GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - Japan
Shinobu Obata of NEC Corporation
Mr Shinobu Obata is head of the Association of Corporate Legal Departments. Interviewees single him as “very internationally minded” and admire his accomplishments in “really reshaping and leading the legal team, taking on foreign ideas about how to move to a more decentralised model and taking on new ways of approaching legal teams and compliance.” With a long and distinguished career at NEC, he draws further plaudits for the evolution of his leadership and the development of his teams alongside the company’s evolution into a high-tech leader.