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Masaakira James Kondo (近藤 正晃ジェームス Kondo Masaakira James, born December 9, 1967) is a Japanese executive and consultant. He is also a visiting professor at Hitotsubashi University Business School. From January 2019, he is a Chairman of International House of Japan.

Biography
Kondo was born on December 9 1967, gained BA in Economics from Keio University, MBA from Harvard Business School. He was also a Yale World Fellow at Yale University. His career spans technology, academia, business, government, think tanks, and social enterprises.

Academics
Kondo is currently a Visiting Professor at Hitotsubashi University Business School. In the past, he was a Co-Director of Healthcare and Social Policy Program at the University of Tokyo. He was also a Visiting Scientist at Laboratory for Social Machines, MIT Media Lab.

Business
Kondo is currenlty a Senior Advisor at Geodesic Capital in Silicon Valley. He was a consultant at McKinsey & Company for fifteen years from 1990 where he served as a core member of the firm's global strategy group and its economic think tank, McKinsey Global Institute.

Social Enterprises and Nonprofit
Kondo is a Co-Founder of nonprofit organizations TABLE FOR TWO International, and Beyond Tomorrow. He also serves as Global Trustee of Asia Society New York and Representative Director for Asia Society Japan.

Technology
He is current roles include Co-Chairman of Silicon Valley Japan Platform and Representative Director of World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan. Previously he has served as Vice President at Twitter Inc., and Chairman of Twitter Japan.

Government and Policy
Kondo is a Co-Founder and President of Asia Pacific Initiative, a think tank formerly known as Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation. In the past, he has experience in serving as a Special Advisor for Cabinet Office in Government of Japan.

Awards

 * Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
 * Global Agenda Council member, World Economic Forum
 * New Asian Leader, World Economic Forum
 * Asia 21 Fellow, Asia Society New York
 * International Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
 * Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy
 * Inamori Fellow at Inamori Foundation