Board of Councilors
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| *Albrecht Wagner | Chair OIST BOC Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors, DESY |
| Monte Cassim | Vice-Chair OIST BOC President, Akita International University |
| Yuichiro Anzai | Senior Advisor of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
| Mary Collins | Provost, OIST |
| Erik De Schutter | Chair of the Faculty Assembly/Council, OIST |
| Ralph Eichler | Former President, ETH Zurich |
| Miki Fuchibe | Chairman, Okinawa Association of Corporate Executives |
| Frederick Gilman | Buhl Professor of Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University Director, McWilliams Center for Cosmology |
| Kenji Govaers | Senior Partner, Bain & Company, (Tokyo Office) |
| Gil Granot-Mayer | Vice President for Technology Development and Innovation, OIST |
| Isaku Higa | Vice President for Financial Management, OIST |
| Yoshikazu Higashi | Chairman and CEO of Okinawa Tourist Service |
| Ryo Hirasawa | Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo Chief Director, Institute for Future Engineering [Senior Researcher, Research Center for Policy Analysis] |
| Keith Hodgson | Chairperson, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University |
| Kiichiro Jahana | Vice Governor, Okinawa Prefecture |
| Daisuke Kan | President, Cheerio Corporation |
| Yoshihisa Kawakami | Chair, Okinawa Development Finance Corporation |
| Tatsuo Kawasaki | Co-Founder, Partner & Representative Director, Unison Capital Inc. |
| Nasser Kazeminy | Chairman of the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) |
| *Jesper Koll | Senior Advisor, Wisdom Tree Investment Inc. |
| Sachiko Kuno | President and CEO of S&R Foundation |
| Yumi Kuwana | Founder & President, GCI Inc. (Global Citizens Initiative) |
| Faisal Mahmood | Assistant Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School |
| Masaki Masudo | Member, Okinawa Promotion Council, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan Special Advisor, Uipath K.K. |
| Ryo Matsumoto | Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo Professor, Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University |
| Yoshimi Nagahama | Mayor, Onna Village |
| Tomo Nagase | Vice President for Human Resources, OIST |
| Mitsuru Omine | Chairman & CEO, Okinawa Electric Power Company |
| Ken Peach | Professor Emeritus, the Particle Therapy Cancer Research Institute, Oxford |
| Milind Purohit | Dean of Faculty Affairs, OIST |
| Jenifer Rogers | General Counsel Asia, Asurion Japan Holding G.K. |
| Scott Rudisel | Vice President for Buildings & Facilities Management, OIST |
| Katsuhiko Shirai | Honorary Advisor of Waseda University Former President, The Open University of Japan Former President, Waseda University Former Chairman of Okinawa Development Council |
| Ulf Skoglund | Dean of Graduate School, OIST |
| David Swinbanks | Chairman, Springer Nature, Australia Founder, Nature Index Senior Advisor, Digital Science Former Vice President, Nikkei Science |
| Nobuaki Tanaka | Former Under Secretary General at the UN Headquarters CEO, GaiaContact |
| Hideo Yamasaki | Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus |
| Heather Young | Vice Presdient for Communication & Public Relations (Acting), OIST |
| Jürgen Zöllner | Executive Board, Stiftung Charité |
* Two persons also serve on the OIST Board of Governors.
