Katsuji Imata

With his 25 years of nonprofit/NGO senior management experience in the U.S., Japan and South Africa with a focus on civil society strengthening, Mr. Imata's focus in the last 5+ years has been spreading the value of impact management in financial, corporate and social sectors, as well as disseminating the role of evaluation in order to achieve just and sustainable societies. Mr. Imata is Chair of the Data and Indicator Working Group of Impact Consortium -- a newly established public-private partnership to promote impact economy --, an accredited trainer for the SDG Impact Standards (enterprise), and a member of B Lab Regional Standards Advisory Group – Asia. He is also Vice Chair and the Training Committee Chair of the Japan Evaluation Society, an evaluation advisor to JANPIA (Japan Network for Public Interest Activities) – a government-assigned body to manage and fund the dormant account assets for social purposes –, and a member of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)'s Advisory Committee on Evaluation.