Masaya Watanabe

Masaya Watanabe

• Deputy General Manager, LNG Trading Dept. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

Masaya Watanabe is a Deputy Manager in the Energy Resources and International Business Unit of Osaka Gas where he is engaged in LNG procurement and strategic trade planning.　He started his career in TEPCO in 2003. Throughout his career, he has been involved for a wide variety of roles such as oil, coal, and LPG procurement. After joining Osaka Gas in 2013, he was in the long-term LNG procurement team and was responsible for managing some of the company’s key term contracts, such as PNG and Malaysia. He graduated from Hokkaido University, specializing in Marketing Management.