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Dr. Miyataki Retires
June 30, 2006 HONOLULU –After
ten years of service as president, Dr. Glenn Miyataki
retired at the end of June 2006. A search committee has been formed
to locate a new president for JAIMS. Mr. Naoyuki Akikusa, Chairman
of Fujitsu Limited, and Chairman of the JAIMS Board of Trustees,
has taken over as interim President.
As president, Dr. Miyataki brought a global vision to JAIMS and
broadened its scope and reach to the point where its graduates
now reside in approximately 59 countries, including the U.S., Japan,
Turkey, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, France, the United Kingdom, and most
of the countries in Asia. During his tenure, he promoted
cutting-edge global management issues by bringing together high-level
senior executives from the U.S., Japan, and other countries to
executive roundtables hosted by JAIMS that featured the late management
guru Peter Drucker and John Naisbitt, renowned author of Megatrends. Also,
in 1997, JAIMS created one of the more unique China-focused MBA
programs in the country through a partnership forged with the UH
College of Business that paralleled its Japan-focused MBA program.
“Dr. Miyataki has made significant contributions to the
education and training of future business leaders from the Asia-Pacific
region. He enhanced the quality of programs offered by JAIMS,
its visibility and esteem, and the importance of cross-cultural
management and communication in global business,” said Fujitsu
Limited Chairman Akikusa. “We
appreciate his dedication to the goals of JAIMS and wish him the
best for continued success,” he
added.
A committee has been formed to find Dr. Miyataki’s successor. Serving
as chairman of the committee is Dr. Fujio Matsuda, former President
of the University of Hawaii and JAIMS Trustee. Other members
serving on the committee include: Constance Lau, Chairman,
President & CEO,
American Savings Bank and President & CEO, Hawaiian Electric
Industries;
Dr. David McClain, President, University of Hawaii; Dr.
George Packard, President, United States-Japan Foundation and a
JAIMS Trustee; and Naoki Tanaka, President, 21st Century Public
Policy Institute of Japan and a JAIMS Trustee.
JAIMS is a nonprofit post-graduate education and training institution
established in 1972 by Fujitsu Limited of Japan to foster studies
in global management education through intercultural understanding
and communications. JAIMS offers its pioneering six-month
intercultural management program, two 15-month cooperative Japan-focused
and China-focused MBA programs with the UH College of Business,
and customized short-term business seminars and workshops focusing
on information technology, cross-cultural communications, and health
care management. JAIMS also provides public forums and conferences
on critical issues facing the world and public lectures by visiting
scholars and business leaders. |
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