PROFILE of KAZUO SUYAMA

In 1981 he had started his career at SONY Corp where he gained extensive experience in the Domestic Business. He then moved to Mexico to work and contribute to the establishment of SONY Mexico.
It was good experience for him in the area of risk management as his tenure there was during the currency crisis that happened in Mexico towards the end of 1994.
He then moved to Singapore to work at SONY’s regional headquarters as a Director in 1998.
In 2001, he was assigned MD of SONY Malaysia which is a local sales company and in 2004, he moved to Thailand to take on a new mission as MD of SONY Thailand.
The experience of these 2 MD positions was strengthen his management know-how and local communication skills. In the end of 2007, he returned to Japan as Deputy Senior General Manager of Storage Media Division who is PIC of global sales and marketing of the division.
In 2013, Link Partners Co,. Ltd. was established after his departure from SONY.