Silverbirch Associates KK was founded in 2008 and is registered in Kanagawa, Japan, with branch offices or associates based in Japan, Hong Kong, the US, Canada, Europe and the UK. It is a privately owned company that caters to clients across industries offering a wide range of services including Business Advisory, Communications Consulting, Market Entry support, and Investment in Renewable Energies and Clean Technologies.
Our client list includes governments, Fortune 500 companies, international organizations (such as the Asia Development Bank, World Bank and UN University), and organizations seeking to enter the Japan market.
Silverbirch is proud to support the Entrepreneur Mentoring Initiative, the Creative Business Cup and other community organizations which promote and drive innovation and entrepreneurship.
Patricia Bader-Johnston
Founder and CEO
Patricia Bader-Johnston is an active social entrepreneur and founder of Silverbirch Associates KK, and a clean energy investor. She also founded (not-for-profit) 5ive-Planets ISH (a social enterprise supporting innovation, technology and entrepreneurship). She also established the Japan presence of eSurface Technologies, for which she serves as President. Prior to founding her own companies, she held a number of senior corporate roles over two decades in Japan, including: Director of Communications and Board member for IBM Japan, Vice President Operations Finance and Resources for Goldman Sachs Japan, Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at British American Tobacco Japan, and was Head (Japan, Australia, Taiwan) of Corporate Affairs for Standard Chartered Bank. Prior to entering the private sector she served as a Senior Officer in Public Affairs for the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo with three years seconded to Japanese local government in Yokohama.
Patricia has served as a retained advisor to the Tokyo Business Development Center and EGG Japan; and Impact International (UK) and various government and semi-government organizations. She is a Faculty Advisor to the London Business School, Professor of Sustainability, Globalization and Business Studies (MBA) at the Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School and Adjunct Professor of Sustainability Studies at Rikkyo University (MIB Program); she is the founding Chair of the Entrepreneur Mentoring Initiative and The Entrepreneur Awards Japan, Japan Host of the Creative Business Cup; past President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan; and a global Ambassador for UnitedSucces and the OMEGA Global Initiative . She holds an MBA in International Business from McGill University Canada.
Board memberships include: Director, OGI Holdings, Inc.; Representative Director, eSurface Technology KK; Director, Neurogenics Inc.; Director, Alliances for Discovery (501C3); Director, Runway for Hope, Representative Director, 5ive-Planets ISH.
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OUR ASSOCIATES
The Associates of Silverbirch are experienced global professional with first class backgrounds in finance, engineering, technology, communications and investment/financial advisory expertise. We approach each project with a needs assessment, and based on the requirements of the client, we draw on our global pool of senior level associate talent to bring an optimal team together to complete the project.
Patricia has served as a retained advisor to the Tokyo Business Development Center and EGG Japan; and Impact International (UK) and various government and semi-government organizations. She is a Faculty Advisor to the London Business School, Professor of Sustainability, Globalization and Business Studies (MBA) at the Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School and Adjunct Professor of Sustainability Studies at Rikkyo University (MIB Program); she is the founding Chair of the Entrepreneur Mentoring Initiative and The Entrepreneur Awards Japan, Japan Host of the Creative Business Cup; past President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan; and a global Ambassador for UnitedSucces and the OMEGA Global Initiative . She holds an MBA in International Business from McGill University Canada.
Board memberships include: Director, OGI Holdings, Inc.; Representative Director, eSurface Technology KK; Director, Neurogenics Inc.; Director, Alliances for Discovery (501C3); Director, Runway for Hope, Representative Director, 5ive-Planets ISH.
jp.linkedin.com/pub/patricia-bader-johnsto/7/951/914
OUR ASSOCIATES
The Associates of Silverbirch are experienced global professional with first class backgrounds in finance, engineering, technology, communications and investment/financial advisory expertise. We approach each project with a needs assessment, and based on the requirements of the client, we draw on our global pool of senior level associate talent to bring an optimal team together to complete the project.