Yoko Ishikura

Yoko Ishikura is an Independent Outside Director at Shiseido Co., Ltd. She previously held positions as an Independent Director at Fujitsu Ltd., an Independent Outside Director at Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., a Director at Mitsui O.S.K.
Lines, Ltd., a Director at Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp., an Independent Director at Sojitz Corp., a Director & Managing Executive Officer at Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., an Independent Outside Director at Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd., an Outside Director at TSI Holdings Co., Ltd., and an Independent Director at Lifenet Insurance Co. She is also a Professor at Keio University, the University of Hitotsubashi, and Aoyama Gakuin University.
Additionally, she served as a Senior Manager at McKinsey & Co. (Japan) and as Vice President of the Science Council of Japan.
Ishikura holds an MBA from the University of Virginia, a doctorate from Harvard University, and an undergraduate degree from Sophia University.
Currently, she is an Independent Outside Director at Shiseido Co., Ltd.