Masahiro expertise also includes development of chemical company strategies and business plants. Since 2003, Masahiro has led the team of researchers in Japan, which has been analyzing the Asian chemical industry and market. He has more than 30 years in the chemical industry, including 15 years at S&P Global.

Previously he was employed in the chemical division in a multinational oil company working in Japan, Singapore and the UK. Masahiro received a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, US​.