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I'm trying to email someone pretty high up in a company and want him to remember who I am.
Edit: I met him briefly at a trade show. We exchanged business cards and spoke for less than five minutes.
Should I use:
お目にかかりました
or, what I think is probably more appropriate, an expression using some kind of 授受表現 like
お目にかからせていただきました
お会いしていただきました
お会いさせていただきました
or something similar? I have a feeling there's a kanji word for this kind of situation, but I don't know what it is.
I think the best choice would be:
({先日 / [date] に} [event]で) お目にかかりました
I think this would also work:
ご挨拶させていただきました
These sound a bit awkward to me:
- お目にかからせていただきました
- お会いしていただきました
- お会いさせていただきました
if you really 'met' him, like greeting and not just saw him from far away you could say something like:
ご挨拶させて頂きました。
ご紹介させて頂きました。
etc.
