Shigemasa Saida serves as Executive Vice President & Managing Director in the firm’s Tokyo office. Prior to joining DHR International, he was a Principal with Heidrick & Struggles, where he focused on placing executives in senior management positions for major global/multinational corporations in the pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer health industries. He also co-led the Human Resources Practice in the Tokyo Office. His search experiences were focused on placing President, General Manager, Vice President / Director (Sales and Marketing), senior executives in R&D and senior executives in HR, Finance and IT. Previous to that, Mr. Saida was a Director for Business Development at Becton Dickinson, as well as a member of their leadership team for three years in Tokyo. He was also a Business Manager of Medical Systems group with a full P&L responsibility and successfully managed the group. Prior to this, Mr. Saida worked as an analyst within the Operations Finance Group of America West Airlines in Tempe, Arizona. His responsibilities included budgeting, monthly closing and investment analysis for operational activities. Earlier, Mr. Saida was a Research and Teaching Assistant for Dr. Caren Siehl, a Management Professor at Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, in Arizona for two years, concentration on leadership and organizational development. Mr. Saida holds a BE from Science University of Tokyo and a Master’s Degree in International Management from Thunderbird.