Since 1999, Mr. Kaneda has been pursuing a career in CSR/ESG/Sustainability at five companies; SONY Corporation, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, ANA Holdings Inc. and NTT DATA Group Corporation.

Before the CSR career, his professional experiences were also cultivated in the External Relations Department at Sony, the Economic Section at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, the Bloomberg TV (announcer) and the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University (part-time lecturer).

He is active as Director of Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation, Director of Japan Society for Social Innovation and Jury President for SDGs Special Award of Dentsu Advertising Awards, and used to be a member of UN Global Compact LEAD program and IIRC Pilot Program.

Mr. Kaneda graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University in 1987 and completed his master’s course majored in Multinational Enterprise Theory, Reading University in 1993.