Meeting #14 - April 4
On April 4, 2022, the Seishun 18 Leaders joined to hear of the work being done at Sumitomo Corporation of Americas from Assistant Manager for the Americas Atsuki Kawakami and Vice President Satoshi Kitagawa of SC Global Tubular Solutions.
Kawakami-san and Kitagawa-san shared the background and history of Sumitomo, and highlighted the wide variety of projects Sumitomo is involved in across the Houston region.
It was especially enlightening to hear about Sumitomo’s leadership philosophy, and how their over 400-year-old founding principles are being utilized still to this day to guide business practices.
JASH is grateful to Kawakami-san and Kitagawa-san for offering their time and sharing insight into Sumitomo and their experiences as leaders.