Edward Hall
Edward Hall
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Amway Japan, G.K.

Mr. Hall previously served as executive corporate director and CFO of Shinsei Financial, Ltd; vice president of finance at Goldman Sachs; and manager of Asia Pacific Finance at IBM Personal Systems Group and Lenovo. Currently, he is vice president and COO at Amway Japan, GK.

He holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and an BA in business administration from Boston College.

Outsourcing and Offshoring Strategies

Japan has chased offshoring (the shifting of corporate functions and jobs to overseas territories) in earnest during the past decade. The pace of its offshoring seems to be accelerating and, with it, the intensity of debate about its benefits and harms.
Japan has chased offshoring (the shifting of corporate functions and jobs to overseas territories) in earnest during the past decade. The pace of its offshoring seems to be accelerating and, with it, the intensity of debate about its benefits and harms.