As president of Real Tech Holdings, Akitaka’s role is to enhance the societal and environmental impact of the company.  He also invests and supports startups as growth manager and helps companies with all talent manners as team developer.
Before joining Real Tech Holdings in 2020, he was at EIT Climate-KIC, a European organization that transforms ideas into climate-addressing businesses. While at the company, Akitaka evaluated more than 200 startups for grants and their environmental impact, making him an expert in frontier innovations addressing climate change. He was involved in recruitment and team building, where he implemented an employee engagement program to improve sustainability from within the EIT community.

Akitaka has a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Tokyo.