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2026 Speakers
Eva Baquedano
Managing Director SEA & OceaniaScott Price
Group Chief ExecutiveLow Ngai Yuen
Managing DirectorSteven S. Tan
PresidentRoger Dunn
Global Retail Media LeadMatt Shay
President and CEORyf Quail
Managing Director, APACIsabelle Allen
Global Head of Consumer and RetailRakesh Mani
Partner, Asia Pacific Consumer Markets LeaderAnson Bailey
Head of Consumer & Retail, APAC2025 Speakers
Naoki Yoshida
President and CEO
Naoki Yoshida is the President & CEO (Representative Director) of Pan Pacific International Holdings (PPIH). PPIH is a Japan-based company listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, mainly engaged in retail business including domestic discount store business, GMS business, Finance, Digital, Real Estate, Advertising and Promotion, and overseas retail business.
In FY2023, the PPIH Group achieved its 34th consecutive year of sales and profit growth since its foundation. In terms of revenue, the Group became the fourth largest retailer in Japan.
Naoki joined the Company in 2007 as General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters and President of Don Quijote (USA) Co., Ltd. He had a broad range of positions at PPIH, including responsibilities of Chairman's Office, Finance, Legal & Compliance, M&A, and Employee Management amongst others. He was appointed as Representative Director & CAO (Chief Administrative Officer) & Senior Managing Director in 2018. Soon afterward, Naoki was appointed as President & CEO in 2019. As CEO, he has been leading PPIH and initiating key new strategies such as PMI with Uny, Projects for further empowerment and delegation to all levels of employees and managers, cultivation of leaders for the next generations, digitalization of the group through Marshmallow Initiative including AI based pricing, and others. He also serves as a Board member of Asia Crime Prevention Foundation and is an Executive Member of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).