About our founder
Anna Akizuki (Founder & CEO)
With her very unique profile, combining food and beverage industry experience with marketing and branding background under the international oriented Japanese female entrepreneur, she has the vision to elevate Japanese culture (including sake) and arts as the most highly appreciated culture in the world, to bring the peace on the globe.
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2019-Current: Founder & CEO at Khariis Co,. Ltd (Parent company in Tokyo) and Khariis France SAS (child company in Paris). Has 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. Support the business development in French and European markets to Japanese companies, while prepare new business related with Japanese culture and arts.
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