I worked with Kato on DFID funded private sector development programmes on St Helena in 2009 and 2010. Kato was soon able to appreciate the concerns of the private sector and showed an impressive and proactive approach to engaging with the islanders, and help them to put strategies in place to create an improved enabling environment for business. He is a very professional and committed technical adviser who gets on well with people. I really enjoyed working with him and was also able to learn a lot from him.

Kato and I worked together in the UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity in its infant days. Kato led a large research project centred around measuring government inputs; a technically challenging area. He was also an active participant of an informal study group that meet to discuss emerging economic issues. Kato was highly regarded by other economists in the office and his published work on measuring government inputs continues to be used by the specialist professions in the ONS. I enjoyed working with Kato as he was someone I could always rely on for frank advice both professionally and on a personal level. We've forged a friendship that have continued even after he's left the ONS.

I worked with Kato on DFID funded private sector development programmes on St Helena in 2009 and 2010. Kato was soon able to appreciate the concerns of the private sector and showed an impressive and proactive approach to engaging with the islanders, and help them to put strategies in place to create an improved enabling environment for business. He is a very professional and committed technical adviser who gets on well with people. I really enjoyed working with him and was also able to learn a lot from him.

Kato and I worked together in the UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity in its infant days. Kato led a large research project centred around measuring government inputs; a technically challenging area. He was also an active participant of an informal study group that meet to discuss emerging economic issues. Kato was highly regarded by other economists in the office and his published work on measuring government inputs continues to be used by the specialist professions in the ONS. I enjoyed working with Kato as he was someone I could always rely on for frank advice both professionally and on a personal level. We've forged a friendship that have continued even after he's left the ONS.

I worked with Kato on DFID funded private sector development programmes on St Helena in 2009 and 2010. Kato was soon able to appreciate the concerns of the private sector and showed an impressive and proactive approach to engaging with the islanders, and help them to put strategies in place to create an improved enabling environment for business. He is a very professional and committed technical adviser who gets on well with people. I really enjoyed working with him and was also able to learn a lot from him.

Kato and I worked together in the UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity in its infant days. Kato led a large research project centred around measuring government inputs; a technically challenging area. He was also an active participant of an informal study group that meet to discuss emerging economic issues. Kato was highly regarded by other economists in the office and his published work on measuring government inputs continues to be used by the specialist professions in the ONS. I enjoyed working with Kato as he was someone I could always rely on for frank advice both professionally and on a personal level. We've forged a friendship that have continued even after he's left the ONS.