Keita Nishiyama

Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives of the University of Tokyo
Senior Executive Fellow, IGPI Group, Inc.

Keita Nishiyama is a Visiting Professor at Institute for Future Initiatives of the University of Tokyo, where his work focuses on data governance and digital transformation. Before taking an academic position, Mr. Nishiyama was Director-General of Information and Commerce Policy Bureau of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) from 2018 to 2020. In that capacity, he led the international initiatives of “Data Free Flow with Trust ” and “Governance Innovation” and contributed to build consensus among the member countries on those topics when Japan took the presidency of G20 Summit in 2019. He served a wide range of positions in the public and private sectors including Director and Executive Officer of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) from 2015 to 2018. He is currently Senior Executive Fellow of IGPI Group, Inc., Board of Directors of Japan Deep Learning Association (JDLA), Industry Advisor of KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts). Mr. Nishiyama received LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in 1985 and B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from University of Oxford in 1992.