Yoshimi Harada Director

Dr. Harada joined Polaris in Mar 2020. Prior to Polaris, she held leadership roles in multinational corporations. She served launching the Japanese subsidiary of a US pharma company as Head of Corporate Operations. In her career history, she worked at Boston Consulting Group engaging in formulating strategies for consumer goods and digital services, after starting her career at Shiseido where she was involved in the launch of new brands, product planning and marketing. Later, she contributed to the corporate turnaround of Kanebo (renamed as Kracie) when invested by PE funds. Subsequently, she was Head of BD and Alliances while serving as Chief of Staff at Pfizer Japan, supporting initiatives in organizational development. She has given many lectures on marketing and diversity. Dr. Harada received a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Tokyo, an MBA from London Business School, and a Ph.D. in Technology Management from the Institute of Science Tokyo.