I graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with a Bachelor of Economics in 1991 and started my career at Mitsubishi Corporation. I have been engaged in trading and investment mainly in the mineral resources sector during my career of over 35 years and stationed in Nagoya (Japan) from 1993 to 1999, Shanghai (China) from 1999 to 2006, Jakarta (Indonesia) from 2017 to 2020 and Vancouver (Canada) from 2020 to 2025, in addition to Tokyo.

I served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Canada Ltd., a Canadian operation of Mitsubishi Corporation for 5 years from April 2020 to March 2025. Under my leadership during these period, Mitsubishi’s Canadian operation continued to develop and promote traditional and new businesses for Canada and Japan, focusing on the areas such as Energy/Natural Resources (LNG, Critical Mineral, Hydrogen etc.) and innovation (cultivation of startups and new technologies).

I was a member of the Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council (ABLAC) comprises a high-level group of Asian and Canadian business leaders convened annually by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada to identify and articulate opportunities for improved Canada-Asia business engagement.

 After stationing in Canada for 5 years, I have come to love this country and its people and I joined in CCCJ as an Individual Member after coming back to Japan in April 2025. It was a great honored to participate as a speaker or a panelist in some events such like as Energy events organized by the Energy Committee of CCCJ and the corporate panel of Team Canada Trade Mission’s plenary session.

Furthermore, although outside of CCCJ, I hosted the visiting delegations of MBA/EMBA candidates of McGill University and HEC Montreal, and we had great discussion about the strategy, leadership style and decision-making processes in Japanese company.

Meanwhile, against the backdrop of rising geopolitical risks, Canada-Japan relations are becoming increasingly close from the perspectives of energy security and innovation etc. I would like to contribute to further strengthening and expanding Canada-Japan relations through CCCJ’s activities as a Board of Governor, for example, I would like to consider CCCJ’s enhancements in terms of sharing the attractiveness and challenges of investment to Canada for Japanese companies, acting as a bridge with the Japanese government and industries through my network and so on.

I look forward to serving as a Board of Governor of CCCJ for 2026-2028.