Taku Nishide

Taku Nishide currently holds the position of Vice President of the CEO's Office and Director of Japan Sales Strategy & Operations at SmartNews, Inc., where responsibilities include leading the CEO's Office Group. Prior to this role, Taku served as a Principal and Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group from September 2018 to June 2022. Taku's earlier experience includes senior management roles at Kurt Salmon, where responsibilities encompassed omni-channel strategy development and post-acquisition management, along with a loan position as General Manager of Sales Management at Hanabishi-sewing CO., LTD. Taku has also worked as a Senior Consultant at NTT DATA Institute of Management Consulting, focusing on neuromarketing and neuro R&D, and began a career in research at Medical & Biological Laboratories CO., LTD. Taku Nishide earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from Kyoto University in agriculture and molecular biology, respectively.