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Toshiro Okada

Toshiro Okada

Toshiro Okada

Director/Senior Energy Advisor, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Event(s): Singapore Energy Summit

Toshio Okada assumed the post of Director/Senior Energy Advisor of Agency for Natural Resources and Energy in August 2014, with responsible for the overview and analysis of international energy situation for the organization, reflecting extensive overseas experiences.

Prior to this post, he spent 30 years at the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), formerly known as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), where he held executive level and other positions including Chief Executive Director of Japan External Trade Organization San Francisco office, Director of the Recycling Promotion Division, Director of the Emerging Industries Promotion Division, and International Coordinator for Environment at the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, to name a few. He also held the post of First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Brazil. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2011 Jul. ~2014 Jul.

Chief Executive Director, Japan External Trade Organization San Francisco

2010 Apr. ~ 2011Jul.

Director, Recycling Promotion Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI)

2008 Jul. ~ 2010 Apr.

Director, Personnel and Human Resource Department,

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Japan (AIST)

2006 Jul. ~ 2008 Jul.

Executive Coordinator, Collaboration Promotion Department, AIST

2004 Jun. ~ 2006 Jul.

Senior Coordinator, Urban Planning and Regional Promotion Department,

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism of Japan

2003 Apr. ~ 2004 Jun.

Director, Town Center Promotion Division, METI

2002 Jul. ~ 2003 Apr.

Director, Emerging Industries Promotion Division, METI

1999 Jul. ~ 2002 Jul.

Executive Director, Planning Department, Chiba Prefecture Government

1997 Jun. ~ 1999 Jul.

International Coordinator for Environment, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan (MITI)

1994 Apr. ~ 1997 Jun.

First Secretary of Japanese Embassy in Brazil

1992 Apr. ~ 1994 Apr.

Deputy Director of General Affairs Division of International Policy Bureau, MITI

1991 May ~ 1992 Apr.

Deputy Director of Explosives Safety Division, MITI

1989 Jul. ~ 1991 May

Long-Term Researcher in MBA program of University of Michigan

1984 Apr. ~ 1989 Jul.

MITI

EDUCATION

1991 Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan

1984 Bachelor of Science, University of Tokyo