Vol. 12: Vivian Baines (former Managing Director of NCR Japan) /News from the Nikkei Weekly dated 5.14.07
Vivian Baines served for 9 years as Managing Director of global cash register giant NCR Japan. He also held positions as Managing Director, Financial Planning, and Director Legal Affairs, Japan and Asia as well as executive posiitions in NCR in the U.S.A. and Europe, and Peat Marwick, Mitchell and Co. in Pretoria and Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in English and Wales, and a degree in Law from London University College.
His experience in the business, economic and trade practices in Japan and Asia have made him an invaluable consultant to a number of prominent firms.
Peter and Vivian discuss the American tendency towards NIH (not invented here); being the first large company to lay people off, on being the first to treat technicians as white collar workers, Japanese industry and international standards, and much, much more.
The Nikkei Weekly Interview podcast series: Broadcaster Peter Barakan, eigoTown.com President Russell Wills, or Producer Terri MacMillan interview prominent foreign business people in Japan about business and the economy, along with the weekly headlines - in English.