Akiko Murai Independent Director and Leadership Coach Akiko Murai is a leadership and career coach with Organizational Development and Talent Management background with more than 30 years of diverse professional experience ranging from the field work in Brazil with a United Nations agency to marketing financial products and services to high net worth individuals at…
Yutaka Iijima COO and Executive Director As COO of Phoenixi, a Kyoto-based residential incubator for aspiring corporate intrapreneurs and social entrepreneurs, Yutaka develops and runs its programs, while heading the incubator’s international engagement, branding, and academia collaboration. Before Phoenixi, Yutaka worked at Kyoto University for about 13 years, serving as global communications manager of Kyoto…
Izumi Kobayashi Founder Former Executive Director Current Positions: Member of the Board of Director, OMRON Corporation Independent Director, Fujitsu Limited Izumi Kobayashi is currently a Member of the Board, OMRON Corporation and an Independent Director, Fujitsu Limited. After graduating from university, she joined Mitsubishi Kasei Kogyo (now Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation). From 2001 to 2008, she…
Sachiko Kuno Executive Director and Founder Dr. Sachiko Kuno is the co-founder and Chair Emeritus of Halcyon, a nonprofit dedicated to the power of human creativity. Kuno also serves as CEO of S&R Evermay (formerly S&R Foundation), a 501(c)(3) she co-founded in 2000 to support talented individuals with great potential and high aspirations in the…
Yukiko Hashitera CEO and Founder MBA, Master of Public Health. After graduating of college of pharmacy, Yukiko Hashitera joined pharmaceutical industry and she was involved the development of glaucoma and chronic idiopathic constipation medicine as a researcher. In 2008 she succeeded the listing of R-Tech Ueno, Ltd. in Heracles Market (currently JASDAQ) as a CEO.…