IHH Healthcare has made some new addition to its board, including the appointment of Takeshi Akutsu who will take up the role as the Managing Officer & Chief Operating Officer of Wellness Business Unit at Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui) in its Tokyo Headquarters effective 1 April 2022.
The healthcare group has also appointed Khazanah member Mok Jia Mei who was managing the healthcare sector for the national investment agency as its non-independent director.
Takeshi has over 30 years of working experience in Mitsui mainly engaged in consumer-related business such as the fashion industry and service business sector. Between April 2020 to March 2022, he served as the Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning and Strategy Division of Mitsui responsible for the conglomerates strategic and business planning. Prior to that, he served as General Manager in the Planning & Administrative Division for Innovation & Corporate Development unit and Consumer & Healthcare unit.
In the Planning & Administrative Division, he managed various administrative functions to new projects (initial screening, due diligence, project formation, post-merger integration, etc.) and reinforcement of earning power/productivity improvement to existing projects Between 2007 to 2009, he was seconded to Recruit Co., Ltd., a Japanese listed Media, and Human Capital service company, and served as a Director in its Business Development office.
Mok Jia Mei joined Khazanah Nasional Berhad in April 2021 and is currently covering the healthcare sector within the Investments Division. Prior to joining Khazanah, she was part of the investment team of Ikhlas Capital, a Southeast Asia-focused private equity fund, from 2019 to 2020. From 2008 to 2019, she was with the Group Strategy division of CIMB Group, where she was responsible for evaluating and executing mergers and acquisitions and various corporate exercises.
