Tomotaka Hirabayashi

Tomotaka is a visiting professor at Tama Graduate School of Business and teaching “Tourism for Economic development and Human development”. He is also Partner at EY Strategy & Consulting and leads Data Driven Re-Design Strategy Team, a part of Strategic Impact, which offers solutions to social issues. He spearheads initiatives for solving various social issues, focusing on formulation of data-driven strategies. In recent years, along with supporting policymaking for tourism, he has been playing a leading role in offering data utilization platform services in cooperation with local governments and tourism-related operators throughout Japan. Now he is recognized as one of the leading experts in ecosystem and platform businesses. Committee Member of the Japan Tourism Agency (Promotion of tourism DX) Committee Member of the Japan Tourism Agency (Functional enhancement for JNTO certified Foreign Tourist Information Centers) Evaluator for Sustainable Countryside Stay Models Creation Support Program Member of the Japanese National Mirror Committee for ISO/TC 228 Tourism and related services