Biography

Keiichiro Kanatani is the business development manager at Mitsubishi Chemical America, responsible for our bio-based engineering plastics, DURABIO. He has over 10 years of experience in marketing bioplastics in Japan and North America. During that time, he mainly worked with automotive companies to develop applications for bioplastics to achieve carbon neutrality.

Previously, Keiichiro was the R&D manager for new medication development at Mitsubishi Chemical. He holds a PhD in organic chemistry and biochemistry from Kyoto University.