Mr. Ikeda graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Tsukuba University in 1983 and took a Master’s degree in Environment Science from Tsukuba University in 1985. Since joining Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 1985, he has worked in various departments in the head office and also worked in overseas offices such as Myanmar, USA and Laos. He was Deputy Director General (DDG), Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) from 2008 to 2011 and DDG, Department of Global Environment from 2011 to 2013. He served as Chief Representative of JICA Thailand from 2013 to 2016 and Director General of JICA Chugoku (JICA domestic branch office) from 2016 to 2018. He is now working as Chief Advisor for the Project of Strengthening the ASEAN Regional Capacity on Disaster Health Management (ARCH), since June 2018.