ADVISORS

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MATTERS

SVJP gives members unique access to cultural leaders, political influencers and successful executives. Our advisors are prominent figures in their fields with the power to help you achieve your ambitions in Japan.

Scott Belsky

Chief Product Officer, Adobe and Executive Vice President, Creative Cloud

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Bill Bradley

Managing Director, Allen & Company and Former U.S. Senator

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John Diekman

Founding Partner, 5AM Ventures

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Kenya Hara

Designer & President, Nippon Design Centre and Professor, Musashino Art University

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Yoshiaki Fujimori

Senior Executive Advisor, CVC Japan

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Yasuchika Hasegawa

Councilor, Asia Pacific Initiative and Former Chairman, Institute for Strategic Leadership

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Toyo Ito

President, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

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Kohei Itoh

President, Keio University

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Takeo Kanade

U. A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University

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David Kelley

Founder & Chairman, IDEO and Founder & Faculty Director, Stanford d.school

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Hiroaki Kitano

President and CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

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Hiroko Kuniya

Journalist and Goodwill Ambassador, FAO of the UN and SDG Special Mission Trustee, Tokyo University

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Stephen Luczo

Founding Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital Partners

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John Maeda

VP, Engineering, Head of Computational Design/AI Platform, Microsoft

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Yoky Matsuoka

Fellow, Panasonic Corporation

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Sanjay Mehrotra

President & CEO, Micron Technology and Co-Founder, SanDisk Corporation

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Akira Morikawa

President, C Channel and Former CEO, LINE

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Dave Morin

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Offline Ventures

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Tsuyoshi (Nick) Nagano

Chairman of the Board, Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. (TMHD)

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Takeshi Niinami

Former Chairman of the Board, Suntory Holdings Limited

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John Roos

Founding Partner, Geodesic Capital and Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

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Ali Rowghani

CEO, Y Combinator Continuity

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Makoto Takano

Director and Chairman of the Board and Founder of Forbes JAPAN, linkties Holdings Co., Ltd. Founder & GP, D4V

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John Thompson

Chairman of the Board, Microsoft

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Jerry Yang

Co-Founder, Yahoo! and Founding Partner, AME Cloud Ventures

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Paul Yock

Founder & Director, Stanford Biodesign and Professor of Medicine & Engineering, Stanford University

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