President & CEO, Ginger Lab / Director & Chief Strategy Officer, Spice Factory / Director, Flying Penguins / Director, InfoPort
Ayano Ryugo is a business leader specializing in sustainability, public relations, and corporate management. Her work spans business and organizational development, brand building, and new ventures, with a focus on trust, relationships, and other forms of non-financial capital. Corporate ethics is central to her approach.
She has served as a mentor for four consecutive cohorts of “Zeroichi,” a program of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, supporting entrepreneurs as they develop their businesses.
Viewing companies as part of interconnected social and natural systems, she seeks to build businesses that combine economic viability with social value, while delivering results today and earning trust over time. A question that guides her work is: “Will this business still inspire when our children are 80?”