Catherine O’Connell, Toyota / Fujitsu Board Member

Today, my guest is Catherine O’Connell, an award-winning Tokyo-based senior business lawyer, coach-mentor and law podcaster, with a local and international practice including corporate, commercial and general business legal services, coaching & mentoring legal professionals and executives, and diplomatic level events MC. With 30+ years of experience gained through senior management appointments as in-house legal counsel with some of Japan’s largest companies and working at top-tier law firms, she provides her clients with a range of strategic, governance, innovative, individual and team leadership services.

As well as her passion for the law, Catherine holds two Non-Executive board appointments, serving on the Audit and Supervisory Board of TOYOTA Motor Corporation and Fujitsu Limited. Catherine is also the curious and engaging host of the award-winning legal Podcast “Lawyer on Air” unlocking the stories women lawyers never tell, giving them a voice in the global community to share their unique insights and experiences from their work and lives in the law in Japan. Catherine is also a co-host of the “Jandals in Japan” podcast sharing stories about doing business in Japan, through actual experiences shared by successful New Zealand product and services businesses in Japan.