We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Hiroshi KUNIYOSHI as Head of UNIDO ITPO Tokyo. Dr. Kuniyoshi has assumed the position effective 1 January 2016.

Dr. Hiroshi KUNIYOSHI                                                             Head UNIDO ITPO Tokyo

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January, 2016	Head, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Investment and Technology Promotion Office, Tokyo (UNIDO ITPO Tokyo)
September, 2012	Executive Director, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
July, 2009	Director General, Economic Policy Department, Kansai Bureau of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
August, 2006	Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
July, 2004	Director, Nuclear Safety Commission, Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office
June, 2003	Special Adviser to the Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
June, 2000	Senior Adviser to the Director General, UNIDO
June, 1998	Director for Advanced Reactor Development, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, METI
June, 1997	Director, Overseas Communication Office, International Trade Policy Bureau, METI
April, 1984	Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now known as METI)

 

Education:        

        Ph.D. in Energy Science, Kyoto University
        M.Phil. in International Relations, University of Cambridge
        B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo