Tadao Kikuchi

Chairman, Royal Holdings Co.,Ltd.

Biography

Tadao Kikuchi is currently the Chairman of Royal Holdings. He earned his bachelor's degree from Waseda University and joined The Nippon Credited Bank, Limited (Aozora Bank Ltd. at present) in 1988. He graduated from ESSEC Business School in 1993 and joined Deutsche Securities Tokyo in 2000. In 2004, he joined Royal Holdings as the Executive Officer and General Manager. In 2010, he was appointed as the President and in 2016, he was the Chairman & CEO before assuming his current position as Chairman in 2019. He served as the Chairman of Japan Foodservice Association from 2016 for 2 years.

Sessions

Changing Cashless World With "After Digital"

Description

This session focuses on the world view of society in an era where digital was the premise. How will the real world change if cashless permeates, and what are the challenges of cashless deployment in the real world of Japan? Tadao Kikuchi, Chairman of Royal Holdings, who practices cashless in the restaurant industry, Yasufumi Fujii who advocates Japan's transformation in his latest book "After digital", and Yoshiko Tsuwaki, METI’s Director of Cashless Promotion Office will hold a talk.