Yasushi Maruyama

Yasushi Maruyama is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2024-25. Maruyama has nearly 20 years of experience in the consulting industry, specializing in leadership issues of large, global companies. His expertise includes CEO succession, CEO coaching, Board/CSO search, identifying and developing future CEO candidates, and corporate governance. He has served as a trusted advisor to CEOs, board members, and founders. Maruyama was previously the Japan Country Leader of Egon Zehnder, the world's preeminent leadership advisory firm, and was a member of the firm's global executive committee (ExCo). Prior to this, he spent eight years at McKinsey & Company, working in both Japan and Germany. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from the University of Tokyo and an MBA with distinction from INSEAD. Additionally, Maruyama has earned several advanced certificates related to adult development and coaching, including the SOI (Subject-Object-Interview) and ITC (Immunity To Change) coaching methods, which he has applied to support corporate executives as well as university and high school students. He is fluent in both English and Japanese. While at APARC, he will research necessary changes in CEO succession system for global companies in a dynamically changing world.