Director, Economic and Social Policy Office Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan

Hideaki Fujisawa is Director of Economic and Social Policy Office that implements policies on promoting Diversity Management in private enterprises. After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1996, he joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The policy areas that have mainly been involved are international trade policy including Middle East (working at embassy in Tehran, designing new policy on Japanese business in ​​emerging markets), environmental policy (global warming, energy policy, etc.), macroeconomic policy (growth strategy, diversity management, etc.). He has engaged in the incumbent since October 2015.