Changes to Directors and Corporate Auditors2024/04/30
JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) announces that its Board of Directors has today determined its candidates for the positions of Directors and Corporate Auditor, for which approval will be sought at the 9th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2024.
1. Candidates for Directors and Corporate Auditors, Etc.
(1) Candidates for Directors (to be resolved at the 9th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2024)
Title |
Name |
Chair, Director |
Yukio Kani |
President, Director |
Hisahide Okuda |
Director |
Kazuo Sakairi |
Director |
Tetsuya Watabe |
Outside Director*1 |
Joseph M. Naylor |
Outside Director*1 |
Miyuki Suzuki |
Outside Director*1 |
John Rittenhouse |
Outside Director*1 |
Lim Hwee Hua |
Outside Director*1 |
Akihiro Watanabe |
Outside Director*1 |
Kazuhiro Nabeta |
Outside Director*1 |
Daisuke Sakai |
Representative Directors under Japanese law will be determined at the Board of Directors meeting following the conclusion of the 9th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2024.
Mr. Kani and Mr. Okuda have been nominated to be appointed as representative directors.
*1: Indicates (here and below) an outside director as defined in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.
(2) Candidate for Corporate Auditor (to be resolved at the 9th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2024)
Title |
Name |
Outside Corporate Auditor*2 |
Masahiro Onodera |
*2: Indicates (here and below) an outside corporate auditor as defined in Article 2, Item 16 of the Companies Act.
(3) Corporate Auditors (Continuing)
Title |
Name |
Outside Corporate Auditor |
Hideo Oishi |
Corporate Auditor |
Shuichi Kimura |
2. Newly Appointed Directors (to be resolved at the 9th Ordinary General Shareholders’ meeting scheduled for late June 2024)
Name |
Inside/Outside |
Current Title |
Akihiro Watanabe |
Outside Director |
Chairman, Houlihan Lokey Corp. |
Kazuhiro Nabeta |
Outside Director |
Executive Vice President, Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc. |
3. Retiring Directors (at the conclusion of the 9th Ordinary General Shareholders’ meeting scheduled for late June 2024)
Name |
Current Title |
Satoru Katsuno |
Outside Director |
Toshihiro Sano |
Director |
4. Newly Appointed Corporate Auditor (to be resolved at the 9th Ordinary General Shareholders’ meeting scheduled for late June 2024)
Name |
New Title |
Current Title |
Masahiro Onodera |
Outside |
Corporate Auditor, |
5. Retiring Corporate Auditor (at the conclusion of the 9th Ordinary General Shareholders’ meeting scheduled for late June 2024)
Name |
Current Title |
Michitaka Kondo |
Outside |
Reference: CVs of Newly Appointed Directors and Corporate Auditor[PDF: 179.18 KB]
(1) Akihiro Watanabe (Newly Appointed Director)
(2) Kazuhiro Nabeta (Newly Appointed Director)
(3) Masahiro Onodera (Newly Appointed Corporate Auditor)