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Representative Director Chairman
Toshifumi Watanabe
Representative Director Chairman (March 10, 1955)
Career and Biography
| June 2023 | Representative Director Chairman |
|---|---|
| April 2019 | Representative Director President and Chief Executive Officer |
| June 2016 | Representative Director President |
| June 2013 | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| June 2012 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
| June 2009 | Executive Managing Director |
| June 2006 | Director |
| June 2004 | Department Director of Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. |
| October 2002 | Department Director of Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. and Office Director of Privatization Office, Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. (Japanese name changed; English name unchanged) |
| April 2002 | Department Director of Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. and Office Director of Privatization Office, Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. |
| April 1977 | Joined the Company |
Representative Director President (Chief Executive Officer)
Hitoshi Kanno
Representative Director President (April 19, 1961)
Career and Biography
| June 2023 | Representative Director President and Chief Executive Officer |
|---|---|
| April 2023 | Representative Director and Executive Vice President |
| April 2022 | Director and Executive Vice President |
| June 2019 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
| June 2017 | Executive Managing Officer |
| June 2016 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. |
| October 2015 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Power Business Planning & Development Dept. |
| January 2011 | Department Director of Business Planning Dept. |
| April 1984 | Joined the Company |
Representative Director (Executive Vice President)
Yoshikazu Shimada
Director (May 16 1957)
Career and Biography
| June 2024 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President |
|---|---|
| April 2023 | Director and Executive Vice President |
| June 2020 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
| June 2017 | Executive Managing Officer |
| June 2015 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Civil & Architectural Engineering Dept. |
| June 2012 | Department Director of Civil & Architectural Engineering Dept. |
| April 1982 | Joined the Company |
Directors (Executive Vice Presidents)
Osamu Hagiwara
Director (December 11, 1960)
Career and Biography
| June 2022 | Director and Executive Vice President |
|---|---|
| April 2020 | Executive Managing Officer Department Deputy Director of Nuclear Power Business (current) |
| April 2019 | Executive Officer |
| June 2018 | Executive Officer Director of Ohma Nuclear Power Station Construction Office, Ohma General Management Dept. Department Deputy Director of Ohma General Management Dept. |
| June 2016 | Director of Ohma Nuclear Power Station Construction Office, Ohma General Management Dept. Department Deputy Director of Ohma General Management Dept. |
| April 1984 | Joined the Company |
Hiroshi Sasatsu
Director (March 15, 1962)
Career and Biography
| April 2023 | Director and Executive Vice President |
|---|---|
| June 2020 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
| April 2019 | Executive Managing Officer |
| June 2018 | Executive Officer |
| June 2016 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Research & Development Dept. |
| June 2015 | Department Director of Research & Development Dept. |
| April 1986 | Joined the Company |
Isshu Kurata
Director (November 20, 1961)
Career and Biography
| June 2023 | Director and Executive Vice President |
|---|---|
| April 2020 | Executive Managing Officer Department Deputy Director of Nuclear Power Business Department Director of Ohma General Management Dept. |
| June 2017 | Executive Officer Department Director of Nuclear Power Management Dept. |
| July 2016 | Department Director of Nuclear Power Management Dept. |
| June 2014 | Department Director of General Affairs Dept. |
| April 1984 | Joined Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. |
Ryoji Sekine
Director (October 16, 1962)
Career and Biography
| June 2024 | Director, Executive Vice President |
|---|---|
| June 2023 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
| April 2023 | Executive Managing Officer Department Director of International Business |
| April 2022 | Executive Managing Officer Department Deputy Director of International Business |
| April 2020 | Executive Managing Officer Department Deputy Director of Energy Business |
| June 2018 | Executive Officer Department Director of Energy Planning Dept. Department Deputy Director of Energy Business |
| October 2015 | Department Director of Energy Planning Dept. |
| June 2013 | Director of East Regional Headquarters, Hydropower Dept. |
| January 2001 | Joined Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. |
| April 1985 | Joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. |
Directors (Executive Managing Officers)
Hideaki Kato
Director (September 28, 1966)
Career and Biography
| June 2024 | Director, Executive Managing Officer |
|---|---|
| April 2023 | Executive Managing Officer |
| April 2022 | Executive Managing Officer Department Director of Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. |
| April 2021 | Executive Officer Department Director of Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. |
| June 2017 | Department Director of Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. |
| April 1989 | Joined Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. |
| March 1989 | Graduated from the School of Economics, Kobe University |
Directors
Tomonori Ito
Outside Director (January 9, 1957)
Career and Biography
| June 2023 | Outside Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. (current position) |
|---|---|
| June 2022 | Outside Director of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited (current) |
| April 2022 | Lecturer at Division of Business Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kyoto University of Advanced Science (current position) |
| September 2021 | Professor at Institute for Business and Finance, Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance) (current position) |
| April 2020 | Adjunct Professor of Department of International Corporate Strategy, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University |
| April 2018 | Professor of Department of International Corporate Strategy, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University |
| June 2016 | Outside Director of the Company (current position) |
| June 2014 | Outside Director of Aozora Bank, Ltd. |
| October 2012 | Professor of Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University |
| May 2012 | External Director of PARCO CO., LTD. |
| April 2011 | Visiting Professor of Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University |
| June 1998 | Head of Investment Banking and Managing Director, UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd. |
| August 1997 | General Manager of Tokyo Branch and Head of Investment Banking, Union Bank of Switzerland |
| March 1995 | Manager of Business Development Daini, Union Bank of Switzerland, Tokyo Branch (currently UBS) |
| April 1994 | Vice President of Emerging Market Group, The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd., New York Branch |
| March 1990 | Vice President of Investment Banking Group, Bank of Tokyo Trust Company, New York Branch |
| April 1979 | Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.) |
John Buchanan
Outside Director (October 31, 1951)
Career and Biography
| June 2016 | Outside Director of the Company(current position) |
|---|---|
| August 2006 | Research Associate of Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge(current position) |
| May 2000 | Joined Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Europe Limited |
| October 1995 | Joined The Sumitomo Bank, Limited, London Branch |
| October 1992 | Director of S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd. |
| October 1987 | Joined S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd. |
| August 1983 | Branch Manager, Bank of London and South America, Barcelona |
| January 1981 | Representative, subsequently Branch Manager, Lloyds Bank International, Osaka |
| October 1974 | Joined Lloyds Bank Group (Bank of London and South America, Lloyds Bank International, Lloyds Merchant Bank) |
Takashi Yokomizo
Outside Director (November 2, 1950)
Career and Biography
| June 2023 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
|---|---|
| May 2015 | Director, Japan Bar Association |
| May 2014 | Executive Director, Japan Law Foundation Director, Chuo University |
| June 2014 | Director, Maeda Road Construction Co.,Ltd |
| January 2014 | Member of the Fiscal System Council of the Ministry of Finance (national property) |
| April 2013 | Vice Chairman, Japan Federation of Bar Associations |
| January 2013 | Chairman, Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association |
| April 2008 | Partner Lawyer, Sunrise Law Office (current) |
| April 2005 | Standing Director, Japan Federation of Bar Associations Vice Chairman, Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association |
| December 2002 | Member of the Committee for the Bar Examination of the Ministry of Justice |
| April 1997 | Professor of The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan |
| April 1978 | Registered as an attorney (Joined Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) |
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Members
Hideo Kimura
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (October 26, 1961)
Career and Biography
| June 2024 | Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
|---|---|
| June 2022 | Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. Audit & Supervisory Executive Officer |
| April 2020 | J-POWER Transmission Network Co., Ltd. Director, Executive Managing Officer |
| April 2019 | Executive Officer |
| June 2018 | Executive Senior Advisor (Responsible for matters related to HR utilization) Department Director of Personnel & Employee Relations Dept. |
| June 2015 | Department Director of Personnel & Employee Relations Dept. |
| April 1985 | Joined Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. |
| March 1985 | Graduated from the School of Economics, Tohoku University |
Hiroshi Fujioka
Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (June 2, 1954)
Career and Biography
| June 2022 | Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current) |
|---|---|
| October 2016 | Outside Director of The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd. (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (current) |
| June 2016 | Outside Corporate Auditor of The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd. |
| June 2015 | Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member) |
| June 2014 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. |
| February 2014 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company |
| January 2012 | Senior Executive Vice President, Japan Housing Finance Agency (Incorporated Administrative Agency) |
| July 2009 | Director-General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| July 2008 | Director-General of Customs and Tariff Bureau, the Ministry of Finance |
| April 1977 | Joined the Ministry of Finance (MOF) |
Kimiko Oga
Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (October 1, 1953)
Career and Biography
| June 2022 | Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current) |
|---|---|
| June 2021 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
| June 2020 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ALCONIX Corporation |
| March 2020 | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, BroadBand Tower, Inc. (current) |
| June 2019 | Outside Director, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (current) |
| June 2013 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation |
| July 2007 | Representative Director and Managing Director of NTT Learning Systems Corporation |
| July 2005 | Deputy General Manager, Tokyo Branch, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation and President & Representative Director, NTT East - Tokyo Chuo Corporation |
| July 2004 | Executive Manager, Customer Equipment Department, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation |
| April 1991 | Senior Manager, Marketing Division, Service Development Department, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation |
| April 1977 | Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation |
Shizuo Abe
Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (May 1, 1959)
Career and Biography
| June 2024 | Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. |
|---|---|
| April 2019 | Director, BluE Nexus Corporation |
| January 2019 | Executive Advisor of AISIN CORPORATION |
| June 2012 | Director of Primearth EV Energy Co., Ltd. |
| April 2012 | Executive General Manager Field General Manager of Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Field |
| June 2008 | General Manager of Hybrid Vehicle Engineering Management Div. |
| April 2006 | General Manager of Hybrid Vehicle Advanced Technology Engineering Div. |
| April 1982 | Joined TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| March 1982 | Graduated from the School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
Executive Officer System
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Hitoshi Kanno |
|---|---|
| Executive Vice President | Yoshikazu Shimada, Osamu Hagiwara, Hiroshi Sasatsu, Isshu Kurata, Ryoji Sekine |
| Executive Managing Officer | Hideaki Kato, Takashi Fujita, Shoichi Echigo, Jun Harada, Tetsuaki Mori, Koji Shirato, Kazuo Kato, Atsushi Sudo, Shigeru Morimoto, Kenjiro Hokamura |
| Executive Officer Status | Toshiya Sato, Kenji Morita, Yukihiro Ikeguchi, Akira Takano, Toshiya Kawai |
| Executive Officer | Sumie Nakayama, Yasushi Akahoshi, Shingo Koizumi, Takeshi Misumi, Takenori Iwasaki, Masuhide Inoue, Akira Yabumoto, Fumihiko Saito, Masuo Shibayama, Tatsuya Ishii, Toshihiro Ikeda, Shigeyuki Ishikura, Toshio Tochigi, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Soichiro Shimoda, Kenji Matsumoto, Takahiko Nakazawa |
| Audit & Supervisory Executive Officer | Tatsuhiro Tanaka |
(as of June 26, 2025)