[President] Koji Fukuoka, Ph.D.
He received Ph.D. in Maritime Science and Technology from the Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University in 2016. From 2018 to 2021, he served as emergency response coordinator and the occupational health and safety section manager at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) to establish BCM and SMS. From 2021 to 2024, he was involved in accident prevention research and BCM implementation as a professor and then research professor at Kyushu University. Regarding BCM, as a scientist and practitioner of crisis management and safety management systems, he developed and established BCM best suited for universities and provided education and training for top management, faculty, staff and students in these organizations.
Regarding accident prevention and SMS, during his tenure at Japan Coast Guard from1984 to 2004, he was engaged in maritime accident prevention activities, anti-terrorism measures, and research on stowaway prevention measures in the United States. While at Japan Transport Safety Board from 2009 to 2016, he studied the Fundamentals of Accident Investigation (2011) at Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and, as an accident investigator, was involved in investigating, analyzing, and preparing investigation reports on numerous maritime accidents. He was appointed as a Correspondence Group Analyst for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee for the Implementation of Regulations (2011-2016), and as an IMO consultant, he conducted training for Philippine government officials on the National Training Course on Marine Casualty and Incident Investigation (2014).
At OIST, he established SMS to prevent accidents, and contributed to preventing accidents during experiments in laboratories and fieldwork activities. He also established a Risk Management Committee, visualized major risks across the university, prioritized risk countermeasures, and established a system to efficiently control risks with limited resources. At Kyushu University, he was engaged in research on accident prevention, and gave lectures on preventing accidents in the mountains and at sea, teaching students about the accident contributing factors in these situations and how to prevent accidents.
Since 2024, he has been President of BCP & BCM Consulting, and is active in BCM and SMS worldwide. He publishes a book with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in January 2025 to prevent accidents at universities. The book includes the most appropriate SMS for universities and BCM to deal with increasingly severe natural disasters.
