Sadao Takeda

ISO Vice-President (policy) - Japan

has been re-appointed ISO Vice-President (policy) for the 2012-2013 term. Mr. Takeda has been Director General of the Japanese Standards Association (JSA) since 2007 and a Member of the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) since 1997. He has been the JISC representative on the ISO Council from 2003 until the end of 2009. At JISC, he has held different managerial positions including Secretary-General, Director of the Conformity Assessment Division, and Director of the Measurement Standards Division. During his career at the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) from 1975 to 2002, Mr.Takeda held various responsibilities in the areas of Standards Policy, International Trade Policy, Research and Development Policy, Information Technology (IT) Industry, and Industrial Policy Planning. He has an academic background in IT engineering.