Helps grow and expand the Firm’s presence in Japan, leveraging her extensive local contacts. Actively manages transaction and corporate positioning assignments, drives new business development.

Deborah brings over 30 years’ experience in financial and corporate communications to Finsbury and is a widely recognized expert on communications issues in Japan and Asia. 
She joined Finsbury in 2019 from Edelman Japan, where she was responsible for Financial, M&amp;A and Capital Markets Communications. She played a significant role in evolving Edelman’s capabilities in Financial Communications in Japan and the Asia Region, working on cross-border transactions, investor relations, corporate profile-raising and crisis management assignments. 
Prior to joining Edelman, Deborah was Managing Partner at Kreab Gavin Anderson, a firm she was associated with since 1988. 
As a vice president and of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Deborah also sits on its Board, and is vice-chair of its Alternative Investment and Women in Business Committees. She also serves as a community leader in her local community in Tokyo. 
Deborah and her clients have received several awards for excellence in PR and public affairs. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in economics from the University of Otago in New Zealand and has diplomas from Japan‘s Osaka University and Osaka University of Foreign Studies.

Led Edelman’s financial communications practice in Japan, after heading a small boutique agency in this market.

Escapes into the Japanese countryside, exploring local culture, skiing and soaking in scenery on mountain walks. Regularly pounds Tokyo pavements with husband and pampered dog.

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