Mayumi Sugita

Mayumi is a director for external relations at Japan Institute for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (JSIE.)  She joined JSIE as one of the starting members in 2015. After graduating from the University of Leeds in the U.K., Mayumi worked for Mitsui & Co. in the U.S. and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. After returning to Japan, while supporting executives and researchers at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and the Tokyo Foundation, she was involved in planning and managing programs and public relations, particularly international exchange and policy dialogue programs. Currently, she supports several corporate executives as a freelance executive assistant.