AKQA lures Masaki Hamura out of Twitter to take up managing director role in Tokyo

AKQA has named Masaki Hamura as Managing Director of its Tokyo office. Hamura will lead the Tokyo team as they further develop their client portfolio.

Hamura (left) joins AKQA from Twitter, where he was Head of Brand Strategy, East Asia. Before this, he worked at Google Japan as Head of Sales Strategy and Operations, and was General Manager of the iPhone Business Promotion Office at Softbank Mobile.

Ajaz Ahmed, AKQA founder and CEO commented: “We are very pleased to welcome Masaki to our team. His strong strategy background and his exceptional leadership experience in digital make him an ideal Managing Director, and I look forward to seeing the results of this partnership as he creates the future for our clients in Japan.”

On joining AKQA, Masaki said: “It is a great honour for me to be part of AKQA. The opportunity to work with and grow the talented Tokyo team is very exciting for me, and I look forward to the challenge of working with our clients to develop their business through ideas and innovation.”

AKQA Tokyo opened in 2012 as the company’s 11th office worldwide, with Nike and Nissan as founding clients.