After graduating from Keio University with a degree in economics in 1982, he joined Toppan Printing Co. In 1988, he moved to Mitsubishi Research Institute, where he was in charge of urban and regional management and public-private partnerships (PPP, PFI, etc.). He later became an executive officer and served as Director of the Regional Management Research Division, Director of the Platinum Society Research Division, and Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of the Research and Development Division, etc. He was seconded to Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS as Senior Managing Director in 2018, retired as an officer of Mitsubishi Research Institute in 2021, and became an advisor to Platinum Initiative Network in 2022. Leader of the Secretariat of the Platinum Forest Industry Initiative.
