Akihisa Furukawa

Akihisa Furukawa is an experienced professional in talent acquisition and recruitment, currently serving as Senior Manager of the Commerce Tech HR Section at Rakuten Group, Inc. since January 2023. Prior to this role, Furukawa worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Senior Executive Recruiter, where responsibility included leadership hiring across various functions in AWS Japan from December 2019 to December 2022. Furukawa also held the position of Head of Talent Acquisition for Philips Japan from June 2015 to December 2019 and served as Hub Manager for Talent Acquisition at SAP Japan from 2007 to May 2015. Furukawa's extensive background highlights a strong focus on recruitment and talent management across leading global organizations.