Johan is the Managing Partner of Odgers Berndtson in Tokyo. He has an extensive track-record of recruiting executives in key leadership roles for the local Japan operations of mainly US and European clients. He has worked in executive search in Japan since 2001 and founded the Japan office of Braithwaite Steiner Pretty (BSP). Earlier, as a Partner in a Japanese search firm, he managed the Technology, Consumer, Industrial and Financial Services Practice. His career began in Japan with a Dutch consumer company, followed by a Toyota Group global trading firm, where he developed new markets in Europe and the Middle East. Johan graduated with an MA from Leiden University in Japanese Language and Culture and has been living in Japan since the mid-90s. He is fluent in Japanese.