Board Chariman, Nishida Gakuen
Tadayasu Nishida graduated from the Waseda University School of Political Science and Economics and MIT Sloan School of Management.
In 1985, he joined NTT as one of the first privatized employees, and during his 10-year tenure at NTT, he was in charge of raising funds through foreign bonds, dealing with rating agencies, investor relations, financing overseas business investment, and was the section manager in charge of business planning at the Shinetsu Branch Office (at that time). During this period, he was transferred to IBJ International plc. in London, England (1986-1987) and studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (1990-1992).
In 1996, he founded Cicom International (now Cicom Brains), and in 2003, he established the MOT program in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management. Since then, he has established offices in Singapore, Shanghai, Bangkok, and Jakarta. Cicom Brains has been working hard to build a foundation for business human resource development in Asia. In 2019, Cicom has become a subsidiary of Human Associates Holdings, Inc. listed on the Mothers market, and he served as Board Member. The company was acquired by MBK Wellness Holdings K.K., a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. through TOB in 2022. Tadayasu Nishida will retire as Representative Director of Cicom Brains in March 2025.
In addition to this, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nishida Gakuen, which operates Alpha Medical and Welfare College in Machida City since 2015.
He will serve as President of the MIT Association of Japan for three years starting in 2019. He is the translator of “分散型リーダーシップの実践 Xチーム”.