Executive Appointment (Director)2026/03/05
JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) announces that its Board of Directors has today determined one candidate for a director position for which approval will be sought at the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for early April 2026.
1. New Candidate for Director (to be resolved at the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for early April 2026)
|
New Position |
Name |
Current Position |
|
Director Senior Managing Executive Officer |
Kazunori Kasai |
Senior Managing Executive Officer |
2. Retiring Director (effective March 31, 2026)
|
Current Position |
Name |
|
Director Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer Chief O&M Engineering Officer (COMEO) |
Tetsuya Watabe |
Reference: Board of Directors Structure Following the Resolution at the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for early April 2026
|
Title |
Name |
|
Global CEO and Chair*1 |
Yukio Kani |
|
President, Director, CEO and COO*1 |
Hisahide Okuda |
|
Corporate Vice President, Managing Executive Officer, Director Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
Kazuo Sakairi |
|
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Director, Chief Risk Officer (CRO) |
Kazunori Kasai |
|
Independent Outside Director*2 |
Joseph M. Naylor |
|
Independent Outside Director*2 |
Miyuki Suzuki |
|
Independent Outside Director*2 |
John Rittenhouse |
|
Independent Outside Director*2 |
Lim Hwee Hua |
|
Outside Director*2 |
Akihiro Watanabe |
|
Independent Outside Director*2 |
David Crane |
|
Independent Outside Director*2 |
Shiro Kuniya |
|
Outside Director*2 |
Kazuhiro Nabeta |
|
Outside Director*2 |
Daisuke Sakai |
*1 Mr. Kani and Mr. Okuda are Representative Directors under the Companies Act of Japan.
*2 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).