Rajib Shaw is the professor in Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University, Japan. Earlier, he was the Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), a decade-long research program co-sponsored by the International Science Council (ICSU) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). He is also the Senior Fellow of Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan, and the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia and CWS Japan, two Japanese NGOs. He is also co-founder of a Delhi (India) based social entrepreneur startup Resilience Innovation Knowledge Academy (RIKA). Previously, he served as a Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University. His expertise includes community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He was the Chair of the United Nations Global Science Technology Advisory Group (STAG); and current Co-chair of the Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG); and CLA (Coordinating Lead Author) for the IPCC 6th Assessment Report (Asia Chapter). He is the editor of a book series on disaster risk reduction, published by Springer. Prof. Shaw has published more than 53 books and over 430 academic papers and book chapters. Professor Shaw is the recipient of prestigious “Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA)” in 2021 for his contribution in education sector. PBSA is the highest honor conferred on overseas Indians and persons of Indian origin from the President of India.
More of his work can be seen in: www.rajibshaw.org
三井住友信託銀行/代表取締役副社長。三井住友トラスト不動産投資顧問/会長。NES株式会社/取締役。大手事業法人向け融資、ストラクチャードファイナンス、プライベートエクイティ・クレジット投資などの自己勘定投資業務に従事。プライベートエクイティファンドにおいて投資委員、諮問委員会メンバー等を歴任し、成長企業へのサポートでの実績多数。『日本のどこであっても自らのアイデアをビジネス化できる』をコンセプトにレジェンド・パートナーズと共同でファンド運営・投資事業と起業家育成事業を展開するNES(New Ecosystem for Startups)株式会社を設立、取締役に就任。
三井住友信託銀行/常務執行役員。大手電機、自動車、半導体、総合商社等の事業法人との総合取引展開に従事した他、再生可能エネルギーのファンドレイズを通してグリーンフィールド市場にリスクマネー供給体制を整備する等プロジェクトファイナンス領域の経験も豊富。法人企画部長、法人アセットマネジメント企画推進部長を歴任し、オールジャンル(事業法人・金融法人・非営利法人)の業態に対する経営戦略策定にも従事。株式会社経営承継支援の社外取締役として、中小企業の円滑な事業承継を推進するため、信託銀行の知見を活用した経営助言も実施。