Our story
1990s
The early days
Tokyo beginnings
Left: Intralink founder James Lawson in Japan – 1990. Right: James Lawson & Greg Sutch with early Japanese hosiery client Atsugi – mid 1990s
Greg Sutch enters the scene
Left: Outside our first Tokyo office - 1998. Right: Greg Sutch (right) with London Contemporary Art in Japan – 1997
Early trade shows
Representing Maersk Medical at a trade show in Japan - 1998
Work-life balance
Left: Ski trip with Alcare - 1998. Centre: With Links of London CEO, John Ayton - late 90s. Right: Company pamphlet: lots of words and no images! 1999
2000s
Gaining traction
Turn of the millennium
Left: Tokyo office - 2001. Right: First global staff conference - the whole company in 2001!
Major client deal
Signing a multi-million dollar deal to build the Tokyo Peninsula Hotel - 2001
Hard-earned growth
Left: Greg Sutch with Chick Takemura - 2002. Right: Nine clients in Japan - 2002
Business necessities
Left: Business development must-haves - 2003. Right: Japan team offsite - 2005
From Tokyo to Shanghai
Left: Opening a bigger Tokyo office, with British Ambassador Graham Fry (centre) - 2005. Right: Early Shanghai team - 2008
2010s
Going global
Forming personalities
Left: Team trip to Lijiang, China - 2010. Centre: Movember in China - 2012. Right: Japan team offsite - 2013
Expanding footprint
CEO Greg Sutch and China MD Elliot Billings finding new Shanghai offices – 2014
Finding our 'Seoul'
Left: Korean sign maker's bungled attempt at new office sign! 2015. Right: Opening our upgraded Seoul office: Dep. British Ambassador Sue Kinoshita with our Korea MD, Jonathan Cleave – 2015
Generating outcomes
Left: China team members cycling around Alibaba HQ in Hangzhou - 2015. Right: Signing landmark deal for IndoorAtlas with Yahoo Japan - 2016
Getting noticed
Our Dominika Kustosz-Lee and Adeel Ahmad meet South Korea's Deputy Speaker
Building our brand
Left: Korea team offsite - 2016. Centre: Opening our latest Tokyo office: British Ambassador Paul Madden with our CEO, Greg Sutch – 2018. Right: Opening Hamleys first Japanese stores - 2018
Building bonds
Management team offsite in Japan - 2018
Getting recognised
Winning the Queen's Award in the UK - 2018 ... and the President's Award in the US - 2019
Securing record deals
Left: Securing a £36m deal for Ceres Power in Korea - 2020. Right: Training up the next generation in China!
2020s
The next chapter
Caring for the big and the small
Left: British Ambassador Colin Crookes (centre) opens our new Seoul office – 2023. Right: Bring-your-child-to-work-day in Tokyo office – 2023
Linking scaleups, corporates and governments
Our first reverse pitch event for the UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme, with Aioi Nissay Dowa – 2023
Opening new offices
Left: Tokyo team in their refurbished office – 2023. Right: Hard at work in our newly formed Singapore office – 2023
Working hard, playing hard
Left: Korea team’s Christmas auction for Oxfam – 2023. Centre: EMEA team at Christmas party – 2023. Right: Offsite in Kyoto for our China, Taiwan and Singapore teams – 2024
Always trying new things
Left: Our booth at Nextrise 2024 in Seoul. Right: US team pick up our latest President’s award – 2024