Tomohiro Hamakawa

Tomohiro Hamakawa
Kopernik

As Chief Strategy Officer, Tomohiro Hamakawa leads Kopernik‘s Last Mile Consulting team that advises private and public sector clients.

Hamakawa is a seasoned development professional having lived and worked in various corners of the world from the Tibetan plateau, Indian drylands, Indonesias tropics, to Japanese metropolises. He has extensive field experience working for international and local development NGOs across Asia and Africa, including the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Save the Children, UNICEF, and The Bridge Fund. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at the Global Leadership Program at the University of Tokyo. Hamakawa is also the Co-founder and Managing Director of Earth Company.

Hamakawa has a bachelor’s degree in social anthropology from Harvard College, a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and was a fellow in the Asia Pacific Leadership Program at the East-West Center. He was recognized as one of the 51 Unsung Heroes of Compassion 2014 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Articles by Tomohiro Hamakawa

Wednesday
September 5
2018

Tomohiro Hamakawa / Vanesha Manuturi

Building Markets, Building Cohesion: Lessons from Last-Mile Deliveries

In 2016, Myanmar was a nation emerging from decades of conflict and isolation. Kopernik, the UNDP and Mercy Corps responded with a pilot program that utilized technology distribution as an avenue to strengthen social cohesion in the country's remote rural communities. Tomohiro Hamakawa and Vanesha Manuturi of Kopernik share development lessons learned from the program — lessons with the potential to benefit other emerging market communities making a comeback from histories of conflict.

Categories
Energy, Technology

Tags
business development, rural development, supply chains
Guest Articles

Tuesday
December 30
2014

Tomohiro Hamakawa

5 Success Factors for Technology Distribution and Adoption in the Last Mile

How can innovative technologies be distributed and adopted at scale in the last mile? This is a key question driving social enterprises and nonprofits aiming to leverage the power of innovative products designed for the poor. Kopernik, a nonprofit headquartered in Indonesia, has consolidated its observations into five key factors – factors that Project Manager Tomohiro Hamakwa hopes will be useful for other enterprises hoping to make market inroads.

Categories
Energy, Social Enterprise

Tags
distribution, renewable energy

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