Bio Details

Kunihide Akizawa has 43 years of experience in shipping and logistics. Mr. Akizawa started his shipping career in 1982 in Japan with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. He worked in the accounting department, the export department focusing on the Red Sea and Mediterranean areas, the bulk department, and a chartering manager of Skaarup Shipping International Corporation, which was a joint-venture company with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. In 1995, Mr. Akizawa joined ITOCHU Corporation in the logistics division. In 2011, he became President of MarineNet, a subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation as well as five other major Japanese trading houses. In 2016, he was appointed as President of IMECS Co., Ltd, the ship-owning arm of ITOCHU and full subsidiary. From 2021 to December 2022, Mr. Akizawa served as Vice President Business Development of Fleet Management Limited. As of April 1, 2023, Mr. Akizawa joined Synergy Marine Japan, as Group Representative in Japan. Mr. Akizawa is a graduate of Gakushuin University, Tokyo with a B.A. degree in Economics, and serves as an independent director.