President of Hi consulting, LLC, which provides consultation services for clinical development of medicine and training for clinical development staff in Japan.Started professional career in Sankyo Co. Ltd (currentry Daiichi-Sankyo) after earning his Master’s degree of Veterinary Medicine in Yamaguchi University in 1885 and has over 30-year experience in pharmaceutical R&D. He was one of the three starting members of CMIC, the first and largest CRO in Japan from 1992 to 2009. Established essential structures of the CRO business in CMIC and made substantial contribution for its foundation, rapid business expansion and I.P.O. as the Executive Vice President. After serving in CMIC for 17 years, he founded his private CRO, “Top Quark” in 1992 and started Global Project Management Business. Throughout several business transfers with M&A, He leaded the companies, including PPCJ, Asklep and A2healthcare, as the CEO or the EVP.He was also the general manager of ICON in Japan from 2015 to 2022.