President & CEO, Kitamura Economic Security Inc. Formerly: Secretary-General of National Security Secretariat (National Security Advisor), Government of Japan (2019-21); Director of Cabinet Intelligence during the Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Democratic Party administrations (2011-19); key role in establishing the Specially Designated Secrets Act (2013); since joining the National Police Agency in 1980, he has held several key positions such as the Director-General of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department (2010-11); Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister during the first tenure of former Prime Minister ABE Shinzo (2006-07); Attaché (internal affairs, security, and intelligence), Embassy of Japan, Paris (1992-94).