Masashi Tsudaka

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About Masashi Tsudaka

Masashi Tsudaka joined IGES in 2020, and works on strategic operations of the institute, including programme management, knowledge management, public relations and logistics coordination as a member of Strategic Management Office. He proactively engages in internal and external communications so that the institute can best perform as ‘change agent’ to make the society sustainable and resilient. Prior to IGES he worked as a humanitarian worker for various organizations for a decade. His professional field experiences include humanitarian responses to Israel/Palestine Conflict (2009-11), Japan Tsunami (2011), Philippines Super Typhoon Haiyan (2013), Afghanistan Conflict (2015), South Sudan Conflict (2016) and Myanmar Conflict (2018-20). His area of expertise is not only in management of various humanitarian interventions (e.g. health, protection, economic security, water and habitat) at the field level, but also in fundraising, public relations, communications, advocacy, conference/event management, administration, monitoring and evaluation at the headquarters' level. He has received a Master's degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies in the Hague, the Netherlands, and a Bachelor's degree in Law from Sophia University, Tokyo. Aside from his profession, he is an award-winning novelist and a cellist of the Yokohama Symphony Orchestra, one of the oldest orchestras in Japan.