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Atsushi Nakajima

Atsushi Nakajima has served as president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Estate since April 2023. A company veteran who joined in 1986, he has worked in international business, development planning and logistics facilities, including a five-year period at Rockefeller Group in the United States. His leadership agenda emphasizes continuing the long-term evolution of Tokyo’s Marunouchi district and expanding urban development around social needs and sustainability. Mitsubishi Estate president biography · Integrated Report 2023

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Known For

  • Leading Mitsubishi Estate, a major Japanese developer whose history in Marunouchi dates to its 1890 land purchase and whose portfolio spans offices, residential, retail, logistics, hotels and overseas operations.
  • International leadership: he became president and CEO of Rockefeller Group International in 2014, then returned to Japan for senior international-business posts before taking charge of Mitsubishi Estate in 2023.
  • Describing urban development as ongoing stewardship of a district, rather than a project that ends at building completion; in his 2023 message he connected Marunouchi’s evolution to Tokyo Station, the Imperial Palace area and wider economic change. Mitsubishi Estate CEO message

Career

Mitsubishi Estate’s appointment notice records Nakajima’s progression after joining in 1986. He became a director and deputy president of Rockefeller Group International in 2011, its president and CEO in 2014, and an executive officer at Mitsubishi Estate in 2016. He then held posts in the Americas and Europe business, international business planning, and project planning, including urban, logistics and hotel development. The board appointed him president and CEO effective April 1, 2023. His first integrated-report message as CEO set out the company’s Long-Term Management Plan 2030 and framed Marunouchi as a district requiring continual adaptation to residents, workers and visitors. Appointment notice · Integrated Report 2023

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