Suntory Beverage CEO on M&A Outlook, Female Leadership

I don't wonder though, with a cheaper yen, is it more difficult right now to do these MNA's, especially given that you drove a lot of these MNA's back before you took the helm at Centauri Food and Beverage, Is it more difficult now? Well, compared with the the several years ago, of course it's a, you know, it's a much bigger, bigger huge amount for us. But of course we need to, we shouldn't lose that opportunity of getting some good new, you know, business opportunities, so. Of course, the weaker yen might be something to reflect, but more importantly, we find something good to invest. Did you find something in India? Not yet. For India wise, our sister company spirits business, they have already do the business there. And for soft drink side as our company, we still watching the space there. Now you're the first female CEO of a listed Japanese company with a market cap of more than $1 trillion. This food and drinks and alcoholic beverages business is a very male dominated business, isn't it? How big of a challenge is it to overcome as a Japanese female CEO, especially when it comes to bringing more talent down the pipeline? Well, actually, yes, for the big, big, middle sized, big size Japanese companies, we see very few female management in especially top management as well. So I think it's a good timing for, for us to, to, you know, to open the door for the female leaders, senior leaders, because they, they used to think there might be some seed in there, but now it's, I want to show them it's open now so they can, you know, work much harder to, to get there. And in Japanese companies itself, they need to change. They need more diversity and to, to do the business globally. So it's, I think, you know, Japanese companies, Japanese people. They are more lived in a bit homogeneous society and I think the very important thing is to we need to open, be more open to the other perspective, other culture, other values, including of the female. So diversity and inclusion should be very essential.