Kan-Ichiro Suzuki

After more than 20 years of experience in investment research and management consulting at Nomura Research Institute (NRI), Professor Suzuki played a major role in the development of the GNI Group as a founding member of Gene Networks, Inc (GNI), the predecessor of GNI. Since 2009, as a professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, he has been researching leadership, organizational functions, international management, ESG management, etc., and has published numerous academic papers and books. He is an emeritus professor at the university. He graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in the United States and a Ph.D. from Waseda University Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies. He was also a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in the United States.