Profile

Born in Tokyo and raised in Yokohama. I received Ph.D. from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in the Netherlands and MAs both from Columbia University in the US and Keio University in Japan. Prior to this position, I was an Associate Professor at Kansai University (2010-2014) and an Assistant Professor (2007-2010) and Associate Dean at the Graduate School of International Management of International University of Japan. Apart from the academic career, I have work experience in the field of environmental and energy consultancy. The positions include senior analyst positions at Mitsubishi Securities in Tokyo and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors in New York as well as consultant positions at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at the UN headquarter in New York and at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn. Presently, I work as an author, a reviewer, and a guest editor for international journals on corporate environmental and energy strategy.