Each year, a small number of professional and academic visiting scholars are selected to spend a period of time in residence at Columbia Business School.
2024-2025’s Visiting Scholar Program participants are:

Manabu Asami
May 2024 - March 2025
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.
General Manager
ma4666@columbia.edu

Takayuki Funatsu
May 2023 - April 2025
Suntory America
Branch Manager
tf2603@columbia.edu
Shinji Kasuya
July 2024 - June 2025
Development Bank of Japan Inc.
Chief Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Department
sk5552@columbia.edu
Yasunori Matsumoto
January 2024 - December 2024
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Senior Manager
ym3026@columbia.edu

Katsuro Miyazaki
September 2024 - June 2025
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Director, Project Management of Global Corporate Investment Banking for Asia Pacific
km4049@columbia.edu

Takumi Sato
July 2024 - June 2025
Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
Manager
ts3665@columbia.edu

Masato Tomonari
September 2024 - June 2025
Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Assistant Director
mt3841@columbia.edu

Toshiharu Uchida
July 2024 - June 2025
Development Bank of Japan Inc.
Deputy General Manager, Human Resources Management Department
tu2181@columbia.edu

Kiyoshi Uno
May 2024 - March 2025
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
Manager
ku2202@columbia.edu

Kensuke Yatabe
August 2024 - May 2025
MinebeaMitsumi Inc.
Head of Lighting Product Unit
ky2601@columbia.edu

Genki Yonetani
September 2024 - May 2025
Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
Manager
gy2341@columbia.edu

Natsumi Yoshino
September 2024 - August 2025
NEC Corporation
Assistant Manager, Marketing and Strategy
no2423@columbia.edu