About our founder
Anna Akizuki (Founder & CEO)
With her very unique profile, combining the professional experiences with marketing and luxury branding for more than 10 years in both Japan and France, she has the vision and the passion to elevate the beautiful destinations in Japan as well as Japanese culture and arts to the most highly appreciated destinations and culture in the world.
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2019-Current: Founder & CEO at Khariis Co,. Ltd (Parent company in Tokyo) and Khariis France SAS (child company in Paris).
Until 2022, she had developed Japanese sake platform, Sakeist®︎, with the vision to make accessible Japanese sake and enhance the tasting experience for the wine lovers and sommeliers in the world, in the collaboration with top sommeliers in France.
Since 2024, she has played role as the representative of sales and marketing for DMC specializing in luxury travel in Japan
2015-2018: Brand management and marketing of NZ wine (prestige brand) in Japan
2007-2014: Sales and marketing at several companies in food and wine industries
MBA from Reims Management School (current NEOMA Business School) in France
MA in clinical psychology from Konan University
Completed the 4th cohort of APT Women, the acceleration program by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, dedicate to female entrepreneurs