PROFILE

Ms. Achilles started her career at Fuji Xerox Learning Institute as an intercultural communication consultant. Then she assumed Human Resource leadership positions for Japan and Asia Pacific at Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Sumitomo 3M. She was Managing Executive Officer for Human Resources at Aozora Bank and Corporate Officer for Public Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Consumer Information, and Organization Change at Shiseido. She joined SAP as Managing Corporate Officer/Head of Human Resources in 2015 and assumed the current role in April 2019.

Ms. Achilles represented Japan at the APEC Conferences on “Women and the Economy” in 2010, 2011 and 2012. She was also Director of NPO GEWEL (Global Enhancement of Women’s Executive Leadership) from 2011 to 2017.
At the 2017 Global Summit of Women in Tokyo, she was on the Host Committee and a speaker on leadership. Ms. Achilles has been a Japan Delegate to Women 20 for G20 since 2018 and was on the Steering Committee of the 2019 W20 Summit in Japan. She is also a Japan Co-chair of EMPOWER (Empowerment and Progression of Women's Economic Representation), G20 private-sector alliance.
Based on her extensive experience in corporate, public and NPO organizations, Ms. Achilles was selected as one of the “Top 10 Influential Women in Global Diversity” by Diversity Global magazine.

Ms. Achilles graduated from Sophia University with a BA in Business Administration and from Fielding Graduate University with an MA in Organization Management.