Mr. Kato has been the Regional Head for the Middle East and General Manager, Bahrain Branch of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. since September 2006.  He is responsible for the Bank’s corporate banking business in the whole Middle Eastern region.  Mr. Kato served as Managing Director and Deputy General Manager of the Bank’s Dutch subsidiary bank, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Holland) N.V., in Amsterdam prior to the current position.

Mr. Kato joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. in 1981 and took various positions in the Bank in corporate banking, human resources, strategic business planning, operations planning, and subsidiary management.  He has working experience at the Bank in Tokyo, New York, and Amsterdam in addition to Bahrain.

Mr. Kato has Bachelors Degree in Economics from The University of Tokyo (1981) and Master of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson School of Management (1988).

He is also a member of the Executive Committee of Bankers Society in Bahrain.