SHINICHIRO NAKAMURA

Japan
President,
Daiwa Steel Tube Industries Co. Ltd.

Mr. Shin Nakamura is the President of Daiwa Steel Tube Industries Co. Ltd., a manufacturing company specializing in galvanized steel tubes for a wide range of industries. Mr. Nakamura joined Daiwa Steel Tube Industries in 2003 as the third generation business owner and leader (Daiwa was founded by his grandfather Mr. Tomeichi Nakamura). Mr. Nakamura transformed Daiwa Steel by redeveloping its business infrastructure, implemented new business strategies in the domestic and overseas market and restructure its enterprise system through state of the art ICT, human resource management and leadership/ communication techniques.

Mr. Nakamura acquired Daiwa Lance International (DLI), one of the biggest calorized lance tube manufacturing companies in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam and supplies its products to over 250 companies in over 50 countries. Mr. Nakamura had also established Daiwa Anaya Steel in Kolkata, India to promote its products in India.

Prior to joining Daiwa, Mr. Nakamura was appointed as a consultant for Bain & Company (Japan), a leading global strategy consulting firm and as an engagement manager for Netyear Group Corporation, a Strategic Internet Professional Service (SIPS) provider for various industries.

Mr Nakamura currently serves as the Vice Regional Chair of the Young Presidents’ Organization North Asia Region and was previously the president for MIT Sloan Society in Japan. In 2015, he was awarded he Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award by MIT.

Fluent in English and Japanese, Mr. Nakamura received his Bachelor of Art degree in Economics from Keio University of Japan in 1994 and his MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management in 1999.