McGill program empowers women in Japan
Yo Omata is an ambitious woman. At 36, she is a medical science liaison with a U.S. pharmaceutical company in Tokyo, a job that perfectly complements her professional experience as a scientist with a PhD in dentistry.
Now, with a brand new MBA from the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University’s Japan program, her sights are firmly set on the C-suite.
It’s a goal she feels is a real possibility despite Japan’s stubbornly poor track record in promoting women to managerial or executive positions.
“Wherever I go, I only see old men, and it seems like they don’t trust young women. In meeting rooms or business trips, it is just normal: only Japanese, only old, only men,” Ms. Omata said in an interview via Skype from her home in Tokyo. Read More…