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Speakers at this Event

Mr. Yasuhisa Okamoto

CEO

Drax Asia

Mr. Yasuhisa Okamoto

CEO

Drax Asia

AGENDA SESSION

Connecting Biomass, BECCS & Carbon Removal

Day 2 [Tue 14, May], at 03:40 PM

PROFILE

Mr Yasuhisa Okamoto is Managing Director for Drax Asia, leading the organisation's business development team and Tokyo field office in Japan. Mr Okamoto has an integral role in achieving Drax’s target to double biomass sales to 4Mt pa by 2030, to support the net-zero transition.

Mr Okamoto established Sumitomo Corporation's biomass business in 2002 and led its growth in wood pellets in Japan. While at Sumitomo, Mr Okamoto played an active role in establishing the company’s upstream integration into wood pellet manufacturing in South America and Canada. Following Sumitomo’s investment in Pacific Bioenergy, Mr Okamoto went on to support their sales team as SVP of Sales and Logistics, focusing on the long-term sustainability and traceability of wood pellets and wood chips.