SHUZO SUMI, PRESIDENT of Japan’s largest insurer, Tokio Marine Holdings, is pondering what lessons can be learnt from past mistakes. His firm has made its share of unsuccessful bids to expand beyond Japan.
“We failed a few times in the past when we made challenges in the US and Europe,” he says. “It was wrong from the beginning to enter into these extremely competitive markets with the same mindset as in Japan. In those markets, the Japanese management style hardly works even if you appoint a Japanese executive.
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