The flight attendant who became CEO hopes more women will make it to the top | CNN Business

Tokyo/Hong Kong CNN  — 

Mitsuko Tottori admits Japan has much more to do to get people like her into the chief executive seat.

Tottori was named as the first female president and chief executive of Japan Airlines (JAL) in January, crowning a career that began nearly 40 years ago when she joined the airline as a flight attendant.

Her rise is a rare feat in a nation where women still face major hurdles to promotion.

“Japan is still in a place of establishing the initial goal to increase (the number of) female managers,” she

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