Changes to Directors, Corporate Auditors, and Managing Executive Officers2023/05/31

JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) hereby announces the following changes to its directors, corporate auditors, and managing executive officers, as approved at its board meeting today. The new directors and corporate auditor will be formally appointed after the shareholders meeting to be held in late June.

１．Directors and Corporate Auditors

（１）Directors

　a.　Newly Appointed Directors

(To be resolved at the shareholders meeting in late June 2023)

Name	Inside/Outside	Current Title
Tetsuya Watabe	Director	Senior Managing Executive Officer, O&M Engineering
John Rittenhouse	Outside Director	Director (Non-Executive), JERA Americas
Lim Hwee Hua	Outside Director	－
Daisuke Sakai	Outside Director	Executive Vice President, TEPCO Holdings, Inc. President, TEPCO Fuel & Power, Inc.

　b．Retiring Directors

(At the conclusion of the shareholders meeting in late June 2023)

Name	Current Title
Seiji Moriya	Outside Director
Satoshi Onoda	Director

（２）Corporate Auditors

　a. Newly Appointed Corporate Auditor

(To be resolved at the shareholders meeting in late June 2023)

Name	New Title	Current Title
Shuichi Kimura	Corporate Auditor	Senior Supervisor, Auditor’s Section

　 b. Retiring Corporate Auditor

(At the conclusion of the shareholders meeting in late June 2023)

Name	Current Title
Shigeyoshi Araki	Outside Corporate Auditor

（３）Directors and Corporate Auditors

(After the conclusion of the Shareholders meeting in late June 2023)

　 a．Directors

Title	Name
Chairman of the Board	Yukio Kani
President, Director	Hisahide Okuda
Director	Kazuo Sakairi
Director	Tetsuya Watabe
Director	Joseph M. Naylor
Director	Miyuki Suzuki
Director	John Rittenhouse
Director	Lim Hwee Hua
Director	Toshihiro Sano
Director	Satoru Katsuno
Director	Daisuke Sakai

b．Corporate Auditors

Title	Name
Corporate Auditor	Hideo Oishi
Corporate Auditor	Shuichi Kimura
Corporate Auditor	Michitaka Kondo

２．Executive Officers

（１）Newly Appointed and Retiring Executive Officers.

a．Newly Appointed Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer (Effective 1 July 2023)

Name

New Title

Current Title

Tetsuya Watabe

Corporate Vice President,

Managing Executive Officer,

Chief O&M･E Officer (COMEO)

Senior Managing Executive Officer,

O&M Engineering

b．Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officers (Effective 1 July 2023)

Name

New Title

Current Title

Satoshi Yajima

Senior Managing Executive Officer,

Chief Power Generation Development Officer (CPGDO)

Managing Executive Officer,

Head of the Global Renewable Energy Division

Junya Tawa

Senior Managing Executive Officer,

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

and Head of the Planning Division

Executive Officer,

Head of the Planning Division

Taisuke Yokota

Senior Managing Executive Officer,

Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

and Head of the Human Resources Division

Executive Officer,

Head of the Human Resources Division

Stephen O’Rourke

Senior Managing Executive Officer,

CEO, JERA Americas Inc.

Co-Chief Development Officer,

JERA Americas Inc.

Justin Rowland

Senior Managing Executive Officer,

CEO, JERA Global Markets Pte. Ltd.

Managing Director, LNG,

JERA Global Markets Pte. Ltd.

　c.　Newly Appointed Managing Executive Officers (Effective 1 July 2023)

Name	New Title	Current Title
Tomoyuki Fujitomi	Managing Executive Officer, Head of the Information and Communication Technology Division	Executive Officer, Head of the Information and Communication Technology Division
Takeshi Takahashi	Managing Executive Officer, Head of the Group Business Management Division	Executive Officer, Head of the Platform Business Division
Nathalie Oosterlinck	Managing Executive Officer, Head of the Global Renewable Energy Division	Senior Supervisor, Global Renewable Energy Division
Hiroyuki Nakai	Managing Executive Officer, Head of the O&M Engineering Strategy Division	Executive Officer, Head of the O&M Engineering Strategy Division
Jun Minamoto	Managing Executive Officer, CFO, JERA Americas Inc.	CFO, JERA Americas Inc.

d．Retiring Senior Managing Executive Officer (Effective 30 June 2023)

Name

Current Title

Sunao Nakamura

Senior Managing Executive Officer,

Optimization

（２）Executive Officers from 1 July 2023

Title	Name	Duties
Chairman of the Board	Yukio Kani	Global CEO
President, Director	Hisahide Okuda	CEO and COO
Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer	Kazuo Sakairi	Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 〔Financial Strategy and Planning Division / Accounting Division / Group Business Management Division〕
Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer	Tetsuya Watabe	Chief O&M･E Officer (COMEO) 〔O&M Engineering Strategy Division / O&M Engineering Operation Division / Equipment & Materials Procurement Division〕
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Kazunori Kasai	Chief Optimization Officer (COPTO) 〔Optimization Division/ Sales Management Division / Procurement Management Division / Solution Service Division〕
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Hiroshi Oyabu	Chief Business Support & Solutions Officer (CBSSO) 〔General and Regional Affairs Division / Secretariat / Legal Group〕
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Steven Winn	Chief Global Strategist (CGS) 〔Platform Business Division / Low Carbon Fuel Value Chain Division〕
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Sami BEN JAMAA	Global Chief Information and Digital Officer (G-CIDO) 〔ICT Strategy Group / Information and Communication Technology Division / Digital Creation Group / Information Security Section〕
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Satoshi Yajima	Chief Power Generation Development Officer (CPGDO) 〔Domestic Zero-Emission Thermal Power Promotion Division / Global Renewable Energy Division〕
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Junya Tawa	Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Head of the Planning Division 〔Planning Division〕
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Taisuke Yokota	Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Head of the Human Resources Division 〔Human Resources Division〕
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Stephen O’Rourke	CEO, JERA Americas Inc.
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Toshiro Kudama	CEO, JERA Asia Pte. Ltd.
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Justin Rowland	CEO, JERA Global Markets Pte. Ltd.
Managing Executive Officer	Toshio Kumazawa	Head of the East Japan Branch
Managing Executive Officer	Hiromi Sakakibara	Head of the West Japan Branch
Managing Executive Officer	Tatsuya Tsunoda	ESG
Managing Executive Officer	Takashi Ekida	Head of the O&M Engineering Operation Division
Managing Executive Officer	Minako Fujiie	Enterprise Value Creation *
Managing Executive Officer	Tomoyuki Fujitomi	Head of the Information and Communication Technology Division
Managing Executive Officer	Takeshi Takahashi	Head of the Group Business Management Division
Managing Executive Officer	Nathalie Oosterlinck	Head of the Global Renewable Energy Division
Managing Executive Officer	Hiroyuki Nakai	Head of the O&M Engineering Strategy Division
Managing Executive Officer	Jun Minamoto	CFO, JERA Americas Inc.

* In charge of Public Relations Group and Diversity & Inclusion Section.

References： CVs of Newly Appointed Directors, Corporate Auditor, Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer, and Senior Managing Executive Officers[PDF: 423.34 KB]

（１）Tetsuya Watabe（Newly Appointed Director and Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer）

（２）John Rittenhouse（Newly Appointed Director）

（３）Lim Hwee Hua（Newly Appointed Director）

（４）Daisuke Sakai（Newly Appointed Director）

（５）Shuichi Kimura（Newly Appointed Corporate Auditor）

（６）Satoshi Yajima（Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer）

（７）Junya Tawa（Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer）

（８）Taisuke Yokota（Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer）

（９）Stephen O’Rourke（Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer）

（１０）Justin Rowland（Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer）