Haas Executive Fellow | Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies
Leading Expert on Japanese Political Economy and Corporate Innovation in Asia
About
Hiroaki Kuwajima is Haas Executive Fellow at Haas School of Business and Visiting Scholar at Center for Japanese Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Hiroaki currently serves as Senior Director of JTEKT North America Corporation, and has extensive consulting experiences in automotive, consumer goods, and retail industry. As a native of Japan, Hiroaki is a leading expert on Japanese political economy, corporate strategy and innovation, and broad US-Japan relations.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Corporate Strategy and Innovation
- Japanese Political Economy
- Industry Cluster Formation
- Public-Private Partnership
- Executive Leadership
- US-Japan Relations
- Automotive
- Food
At Haas since 2021
2021 – present, Haas Executive Fellow, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
2020 – present, Senior Director, JTEKT North America Corporation
2017 – present, Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley
2016 – 2018, Executive Vice President, Linkers Corporation
2012 – 2016, Managing Director, Aoyama Shachu
2010 – 2012, Senior Associate, Dream Incubator
2003 – 2007, Senior Trader, Mitsubishi Corporation
- Board Member, Japan Society of Northern California
- English
- Japanese
George Leadership Fellow, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
2008
Eisenhower Global Fellow, Eisenhower Fellowships
2014
Scott M. Johnson Fellow, U.S.-Japan Leadership Program, U.S.-Japan Foundation
2009 – 2010
Scholarship Recipient, The Joint Japanese Government/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program
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