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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,
Head of the O&M Engineering Strategy Division

John O’Brien

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
and Domestic Zero-Emission Thermal Power Promotion 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,
CEO, JERA Americas Inc.

 

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,
Head of the East Japan Branch


 

(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)
〔ICT Strategy Group / ICT Systems Development Division / ICT Management Group / Global Architect Group / Digital Creation Group〕

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)
and Head of the LNG Division

〔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)
〔Service Division〕

Managing

Executive Officer

Tetsuo Muto

Head of the Planning Division and
Head of the Planning Group and
Head of the Business Environment Group
 

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,
O&M Engineering Operation Division

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,
O&M Engineering Operation Division

Managing

Executive Officer

Katsuya Tanigawa

Head of the West Japan Branch

 In charge of Public Relations Group.

 

 

Reference : CVs of Newly Appointed Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer, Senior Managing Executive Officers and Managing Executive Officers

(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)