Kimihide Ando

Background

About Kimihide Ando

Ando is Managing Director, Ando.K Limited. The company was established in 2020, by Ando himself, after his retirement from Mitsubishi Corporation. The company is offering consultancy services mainly to those Japanese companies / institutions, who are eager to enter into Pakistan market, and vice versa. He also offers the services, whenever / whichever his expertises and experiences are valued, and can make differences and impact. He is also Honorary Investment Counsellor (Japan), appointed by Board of Investment, Pakistan. He is also Certified Director, certified by Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance, in 2015- He joined Mitsubishi Corporation in 1982 and worked for 38 years till he retired in 2019, when he became 60 years young- During his career in Mitsubishi, he was posted in Egypt(2years), Iraq(1year), Saudi Arabia(3years), Malaysia(1year), Indonesia(3years), and Pakistan(twice, accumulated 14years)- 2007-2010, he was Managing Director of PT Kaltim Parna Industri, then JV among Mitsubishi, PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, and PT Parna Raya Group- 2010-2019, when he was Chief Executive for Pakistan, Mitsubishi Corporation, as his second tenure in Pakistan, he was also- Director of Engro Polymers & Chemicals Ltd- Director of Tri-Pack Limited- President 2013, Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI)- President 2011 & 2015, Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Karachi- Independent Director, Punjab Board of Investment & Trade (PBIT)- Member of Governing Body, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi - Vice Chairman of Pakistan Japan Business Forum (PJBF)- In 2018, He was honored by Pakistan, Sitara-e-Pakistan, “Star of Pakistan”, the highest honor, conferred upon foreign national private citizen- He retired in 2019, from Mitsubishi Corporation, as Senior Vice President. Apart from work, his hobbies are golf, tennis, and traveling with his wife. He has an interest in learning and understanding varieties of cultural values and languages. He commands Japanese, English, Arabic and Bahasa Indonesia with tiny bit of Chinese.