Hiroshi Ono has had a long and varied career in public service, particularly in environmental leadership positions. He has led environmental transport, waste management and recycling, and global environmental affairs at Japan’s Ministry of the Environment. Born in 1962, Ono first began working on environmental issues in 1987, soon after graduating from the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo.

Hiroshi Ono
Vice-Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Japan