Katsuya Shimura

SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, JAPAN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Academic background:

March 1987 Graduated from Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

Work history:

April 1987 Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry

January 2001 Director for Logistics Policy, Distribution and Retail Industry Policy Division, Commerce and Distribution & Retail Industry Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

July 2002 Seconded to Nagano Prefecture

April 2005 Director, Space Industry Office, Aerospace and Defense Industry Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

July 2006 Seconded to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

April 2005 Director, Space Industry Office, Aerospace and Defense Industry Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

July 2006 Seconded to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

July 2008 Director, Economic Analysis Office, Research and Statistics Department, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

July 2010 Seconded to Cabinet Secretariat

June 2012 Executive Officer, Nuclear Damage Compensation Facilitation Corporation

June 2014 Executive Officer, Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation

March 2016 Resignation from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

July 2016 Senior managing director，Japan Petrochemical Industry Association