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Directors and Auditors (Management Structure)2026/05/01

JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) announces that its Board of Directors has today determined its candidate for Director positions for which approval will be sought at the 11th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2026.

 

1.    Directors and Corporate Auditors
(1)    Candidates for Director (to be resolved at the 11th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2026)

Title

Name

Global CEO and Chair

Yukio Kani

President, Director,

CEO and COO

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*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 11th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2026. 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, and the term “Independent Outside Director” refers to an outside director who satisfies JERA’s independence criteria.

 

(2)    Corporate Auditors(Mr. Kimura and Mr. Onodera are continuing. The candidate Mr. Hideo Oishi is to be resolved at the 11th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for late June 2026)

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.

 

Reference: Director Skills Matrix[PDF: 405.9 KB]