Casey Wahl

Casey Wahl is founder and CEO of Wahl & Case K.K., a professional recruitment and executive search firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Casey wants to change recruitment. He’s deeply passionate about the issue, and immensely frustrated with the reputation of the recruitment industry. Casey is out to change all that. Globally. Casey Wahl was born in upstate New York, but spent his childhood in the Saudi Arabian deserts. He returned to the United States to attend high school in the Boston area, before pursuing a degree in Japanese and Government as part of a special honors program at the University of Texas. Soon after graduation, he moved to Japan, later earning an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa (IE) in Madrid. Casey has lived and worked in Tokyo for the past 15 years. He is the founder and CEO of two companies: Wahl & Case and Red Brick Ventures. Wahl & Case is an executive recruitment firm with offices in Tokyo, San Francisco and Berlin. Approaching two decades in the industry, Casey remains highly passionate about recruitment. He intends to disrupt and advance the field, while elevating Wahl & Case to a world-class player in its sector. Red Brick Ventures is an angel investment and incubation firm based in Tokyo, committed to making Japan's resurgent startup ecosystem more vibrant and conducive to international collaboration.