Speakers & Company Visit

Ayako ITO (General Manager of Corporate Sustainability Department, Bridgestone Corporation)

Ayako ITOH has joined Bridgestone in 2021 as General Manager of Corporate Sustainability Department. She is in charge of “social” aspect of Bridgestone’s sustainability, such as respecting human rights through due diligence within the Group as well as among suppliers, promotion of sustainable procurement especially that of natural rubber, leading Bridgestone-like social contribution activities aiming at making a real difference for both society as well as its employees. She has been working as a sustainability practitioner since 2014, and had studied and worked in France in the field of international cooperation prior.

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Megumu TSUDA (Corporate Officer and General Manager of the Sustainability Promotion Division, Hitachi Ltd.)

Since April 2022, she has been in charge of accelerating the creation of environmental and social value for Hitachi, Ltd. as a Corporate Officer and General Manager of the Sustainability Promotion Division. In her previous job at Osaka Gas, in addition to overseas business, she has served as IR General Manager, CSR /Environment General Manager, and Senior General Manager of Innovation Department. Graduated from the Faculty of Education, Kyoto University, MBA(Hons), Graduate School of Management, Globis University, was fellow at Kennedy School of Harvard University.

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Mitsuhiro UMEZU (Professor of Business Ethics, CSRs and Sustainability, Keio University)