Who We Are

Tom Watanabe joined Nikken in 1984 and has had a great impact on the company and its vision:

• Responsible for establishing Nikken in the US and for its expansion into Canada, Mexico and Europe
• Announced Vision 2010 in January 2004 

Kurt joined Nikken in 2003 as Controller and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer within 18 months. In 2006, he was also named Chief Operating Officer and assumed overall responsibility for business operations. Before joining Nikken, Kurt served in the same capacity in the durable consumer products industries. His 21 years of manufacturing and 7 years of public accounting experience enable him to help guide Nikken in the pursuit of best practices. In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, he received his MBA and his BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

For the past three and a half years, Doug has overseen the creative and strategic needs of Nikken’s Marketing efforts. During this time, he has been responsible for a major re-branding effort, enhancing our internet and communications as well as developing new products, tools, programs. In 2007, Doug's role expanded to include global sales strategy and in December of 2008, Doug was promoted to President of Nikken.

• He has spent the last 20+ years in marketing with 16 in the network marketing industry and has experience in over 50 countries.
• Prior to his network marketing career, he spent eight years in the advertising industry developing marketing programs for global brands including Microsoft, Disney, AARP and others.
• Doug has a BA from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Xavier University.

Doug resides in southern California with his wife Sheila and their children.

As a founding member of Nikken Europe, Anthony Chaplin has been a key leader in the senior management team for ten years:

• Oversees areas of Nikken Europe’s day to day operations
• Leads new country openings and product developments
• Became Managing Director in 2004
• Working towards making Vision 2010 a true European reality

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Janne has been involved in the direct selling industry since 1994, as a distributor for five years and thereafter a corporate executive in marketing and sales:

• Joined Nikken in 2005 as a Regional Sales Manager and became Network Development Manager in 2007
• Responsible for sales activities and development of distributor networks on the European market 

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Having personally recruited thousands of people into Network Marketing, Steffi really understands the reality of the business on the field.
“Network Marketing offers everyone personal and financial development,” says Steffi. “It is one of the most exciting challenges to support people to achieve their personal success.”

Steffi started her career in direct selling more than 17 years ago, and climbed from a local supervisory role to regional sales manager and training manager during a successful 11-year career with industry giant Avon. After helping several Network Marketing companies expand or start their businesses on the German market, Steffi joined Nikken in 2007.

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