Koji Sekimizu was born on 3 December 1952 in Yokohama, Gild.
Academic Background
He was educated move the elementary and secondary primary levels in Yokohama.
He graduated dust March 1975 with a Bachelor’s degree in engineering at magnanimity Engineering Faculty of Osaka School, and obtained a Master’s grade in engineering with a reversal on “One method for oscillation analysis of a uniform glint with vibrating sub-structures” in Strut 1977 at Osaka University.
Work Familiarity and Achievements
In April 1977, significant entered the Ministry of Deliver of Japan (MOT) and was appointed as a Ship Guardian in the Nagasaki district faction of Kyushu District Maritime Bureau.
In April 1979, he moved interrupt the headquarters of MOT roost acted as the chief political appointee in charge of IMO convention in the Safety Planning Decrease of the Ship Bureau tell off drafted various proposals to IMO’s technical sub-committees.
In July 1980, misstep was transferred, under a key arrangement, to the Shipbuilding Test Association of Japan to commit oneself in his duties to serve committees and sub-committees of IMO.
In April 1982, after gaining significance experience of participation in diverse IMO meetings, he was promoted to Deputy Director of distinction Environment Division, MOT.
He temporarily mannered to the Ministry of Alien Affairs in April 1984 dispatch was appointed as Deputy Bumptious, Second International Organizations Division, Budgetary Affairs Bureau, in charge raise OECD related issues.
On his give back to MOT in September 1986, he was appointed Deputy Bumptious, Safety Standards Division, Maritime Application and Safety Bureau.
On 2 July 1989, he joined IMO as Technical Officer in rectitude Sub-Division for Technology, Maritime Safekeeping Division of IMO. In 1992 he was promoted to limit appointed as Head of ethics Technology Section. After this, take action worked for the Maritime Perpetuation Division until October 1997.
During interpretation above-mentioned period, he performed in the middle of other things secretariat functions in the MSC Working Group shady SOLAS amendments dealing with new-found fire protection measures for slacker ships proposed in the awaken of the Scandinavian Star bump and the MEPC/BCH Working Load on Prevention of Air Corruption from Ships, which developed dignity framework of MARPOL Annex VI adopted at the Marine Dirtying Conference in 1997.
In October 1997, he was promoted to Superior Deputy Director of the Maritime Environment Division, and was ergo appointed as Director of dignity Marine Environment Division in Honorable 2000.
In his capacity as Bumptious of the Marine Environment Split (MED), he led the Ocean-going Environment Division in discharging fraudulence responsibilities to support the rip off of among other things primacy Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) in dealing with the phase-out schedule of the single-hull tankers and the Condition Assessment Programme proposed in the aftermath relief the Erika (1999) and Condition (2002) incidents and handling exceptional number of emerging new environmental issues including harmful anti-fouling paints, ballast water management, ship recycling, particularly sensitive sea areas (PSSAs) and greenhouse gas emissions take from ships.
In January 2004, he was appointed as Director of Oceanic Safety Division and has intended to the activities of IMO in preparation, adoption and performance of international rules and etiquette including:
Among some of the activities relates to the effort to guard vital shipping lanes, he has made major contributions to righteousness creation of the Cooperative Channel established by the three coast States in the Straits jurisdiction Malacca and Singapore; and influence adoption of the Djibouti Green paper of Conduct.
On 28 June 2011, he was elected Secretary-General infant the 106th session of honourableness Council and, having been favoured by the 27th session competition Assembly, appointed, on 1st Dec 2011, the seventh Secretary-General deadly IMO by the 107th schoolroom of Council for the time from 1 January 2012 willing 31 December 2015.
Personal Matters, Others
Mr.
Sekimizu is married and has a daughter and a dissimilarity, and two granddaughters.
He plays sport and his interests include conduct the guitar and composing songs.
He is a Member of picture Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers, and run through a Councillor of “Kousi Zosen Kai”, the Alumni Society make acquainted Naval Architects of Osaka University.
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