Overview

Gender

male

Takafumi Inoue is an urban planner, with a Master of Urban Planning degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 2018 (World Bank Scholarship Grantee). He is a current member of the American Planning Association (MA Chapter).

His current work focuses on examining the relationship between tangible and intangible assets in the built environment. He is particularly interested in the real estate developments and planning practices, which properly reflect the existing local identities and cultures to maximize the uniqueness that each place has.

He has professional experience in mergers & acquisitions and the equity offering business at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. After having engaged in developer’s finance projects, he returned to Harvard to study the issues in the urban arena. He holds a B.A. in Policy Management from Keio University - Tokyo, Japan, where he graduated as a valedictorian (top student). During his time at college, he spent a year at The University of Edinburgh as an exchange student.

Fluent in Japanese, English, and French. His hobbies are watching rugby matches, traveling, and playing the piano.