President&CEO Collabo Business Consulting

CEO and President of Collabo Business Consulting, Co.Ltd. Company founder Mr. Toshiro Kawamura has over 40years experience for IT field. His most carrier was working for NEC Corporation and in charge of IT solution business unit as the senior executive vice president and board member. He promoted global alliance – HP, Oracle, Sun, Cisco, EMC, Sybase, other major global IT players. He was NEC C&C system user’s group chairman.

His starting carrier is timesharing system development of large national based computer systems for National university and NTT. After this carrier in charge of NEC mainframe software development which was sold to more than 5000users in the global base. Then in charge of large mega bank, government and telecom systems development. He was a pioneer of Japanese large mission critical system.

Until June 30, 2009 he was a executive advisor of NEC, he was in charge of a world chairman of GBDe (Global Business Dialogue on e-Commerce), chairman of Japan-Taiwan e-commerce promotion committee, vice chairman of Japan IE committee. He founded CBC Co.Ltd on July 30th and as its President and CEO. He also held the below positions currently. Executive advisor: Victoria State Australia business promotion Steering committee: Japanese Electronics industry round table promoted Accenture Steering committee of Japanese government (METI): Taiwan/Japan IT business dialog

Born in Gifu Pref. Japan BS Computer science of Keio University, Japan

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Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Medicine in 1962, and appointed assistant in the First Internal Medicine Department of that faculty in 1968. Appointed fellow in biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1969, assistant professor of internal medicine at the UCLA Department of Medicine in 1973, associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Southern California Department of Medicine in 1974, associate professor of internal medicine at the UCLA Department of Medicine in 1977, and professor there in 1979. Appointed assistant professor in the 4th Internal Medicine Department of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine in 1983, professor in the First Internal Medicine Department of the same university and faculty in 1988, and professor and Dean of the Tokai University School of Medicine and Director of the Institute of Medical Sciences of Tokai University in 1996. Served as the President of the Science Council of Japan from 2003 to 2006, then Science Advisor to the Cabinet; Science, Technology and Innovation from 2006 to 2008. Currently the Chairman of Health Policy Institute, Japan and professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

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Peofessor,International Business Strategy Hitotsubashi University Professor,Harvard Business School

Professor Takeuchi received his B.A. from International Christian University in Tokyo and M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California,Berkeley.

He was an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Business School from 1976 to 1983,where he taught courses in marketing and retailing in the MBA program. He joined Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo as an Associate Professor in 1983 and became Professor in 1987. He returned to the Harvard Business School as a Visiting Professor in 1989 and 1990,where he taught "Competition and Strategy."

Professor Takeuchi's current research interests are focused on (a) the role of marketing within a firm's global strategy,(b) the unique features of the Japanese new product development process,(c) the competitiveness of Japanese firms in global industries,and (d) the knowledge creation process within organizations.

He is the author ofThe Best Practice Revolution(Diamond-sha,1994,in Japanese) and the co-author of the following books: (1)Corporate Self-Innovation: Managing Chaos and Creation(Takeuchi et al.,Chuo Koron-sha,1986,in Japanese);（2）Managing Heterogeneity: The Path to Global Management(Takeuchi and Yoko Ishikura,Diamond-sha,1994,in Japanese); (3)The Knowledge Creating Company(Ikujiro Nonaka and Takeuchi,Oxford University Press,1995),which won the 1995 "Best New Book of the Year" Award for the Business and Management category by the Association of American Publishers; (4)Can Japan Compete?(M. Porter,H. Takeuchi,and M. Sakakibara,2000,London: McMillan in English,and Diamond-sha in Japanese),and (5)Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management(I. Nonaka and H. Takeuchi,John Wiley & Sons,2004),and (6)Extreme Toyota(H. Takeuchi and N. Shimizu and E. Osono,John Wiley & Sons,2008).

In addition,he has written over 30 articles forthe Harvard Business Review,California Management Journal,Journal of Retailing,Japan Marketing Journal,Business Review,and other academic journals,and nearly 70 articles for business magazines.

His business experience includes management consulting work with McKinsey & Company in Tokyo and marketing research and account service work with McCann-Erikson in Tokyo and San Francisco. He is consultant to a number of multinationals and has been a frequent speaker at management conferences and seminars around the world.

He is a member of a number of committees formed by government agencies,the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in particular,and political organizations in Japan. In addition,he is a member of the planning board of the World Economic Forum.

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Partner & Managing Director Boston Consulting Group

Since joining BCG, Reiko has worked extensively with companies in manufacturing, high tech and infrastructure areas. Her experience includes growth strategy development, strategy implementation, change management, and post-merger integration. She has also served on a variety of government committees.

Before joining BCG, Reiko worked for the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ) as a Managing Director. Before joining the IRCJ, she worked for McKinsey & Company, and Kirin Brewery.

Reiko holds an M.E. and B.E. from Waseda University, and an M.S. from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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COO,Industry Innovation Organization Japan

Experience

Education

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President & CEO,Netyear Group Corporation

Fujiyo Ishiguro is the President & CEO of Netyear Group Corporation, a well-known Marketing company focused on Internet Services. Netyear had more than 150 active clients in 2009. 90% of their clients are TSE-listed companies, Fortune 500 equivalent, including KDDI, Tokyo Marine Nichido, Mitsui Real Estate, and NEC. Netyear also has several US and European corporations as its customers. Netyear completed its IPO in March of 2008 on TSE/Mothers.

Prior to taking the reigns at Netyear, Ms. Ishiguro was President of a US-based consulting firm. She provided strategic advice about technology transfer and M&A to Silicon Valley startups, such as Yahoo and Netscape, as well as to large Japanese clients including Sony, NEC, Panasonic, NTT, Toshiba, and Toyota. Ms. Ishiguro has been a speaker at numerous IT Marketing, and Entrepreneur conferences, both in the US and Japan. She is the author of several books and is a contributor to leading business publications in Japan, including Nikkei Information Strategy, "Fujiyo Ishiguro's CIO cannot sleep," and ITmedia Executive, "Fujiyo Ishiguro's Let's get the hint of business innovation." Her recent publication, "Don't try the work that you were told," was published last year. She is the commentator for several TV programs and a member of several committees within the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. She is a member of advisory board in ad:tech Tokyo. She received an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in Economics from Nagoya University. She was a visiting professor at Nagoya University in 2002.

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President and CEO
Freebit

Born in Saga, Japan in 1972 and graduated from Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University in 1998. He founded Reset Co., Ltd. while at university and became a board member. In 1998, he established Dream Train Internet Inc. (DTI) in response to request from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and became CSO in 1999. He made the company a “No.1 ISP in Customer Satisfaction.” In 2000, he established FreeBit Co., Ltd. and got listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers in 2007. He and his company are aiming to develop the Internet society by providing patented next generation ubiquitous services to customers.

A's BIT Works 2.0http://atsuki.netfor Ishida's daily activities and thoughts.

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Architect

Titles
■Member,Architectural Institute of Japan
■Member,Japan Architects Association
■Member,Japan Inter-Design Forum
■Director,Japan Association of Corporate Executives
■Tokyo Rotary Club
■Member,Japan Young President Organization,Japan Chapter
■Policy Advisor,Gifu Prefecture（1999-）
■Advisor,Advisory Society of Gifu VR Techno Japan
■Policy Advisor,Miyagi Prefecture (2001-)

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CEO,KEN OKUYAMA DESIGN 

Born in Yamagata Japan, 1959.
He has worked as a Chief Designer for General Motors, a Senior Designer for Porshce AG, and a Design Director for Pininfarina S.p.A., being responsible for the design of Ferrari Enzo, Maserati Quattroporte and many others.
He is also known for numerous industrial design products and consultancy, such as motor bikes, furniture, robots, and theme parks.
Ken founded KEN OKUYAMA DESIGN as CEO in 2007.
He produces modern furniture from “KEN OKUYAMA CASA/YAMAGATA KOUBOU”, an eyewear series from “KEN OKUYAMA EYES”, and automotive coach building from “KEN OKUYAMA CARS”.
He is currently a visiting professor at several colleges such as Art Center College of Design (USA), Tama Art University, Kanazawa Art College and Faculty of Engineering in Yamagata University (Japan). Ken is also a published author of several books.

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Professor Hitotsubashi University
Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

KEN KUSUNOKI is Professor at Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University. He was educated at the Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University. He was Assistant Professor from 1992 to 1996, and was Associate Professor from 1996 to 2000 at Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University. He was also with the Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi Univ. during 1993-2001. He has joined Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) since 2000. He specializes in competitive strategy and innovation.

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AnthropologistProfessor,Kyoto University of Art and Design

Cultural anthropologist. Professor,the Kyoto University of Art and Design; director,the Earth Literacy Program. Born in 1959,Takemura completed the doctoral course in cultural anthropology at the University of Tokyo. He has been involved in planning and promoting numerous Earth-age projects including Sensorium (1997,winner Ars Electronica Golden Nica),Tangible Earth (2005,winner Good Design Award Gold

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Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Asuka Asset Mangement

Mamoru Taniya is Chief Executive Officer of Asuka Asset Management, Ltd. He has broad range of investment experiences covering from fixed-income derivatives to private equities. Prior to founding Asuka, Taniya was a director at Tudor Capital Japan（1999-2002）and previously a managing director at Salomon Smith Barney. At Tudor he successfully started its private equity business in Japan. At Salomon, Taniya co-managed the Japan and Asia proprietary trading department. Prior to managing proprietary trading, he was responsible for the equity and fixed income derivatives trading for Salomon’s Tokyo operation. Before that, he managed volatility book and started the yen CB/Warrant trading desk at Salomon after his career as a bond trader. Mamoru Taniya received his B.A. in law from the University of Tokyo in 1987. /p>

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Former President, Google Japan,Inc.

Joined Google in April, 2007 as the Director of Product Management for Japan. Then he promoted as the President, Google Japan Inc. since January 2009. After he contributed Google’s solid growth in Japan, he retired Google in the end of April 2010. Before Google, he worked for Sony in many years holding prominent positions such as the head of VAIO PC Group, Digital TV Group, Home Video Group, or Personal Audio Group. He holds MS degrees from Keio University and California Institute of Technology.

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Representative Director and CEO,Industrial Growth Platform,Inc.

After joining the Boston Consulting Group,Kazuhiko Toyama became a founding member of Corporate Directions,Inc.(CDI),where he later served as CEO. He was appointed COO of Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ),which was established by Japanese government in 2003. He established Industrial Growth Platform,Inc. in 2007. He currently serves on various advisory roles in both the public and private sectors. He served as a member of Postal Services Privatization Committee until March 2009. At present,he is an Expert member of Council on Economic Fiscal Policy,a member of Council for the Promotion of Regulatory Reform and a member of Council for Science and Technology,Basic Plan Special Committee. He graduated from the Faculty of Law,University of Tokyo,and holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduates School of Business. He is President of Stanford Business School Alumni Association Tokyo Chapter.

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Professor,Graduate School of Media and Governance,Keio University

Takeshi Natsuno,Professor of Keio University was formerly Senior Vice President of NTT DoCoMo. He developed the business strategy of all of NTT DoCoMo's multimedia-related services,including i-mode strategic alliances with global application/content providers and key Internet players.

Mr. Natsuno,one of the key developers of i-mode business models,managed the Japan launch of i-mode in 1999. i-mode is the world's most popular mobile e-mail/Internet service. Already achieving tremendous success,it has attracted some 48 million subscribers to date,while taking a pioneering role the world's non-voice communications market. Mr. Natsuno also led the development of additional services,such as mobile games,credit-card settlement and other e-wallet functions.

Widely regarded as a leading expert on the Internet and multimedia,he was named one of the world's 25 most influential e-business leaders by Business Week in 2001.

Mr. Natsuno started his career with Tokyo Gas,one of Japan's largest utilities. He later held key executive positions with HyperNet,a leading Internet venture company. He joined NTT DoCoMo in 1997,and in 2008 began a new career as a professor of Keio University.

Mr. Natsuno is the author ofi-mode Strategy(Nikkei BP Planning,Inc.,2000),a la i-mode(Nikkei BP Planning,Inc.,2002) andKeitai-no-Mirai("The future of mobile phones,"Diamond,Inc.,2006). He graduated from Waseda University (B.A. Political Science and Economics,1988) in Japan,and received an M.A. in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.

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Managing Director of Management Consulting & Integrated Market, Accenture Japan Ltd

Yuji Nishimura graduated from Tokyo University with a degree in mechanical engineering. He joined a chemical company and worked on product development and design. He graduated from master of Science in Tokyo University and joined the Firm in 1990. He was promoted to Manager in 1994, Associate Partner in 1998 and Partner in 2000. He has consulted with a wide range of clients including pharmaceutical & Medical Products, high tech, chemicals, oil & gas, trading companies, consumer products, and communications. He has articles on major business magazines, such as Nikkei Business and co-wrote books titled Successful Logistics(1994), Theory and Practice of SCM(1998), Value Network Strategy(2000). He has been leading Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Industry between 2000 and 2005 and Japan Strategy Group from 2006. He was appointed as the Head of Japan Management Consulting & Integrated Market on March 1st 2007.

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President and CEO,Monex,Inc.

Mr. Matsumoto earned his BA in Law from the University of Tokyo (1987). He began his career at Salomon Brothers Asia, Ltd. in 1987 and later joined Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd. in 1990. He was the head of their Fixed Income Business and became General Partner of the Goldman Sachs Group, L.P. in 1994 at the age of 30, the youngest at that time. Upon the deregulation of stock brokerage commissions in Japan in 1999, he jointly capitalized Monex, Inc., an online brokerage firm, with Sony Corporation. Monex integrated its business with Nikko Beans and established Monex Beans Holdings, Inc. (now Monex Group, Inc.) in 2004 where he is presently President & CEO. He has served as Financial Counsel to the Prime Minister and a standing committee member of TSE and JSDA. He has become an outside director of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc., Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., Shinsei Bank, Ltd. since June 2008, and Kakaku.com since June 2010.

【Monex Group, Inc.】
Monex Group, Inc. was established in 2004 as a holding company of Monex, Inc. and Nikko Beans, Inc., both established in 1999. In 2005, Monex, Inc. and Nikko Beans, Inc. merged and became Monex, Inc., the main securities subsidiary of the Group. The Group also contains the companies of asset management business, investor education business, M&A business, FX business, etc. under its umbrella with overseas offices in New York and Beijing. In 2010 the Company made ORIX Securities a wholly owned subsidiary and merged with Monex, Inc. Monex Group, Inc. is listed in the first section of TSE and is continuing to grow its businesses, aspiring to become a technology-based global online retail financial service provider.

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Partner,Collar Capital

Hiro holds a Bachelors of Law degree from Osaka City University, Japan, and an MBA from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Hiro serves on the advisory committees of Dyna Fund, Tokio Marine Capital, JAFCO, Globis Fund, Silver Biotech Management, Advantage Partners, Vintage I and First China Development Fund. He also serves on the board of Raqualia Pharmaceutical, Japan. 

Representative Director and President, Intel K.K.
Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group, Intel Corporation

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Provost's Chair Professor of Business Administration,National University of Singapore

Sea-Jin Chang is a Provost’s Chair Professor of Business Administration, National University of Singapore. Prior to his move to Singapore, he was a Kumho Asiana Group Endowed Chair Professor of Business Administration at Korea University. He received his BA and MA in economics from Seoul National University, and Ph.D. in strategic management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Dean’s Fellow. He used to be a professor at the Stern School of Business of the New York University. He also had visiting appointments at Stanford Business School, INSEAD, London Business School, Hitotsubashi University and Wharton School. He used to work for large telecommunication companies in Korea and Japan. Professor Chang is primarily interested in the management of diversified multinational firms. His current research focuses on understanding the process of creating operating synergies among diversified lines of business and building a strong local organization after foreign entry. His other research interests include organizational learning, corporate growth through joint ventures and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, and comparative management studies of Japan, Korea, and China. His research has been published in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, and Journal of Industrial Economics. He is an Editor of Journal of International Business Studies, a premier academic journal in international business and sits on the editorial boards of several other leading journals such as Strategic Management Journal. His recent book, Sony vs. Samsung: The Inside Story of the Electronics’ Giants Battle for Global Supremacy (Wiley, 2008) compares and contrasts these two firms’ global strategy. His other book, The Rise and Fall of Chaebols: Financial Crisis and Transformation of Korean Business Groups (Cambridge University Press, April 2003) explores the strategies Korean business groups have pursued, examines various aspects of their structures, and assesses their performance. His edited volume, Business Groups in East Asia: Crisis, Restructuring and New Growth (Oxford University Press, 2006), examine the post-crisis restructuring activities of large business groups in eight East Asian countries. A native Korean, Professor Chang, is married to Kyungmee, a composer of modern classical music, and they have two daughters, Melody and Harmony.

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Professor, Business Administration, Seoul National University

Seoul National University celebrated last September the 30-year service of Dong-Sung Cho as Professor of Strategy, International Business and Management Design. He received a doctoral degree from Harvard Business School in 1976, and worked at Gulf Oil’s Planning Group before joining SNU in 1978. He was a visiting professor at HBS, INSEAD, Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University, University of Michigan, Duke, Peking, Zhejiang and Nankai University. Since 2006, he is Jointly-Appointed Professor at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Among the 57 books he published are The General Trading Company by Lexington Books (1986), Tiger Technology: the Rise of the Semiconductor Industry in Asia by Cambridge University Press (1999), and From Adam Smith to Michael Porter: Evolution of Competitiveness Theory by World Scientific (2000). In 2007, he received the Honorary Doctoral Degree in Philosophy from Inje University.
He was Dean of the College of Business Administration, SNU, 2001-2003, and Dean of the Graduate School of International and Area Studies, SNU, 1999-2001. He has been on the Board of Directors at 15 multinational companies and research organizations. He is Honorary Consul General of Finland in Korea. He was President of Korean Academic Society of Business Administration, which is the flagship organization in Korea representing 87 functionally-oriented academic societies in business administration.
He also chaired Korean Association of Academic Societies, which is the umbrella organization of 651 academic societies that encompass humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, and others. He was Chair of the Committee for Government Innovation Management, and the Committee for Synergistic Cooperation between Big and Small Corporations jointly with Prime Minister of Korea. Since 2008, he has been in the Presidential Council for National Competitiveness of Korea.

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Dean,Guanghua School of Management,Peking University

Weiying Zhang is Dean of the Guanghua School of Management of Peking University, and Director of Peking University's e-Business Center. He received a bachelor degree in 1982 from Northwestern University at Xi'an and D. Phil. in economics in 1994 from Oxford University. Between 1984 and 1990, he was a research fellow of the Economic System Reform Institute of China, and heavily involved in economic reform policy making in China. He was the first Chinese economist who proposed the "dual-track price system reform" (in 1984). After he graduated from Oxford, he co-founded China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Peking University in 1994, and worked with the Center until August, 1997. From 1999 to August 2006, He was the executive associate dean of Guanghua School of Management. He was also the chief architect of the 2003 Peking University faculty system reform. His visionary reform has generated significant impacts on changes of business education in China. As a professor of economist, he has published dozens of academic articles and 10 books. His works have generated significant impacts on the ongoing enterprise reform policy formulation and the development of economics in China. He has been frequently invited to deliver keynote speeches at high-level international and domestic symposiums and forums. His insightful opinions of the Chinese economy have been frequently reported in media. He was awarded "The Man of the Year in Chinese Economy" by CCTV in 2002. He has been the chief economist for China Entrepreneurs Forum since 2001.

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Partner DCM

As a Partner, Gen Isayama brings years of start-up and finance experience to his role in identifying new investment opportunities for the firm both in the U.S. and Asia. Gen focuses on investments in the consumer internet/digital media, mobile applications, wireless technologies and non-tech areas. Gen also helps lead DCM’s Asia practice, primarily in Japan, by identifying investment capabilities and assisting DCM’s portfolio companies’ with business development.

Prior to joining DCM, Gen worked at Mizuho Financial Group, formerly the Industrial Bank of Japan and has extensive experience in a wide variety of areas including corporate finance, structured finance, derivative trading and market risk management.

Entrepreneurial by nature, Gen co-founded a web design company while he was a student at Tokyo University. In addition, he served as an advisor for Silicon Valley based start-up helping establish a business base in Japan. Gen is active in the entrepreneurial community and currently serves as a judge for the Stanford Business Plan competition, E-Challenge, organized by the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES). He also is a lecturer at Kyushu University.

Born in Japan, Gen grew up in both Tokyo and New York. He divides his time between Menlo Park, California, and Tokyo, with his wife and children. Gen holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. in Law from Tokyo University.

For more information on DCM, visitwww.dcm.com.

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President & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
President, UNICUL International, Inc.

Ms. Sasaki graduated from the Department of Comparative Culture, Faculty of Foreign Languages at Sophia University.

Ms. Sasaki founded UNICUL International, Inc., an international communication consulting company in 1987, which capable of handling 70 languages. She has organized and chaired the International Conference for Women in Business every summer since 1996. In 2000, she founded ewoman Inc. and launched the ewoman website. The collective knowledge of smart consumers is leveraged for corporate brand consulting, concept proposals, product development, and more.

She is sought for her foresight and action in reading ahead of the times and constantly proposing innovative themes to society, such as founding the first network of professional women in Japan in 1989 and launching the first bilingual portal site targeting women in Japan in 1996. She also meets with many visiting dignitaries. She has also written or spoken on many topics including diversity management, marketing, leveraging women, and time management, conducting more than 60 lectures a year. Ms. Sasaki has also worked as a reporter for TV Asahi’s “News Station,” anchor for TBS TV’s “60 Minutes” in Japan, and commentator for Fuji TV’s “Tokudane!”

Current Official Posts
Ms. Sasaki serves as: expert member of Cabinet Office’s “IT Strategic Headquarters”; member of the Cabinet Office’s Social Policy Council and Price Stabilization Policy Council; member of the Financial Services Agency’s Financial System Council; member of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ Information and Communications Council; member of the Educational Courses Section of the Subdivision on Primary and Secondary Education of the Central Council for Education; member of the Japan Fair Trade Commission’s Antitrust Law Forum; outside board member for Nissen Holdings; and outside auditor of Tokyo Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance.

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Special Advisor to the Cabinet
Head of Corporate Planning Department and Head of Finance Department for Facilitating
Realignment of U.S. Forces Japan, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Mr. Maeda was born in 1957.
He received a BA in Law with honors in 1980 for the University of Tokyo.
He experienced many key positions including Director for Policy Planning, International Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan, the head of the delegation of JBIC to OECD, Deputy Director General of International Finance Department Ⅱand Director General & Special Advisor for Energy and Natural Resources of JBIC. His latest responsibility at JBIC is the chief of staff and policy coordination and handling the financial issues on the realignment of the U.S. Marines Corps from Okinawa to Guam.
Mr. Maeda has also served as Adjunct Professor of the Graduate School of Political Science, the University of Tokyo, and is currently serving as Non resident scholar at SAIS, the Johns Hopkins University in Washington D.C., Vice Chairman of Research Center for Financial Cooperation in Northeast Asia, the Nankai University, Tianjin China, Member of the Board of US-Japan Link, NPO, and Special Advisor to the Cabinet.
He regularly contributes to the major qualified papers and magazines on energy security and Islamic finance. He is the author of several books including, “The detail briefing on Islamic Finance (Aki-Shobo, 2008) and “Sovereign Wealth Funds” (PHP, 2009).

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