Prof. Haruhiko ANDO, CEO of JCCP and Consulting Fellow of RIETI, joined MITI in 1985. He was Director for H2FC Office and a founding member of IPHE (International Partnership for Hydrogen Economy), Directors of New and Renewable Energy Division and Recycling Promotion Division, and Deputy-DG for Trade policy. In Cabinet Secretariat/Office, Directors for Economic-Fiscal Management, for Science, Technology and Innovation, for IP Strategy, and Councillor for Indo-Pacific Economic Development. Also, he was Visiting Professor at Kyoto, Hitotsubashi and UEC. Awarded Cruz de Oficial from Spain.