Masayasu Ishida is co-founder, chairman and CEO of SPACETIDE Foundation which is a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization focusing on the development and expansion of the space industry. He is also a Principal of global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and has over 15 years of consulting experience with focusing on aerospace and automotive. As an acting member of the Japanese government’s Committee on National Space Policy, he has supported the cabinet office and other governmental agencies especially in the context of fostering commercial space businesses. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tokyo.