Tsuneaki Hirao

Managing Director, Japan Automechanic Ltd.
Japan

Japan Automechanic Ltd. has run the Japan Automechanic School (JAS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh since 2012.  As the Japanese government opened the door to automechanic jobs from overseas candidates, JAS has to date, sent 34 graduates to Japan as automechnics.  Based on the agreement with the Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, JAS plans to send 100,000 Bangladesh young people to Japan in various industries in the near future.  This year JAS started a Japanese language class for the graduates of Grameen Caledonian Nursing School to send them to Japan as caregivers.  He is also the Chief Executive Consultant of EY Strategy and Consulting Co.,Ltd. in Japan.  Before joining EY in 2023, he worked at Citibank, UBS and Credit Suisse as Managing Director respectively.