・Biophysics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
PhD in experimental psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
・Engaged in research for visual experiments and time perception
under Professor Shinsuke Shimojo, California Institute of Technology, USA
・Former associate professor of cognitive neuroscience, University of Sussex, England
・Leading the world in image analysis of brain structure
・Founded Araya Inc.

　Akiko Naka is founder and chief executive officer of Wantedly, a social-networking service for professionals. Following its official launch in February 2012, Wantedly grew to 2.5m monthly active users and 30,000 corporates, and has become the leading professional social-networking service in Japan. Prior to founding Wantedly, Ms Naka was a growth co-ordinator at Facebook Japan, where she contributed to marketing and product development for Facebook in Japan. Before joining Facebook, she worked at Goldman Sachs in equity sales. Ms Naka graduated from Kyoto University in 2008 with a BA in economics. Ms Naka was named as a 40 under 40 leaders by Harvard Business Review Japan. She is the youngest female founder ever to take a company public in Japan.