PROGRAM

Seafood Legacy Co., Ltd.

Founder/CEO

Wakao Hanaoka

After working in marine conservation in the Maldives and Malaysia, Wakao joined Greenpeace Japan and started the Sustainable Seafood Market Project. Later, Wakao founded Seafood Legacy in Tokyo in 2015, to build Japan-centric global-standard solutions for seafood sustainability.
- Expert Advisor of the Cabinet Office Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Working Group
- Committee Member of Fishery Agency Ensuring Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants Commission
- Committee Member of the Fishery Agency Wide Sea-area Fisheries Adjustment Commission
- Steering board member of Global Sustainable Seafood Initiatives (GSSI)
- Member of Friends of Ocean Action (World Economic Forum)
- Member of Anti-IUU Forum Japan
- Recipient of 2019 SeaWeb Seafood Champion Award Leadership Category

Fisheries Agency

Director General

Takashi Koya

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
March 1985 Bachelor of Fisheries (University of Kyushu)
June 1993 Master of Marine Affairs (University of Washington) PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
April 1985 Joined Fisheries Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
August 2006 Vise Director General of the Fisheries Department in Ishikawa Prefecture
July 2008 Chief Negotiator, International Affairs Division, Fisheries Agency
July 2012 Senior Officer, Fisheries Management Division, Fisheries Agency
April 2014 Councilor of Resources Management Department, Fisheries Agency
April 2016 Director of Resources and Environment Research Division, Fisheries Agency
July 2017 Director General of Resources Management Department, Fisheries Agency
April 2020 Deputy Director-General, Fisheries Agency
July 2021 Director-General, Fisheries Agency
-Japanese Head of Delegation to North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) (2017-now)

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Deputy Director, Ocean Conservation and Science, Ocean, Program

Meg Caldwell

Meg Caldwell joined the Packard Foundation’s Conservation and Science program in April 2015 as Deputy Director, Ocean. She leads the Ocean team where she manages growth in the scale and ambition of our oceans-related grantmaking, provides strategic direction across our subprograms, fosters the increasingly team-oriented approach to this work, and helps to amplify the work of our Foundation and our grantees as a thought leader on ocean conservation issues. Prior to joining the Foundation, Meg directed the Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program at Stanford Law School. While at Stanford, she also served as the Executive Director of the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS). Meg played a critical role in the creation of COS and led the organization in the development of a Pacific Ocean-wide assessment of the major threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, along with the communities that depend on them—the first assessment of its kind. She also served as a Senior Consultant to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. The Commission ultimately adopted a majority of the recommendations for regulatory reform that were developed by COS. Meg served on the California Coastal Commission from 2004-2007 and 2009-2012, including two years as its chairperson, during which time she also served on the board of the California Coastal Conservancy. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1994, Meg was an instructor at San Jose State University; an associate in the environmental law group of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen; and a Policy Analyst with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco. Meg holds a Bachelor’s in Science in business administration (with an emphasis on economic analysis and policy) from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

euglena Co., Ltd.

Founder and CEO

Mitsuru Izumo

Mitsuru Izumo is a graduate of the University of Tokyo, having specialised in agricultural structural
management. In 2005, he established euglena Co., Ltd. to harness the
properties of microalgae Euglena. euglena Co., Ltd. became the world’s
first biotechnology company that succeeded in the outdoor mass
cultivation of Euglena. Currently, euglena Co., Ltd upholds
“Sustainability First” as their philosophy and has developed the
manufacture and sale of foods and cosmetics as the healthcare domain,
the biofuel business, the bioinformatics business, and the social
business in Bangladesh by leveraging Euglena and other advanced technologies.
https://www.euglena.jp

The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Independent Advisor

Yukiko Kuwata

Yukiko joined the Anti-IUU Forum Japan in 2020, representing the Ocean Governance Program of The Nature Conservancy. She was previously with the Ocean & Maritime Program Planning and Strategy Team of The Nippon Foundation, where she co-developed, managed and reviewed numerous domestic and global ocean sustainability programs, including the Nereus Program and Seabed 2030. Yukiko is a veterinarian by training (fully licensed) from the University of Tokyo.

Usufukuhonten co.,ltd.

President and CEO

Sotaro Usui

He was born in 1971 in Kesennuma, Miyagi. After graduating from the Department of Law at Senshu University, he joined a maritime affairs company in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, went on to join the Japan Tuna Fisheries Cooperative Association, and after working in Las Palmas in Spain's Canary Islands, he joined the family business Usufukuhonten (co., ltd.) (established 1882) in 1997. In 2009, he served as the board chairman of Junior Chamber International Kesennuma. In 2012, he assumed office as the fifth president of Usufukuhonten (co., ltd.). In 2020, the company became the first in the world to obtain MSC certification for Atlantic bluefin tuna. Currently, he is the chairman of the National Tuna Modernization Promotion Committee (an association of deep sea tuna shipowners nationwide). Outside of work in a volunteer capacity, he represents an association to promote the inclusion of fish from Kesennuma in school lunches, serves as a fish promoter for the Fisheries Agency, and he also works to promote fish served nationwide in elementary and middle schools. As a student, he practiced fencing and participated in the 1995 Universiade event in Fukuoka.

Future University Hakodate

Professor, Ph.D. (Fisheries Science)

Masaaki Wada

After graduating from the Faculty of Fisheries at Hokkaido University in 1993, he joined Towa Electric Co. In 2005, he was appointed to the Future University Hakodate to support coastal fisheries through information technology. Since then, as the director of the Marine IT Laboratory, he has been working with researchers and fishermen from all over Japan on sustainable fisheries, including resource management of sea cucumber in Rumoi City, Hokkaido. He also promotes smart fisheries as an advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) on regional informatization, and as the head of the Working Team of the Fisheries Agency's Smart Fisheries Research Group Collaboration Infrastructure

Norwegian Seafood Council

Director Japan and South Korea

Johan Kvalheim

He oversees the activities of the Norwegian Seafood Council as Director for Japan and Korea, a marketing organization with the goal of increasing the value of Norwegian seafood in key markets around the world. After receiving an Master of Fishery Science from The Norwegian College of Fishery Science and an MBA in International Business from ENPC in Paris, he has worked in the Norwegian and international seafood industry for more than 20 years in a variety of positions. In addition to working for a major Norwegian seafood company, he has been responsible for the UK and French markets at the Norwegian Seafood Council. He was also Managing Director of the North Atlantic Seafood Forum in 2019-2020, the largest seafood business conferences in the world.

WWF Japan

Science and Technology Officer, Oceans and Seafood Group, Climate & Energy and Oceans & Fisheries Division

Shuhei Uematsu, Ph.D.

Graduated from Tokyo University with Doctorate in Agriculture and Life Sciences. Worked at a management consulting firm after graduating before joining National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries (currently Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency). Conducted research on the fish supply of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna. Started employment at WWF Japan since 2013 and has been involved in preservation efforts and IUU countermeasures for global marine resources such as the tuna, skipjack, and Pacific saury, as well as proposing business strategies and providing internal consultation for the improvement of various work processes. Member of the Fisheries Agency Distribution Improvement Ordinance Review Committee since 2021.

SeaBOS

Managing Director

Martin Exel

Martin has been in the seafood sector for 40 years; and with Austral Fisheries (an Australian seafood business) since 1997. He is also the Managing Director of SeaBOS (Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship) since July 2019, which is a collaborative venture between ten of the world’s largest seafood businesses, the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sweden, as well as Lancaster University (UK) and Stanford University Centre for Ocean Solutions (USA). The aim of that collaboration is to lead a transformation to sustainable seafood production and a healthy ocean, globally.
Martin has worked in various roles in seafood including from industry, government, and academia. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Victoria University of Wellington (NZ), a Graduate Diploma in Fisheries Technology from the Australian Maritime College, and is a passionate recreational angler.

Seafood Legacy Co., Ltd.

Senior Officer

Aiko Yamauchi

After working as a research fellow at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Aiko joined WWF Japan Conservation Division.. At WWF Japan, Aiko focused on engaging domestic and international stakeholders to collaborate and promote sustainable fisheries and responsible seafood market transformation.. She also led a joint marine conservation project of WWF Japan in Chile, Indonesia, and China. After Aiko joined Seafood Legacy, she is in charge of strategy development and technical implementation. Aiko holds a doctorate degree from the Graduate School of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.
• Member of the special committee of stock management of Fisheries Policy Council
• External reviewer of SH”U”N project by The National Research and Development Agency, Japan Fisheries • Research and Education Agency
• Coordinator for Anti- IUU Forum Japan
• Lecturer at Iwate University, Faculty of Agriculture
• Lecturer at Hosei University, Graduate School of Public Policy and Social Governance

Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.

Deputy General Manager,CSR Departmen

Toshiya Yabuki

Graduated from Tokyo University (Dept. of Fisheries Science) in 1984 and joined Nippon Suisan. Since then most of the time in charge of aquaculture business including overseas missions (Chile, Indonesia, USA). Worked at Chilean subsidiary salmon farming company (Salmones Antartica S.A.) for total 13years and served as CEO in 2012～2016. From 2019 belongs to CSR Dept, mainly in charge of seafood sustainability issues like SeaBOS, etc.

Planet Tracker

Financial Analyst

Francois Mosnier

François brings more than 10 years of experience working across finance, nature conservation and sustainable farming. Prior to joining Planet Tracker, he was a financial analyst at Exane BNP Paribas and Capital Group, and a conservation finance specialist at Conservation Capital.

World Benchmarking Alliance

Seafood Benchmark Lead

Helen Packer

Helen Packer joined the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) as Seafood Benchmark Lead in July 2020 where she manages all activities related to the Seafood Stewardship Index (SSI). The SSI assesses the 30 most influential seafood companies for their contribution to the UN SDGs. Prior to the WBA, Helen was Sustainability Manager at Anova Food USA, a subsidiary company of Bumble Bee, where she contributed to the implementation of various CSR projects. Helen holds a BSc in Marine Biology from Swansea University (UK) and an MSc in Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management from Wageningen University (NL). Helen also holds a PhD from Dalhousie University (Canada), looking at CSR accountability and CSR practices in the seafood industry.

Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions

Project Director

Ryan Bigelow

As Project Director, Ryan leads the Conservation Alliance’s multi-stakeholder workstreams focused on creating solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the sustainable seafood movement.
Before joining the Alliance, Ryan spent ten years with the Monterey Bay Aquarium where he most recently managed the Seafood Watch program, leading its communications, NGO engagement and online strategies.
Ryan lived in Japan, translating and interpreting for the Japanese government.
Ryan has a BA in Japanese studies and an MA in International Environmental Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

Seafood Legacy Co., Ltd.

Business Engagement Officer

Ryo Takahashi

Born in Sydney. Ryo majored in Agricultural Economics at Tokyo University of Agriculture. After studying agriculture in the Philippines, he became interested in doing business with foreign countries, and after graduation, he joined a trading company specializing in seafood in Tsukiji. After joining the company, he purchased wild-caught seafood products from South America and other Asian countries and sold them to a number of businesses in Japan and abroad. Currently, he is working to get people of all ages interested in the seafood industry to balance sustainable seafood and business.

Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd., Seven & i Group

Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.
Director and Executive Officer & Manager of the Food Business Division
Leader of the Sustainable Procurement Promotion Team, Environment Section

Seven & i Group
Leader of the Sustainable Procurement Promotion Team, Environment Section

Kazunori Aratani

He joined Ito-Yokado in 1983 and was assigned to the meat counter of the Nishi-kawaguchi Store. After serving as the meat products manager at the store, he became involved in the planning, development, and procurement of meat products in the Product Department from 1998. He was appointed as an executive officer and the Manager of the Food Business Division in 2018, and as a director in 2020, all of which appointments he is currently still serving. In May 2019, he began working with stakeholders to ramp up the procurement of ingredients that have been verified to be sustainable as the leader of the Sustainable Procurement Promotion Team, an inter-group organization tasked with meeting the targets of the environmental declaration “GREEN CHALLENGE 2050.”

Hilton

Supply Management (Japan, Korea, and Micronesia), Regional Director

Tomohiro Ohi

Tomo oversees Hilton Supply Management operations for planning, organizing, and directing the procurement functions in Japan, South Koprea and Micronesia. Lead the direct and indirect team members in sourcing of all operational products and services within the region and support initiatives from other regions globally. Develop and execute strategic initiatives including sustainable sourcing to improve operational efficiency of Supply Management function and develop procurement team members.
He lived in the United States for 32 years since he went to the university there in 1986. After graduation, he worked for several years in sales and then his career evolved into a procurement professional in various industries. In 2018, he joined Hilton Worldwide and returned to Japan.

Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union

Sustainable Procurement / Merchandising Division

Satoshi Matsumoto

Satoshi Matsumoto joined Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU)in 1988. He has extensive experience in logistics management, sales and marketing, and product merchandising for CO・OP private brand products.
2010~ Joint development Promotion Department General Manager
2012~ Tohoku Region Branch General Manager
2014~ Marine Products Department General Manager
2016~ Perishable Ingredient Promotion General Manager
2017/7~ Current position
Matsumoto has been in charge of research and development of JCCU’s sustainable seafood program, promoting sustainable products such as
MSC/ASC certified products and supporting improvement projects.

Skretting

Innovation team,Sustainability Manager

Jorge Diaz Salinas

Jorge is the Sustainability Manager at Skretting and works in Stavanger, Norway. In this role, he works together with Skretting’s offices in the world to fulfil their purpose of “Feeding the Future” and the company’s ambition to be the leading partner in driving the journey towards an even more sustainable aquaculture industry.　He has a degree in Communications and holds an MSc in International Marketing together with studies in Corporate Sustainability.

Kagoshima University Faculty of Fisheries

Professor of Fishery Economics

Masaaki Sano

Masaaki joined the Fisheries Agency in 1989, and has been engaged in teaching and research, first at Tokyo University of Fisheries since 1993, and then at the Faculty of Fisheries at Kagoshima University since 2001. He has been conducting economic research on salmon since his days as a student, and has published numerous research results on management and policies in the aquaculture industry, as well as on the marketability and price formation of aquaculture products.

Japan Salmon Farm Inc.

President and CEO

Kosuke Suzuki

Kosuke Suzuki was born in Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture.
In 2005, he graduated from the Tokyo University of Fisheries (now called the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology).
In the same year he joined Okamura Foods Co., Ltd.
He was involved in salmon farming and processing, and the restaurant industry in foreign businesses in places like Denmark and Vietnam.
From 2016, he took part in the launch of the trout salmon business in Aomori Prefecture.
In 2017, he established Japan Salmon Farm Inc. and was appointed as a director.
In 2020, he was appointed as President and CEO.

FRD Japan, Co.,ltd.

COO

Tetsuro Sogo

Tetsuro Sogo joined Mitsui & Co. in 2008 and was appointed as a member of the Salmon Team of the group company Toho Bussan. He was in charge of the importation and sale of salmon from Norway and Chile when he met Tsuji and Koizumi of FRD Japan and was drawn to the potential of land-based aquaculture. In 2017, he submitted a proposal to Mitsui for investing in FRD Japan, which was approved. He then joined the company as its COO with the goal of industrializing aquaculture in a manner that would eliminate its reliance on the sea. He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kyoto University.

Maruha Nichiro Corporation

Aquaculture Business Department Aquaculture Section

Yuta Hamasaki

Yuta Hamasaki studied Fish Nutrition at the Tokyo University of Fisheries (now Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology) and completed his master's degree in 2002.
After working for a foreign feed manufacturer for about 19 years, he moved to Maruha Nichiro in July of this year.
During his time at the feed manufacturer, he was passionate about improving the sustainability of Japan's aquaculture industry by supplying eco-certified feed and supporting aquaculture companies in obtaining certification, but he felt that there was a distance between him and consumers, and decided to change careers to find a place where he could work as close to them as possible.
At Maruha Nichiro, he works in the Aquaculture Section, where he is in charge of coordinating aquaculture certification-related activities.

UMITO Partners Inc.

CEO and Founder

Shunji Murakami

Shunji graduated from the university in California, USA studying geography and business after high school in Japan. After returning to Japan, he worked at Patagonia Japan, as well as US based NGO, Wild Salmon Center as Japan program coordinator. After that, he worked at Ocean Outcomes as Japan Program Director and merged the program with Seafood Legacy Co., Ltd. in 2018. He became Vice President / COO of the company and managed the Fishery & Science Department as well as Business Engagement Department. In 2021, Shunji launched UMITO Partners Inc. working hand-in-hand with fisheries and fishing communities in partnership with chefs, business, financial sectors to help them become more sustainable, and help the government design equitable policies in inclusive ways connecting with voice and realities on the ground.
- Asia Pacific FIP Community of Practice Council Member
- Fisheryprogress.org Advisory Committee Member
- Global Seafood Alliance FIP Task Force Member
- Japan Fishery Agency Aquaculture Growth Industrialization Promotion Council Member

Sailors for the Sea Japan

Chair and CEO

Minako Iue

Sailors for the Sea Japan was found in 2013 as an affiliate organization of Sailors for the Sea, a marine conservation NGO founded by David Rockefeller Jr. Sailors for the Sea Japan promotes sustainable oceans and future through their core programs: “Blue Seafood Guide,” a seafood rating scheme, “Clean Regattas,” an eco-certification scheme for marine sports which is adopted in world yacht competition, and “Kelp,” a marine education program for kids. With over 40 business and municipality partnerships, such as Mie prefecture, Kyoto University, and Keio University, Minako hopes to build a sustainable society.
- PhD candidate at Kyoko University for global environmental studies
- Adjunct faculty member of Kyoto University Graduate School
- Senior Researcher of Keio Research Institute at SFC
- Columnist at Forbes Japan and 25ans

Qingdao Marine Conservation Society

Founder and President

Songlin Wang

Songlin has 20 years’ research and work experience in China’s marine conservation and sustainable seafood movement. His career path includes working for The Nature Conservancy, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF China and WWF International), The Paulson Institute (PI), and Ocean Outcomes. In 2016 he helped establish ASC’s China program and has been serving as a strategic advisor. In 2017, Songlin founded and since has been chairing Qingdao Marine Conservation Society (QMCS), a young and professional Chinese environmental NGO committed to promoting seafood sustainability and conserving coastal & marine ecosystems.
Songlin majored in marine ecology at the Ocean University of China as an undergraduate, and then obtained a masters’ degree in environmental management at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. He is a Pew Marine Conservation Fellow and a member of Friends of Ocean Action.
http://www.qmcs.org.cn/

AEON Co., Ltd.

Manager, CSR Dept.

Yumie Kawashima

Ms. Yumie Kawashima is a manager of CSR department at AEON Co., Ltd. She also acts as a secretariat for AEON Sustainable Procurement Committee　and WRI 10x20x30 Food loss and waste reduction Japan Project. Ms. Kawashima joined Jusco Co., Ltd (Aeon Co., Ltd.) soon after she graduated from University and has had experiences at merchandising and logistics sections in the retail business. In 2007, she was appointed as a manager of Green Eye Product Development Division which develops AEON’s private brand products. Since then, she has been involved in the area of sustainable supply chain management. She has also serve　 externally for many different committees of sustainable supply chain including MSC stakeholder council, CGF Sustainable supply chain initiative (SSCI).

Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)

Chief Representative, Japan

Koji Tagi

Koji Tagi completed his education at the Ritsumeikan University College of Social Sciences and the University of Queensland Wildlife Management Department. He worked at the Ministry of the Environment, Wetlands International, the JICA, and the Japan Environmental Education Forum before starting his current job in March 2021. Aiming to create a world where humans can live in harmony with nature, he has built up over 20 years of experience dealing with international cooperative environmental projects including serving as the environmental expert for biodiversity conservation projects in Sabah, Malaysia and as the project manager for ecotourism development projects in Bhutan. He is currently focusing on solving humanitarian issues to realize a sustainable fishing industry.

Nikkei BP

Managing Director

Naoki Asami

1985: Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering
1987: Master's degree from the University of Tokyo. His research theme at the graduate school was ""Application of Artificial Intelligence in Machine Design"".
The same year, he joined Nikkei BP and was assigned to the Nikkei Electronics editorial department. He covered the electronics and IT industries.
1994: Silicon Valley Bureau Chief
1998: Deputy Chief Editor of Nikkei Electronics
2001: Editor-in-chief, Nikkei Electronics
2005: ITpro Publisher
2008: Director of the Electronics & Mechanical Department
2011: Publisher, Nikkei Business
2013: Director
2019: Managing Director

BirdLife International

Marine Programme Officer

Yasuko Suzuki

After studying conflicts between fisheries and seabirds for 14 years along the west coast of the United States, Yasuko joined BirdLife International, an environmental NGO. Currently, she works on marine conservation as a member of the global team. In particular, her work focuses on reducing seabird bycatch in fisheries, through collaboration with fishery communities and seafood supply chain in Japan. Born in Kanagawa, Japan. Yasuko holds PhD in Wildlife Science from the Department of Fisheries of Wildlife at Oregon State University.

Kyokuyo Co., Ltd.

Management Division IR Unit IR Unit Head

Kiyoshi Hattori

Kiyoshi joined Kyokuyo in 1988, and has worked in refrigerated carriers for 24 years. After working in the International Business Department in 2012, he joined the Netherlands subsidiary, where he was in charge of exporting marine products. He assumed his current position in April 2021.

President, Isari Kitarumoi Fishing Association, Tomamae Branch

Koichi Ogasawara

Koichi is a fisherman conducting octopus barrel flowing fishing in Tomamae-cho, Northwest Hokkaido.
Koichi is currently engaged in a fishery improvement project (FIP) aiming to increase sustainability in fishing villages and the North Pacific giant octopus barrel flowing fishery.

Fisheries Agency

Resources Management Promotion Office, Fisheries and Resources Management Division, Assistant Director

Takahiro Fujiwara

Takahiro was born in Kyoto. In 2011, after completed master's degree from Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Tokyo, he joined Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). At FAJ, he was in charge of international tunas issues related with WCPFC, IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, and bilateral EPA/FTA issues at the International Affairs Department of MAFF. From 2019, he has joined a present post to build a new resource management system based on the New Fishery Act.

SABAYA CO.,LTD／SABAR CO.,LTD／FISH BIOTECH CO.,LTD

CEO

Takanobu Migita

Takanobu Migita was born in Osaka in 1974. He moved to Australia in his twenties to train as a sushi chef at a local sushi chain. He became a plant manager at the age of 24 and was subsequently appointed as a supervisor. He successfully expanded the chain from 2 restaurants at the time he joined the company to a total of 13 restaurants over the course of two years. He then returned to Japan at the age of 26 to seek new possibilities in Japan.
He opened the izakaya Shotori in 2004. The immense popularity of the saba-zushi (mackerel sushi) served at this izakaya prompted him to open SABAYA in 2007, a restaurant specializing in preparing and serving saba-zushi.
In 2014, he opened SABAR, a restaurant specializing in mackerel dishes, through crowdfunding.
In 2017, he founded FISH BIOTECH CO., LTD. to build a mackerel farming platform aimed at creating a sustainable future in which we can continue to safely enjoy delicious mackerel.
He is a market leader in promoting the raw consumption of safe, healthy, and delicious farmed mackerel.。

Nikkei BP

Executive Officer　Head of Nikkei BP Intelligence Group

Tetsushi Hayashi

Graduated from the School of Engineering, Tohoku University in 1985 and joined Nikkei BP in the same year. Covered and reported on the latest technological trends related to communications and information processing. Appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Nikkei Byte in 2002, Editor-in-Chief of Nikkei Network in 2005, and Editor-in-Chief of Nikkei Communication in 2007. Then, after publishing magazines such as ITpro (currently Nikkei xTECH), Nikkei Electronics, Nikkei Monozukuri, and Nikkei Automotive, was appointed as the General Manager of the Overseas Division in 2014. Appointed as the Executive Chief Engineer of the Intelligence Group in 2015. Main research subjects include technology management, digital transformation, and autonomous vehicles. Appointed to the present post in April 2021. CEATEC Award Judge since 2011.

Maruha Nichiro Corporation

Sustainability Group, Corporate Planning Department Manager

Hiroyuki Sato

Graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Administration in Nanzan University and joined Nichiro Corporation (currently Maruha Nichiro Corporation) in 1997.
Since then, Hiroyuki has been involved in fishery business operations. Through his experience in the UK and the Netherlands from 2006 to 2011, he continued his career in fishery business operations. He has started working on his current operations since 2015.

Stanford University

Center for Ocean Solutions co-director

Jim Leape

Jim Leape is the William and Eva Price Senior Fellow in the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and co-director of the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions. Through research, writing and direct engagement with private and public sector leaders, Jim looks at how to drive large-scale systemic shifts to sustainability. Jim has worked in conservation for more than four decades. From 2005 to 2014, he served as Director General of WWF International and leader of the global WWF Network, one of the world’s largest conservation organizations. Previously, he worked at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; WWF-US in Washington, D.C.; and the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. Jim serves on several boards; from 2007 to 2017, he was a member of the China Council for International Cooperation in Environment and Development, which advises the Premier of China.

UNEP FI

Special Advisor

Takejiro Sueyoshi

After graduating from Tokyo University, Mr. Sueyoshi joined the Mitsubishi Bank (the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ). In Nikko Asset Management, he started to engage with the UNEP FI Steering Committee. He serves as a Special Advisor to UNEP FI, Chairperson of CDP Japan, Vice-Chair of Executive Board in Renewable Energy Institute, Chairperson of WWF Japan, and Representative of Japan Climate Initiative (JCI).

Senior Deputy Editor, Nikkei ESG
Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University

Kaori Fujita

Born in Uozu City, Toyama Prefecture, Kaori Fujita graduated from the University of Tokyo, Department of Physics and joined Nikkei Business Publications. She worked as a writer for Nikkei Electronics, an associate editor for National Geographic Japanese Edition, a magazine about nature and culture, an editorial committee member for the environmental management magazine Nikkei Ecology, a producer for The Nikkei ESG Management Forum and held other positions before becoming a senior editor for the sustainability management magazine Nikkei ESG. Her work has focused on biodiversity, natural capital, SDGs, ESG investment, and regional revitalization. Fujita is the author of SDGs to ESG jidai no seibutsu tayosei, shizenshihon keiei (Biodiversity and Natural Capital Management in the SDGs and ESG Era). She serves as a member of the Central Environmental Council of the Ministry of the Environment, a member of Ministry of the Environment Stakeholders Meeting about SDGs and a member of Toyama City’s SDGs future city strategy committee, and belongs to many other central and local government committees. Fujita is also a visiting professor at the University of Toyama and Toyama University of International Studies. From fiscal 2021, she concurrently serves as a professor at the Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University.

Specially Appointed Professor, Rikkyo University
CEO Assistant, FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.
Special Advisor, Daiwa Institute of Research

Mariko Kawaguchi

She earned a master’s degree in environmental economics from Hitotsubashi University. Until March 2020, she had worked with Daiwa Institute of Research, carrying out research, study, and advocacy activities for more than 20 years on a range of sustainability issues from the perspectives of corporations (CSR), investors (ESG investing) and consumers (ethical consumption). In her current position, Kawaguchi is engaged in education on sustainability as an academic discipline, as well as ethical consumption and ethical management of food companies. She is a certified member of the Analysts Association, Director of the United Nations Global Compact Network Japan, President of the NPO Japan Sustainable Investment Forum, Director of Japan Ethical Initiative, and Director of WWF Japan. She also serves as a temporary member of the Central Environmental Council of the Ministry of the Environment and a technical advisor for the home appliance recycling council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Kawaguchi is the author of Social finance no kyokasho (The Social Finance Textbook) and SDGs de “kawaru Keizai” to “aratana kurashi” (“Changing economy” and “new living” with SDGs), both published by the Japan Productivity Center.

AEON TOPVALU Co.,Ltd.

Fishery Products Perishable/Dericatessen Products Mgt Product Development General Manager

Shinya Matsuya

1986: Entered Ogiya JUSCO Co., Ltd. (present AEON Retail Co., Ltd.)
1993: Assigned to Marine Products Group, Food Products Department, Ogiya JUSCO Co., Ltd.
(Subsequently assigned to the marine product departments of JUSCO Co., Ltd., AEON CO., LTD., and AEON Product Procurement Co., Ltd., where he gained experience in procuring marine products and product development.)
2014: Product Planning Department, Tohoku Company, AEON Retail Co., Ltd.
2018: Marine Product Department, AEON TOPVALU Co.,Ltd.(current position)
Shinya is currently in the department which develops marine products under the AEON Group's in-house brand TOPVALU, where he undertakes work to expand the handling of sustainable products.

Toshin Sea Foods Co., Ltd.

CEO

Nobutsune Orimo

Born in 1984. Majored in Organic Chemistry at Tokyo University of Technology Graduate School of Bionics (Current Department of Applied Biological Science) and graduated with a Master's Degree. Joined Toshin Sea Foods Co. Ltd. after working at a general trading company. After his stint at the Sales Planning Department (Product Planning Department), he was elected to become the CEO in January 2017. Currently, the company has opened 19 stores including their directly managed store mainly within the Tokyo metropolitan area. They are also actively trying to penetrate new avenues to spread culture like supermarkets and department stores. Have been a lecturer at the Jissen Women's Educational Institute for Introduction to Seafood Consumption and Food Business Theory since 2013. He is also a member of the Fisheries Agency’s Seafood Consumption Expansion Action Plan Committee. His hobby is diving and he is a licensed PADI instructor.

Chuo Gyorui Co., Ltd.

Chief Operating Officer

Haruhiko Ito

In 2018, he was appointed as Representative Director of Chuo Gyorui Co., Ltd., a seafood wholesaler in Toyosu Market (located in Koto, Tokyo), the world's largest seafood market. Chuo Gyorui has various subsidiaries, including companies that produce large refrigerators and own distribution centers. As the Chief Operating Officer (COO), he is strongly engaged in corporate management for the development of a comprehensive food wholesaler with a focus on marine products. While a student at the Nihon University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, he spent a year studying salmon runs at the University of Alaska in Alaska, USA. After graduating, he joined Nichirei Corporation. There, he was in charge of frozen foods for commercial use, before moving to Chuo Gyorui. He aims to optimize synergy by enhancing collaboration among the subsidiaries of the group.

Stockholm Resilience Centre

Science Director

Henrik Österblom

Henrik Österblom's research focuses on ocean stewardship, global cooperation and marine ecosystems. He is also deputy science director at the Stockholm Resilience Centre
Österblom has a Master’s Degree in Behavioural Ecology from the Department of Zoology at Uppsala University, and a PhD in Marine Ecology from the Department of Systems Ecology at Stockholm University. His research ranges from studies of seabird ecology, Baltic Sea ecosystem management, and fisheries compliance in the Southern Ocean, to the role of transnational actors in shaping the past, present and future ocean. He has worked at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, and as Special Advisor to the Swedish Government in the Secretariat for the Environmental Advisory Council.
Henrik is leading the Keystone Dialogues, a global co-production project including major private actors in global seafood, which has resulted in the establishment of the Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS) initiative, aimed to transform global seafood towards more sustainable practices. He is part of the expert group serving the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and member of the IMBeR Human Dimension Working Group.
Österblom serves on the international advisory board of the South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), as board member of Race for the Baltic, and is chairman of the SeaBOS Fundraising Foundation.

UNEP FI

Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance

Dennis Fritsch

Dennis is the coordinator and manager of UNEP FI’s Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative, aiming to engage investors, banks and insurers on the topic of ocean health and sustainable finance. The Initiative’s goal is to raise awareness, share practices and develop tools to support the adoption of the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles.

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

General Manager of Syndicated Finance Department

Sato Kenji

Apr. 2021 - present General Manager
Syndicated Finance Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Jul. 2015 – Mar. 2021 Managing Director
New York Representative Office,
Syndicated Finance Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Nov. 2010– Jul. 2015 Senior Manager
Corporate Banking Division No.9, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Jul. 2009 – Nov. 2010 Senior Manager
Investment Banking Division No.6, Mizuho Securities, Ltd.
Apr. 1994 Joined Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Education
Mar. 1994 Kyoto University, Faculty of Agriculture with B.A.
Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan Certified International Investment Analyst

FishWise

Chief Executive Officer

Tobias Aguirre

Tobias Aguirre, CEO at FishWise, sets the vision and organizational strategy for this nonprofit sustainable seafood consultancy based in Santa Cruz, CA. FishWise takes a holistic approach to sustainability and aims to transform how the global seafood industry does business in order to protect ocean health and workers’ rights. Tobias works with seafood industry executives, foundations, governments, and NGO leaders, to build a collaborative approach to conservation that results in effective business and improved social and environmental performance. To that end, Tobias has served on a number of advisory bodies and committees and is a Board member of the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions, a global collective impact initiative designed to achieve several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. https://solutionsforseafood.org
Tobias holds degrees from Stanford University and UCSD’s School of Global Policy and Strategy, where he specialized in nonprofit management and business strategy. His awards include the UCSD GPS 2018 Outstanding Alumnus award and the Conservation Alliance Spirit award, and Tobias was named a Seafood Watch Hero by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

The Consumer Goods Forum

Senior Manager - Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative

Thomas van Haaren

Thomas van Haaren is the Senior Manager of the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) at the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and has extensive experience with third-party audit and certification programmes. He has worked for several initiatives including Sedex, the ICTI Ethical Toy Program, and the Fair Labor Association. Thomas earned a master’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in New York.
As Senior Manager of the SSCI, he is the project lead responsible for overseeing the benchmarking process and managing the overall strategy of the initiative. He works closely with member companies to discuss industry expectations on major sustainability issues and manages the relationship between SSCI and the benchmarked schemes. He will approve any methodologies relevant to the initiative, approve any exceptions or resolve any issues arising throughout the process. Originally from New York, Thomas is based at the CGF headquarters in France.

Thai Union Group PCL

Managing Director, Group Treasurer Treasury and Finance Shared Services Department.

Yongyut Setthawiwat

Almost 30 years' experience in Treasury and Corporate Finance filed with outstanding track records and effective interaction in a multi-national working environment across overseas subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and USA. Strong professional skills with in-depth understanding of Treasury and Corporate Finance and board understanding of related topics i.e. accounting, legal aspects, rules and regulations, international tax, insurance, etc. Set up global treasury center in Thailand to manage all treasury functions with regional center team in EU and US. This includes global cash pool, in-house banking, financial risk management, centralized financing, etc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management

Supervisor, Stewardship Development Department Network Director, International Corporate Governance Network

Seiji Kawazoe

1987: Joined Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
1992: Graduated from the London Business School
1994: Public Funds Management Department
1995: Resided in New York as an International Stock Fund Manager
2004: Resided in London as an International Stock Fund Manager
2007: Resided in Luxembourg while working for the Trust Asset Planning Department. Managed ESG.
2010: Deputy Director in charge of ESG and product development, Trust Asset Planning Department
2017: Supervisor, Stewardship Development Department
Joined Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in 1987, where he assisted corporations in managing securities and exchanges. After graduating from the London School of Business in 1992, he served in a variety of international settings as an international stock fund manager and, starting from his time in Europe, has been responsible for ESG- and investment-related business planning. Since returning to Japan in 2010, he has contributed to engagement initiatives at PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment, supported by the United Nations). He also gives lectures on ESG and currently holds positions as a Part-time Lecturer for The University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Frontier Sciences and as an Associate Fellow at the University of Reading's Henley Business School. He is a Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and a Governor of International Corporate Governance Network.

Fisheries Agency

Director, Fisheries Processing Industries and Marketing Division

Maiko Igarashi

Graduated from Waseda University in 1997 and joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the same year. Was assigned to the Livestock Industry Bureau, Food and Marketing Bureau, and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) as well as the Minister's Secretariat, International Affairs Department, and Forestry Agency before becoming the Head of the Food Culture & Market Expansion Division Japanese Food Section in the Food Industry Affairs Bureau. Became the Chief of the Food Labeling Planning Division at the Consumer Affairs Agency since August 2019. Assumed current post in July 2021. After acquiring her Master of Laws degree at Harvard University, she became a registered lawyer in the State of New York.

Marine Stewardship Council

Head, Social Policy

Dr. Yemi Oloruntuyi

Dr Yemi Oloruntuyi is Head, Social Policy at the Marine Stewardship Council. She has responsibility for the development and implementation of MSC’s policy and requirements on social issues. She has over 20 years of experience working on sustainable seafood, fisheries certification standards and ecolabelling, particularly on the development and implementation of policy to facilitate sustainability and certification in small-scale and global south fisheries. Prior to working at the MSC, Yemi spent several years in teaching and research in West Africa.

Archipelago Asia Pacific

General Manager

Andrew Fedoruk

Andrew has over 20 years of experience in commercial fisheries monitoring and analysis including at sea, dockside, and electronic monitoring programs. He has played a key role in the development of programs and data systems in support of monitoring programs such as those currently in use by DFO in Canada and AFMA in Australia. Andrew is currently the General Manager of AAP and is responsible for the Australian operations.

Cermaq Group

Head of Sustainable Development

Wenche Grønbrekk

Wenche Grønbrekk is global Head of Sustainable Development in Cermaq Group. She is leading the Group’s work on sustainability strategy design and implementation, emphasizing measurable results, transparency, and multi-stakeholder partnerships. As a senior advisor to the UN Global Compact since 2018, her work focuses on the intersection of innovation and sustainable development. Her main interest is to identify and scale business solutions contributing to the sustainable development goals, including working with the seafood value chain to strengthen the role of Blue Food as a solution to climate change.
She has a background as a management consultant in DNV and PwC, focusing on strategy, ESG investment, corporate governance and risk management across a range of industries. Wenche holds a Master's degree in International Relations from SAIS Johns Hopkins University, a Bachelor's in Economics from the University of Oslo and a Diploma in Political Science from Institut d'Etudes Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence.

Active Ownership, Robeco

Senior Management Engagement

Peter van der Werf

Peter van der Werf is Senior Manager Engagement at Robeco. He leads the development of biodiversity engagement at Robeco and manages the corporate engagement program in the Active Ownership team. With his engagement work he challenged sustainability leadership at more than 200 global food & agri, agrochemicals and pharma companies to align their strategy with Robeco’s sustainable investing philosophy. He is an Advisory Committee member of the PRI Sustainable Commodities working group, Advisory Board member of the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge and is active in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in various committees. Peter holds a Master degree in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University.

FlatHour LLC

Representative employee

Kei Zenimoto

Born in 1984 in Suita City of Osaka Prefecture and grew up in Akashi City of Hyogo Prefecture
Graduated from the Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University
Graduated with a PhD in Environmental Studies from the Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Appointed as a Postdoctoral Fellow (PD) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at Nagasaki University after serving as a Specially Appointed Researcher at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Actively engaged in research on changes in the marine environment that impact the transportation of the eggs and offspring of eels
Relocated to Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture, in 2015
Founded FlatHour LLC with Hirokazu Suzaki in April 2016
Currently involved in efforts to establish small-scale fisheries that are small but resilient with the ultimate goal of creating a sustainable fisheries industry http://flathour.com/"

Global Fishing Watch

Director of Research and Innovation

David Kroodsma

David Kroodsma leads Global Fishing Watch’s Research Program, which is a collaboration between Global Fishing Watch and a network of over 10 research institutions. He is responsible for leading and facilitating new research projects, and he works with the GFW engineering team to develop new technologies. David has over a decade and a half of experience working with NGOs and researchers to address global environmental challenges. He has a B.S. in physics and an M.S. in earth systems science from Stanford University.

FishChoice

Social Responsibility Manager

Amber Stewart

Amber leads FishChoice’s growing portfolio of work in social responsibility. This includes managing roll-out of the new FisheryProgress Human Rights and Responsibility Policy and collaborating with the FishChoice team and the sustainable seafood community more broadly to explore ways to advance social responsibility in seafood.
Amber has spent several years promoting inclusive, accountable food supply chains and rural development. This includes working with corn and peanut farmers in Mali and the cashew industry in Benin, conducting World Bank project evaluations, and managing the Fair Trade USA Agricultural Product Standard. She holds an MA in international economics from Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and a BA in global affairs from George Mason University. Amber is based in Oakland, CA, where she likes to draw & paint, attend live performances, stay active outdoors, and tend to her plants and effusive Malian-German Shepherd dog.

Walton Family Foundation

Senior Program Officer, Environment Program

Teresa Ish

Teresa manages the foundation’s Oceans initiative, which aims to bring fisheries under good management that protects ecosystems and builds economically thriving coastal communities by leveraging the influence of the largest seafood markets.
Before joining the foundation, Teresa was the seafood project manager for the Corporate Partnerships Program at Environmental Defense Fund, where she worked with leading seafood buyers to develop and implement sustainable seafood purchasing policies. She co-founded FishWise, an early leader in the sustainable seafood movement, and served on its board of directors.
Teresa has a master’s degree in marine science and joint bachelors in environmental studies and marine biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She is in the process of completing a certificate in Corporate Finance at the Harvard Extension School.

United Nations

Ambassador / Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean.

Peter Thomson

Ambassador Peter Thomson is the UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, in which role he drives global support for UN Sustainable Development Goal 14, to conserve and sustainably use the Ocean’s resources. He served as President of the UN General Assembly, 2016-17. He was Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the UN, 2010-2016, during which time he led the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS and was elected as President of the International Seabed Authority’s Assembly and Council. He is a founding Co-Chair of the Friends of Ocean Action and is a supporting member of the High-Level Panel for Sustainable Ocean Economy.

Financial Services Agency

International Affairs Office, Strategy Development and Management Bureau Deputy Director

Saori Takahashi

Earned B.A. in Political Science from Keio University and M.A. in Sociology from American University in 2012. In the graduate school, the focus of Saori’s study was gender and peacebuilding. After working for KPMG Management Consulting, she became a manager in the Japan Research Institute, a major Japanese think tank, where she led various government funded research projects and consulting projects on Environmental Finance. Since she moved to Financial Services Agency, she has been participating in global policy discussions on sustainable finance, namely at NGFS and FSB. She was also appointed as an expert from Japan to ISO/ TC322 Sustainable Finance. Co-translated “Principles of Sustainable Finance” into Japanese.

Resona Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Executive Officer, Responsible Investment Department Chief

Minoru Matsubara

Minoru joined Resona Bank in April 1991 and was assigned to the Pensions Trust Management Department. Since then, he has been in charge of investment management, planning, and responsible investment management in the Investment Development Office and Public Fund Management Department, the Pensions Trust Management Department, the Trust Property Management Department, and so on. He has been in his current role since April 2020. In 2000 he was a visiting researcher in the Pensions Investment Management Center, and in 2005 he was a visiting researcher in the General Pensions Research Center. In the 21st century he has been co-chair of the Financial Conduct Regulations Management, Securities, and Investment Bank Working Group steering committee. He is a committee member of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) "Study Group for Dialogue for Creating Sustainable Corporate Value". He is also a member of the METI/Ministry of the Environment "Circular Economy and Plastic Resource Recycling Finance Study Group"; the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) "Biodiversity Strategy Study Group"; the MAFF "Food Supply Chain Decarbonization Study Group"; and the Ministry of the Environment "Environmentally Sustainable Company Selection Committee". He is also a planning committee member for the Cabinet Office on the issue of "Gender Investment Research".

President and CEO, AXA Holdings Japan Co., Ltd.

Seiji Yasubuchi

Starting career from Mitsubishi Corporation, experienced Managing Director of UBS, CEO of GE Capital Japan, CEO of Visa Worldwide Japan, and appointed current positions in 2019
As external activities, serving as Member of Board of Trustees, Shizenkan University, Director, Dialogue Japan Society etc
Ranked 3rd in World for “2020 Outstanding LGBT+ Role Model List” Top 50 Ally Executives.
B.A in Economics from Waseda University
MBA from Harvard Business School
Born in Kobe, Japan

Thai Union Group PCL.

Responsible Sourcing Director (Europe)

Tracy Cambridge

Tracy Cambridge is the Responsible Sourcing Director (Europe) for Thai Union Group PCL.
Tracy has been involved in the maritime industry for more than 18 years, focusing on seafood for the last decade. She has worked across government, private and non-governmental sectors in a broad range of areas including management of natural resources, sustainability in supply chains and working conditions at sea. Tracy has also had professional training and gained experience in auditing supply chains against environment and social standards, writing and implementing standards, project and programme management.
Tracy holds an MSc in Aquatic Resource Management from Kings College London, and a BSc in Marine Geography.

U.S. Department of State

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Office of Marine Conservation Acting Deputy Director

Deirdre M. Warner-Kramer

Ms. Deirdre Warner-Kramer is the Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Marine Conservation, U.S. Department of State. Deirdre has more than twenty years’ experience negotiating international agreements, leading international processes, and managing international fisheries and marine conservation policy. Her focus includes issues related to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, fisheries trade, and multilateral fisheries management. Deirdre leads the U.S. delegation to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization Committee on Fisheries and serves as a lead negotiator on U.S. delegations to number of regional fisheries management organizations. She has chaired high-profile international negotiations within the FAO and regional fisheries bodies, and led the creation of the U.S. National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate IUU Fishing.

Digital Agency

Deputy Director

Sho Ueda

After entering the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in 2014, served in the policy making and implementation of statistical surveys, attracting foreign businesses/investment promotions, reducing administrative procedure costs, small & medium enterprises, and support for startups/research and development. Hobbies are mountain climbing (3 years) and strength training (1 year).