About Us
GC TOKYO ADVISORY BOARD
Global Chamber® Tokyo
Welcome to Global Chamber Tokyo. We help members get business done across metro areas and from Japan, and into Japan.
We are a thriving and collaborating community of CEO's, executives, and professionals growing business across 525 metropolitan areas. We leverage technology and our collective networks around the world to help member companies grow, reduce risk, be more productive, and succeed faster.
We are the only organization in the world with the mission to grow business from anywhere to anywhere while collaborating with every organization. We help companies, investors and business service providers around the world succeed.
Global Chamber helps Tokyo companies reach their next level of success across borders with more connections, business matching, events, warm introductions and more. As part of a community of 525 metro areas around the world, we have many successful activities occurring in Tokyo. Contact us at HND@globalchamber.org.
The regional Executive Director is Doug Bruhnke - CEO of Global Chamber, and five-year resident of Tokyo with Dupont Japan.
Advisory Board Chair
Shinichiro Suzuki - CFE Corporation CEO & Advisory Board Chair
Shinichiro is the advisory board member of GC Tokyo and CEO of CFE Corporation, a global business development firm. Since 1975, CFE Corp has specialized in helping overseas firms and individuals achieve their goals and objectives. Shinichiro has been involved in international business from a young age, as his great grandfather acquired the most advanced stamping technologies at the time, brought it back to Japan, and it is now a critical piece within Nissan Motor Corporation.
With studying college and working professionally in both America and Japan, he has a lot of experience working with people all around the globe. He is particularly interested in working with US and EU companies and that could benefit from assistance in industrial, construction, and other market segments in Japan.
Global Advisors at Global Chamber® Tokyo
Kaoru Nishinakagawa - Founder and Principal Consultant at NEOLEAP
Kaoru is a seasoned professional with extensive experience across semiconductor trading, digital innovation, and corporate strategy. She began her career in Japan, where she played an integral role in introducing cutting-edge technologies from the US and Europe to industry leaders such as Panasonic, Sony, and Hitachi. Not only did she facilitate crucial deals, but she also adeptly bridged cultural differences between nations.
Transitioning to the digital realm, Kaoru joined Getty Images in Japan and Australia, where she served as a key liaison between the global headquarters and local markets—customizing products to meet regional needs. After earning her MBA from the Australia Graduate School of Management in Sydney, she delved into the innovation sector, supporting corporate initiatives through venture building, intrapreneurship programs, and human-centered design training.
Driven by a passion for solving complex challenges through collaboration, Kaoru co-founded Innovation Dojo, an initiative designed to accelerate innovation between Japan and Australia through incubation and acceleration programs. She has also taken on several advisory roles, including serving as a startup advisor for JETRO and as Chief Advisor for the Australia-Japan Innovation Fund.
Kaoru founded Neoleap and is dedicated to building authentic business networks and leveraging global talent to drive sustainable, impactful change.
Alexandra Scott - Global Advisor, International Relations and Japan Programs
A former Global Chamber Intern and Project Manager, Alexandra Scott is excited to now join the Global Chamber community as a Global Advisor for Yokohama. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Pomona College in 2025 with a major in International Relations and minors in Japanese and Asian Studies.
Passionate about fostering international connections, Alexandra has studied abroad at Kyoto’s Doshisha University while living with a Japanese host family and served as an English teaching assistant at Tokyo City University. She has also interned in security research at Pacific Forum, an Indo-Pacific policy institute in Honolulu, HI, and participated in the 76th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) during the summer of 2024.
Aspiring to build bridges between the U.S. and Japan through cultural understanding, diplomacy, and localization, Alexandra is attending Stanford’s Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC) in Yokohama to further her study of Japanese with a focus on career application.
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