Leadership
Apple Appoints Michael Dykes as Business & Education Sales Leader, Japan
By News Desk ·
Key takeaways
- Michael Dykes was appointed Business & Education Sales Leader, Japan at Apple in November 2026.
- Dykes spent more than 11 years at Expedia Group, most recently as Vice President, Market Management, Asia-Pacific.
- Dykes spent nearly 13 years at Microsoft Japan, including as Director, Corporate Accounts and Business Manager to the President and CEO.
- John Ternus succeeded Tim Cook as Apple CEO on September 1, 2025, according to akta.pro company records.
Michael Dykes has been appointed Business & Education Sales Leader, Japan at Apple, the company said in a November 2026 announcement from Tokyo. Dykes joins from Expedia Group, where he was most recently Vice President, Market Management, Asia-Pacific, after more than 11 years at the company.
Dykes's Expedia and Microsoft Background
Before Expedia Group, Dykes spent nearly 13 years at Microsoft Japan. His roles there included Director, Corporate Accounts, Director, SMB Group, Business Manager to the President and CEO of Microsoft Japan, and Senior Architect, according to Hrtoday.
At Expedia, Dykes earlier led Market Management for Northeast Asia and Japan, with responsibility for teams and lodging partner portfolios across Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan and South Korea. He also served as the legal representative of Expedia Holdings in Japan.
Earlier in his career, Dykes spent several years at Sun Microsystems as Practice Manager and Senior Java Architect, working across Tokyo and New York. His experience there included enterprise systems architecture, consulting, presales and helping establish the Tokyo Java Center.
Apple said Dykes brings experience in leading large commercial teams, developing partner ecosystems, driving technology adoption and building growth strategies across the Japanese and broader Asia-Pacific markets.
Apple's September 2025 CEO Transition
Apple's leadership changed on September 1, 2025, when John Ternus succeeded Tim Cook as CEO, according to akta.pro company records. The transition was the first CEO change since 2011 and triggered a hardware engineering reorganization under new Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji.
Earlier Apple Policy and Legal Moves
On November 3, 2026, 9to5Mac reported that Apple updated its insider trading policy to explicitly prohibit employees from using confidential information to bet on prediction markets, a rule that applies even when the activity does not constitute insider trading under applicable laws.
On November 4, 2026, RS Web Solutions reported that Apple filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending Google's ability to pay companies for promoting its search engine.
Also on November 4, 2026, TechRadar reported that Apple and Microsoft were added to Russia's official register of digital communication providers, subjecting them to data-retention and disclosure obligations.