Shigeki Aoki is an expert on structuring and managing channels of distribution, and rivitarizing local areas throughout Japan. He is on a member of the board of trustees of the association of Design about Strategy for Zone Industry and Zone Brand.He has won several awards for his teaching, including Shakaijin Kisoryoku(Business Basic Skills) Award by MEIT(Ministry of Economy、Trade and Industry) in 2008. Professor Aoki has consulted and taught for a number of major corporations. Before joining KOMAZAWA in 2008, Professor Aoki served on the faculty of the University of Yamanashi Gakuin University.He is also a chairman of NPO Yamanashi Cycling Project. He got Master Degree of Commerce at Keio University in 1994. He finished the Ph.D Course of Commerce at Keio in 1997.

He is a sustainability professional who began his career at Kawasaki Heavy Industries in factory administration, focusing on HR and health & safety. After helping launch new environmental business ventures, he moved to the UK in 2007, earning an MSc in Environmental Sciences (University of East Anglia) and an MBA (Lancaster University). In 2010, he founded Sustainavision Ltd. in London to bridge Japanese companies with European sustainability practice through training and research, and since 2012 he has regularly delivered the certified Sustainability Practitioner Program in Japan. In 2018, he established SRA Japan to advance restaurant sustainability and consumer awareness. He also chairs MAFF’s Sustainable Restaurant Working Team and published the “Chef’s Sustainability Manifesto: 17 Principles Toward 2030,” promoting sustainability action among chefs.