Skip to main content

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
Chief Risk Officer (CRO)

Kazunori Kasai

Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chief Optimization Officer (COPTO)

 

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).

 

Reference 1: CV of New Candidate for Director

Reference 2: Director Skills Matrix