Hiroki Kato

Kato founded Arches Corporation in 2019. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant at YCP Solidiance and accumulated experience in various corporate advisory services, including formulating growth strategy, developing new business and PMI. He relocated to Vietnam for new office establishment and investment in Vietnamese businesses. Kato built his early career at Sumitomo Corporation, where he specialized in energy investment and finance, and was involved in the supervising and marketing of shale gas upstream assets in US. Kato was selected as one of the Global Shapers of Ho Chi Minh Hub at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Tokyo.