Faculty

Integrated Port Logistics Chair Adjunct ProfessorAkira Kato

【Specialized Fields】
Investor Relations / Strategy, Sustainable finance
【Background】
Earned BA in International Relations from the Japan National Defense Academy, M.B.A. & D.B.A. from Aoyama Gakuin University. Chairman of Japan Association of Value Creation Enterprise Risk Management. Joined a trading company in 1982, AIU Insurance Company in 1986, Aichi Sangyo University in 2016, Tokyo University of Science / Management of Technology in 2020.
【Publications】
“Risk Finance from CFO Perspective” (Insurance Daily Publishing, 2018)
“Principles of Sustainable Finance” (Translation, Kinzai, 2020)
“Sustainable Management and Capital Markets” (Co-author, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Publishing, 2019)
【Message】
We are at a turning point from shareholder capitalism to stakeholder capitalism. We should aim to cultivate the next generation talents based on the ESG perspective.
My favorite proverb is “Where there is a will, there is a way.”