contributing editor for the Economist Intelligence Unit in Tokyo.

Stuart Witchell is Japan representative of International Risk Ltd. He advises on business risk solutions and offers investigations, intelligence, brand protection, and crisis containment services.

Jesse Kercheval is senior consultant in IT Commerce at Robert Walters Japan K.K.

Lanis Yarzab is associate director in Commerce & Industry at Robert Walters Japan K.K.

James M. Hatch is IB programme coordinator, Academic Affairs at Tamagawa Academy in Machida.

Daniel Harlow is head of the Global Web & Code Development Division at Method IT.

Micah Gampel is a Kyoto-based photographer specialising in conferences and festivals for magazines. Cell: 080-1445-9078 micah (at) m3.dion.ne.jp www.micahgampel.com

Anthony Preston is deputy head of Media & Communication at the British Embassy, Tokyo.

Catherine Shaw writes on lifestyle and culture for a number of publications in the UK and Asia.

Geoff Botting has been a newspaper and wire service editor and reporter in Japan since 1986 and currently works in print and radio.

Alison Airey is director of Public Affairs, Japan at Kreab & Gavin Anderson.

Robyn Nadler is an Of Counsel in Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Tokyo office and is a registered foreign attorney in Japan.

Seiji Shiraishi is Chief Economist, Japan at HSBC.

Pierre Gaulis is Business Development Manager at GPlusMedia KK.

Simon Wood is media and communication director at the British Embassy in Tokyo

Renée Renjel is the founder and principal training consultant at Focus Intercultural Group.

Olga Vlietstra has been general manager for Servcorp Japan since 2004 and leads 20 serviced offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka.

Steve Burson is president of H&R Group, which specialises in real estate, relocation and furniture/car leasing services to the foreign community in Japan.

Nicholas Walters is a director of Tohmatsu Tax Co.’s Financial Services and International Transactions Group, providing Japanese tax advice on capital markets and real estate.

Anne Good, president of Eureka!, is a career, life and executive coach who helps clients get from where they are to where they want to be by unleashing the power within.

Alana Bonzi heads Remy Bonzi Group Consulting, writes and lectures on CSR, and coordinates the Fujisawa Beach Cleaning Project.

Bruce Darrington is managing partner in Japan for Mazars, a global audit accounting and tax advisory partnership that operates in 56 countries.

Richard King is managing director at Michael Page Japan, which recruits bilingual professionals, and graduated from Manchester and Brunel universities.

Juno Kawakami is PR and marketing manager at the British Council Japan.

Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert is a Tokyo-based photographer for international media, NGOs and corporate clients.

Lincoln Torrey is sales & marketing consultant, Consumer & Healthcare at Robert Walters Japan K.K.

Manzur Ul Alam is sales & marketing manager, Professional Healthcare at Robert Walters Japan K.K.

Emma Parker is assistant manager of Education Promotion and Partnerships at the British Council Japan.

Jane Best, MBE is President & CEO of Refugees International Japan and was appointed MBE in 2001 for her voluntary work.

David Williams has been Head of School at The British School in Tokyo since August 2009.

Gordon Hatton is Executive Officer with Bovis Lend Lease Japan and is a 1st Class Licenced Architect.

Carolyn Gaskins is a partner and senior manager at Oak Associates, K.K., an HR consulting firm.

James Dodds is a tax partner with KPMG Japan.