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Representative Director Chairman

Hitoshi Murayama
Representative Director Chairman (Feb 2, 1954)
Career and Biography
June 2020 | Representative Director Chairman |
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June 2015 | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
June 2012 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
December 2011 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Thermal Power Engineering Dept. (Japanese name changed; English name unchanged) |
June 2010 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Thermal Power Engineering Dept. |
June 2009 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Thermal Power Dept. |
June 2008 | Department Director of Thermal Power Dept. |
April 1980 | Joined the Company |
Representative Director President

Toshifumi Watanabe
Representative Director President (Mar 10, 1955)
Career and Biography
April 2019 | Representative Director President and Chief Executive Officer |
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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 (Executive Vice President)

Yoshiki Onoi
Representative Director (Jul 14, 1955)
Career and Biography
June 2022 | Representative Director and Executive Vice President |
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April 2019 | Director and Executive Vice President |
June 2018 | Director and Executive Vice President |
June 2015 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
June 2013 | Executive Managing Officer |
January 2011 | Executive Officer |
June 2009 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Business Planning Dept. |
July 2006 | Department Director of Business Planning Dept. |
April 1979 | Joined the Company |
Directors (Executive Vice Presidents)

Hiroyasu Sugiyama
Director (Apr 11, 1956)
Career and Biography
June 2020 | Director and Executive Vice President |
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June 2016 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
June 2015 | Executive Managing Officer |
June 2013 | Executive Officer, Department Director of International Business Development Dept. |
July 2012 | Department Director of International Business Development Dept. |
April 1981 | Joined the Company |

Hitoshi Kanno
Director (April 19, 1961)
Career and Biography
April 2022 | Director and Executive Vice President |
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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 |

Osamu Hagiwara
Director (December 11, 1960)
Career and Biography
June 2022 | Director and Executive Vice President |
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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 |
Directors (Executive Managing Officers)

Yoshikazu Shimada
Director (May 16 1957)
Career and Biography
June 2020 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
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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 |

Hiroshi Sasatsu
Director (March 15, 1962)
Career and Biography
June 2020 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
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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 |

Takaya Nomura
Director (January 3, 1962)
Career and Biography
June 2022 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
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April 2020 | Executive Managing Officer |
June 2018 | Executive Officer Department Director of Hydropower Dept. |
January 2018 | Department Director of Hydropower Dept. Senior Advisor of Corporate Planning & Administration Dept. |
June 2017 | Department Director of Hydropower Dept. |
April 1984 | Joined the Company |
Directors

Go Kajitani
Outside Director (Nov 22, 1936)
Career and Biography
June 2011 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. |
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April 2011 | President of Japan Legal Support Center |
June 2009 | Outside Director of the Company(current position) |
June 2007 | Chairman of the Central Third-Party Committee to Check Pension Records, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
April 2004 | President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations |
June 2003 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NICHIAS Corporation |
April 1999 | Senior Partner of KAJITANI LAW OFFICES |
April 1998 | President of Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, Vice President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations |
April 1967 | Registered as an attorney at law (Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) Joined KAJITANI LAW OFFICES |

Tomonori Ito
Outside Director (Jan 9, 1957)
Career and Biography
April 2022 | Lecturer at Division of Business Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kyoto University of Advanced Science (current position) |
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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. (current position) |
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 (Oct 31, 1951)
Career and Biography
June 2016 | Outside Director of the Company(current position) |
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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) |
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Members

Naori Fukuda
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Mar 25, 1956)
Career and Biography
June 2022 | Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current) |
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June 2016 | Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
June 2013 | Director and Executive Managing Officer |
June 2012 | Executive Managing Officer |
December 2011 | Executive Officer and Civil & Architectural Engineering Dept. |
June 2010 | Executive Officer, Department Director of Civil and Electrical Engineering Dept. |
June 2008 | Department Director of Civil and Electrical Engineering Dept. |
April 1979 | Joined the Company |

Hiroshi Fujioka
Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Jun 2, 1954)
Career and Biography
June 2022 | Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current) |
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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) |

Kiyoshi Nakanishi
Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Apr 2, 1945)
Career and Biography
June 2022 | Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current) |
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June 2011 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
June 2010 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TOYOTA TECHNOCRAFT Co., LTD. (currently TOYOTA CUSTOMIZING & DEVELOPMENT) |
June 2010 | Adviser of Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. |
June 2010 | Adviser of GENESIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. |
June 2004 | Representative Director of GENESIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. |
June 2004 | Adviser of TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
June 2003 | Managing Officer of TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
June 2000 | Director of TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
January 1997 | General Manager of No.3 Engine Technical Department of No.4 Development Center of TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
April 1970 | Joined Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. |

Kimiko Oga
Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Oct 1, 1953)
Career and Biography
June 2022 | Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current) |
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June 2021 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
June 2020 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ALCONIX Corporation (current) |
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 |
Executive Officer System
President and Chief Executive Officer | Toshifumi Watanabe |
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Executive Vice President | Yoshiki Onoi, Makoto Honda, Hiroyasu Sugiyama, Hitoshi Kanno, Osamu Hagiwara |
Executive Managing Officer | Yoshikazu Shimada, Hiroshi Sasatsu, Isshuu Kurata, Takaya Nomura, Ryoji Sekine, Shinichi Demachi, Takashi Fujita, Shoichi Echigo, Hideaki Kato |
Executive Officer | Takashi Jahana, Yasushi Ishida, Kazuo Ito, Shinsuke Suzuki, Sumie Nakayama, Jun Harada, Yasushi Akahoshi, Tetsuaki Mori, Toshiya Kawai, Koji Shirato, Kazuo Kato, Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiro Tanaka |
Specially Appointed Audit & Supervisory Committee Member | Hideo Kimura |
(as of 28 June 2022)