Finding swimming a passion and a way to beat his two older brothers,

Nils Plett tried out for the Olympics in 1988 and went to university

with a swimming scholarship. Nils first came to Japan in 1989 to study

the language and returned a year later when he was hired by the Taisei

Construction Company. After working with Seiko Instruments and starting

his own company, Nils took a position with the first foreign company,

the Gerson Lehrman Group Japan office. Nils experienced the Japanese

“omotenashi” spirit from the daily construction workers who welcomed him

into the Minami Senju drinking huddle.