Mr. Nobu Kobayashi served as Managing Director of Tokyo Gas Asia and Executive Officer of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd which was founded in 1885 and it celebrates the 130 years anniversary of the organization. Tokyo Gas is also the largest and oldest natural gas firm in Japan. In education background, Mr. Nobu Kobayashi graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Japan with the Bachelor of Commerce and Management in 1981. He then received the master degree in Arts, International Economics in 1989 from University of San Francisco, USA. In working experience, Mr. Nobu Kobayashi joined Tokyo Gas since 1981. He then spent the first decade of working at Tokyo Gas mainly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore as Chief Representative. He also was the General Manager in Commercial Sales Department and Home Service Planning Department for several years. Mr. Nobu Kobayashi was appointed in 2014 as Managing Director of Tokyo Gas Asia & Executive Officer of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd which is his current title.