MBA, Harvard Business School BA, Social Studies, Hitotsubashi University
Tomoya Nakamura started his professional career at Marubeni Corporation. Over the years, he reorganized an invested company at Advantage Partners (a buyout and venture capital firm) and served as senior managing director of Sun-Life Corporation. At Sun-Life, he introduced a progressive ESOP for more than 250 employees, including part-time workers.
At GLOBIS University, Tomoya served as dean of the English MBA Programs while starting the global training business. He also founded GLOBIS USA, Inc. in San Francisco.
When he was a research associate of the General Management Unit of Harvard Business School, Tomoya wrote two HBS cases that apply Eastern philosophy to management. He co-authored KOKOROZASHI: The Pursuit of Meaning in Business and periodically writes for the online publication GLOBIS Insights.
Currently, Tomoya serves as managing director of KIBOW Social Impact Investment and teaches courses in corporate philosophy, Japanese management, and leadership.
Outside of his professional work, Nakamura holds a total of three black belts and five dans in Aikido, Aiki Jujitsu, and Kankojiryu Aiki.
