Serial entrepreneur in sustainability over 18 years. He has been involved in venture businesses in the sustainability field such as environment, agriculture, and welfare as an environmental engineer. Experienced buyouts of two companies in these areas. He is a Representative Director of Sustainability Data Standardization Consortium（SDSC）and a lecturer at Kyoto University’s ESG Research Group. He has written and lectured extensively on non-financial big data.
Visiting Professor at Kyoto University and Professor at Kyoto University of Advanced Science. He specializes in investment theory and financial engineering. After serving as Director of the Financial Engineering Research Center and Executive Officer of Nomura Securities, he is a professor at the Graduate School of Kyoto University. He also serves as a member of the Management Committee of the Pension Fund Management Independent Administrative Institution (GPIF) and Director of the Money Design Institute.
After working at Nomura Securities, he served as the representative director of an IT-focused CVC and as the executive officer of a textile trading company listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He has been a director of Psychic VR Lab, Inc. since its establishment, and is mainly involved in financial and sales support for startup companies.
At Mizuho Securities, he was engaged in finance-related operations such as bond underwriting and public relations at the head office. Then he moved to EEI (Energy Environment Investment) where he was responsible for investment in the energy sector, fund formation, and corporate planning. He majored in environmental studies at the University of Tokyo.
Major responsibilities include agency sales at a leading insurance company, serving as Domestic Sales Chief for Userbase (Speeda business), and leading sales operations across Southeast Asia (based in Singapore). After earning an MBA from Hult International Business School (UK), returned to Japan and joined the company as an early team member. Led the launch of a SaaS business for institutional investors and financial institutions, as well as an enterprise analytics business, and currently oversees and drives the growth of each business. Holds an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential.
