Changes to Managing Executive Officers2025/03/06
JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) hereby announces the following changes to its managing executive officers, as approved at its board meeting today.
1. Managing Executive Officers
(1) Newly Appointed and Retiring Managing Executive Officers
a. Newly Appointed Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer (Effective 1 April 2025)
Name |
New Title |
Current Title |
Junya Tawa |
Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) |
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Head of the Planning Division |
b. Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officers (Effective 1 April 2025)
Name |
New Title |
Current Title |
Hiroyuki Nakai |
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Solution Service Officer (CSSO) |
Managing Executive Officer, |
Senior Managing Executive Officer, CEO, JERA Americas Inc. |
COO, JERA Americas Inc. |
c. Newly Appointed Managing Executive Officers (Effective 1 April 2025)
Name |
New Title |
Current Title |
Tetsuo Muto |
Managing Executive Officer, Head of the Planning Division and Head of the Planning Group and Head of the Business Environment Group |
Executive Officer, Head of the Planning Group, Planning Division |
Koichi Sonoda |
Managing Executive Officer, Enterprise Value Creation |
Partner, YCP Japan |
Masato Yamada |
Managing Executive Officer, Domestic Offshore Wind Power |
Chief Executive Officer, MHI Vestas Japan Co. Ltd. |
Gaku Takagi |
Managing Executive Officer, CEO, JERA Australia Pty Ltd. |
CEO, JERA Australia Pty Ltd. |
Hisashi Koseki |
Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Head of the Futtsu Thermal Power Station, O&M Engineering Operation Division |
General Manager, Head of the Hitachinaka Thermal Power Station, O&M Engineering Operation Division |
Mitsutaka Ban |
Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Head of the Hekinan Thermal Power Station and Head of the Hekinan Thermal Fuel Ammonia Plant Construction Office, O&M Engineering Operation Division |
General Manager, Head of the Hekinan Thermal Power Station and Head of the Hekinan Thermal Fuel Ammonia Plant Construction Office, O&M Engineering Operation Division |
d. Title Change (Effective 1 April 2025)
Name |
New Title |
Current Title |
Sami BEN JAMAA |
Managing Executive Officer, Digital Innovations |
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Digital Innovations Officer (CDIO) |
e. Retiring Senior Managing Executive Officer (Effective 31 March 2025)
Name |
Current Title |
Stephen O’Rourke |
Senior Managing Executive Officer, |
f. Retiring Managing Executive Officers (Effective 31 March 2025)
Name |
Current Title |
Minako Fujiie |
Managing Executive Officer, Enterprise Value Creation |
Tatsuya Tsunoda |
Managing Executive Officer, Officer to CFO |
Toshio Kumazawa |
Managing Executive Officer, |
(2) Managing Executive Officers from 1 April 2025
Title |
Name |
Duties |
Global CEO and Chair |
Yukio Kani |
Global CEO |
President, Director, CEO and COO |
Hisahide Okuda |
CEO and COO |
Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer |
Junya Tawa |
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) 〔Planning Division〕 |
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・Engineering Officer (COMEO) 〔O&M Engineering Strategy Division / O&M Engineering Advanced Technology Division / O&M Engineering Operation Division / Equipment & Materials Procurement Division〕 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Celso Guiotoko |
Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Taisuke Yokota |
Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Chief Business Support & Solutions Officer (CBSSO) 〔Human Resources Division〕 〔General Affairs Division / Power Plant Regional Affairs Group/ Legal and Secretariat Division / Market Transaction Management Section〕 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Steven Winn |
Chief Global Strategist (CGS) 〔Platform Business Division〕 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
John O’Brien |
CEO, JERA Americas Inc. |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Koichi Morisaki |
Chief Thermal Transition Officer (CTTO) 〔Domestic Zero-Emission Thermal Power Promotion Division〕 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Satoshi Yajima |
Chief Renewable Energy Officer (CREO) and Head of the Global Renewable Energy Division 〔Global Renewable Energy Division〕 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Ryosuke Tsugaru |
Chief Low Carbon Fuel Officer (CLCFO) 〔Low Carbon Fuel Value Chain Division / LNG Division〕 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Kazunori Kasai |
Chief Optimization Officer (COPTO) 〔Optimization Division / Power Management Division / Procurement Management Division〕 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Justin Rowland |
CEO, JERA Global Markets Pte. Ltd. |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Hiroyuki Nakai |
Chief Solution Service Officer (CSSO) |
Managing Executive Officer |
Tetsuo Muto |
Head of the Planning Division and |
Managing Executive Officer |
Koichi Sonoda |
Enterprise Value Creation * |
Managing Executive Officer |
Tomoyuki Fujitomi |
Head of the ICT Systems Development Division |
Managing Executive Officer |
Sami BEN JAMAA |
Digital Innovations |
Managing Executive Officer |
Takeshi Takahashi |
Head of the Group Business Management Division |
Managing Executive Officer |
Richard Pibworth |
Global Human Resources |
Managing Executive Officer |
Kenji Nakashima |
Power Plant Regional Affairs |
Managing Executive Officer |
Jun Minamoto |
CFO, JERA Americas Inc. |
Managing Executive Officer |
Izumi Kai |
CEO, JERA Asia Pte. Ltd. and Head of the Platform Business Division |
Managing Executive Officer |
Nathalie Oosterlinck |
CEO, JERA Nex Ltd |
Managing Executive Officer |
Masato Yamada |
Domestic Offshore Wind Power |
Managing Executive Officer |
Gaku Takagi |
CEO, JERA Australia Pty Ltd. |
Managing Executive Officer |
Takashi Noguchi |
Head of the Power Management Division, Power Supply and Demand / Power Trading |
Managing Executive Officer |
Shinobu Ozeki |
Head of the O&M Engineering Operation Division |
Managing Executive Officer |
Hisashi Koseki |
General Manager, Head of the Futtsu Thermal Power Station, |
Managing Executive Officer |
Mitsutaka Ban |
General Manager, Head of the Hekinan Thermal Power Station and Head of the Hekinan Thermal Fuel Ammonia Plant Construction Office, |
Managing Executive Officer |
Katsuya Tanigawa |
Head of the West Japan Branch |
In charge of Public Relations Group.
(1) Junya Tawa (Newly Appointed Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer)
(2) Hiroyuki Nakai (Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer)
(3) John O’Brien (Newly Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer)
(4) Tetsuo Muto (Newly Appointed Managing Executive Officer)
(5) Koichi Sonoda (Newly Appointed Managing Executive Officer)
(6) Masato Yamada (Newly Appointed Managing Executive Officer)
(7) Gaku Takagi (Newly Appointed Managing Executive Officer)
(8) Hisashi Koseki (Newly Appointed Managing Executive Officer)
(9) Mitsutaka Ban (Newly Appointed Managing Executive Officer)