Corporate Governance and Culture in Japan

IAFOR Executive Director, Dr Joseph Haldane, discusses Japanese corporate governance, corporate culture, and training methods with Mr Nicholas Benes of the Board Director Training Institute of Japan (BDTI).

In his Featured Presentation The Asian Business Management Conference 2013 (ABMC2013) Nicholas Benes spoke on the importance of director training in Japanese business. In this interview IAFOR Executive Director, Dr Joseph Haldane, sits down with Mr Benes to continue the discussion on Japanese corporate governance, corporate culture, and training methods.


Nicholas Benes

Nicholas Benes is Representative Director of the Board Director Training Institute of Japan. The BDTI is a Japanese ‘public interest’ organisation certified by the government, and was established in 2009 by experts and opinion leaders active in academic and business circles. BDTI’s mission is to increase trust between corporations and the public, and facilitate the safe and ethical development of the Japanese economy and Japanese companies, by improving corporate governance and accelerating the spread of effective management methods.

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