Directors and Auditors (Management Structure)2025/05/01
JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) announces that its Board of Directors has today determined its candidates for Director positions, for which approval will be sought at the 10th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2025.
1. Directors and Corporate Auditors
(1) Candidates for Director (to be resolved at the 10th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2025)
|
Title |
Name |
|
Chair, Director |
Yukio Kani |
|
President, Director |
Hisahide Okuda |
|
Director |
Kazuo Sakairi |
|
Director |
Tetsuya Watabe |
|
Independent Outside Director*1 |
Joseph M. Naylor |
|
Independent Outside Director*1 |
Miyuki Suzuki |
|
Independent Outside Director*1 |
John Rittenhouse |
|
Independent Outside Director*1 |
Lim Hwee Hua |
|
Outside Director*1 |
Akihiro Watanabe |
|
Independent Outside Director*1 |
David Crane |
|
Independent Outside Director*1 |
Shiro Kuniya |
|
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 10th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2025. Mr. Kani and Mr. Okuda have been nominated to be appointed as representative directors.
*1: The term “Outside Director” refers to an outside director as defined in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act (the same applies below), and the term “Independent Outside Director” refers to an outside director who satisfies JERA’s independence criteria (the same applies below).
(2) Corporate Auditors (Continuing)
|
Title |
Name |
|
Independent Outside Corporate Auditor*2 |
Hideo Oishi |
|
Corporate Auditor |
Shuichi Kimura |
|
Outside Corporate Auditor*2 |
Masahiro Onodera |
*2: The term “Outside Corporate Auditor” refers to an outside corporate auditor as defined in Article 2, Item 16 of the Companies Act, and the term “Independent Outside Corporate Auditor” refers to an outside corporate auditor who satisfies JERA’s independence criteria.
2. New Candidates for Director (to be resolved at the 10th Ordinary General Shareholders’ meeting scheduled for late June 2025)
|
Title |
Name |
Current Title |
|
Independent Outside Director |
David Crane |
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|
Independent Outside Director |
Shiro Kuniya |
Partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners |
Reference 1: CVs of New Candidates for Director
(1) David Crane
(2) Shiro Kuniya