Tomo is a seasoned professional having lived and worked in various corners of the world from the Tibetan plateau, Indian drylands, Indonesian tropics, to Japanese metropolises.  He is the co-founder and Chief Exploration Officer of the award-winning social enterprise Earth Company, as well as a next generation hotel in Bali called Mana Earthly Paradise, the first B corp certified hotel in Southeast Asia.

He has extensive field experience working for international development NGOs across Asia and Africa, including the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the World Bank, and Kopernik. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at the Global Leadership Program at the University of Tokyo.

Tomo has a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard College, a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and was an Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellow at the East-West Center. In 2014, Tomo was awarded the Dalai Lama’s Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award.

Tomo's work lies at the nexus of regeneration, transformation, and well-being. He regularly speaks at international conferences, serves as an advisor to several organizations, and has publications in Stanford Social Innovation Review, Lancet, etc. Tomo has four children and currently lives in Bali, Indonesia.