Julian Bashore

Julian Bashore
Born	Julian Michael Bashore September 4, 1972 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Residence	Tokyo, Japan Nagoya, Japan
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania[1]
Occupation	President / Representative Director, Nippon MacDermid Co., Ltd.
Employer	MacDermid, Inc.
Political party	Republican
Board member of	Nippon MacDermid Co., Ltd., Alent Japan Company, Electroplating Engineers of Japan Ltd., Japan Electronics Packaging and Circuits Association (JPCA),[2] Nagoya International School
Spouse(s)	Mari Bashore (m. 2002)[3]
Children	1

Julian Bashore (ⁱ/dʒuljənˈbeɪʃɔːr/ born September 4, 1972) is an American business man who has managed the Japanese operations of multiple multinational companies. He is the President / Representative Director of Nippon MacDermid Co., Ltd. and the former Representative Director of Bodycote Japan K.K.^[4] Bashore is recognized as one of the few Americans to take a leadership position in the Japanese business sector.^[5] As such, he is regarded as an expert in Japanese business.^[6]

Early life

Bashore was born in San Francisco and grew up in Pennsylvania, near Reading. He attended Tulpehocken High School. While a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he spent a year in overseas study at the Stanford Japan Center where he studied the Japanese language, culture, politics and economy at the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies.^[7][8]

Career

Bashore speaking to a crowd of executives in Japan in 2009

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG)

Bashore received his business degree in 1995 and accepted a position with PPG Industries, an American manufacturer of coatings and chemicals. In that position, he worked as a sales engineer to supply paint to Japanese automakers. He worked for PPG for thirteen years, nine of them in the company’s subsidiary in Nagoya, Japan.^[9]

Bodycote plc (LON:BOY)

In 2007, a headhunter recruited him to join Bodycote plc,^[7] and, in 2008, he was hired by that firm to establish a base for the company in Japan. He made the unorthodox decision to set up the Japanese branch of Bodycote in Nagoya, rather than Tokyo where most multinationals establish foreign offices. Bashore considered Nagoya the superior location because of its central location, good access to transportation, and lower prices than Tokyo.^[9][10] He was employed in that position at least in part because of his fluency in Japanese.

Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH)

In 2013, he became the President / Representative Director of Nippon MacDermid Co., Ltd. He was subsequently elected to the Board of Trustees of the Japan Electronics Packaging and Circuits Association at their annual general meeting in 2015.^[11][12] At that time, he was the first MacDermid employee selected as a trustee.^[13][13]

Bashore also sits on the board of Electroplating Engineers of Japan Ltd., a joint venture between Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd. and Platform Specialty Products Corporation, which operates in the field of precious metals.^[14]

Bashore presenting to clients in 2014

Awards and recognition

• In 2009, Bashore won the Leader of the Year Award from the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Chubu Chapter.^[15][16]
• In 2010, Bashore was named a Next-Era CEO in Asia by the Japan Times.^[7]
• In 2011, Bashore served on the program committee at the Hot Isostatic Pressing Conference.^[17]

Appearances

• In 2010, Bashore served as a Master of Ceremonies for the 5th Annual ACCJ/TJCS Champagne Ball and Awards Evening.^[18]
• In 2014, Bashore was a panelist at the Japanese Cross-border M&A Panel Discussion, sponsored by The Mergermarket Group, Allen & Overy and PricewaterhouseCoopers.^[19]

References

1. "Alumni Notes". University of Pennsylvania Gazette. May 1, 2008. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
2. "MacDermid Electronics Solutions Announces Julian Bashore Elected to JPCA Board of Trustees". MacDermid, Inc. June 22, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
3. "Alumni Notes". University of Pennsylvania Gazette. October 24, 2013. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
4. "Bodycote Expands Offerings in Japan". Bodycote plc. February 18, 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
5. "Young American penetrates Japanese manufacturing industry" (PDF). Japanese External Trade Organization. 2008. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
6. "100 Voices". Greater Nagoya Initiative. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
7. "100 Next-Era CEOs in Asia". Japan Times. 2010. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
8. "Alumni Profiles". University of Pennsylvania Gazette. May 2008. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
9. Chang, Yvonne (30 March 2010). "Niche firm skips Tokyo, sets up shop in Nagoya". Japan Times. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
10. Bashore, Julian (15 June 2010). "SUPPLYING JAPAN". ACCJ Journal. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
11. Weiner, Gene (1 August 2015). "Weiner's World - August 2015". Weiner International Associates. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
12. Bashore, Julian (26 August 2015). "Western Firms Sourcing Parts from Japan in Record Numbers". Protechnology Japan. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
13. "MacDermid Electronics Solutions’ Julian Bashore Elected to JPCA Board of Trustees". IConnect007. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
14. Bashore, Julian (1 April 2016). "Japan’s Smart-tech Firms Offer Investors Big Rewards". Protechnology Japan. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
15. "2009 Champagne Ball". www.champagne-ball.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
16. "Mr. Julian Bashore". Flickr.com. 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
17. "Program Committee". hotisostaticpressing.net. 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
18. "2010 Champagne Ball". www.champagne-ball.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
19. "Expanding Global Reach: Japanese Cross-border M&A Panel Discussion, Osaka". The Mergermarket Group. Retrieved 2015-09-06.