Ms. Imai began her professional career as a medical sales representative at a pharmaceutical company. Upon joining GLOBIS Corporation, she served as an organizational consultant, specializing in organizational transformation, diversity management, and succession planning. Later, she was instrumental in the establishment of the Shanghai branch. After receiving her MBA, she was responsible for the post merger integration of two language schools in Vietnam. When she returned to Japan, she rejoined GLOBIS and led the event planning and career support team for the MBA program in English.

Ms. Imai graduated from Ritsumeikan University with a degree in economics. She received her MBA from Hult International Business School.