Mr. Akira Kato, aged about 51 years, has a qualification of Bachelor's in economics from University of Osaka, Japan. He entered Kubota Corporation, Japan in 1996 and has been working for Kubota for almost 29 years in various Senior managerial positions.

Mr. Kato's core competencies include being super generalist with experience in Marketing & Sales, Finance & Accounting, HR & Business planning, working with Joint Ventures and experience of decades of continuous business growth in Tractor sales in Thailand and Agricultural Machinery in India.