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.

Yasunobu 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.

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.