Akira Tsuchiya

Mr. Tsuchiya is President & CEO of The Global Institute (TGI), advancing global leadership, governance and cooperation by connecting leaders and institutions across global networks. He also advises CEOs, governments and institutions, and is an adjunct professor at Keio University and an adjunct researcher at Waseda University. Previously, he joined the World Economic Forum (WEF) as its first Japanese national, founded its Tokyo office as its chief, then served as Executive Director and on its Executive Committee at Geneva HQ. His Davos involvement spans 20+ years. His experience includes Japan’s parliament, OECD, World Bank, corporate strategy, startups and investment, and work with Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership and Oxford Internet Institute. He studied at Keio (BA, MA), Georgetown (MPP, Fulbright Scholar), Oxford (dean’s scholar) and Harvard Kennedy School, earning an Executive Master’s as an inaugural WEF Global Leadership Fellow.