• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Tak Ishikawa

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America

President & CEO

In his role as President & CEO of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA), Takajiro Ishikawa leads the company’s North American team to deliver innovative and integrated solutions that help realize carbon neutrality, improve quality of life and ensure a safer world. Prior to MHIA, Mr. Ishikawa ran the Asset Management division at Mitsubishi Corporation, a 450-person organization with assets under management of $24 billion plus assets under advisements of $40 billion. In 2017, he moved to Houston to begin the next phase of his career at MHI-A, responsible for the company’s business development and investments. Mr. Ishikawa is a natural born storyteller with expertise in both industrial and mining assets, and investment in startup technology companies. Most importantly, he is passionate about advancing the energy transition and achieving MHI’s goal to achieve net zero emissions through the company’s entire value chain by 2040. Mr. Ishikawa holds a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in law from Waseda University. He is based in Houston, Texas.

Sessions With Tak Ishikawa

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Creating Value from Carbon
    Climate & Sustainability

    Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage (CCUS) offers the hope of earning revenue to offset at least some of the cost of carbon capture. If countries start pricing carbon emissions, this could create major commercial opportunities for innovative technologies for carbon use. Which technologies can use carbon at the huge scale required, and are they economic?

Wednesday, 11 March