Yasunobu Sakai is the chief executive officer of MIMS Pte. Ltd and serves as Director of Healthcare Division of Senior Marketing System Corporation Ltd.(SMS Co. Ltd.)

As CEO, Yasunobu leads a management team that works to deliver the company’s mission to empower healthcare communities to improve patient outcomes. Under his leadership, MIMS is building a progressive path to develop innovative digital solutions for healthcare publishing and knowledge sharing among industry professionals across Asia.

In 2000, he began his career at Accenture in Tokyo, specialising in supply chain management and later, operations management for multinational clients.

In the following years, he worked in various upper management positions at Tanita Corporation where he played a key role driving global, commercial and government accounts while building partnerships with Japan’s leading businesses such as Toshiba, Sharp, Fujitsu and Kirin.

Yasunobu went on to become President and CEO of Tanita HealthLink Corporation in 2008, responsible for steering the healthcare division business to launch three new business units and several cloud based digital solutions.

Following his successful tenure, Yasunobu moved to Singapore from Japan to lead MIMS. Pte. Ltd. in 2015.

Yasu is an International Comparative Law graduate from Rikkyo University, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management with a major in Finance & Information Systems from State University of New York.

Masaki Takahata is responsible for the organisation’s corporate functions which include mergers & acquisitions, accounting, finance, and legal as Chief Financial Officer.

Masaki began his career at KPMG AZSA LLC as an auditor responsible for multiple MNC clients in Japan. As a management consultant, Masaki’s high order of professionalism, industry insight, local knowledge and hands-on approach accomplished multiple successful turnarounds for corporations in his portfolio.

In 2013, Masaki expanded his role and responsibilities at SMS Co,,Ltd. He led several teams involved in corporate planning, investor relations, mergers & acquisitions as well as business process re-engineering in implementing ERP systems. He later successfully spearheaded acquisition of MIMS and later moved to Singapore to join the MIMS team.

Masaki is a Japanese Certified Public Accountant and holds a degree in economics from Tokyo University.

Sherlynn Tan is responsible for the strategic plans and product roadmap for MIMS Pharma Marketing Platform Service, exploring advertising and platform-driven businesses across Asia.

She began her career in MIMS in 2005 and has over 10 years of experience in healthcare media and marketing, encompassing product development and management, business development, content marketing, and publication management.

Sherlynn holds a Masters of Business Administration from California State University and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the National University of Singapore.

Tomo Nagahiro is Chief Operating Officer for day to day leadership and general management of regional business activities and development.

He began his career with Mitsui & Co. in 1999 in Japan where his role primarily involved driving global sales, business development and strategic planning in the chemicals and healthcare business divisions. Tomo’s experience was further enriched with cross-cultural exchanges for petrochemical products sales to India on behalf of a Kuwaiti company.

His international experience continued to expand in 2013, when he moved to Singapore to lead multiple projects, mergers and acquisitions with Asia’s largest healthcare group, IHH Healthcare Bhd. As part of Mitsui’s acquisition of MIMS, Tomo joined the leadership team where he now guides the organisation through its many significant business operations transformations across Asia Pacific.

Tomo is law graduate from University of Tokyo and holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management."

Kah Hoe Thang is the Chief Information Officer. In this role, Kah Hoe has regional responsibility for IT strategy, MIMS digital products and back office platforms.

His early responsibilities involved multiple large scale government projects with Ministry of Manpower in Singapore as well as managing IT teams to complete several upgrade projects.

With over 20 years of experience, Kah Hoe has also held management positions in Hewlett-Packard and IBM affiliated companies.

Since joining MIMS in 2007, Kah Hoe managed the CMS migration for New Zealand and Asia and continues to lead regular portal developments as well as digital product launches.

Kah Hoe holds a Masters of Technology in Knowledge Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Caroline Walters is Director of People & Culture. Over the years, she has worked across diverse industries and geographies. Originally based in London, Caroline moved to Singapore for four years and now based in Australia.

She is responsible for strategic Human Resources delivery across the Asia Pacific region and has a proven track record for creating and implementing HR strategies that add value and address the company’s strategic and commercial challenges. Caroline is proactive in building long lasting relationships with key stakeholders and networking to better understand business needs whilst maximising the impact of strategic HR initiatives.

Her earlier role includes experience at the Virgin Group head office under Richard Branson in London. Having experienced the heart of an incredibly exciting forward thinking employee focused business empire, she has made that part of her DNA and strives to build that progressive culture at MIMS to enhance the employee experience.