Haruko Nishida

Atheist, Change Agent, Connector, Producer, Social entrepreneur

Current job: President, Women Help Women; Chief Representative, Office Phronesis Prior job: North Asia Research Manager, McKinsey & Company Inc., Education: MPA, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA; BA, European History, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Eco system and open social innovation platform development for entrepreneurs and innovators who could be change makers to the better society for next generations. I believe in concept of "Pay it forward".

Currently I am engaging in empowerment of women through promotion of women entrepreneurship and creation of jobs leveraging women’s handiworks skill sets. Combining state of the art technologies such as Augmented Reality cloth fitting made to order system and pattern creation system with unique universal design cloths made from Japanese traditional textile.

Management Consulting and Research, Social Innovation

I left a management consulting company which gave me a great business career after 19 years of work in 2011. I started to work on social innovation arena to develop social entrepreneurs and change makers who could tackle on social agenda in Japan. I encountered TEDxTokyo founders (Todd Porter and Patrick Newell). We have worked together to develop eco system for innovators and entrepreneurs in Japan. Now I am organizing the TEDxShibuya as a founder.

Sewing and playing the violin