MBA Program

Guest Speakers

Hitotsubashi ICS is honored to host an impressive line-up of industry leaders from within and outside of Japan as guest speakers in our courses. Guest speakers add incredible value to a course by conveying a perspective on a subject that is not always available in course materials.

Click here for the list of guest speakers that have visited us this academic year.

Because of the large number of guest speakers that are part of our class curriculum, we are unable to list them all on our website. Here are a sample of guest speakers who have visited our campus over the years:

Michael Dell

Michael Dell

Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc.

Shinichiro Watari

Shinichiro Watari

Shinichiro Watari, President & CEO of Cornes & Company Limited

Akio Toyoda

Akio Toyoda

Akio Toyoda, Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation



Thierry Porté

Thierry Porté

Thierry Porté, President and CEO of Shinsei Bank

Michael E. Porter

Michael E. Porter

Professor Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School

Tadamitsu Matsui and Kei Suzuki

Tadamitsu Matsui and Kei Suzuki

Chairman and CEO respectively of Ryohin Keikaku, Co., Ltd.,(MUJI)



Yoshihiko Miyauchi

Yoshihiko Miyauchi

Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Chairman and CEO of ORIX

Troy Little

Troy Little

Troy Little, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley

Satoru Anzaki

Satoru Anzaki

Mr. Satoru Anzaki, Former President of Komatsu Ltd.



Nobuyuki Ohneda

Nobuyuki Ohneda

Mr. Nobuyuki Ohneda, Executive Deputy President and CFO of Sony Corporation

Fumio Obata

Fumio Obata

Mr. Fumio Obata, Senior Executive Director of Secom Co., Ltd.

Akio Okawara

Akio Okawara

Mr. Akio Okawara, Executive Director of Sumitomo Shoji Research Institute, Inc.