About the Founders
President, Chief Executive Officer
Kanji Ito
He worked as a business development professional for 34 years until 2001.
He was responsible for the plant protection markets in the Far East during
his service period at Dow AgroSciences, DowElanco, Eli Lilly, and Shionogi
Pharmaceuticals. He was involved with agriculture, horticulture, and arboriculture
management as well as the management of grasslands, turfs, and non-crop
lands. He earned a PhD in Agriculture from Kyoto University. |
Executive Vice President
Misako Ito
She was a professor at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,
for 31 years until her retirement in 2005. She was an academic advisor
managing 53 students, has published more than 95 scientific papers, and
has written a weed science text book. She also served as the president,
editor-in-chief, etc., of the Weed Science Society of Japan and is currently
a member of the National Academy of Science. She earned a PhD in Agriculture
from Kyoto University.
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