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A Human Capitalist, specializing in Succession Planning, Management Team Strengthening, and Leadership Development. President and CEO of ProNova Inc. After serving in various roles at Mitsubishi Corporation, earning an MBA from Harvard, and holding management positions at McKinsey & Company and the GLOBIS Group, she founded ProNova in 2007. She currently serves or has served as an Outside Director or Non-Executive Director for several major companies, including Euglena, KADOKAWA, and SmartNews. Since 2014, she has been appointed as an Outside Director at a cumulative total of nine listed companies, often serving as the Chair of the Nominating and Compensation Committees at many of these organizations. Her publications include The Day a 40-Year-Old Becomes President (Gentosha).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President & CEO, ProNova Inc. \/ Director and Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2066,"template":"","person_role":[8,28],"class_list":["post-1047","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","person_role-ambassadors","person_role-speakers","en-US"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEtsuko May Okajima | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00059\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Etsuko May Okajima | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President & CEO, ProNova Inc. \/ Director and Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee\" \/>\n<meta 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