{"id":5331,"date":"2020-10-12T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/?p=5331"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T21:04:37","slug":"skipping-stone-adds-hiroshi-okuyama-as-new-executive-vice-president-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/12\/skipping-stone-adds-hiroshi-okuyama-as-new-executive-vice-president-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Skipping Stone Adds Hiroshi Okuyama as New Executive Vice President in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Tokyo, Japan \u2013 October 12, 2020<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Skipping Stone, a global energy markets consulting and technology services firm, has appointed Hiroshi Okuyama as Executive Vice President to lead the company\u2019s growing risk management services and wholesale markets practice areas. He will be engaged with both Japanese and International companies in the areas of commodity trading, futures, risk management business practices and the related growth strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Okuyama has extensive experience in global commodities trading and risk management. He has held positions of increasing responsibility from trading on the commodity exchange floor in New York to ultimately the Presidency of Unicom International and US Japan joint venture proprietary trading firms with trading operations in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>As President of Unicom International, Mr. Okuyama led the company in changing and adapting their strategies and risk management practices to fit the evolving commodities markets. Upon his return to Japan in multiple leadership roles with Nissan Securities, he helped develop their international business and corporate strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Working closely with John Brown, Skipping Stone\u2019s Partner in charge of global risk management services, ETRM systems and energy technologies, Mr. Okuyama will leverage the company\u2019s global experiences to bring best practices to the Japan market.\u00a0 He will also leverage his extensive knowledge and relationships in Japan to assist Skipping Stone\u2019s international trading clients entering the Japan energy markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored that Hiroshi has agreed to join our company,\u201d said Peter Weigand, Chairman and CEO of Skipping Stone.\u00a0 \u201cHiroshi fits extremely well with our leadership team of former executives with global experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shuichi Kishida, Skipping Stone Japan President commented, \u201cAdding Hiroshi\u2019s deep experience in wholesale markets, international commodities trading and risk management to our Japan team, will reinforce our ability to serve our clients\u2019 expanding requirements in the liberalized power and gas markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact:<br \/>\nSkipping Stone Japan<br \/>\n+81 3-5521-1070<\/p>\n<p>Skipping Stone US<br \/>\nnyoung@skippingstone.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo, Japan \u2013 October 12, 2020 \u2013 Skipping Stone, a global energy markets consulting and technology services firm, has appointed Hiroshi Okuyama as Executive Vice President to lead the company\u2019s growing risk management services and wholesale markets practice areas. 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