Masaakira James Kondo
Masaakira James Kondo
Country Manager, Twitter Japan

Mr. Kondo currently heads Twitter Japan, and is a Visiting Professor at Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS). He is also: an Advisory Board member for GE's Healthymagination; a board member of Deworm the World; and co-chair of Beyond Tomorrow, a charity for Tohoku Earthquake orphans.

He has led a career spanning business, policy, academia, and the social sector. Previously, he was a Counsellor at the Prime Minister's office of the Government of Japan, co-founder of TABLE FOR TWO, President of Health and Global Policy Institute, faculty member at the University of Tokyo, and a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Selected a Young Global Leader at Davos. Graduate of Keio University Economics Department and Harvard Business School.

Media, Old and New

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