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 |
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Global CEO and Chair |
Yukio Kani |
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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 |
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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]