Shaofeng (Sean) Zhang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  Zhang works as the Chief Financial Officer of Trans-Asia Pipeline Company Ltd., an affiliate of PetroChina Company Ltd., since establishment of this company in 2007.  Before that Mr. Zhang worked for China National Petroleum Corporation since 1993.  Zhang has experience in finance, financial reporting, and internal control.  He earned his MBA degree at the Business School of Tsinghua University and Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.  He is also a member of the Global Preparer Forum of International Accounting Standards Board.

Hirotaka Ishii is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he served as deputy director for policy making and implementation at the Government of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI), where he was in charge of electricity and gas market reform policy, commerce and consumer affairs policy, and intellectual property policy.  Ishii received his bachelor's degree of economics from Tokyo University in 2005.

Xuan Zhang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  Zhang is the co-partner of Beijing Shanghe Shiji Investment Co. Ltd., where he has over ten years of experience in Private Equity and Venture Capital investment, investment banking and equity management.  Previously, he worked as the Vice President at CITIC Capital Holding Ltd., Hong Kong where he managed a 1.6 billion RMB private equity fund.  Prior to his entrance into working in the capital market, he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China.  Zhang received his MBA degree from Peking University, a Masters Degree in Finance from Fordham University and his Bachelors Degree of Literature from Beijing Foreign Study University. 

Colonel Daisuke Nakaya is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  He is a member of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF), Ministry of Defense (MOD).  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he worked in the Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation Division, Bureau of Defense Policy (Internal Bureau).  His career includes varioius assignments in the Air Defense Command (e.g. Commander of PATRIOT Missile Squadron) and the Air Staff Office in addition to the Internal Bureau (e.g. the Aide-de-Camp to the Defense Minister, Minister's Secretariat).  Nakaya received his bachelor's degree of social science from the National Defense Academy in 1997. 

Zhuoyan Wang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  Wang has worked at China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corp. (HQC), an engineering affiliate of PetroChina, for 25 years.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he served as EVP of HQC responsible for Asia-Pacific marketing & operations, corporate logistics, and legal & compliance.  Wang received his BS in thermal physics from Tsinghua University, his MS in mechnical engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and his EMBA from Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.  

Rui Minowa is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  Minowa has worked at the Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) for over 20 years with his main responsibilities being corporate finance.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he was chief manager in charge of human resources management at DBJ.  Minowa received his bachelor's degree of economics from Keio University in 1993. 

Kensaku Yamada is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  He started his career as a software engineer for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.  Yamada has been engaged in software product development for operating systems and database tools.  Recently, he designed a customer's system as a system integrator as well as provided many other companies with hardware products like PCs, servers, and network switches.  Yamada graduated from Niigata University with an M.S. in information engineering.

Kanjiro Onishi is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  Onishi has served as a government officer of the Ministry of Finance, Japan for more than 10 years, and has held various positions, such as a financial attaché of Mission Japan to the EU and a representative of the Washington, D.C. office of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he supervised several Official Development Assistance projects of the Policy Research Institute of the Ministry, including the policy finance projects in Myanmar and Lao PDR.

Hiroki Morishige is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-18.  He has worked for the Shizuoka Prefectural Government in Japan for over 10 years, representing Shizuoka, the "home of Mt. Fuji".  He has experience in municipal finance and accounting.  During his fellowship at Shorenstein APARC, his research will focus on population analysis, innovation and work-style revolution.

Akihiko Sado is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2016-17.  Sado has more than 13 years of experience as a computer engineer at The Asahi Shimbun, the national leading newspaper in Japan.  Most recently, he has worked mainly in the security and network field.  While at Shorenstein APARC, Sado will research the technology necessary for future media.  Sado graduated from Waseda University with a M.S. in Information Technology.