J-POWER EPDC

Directors

Representative Director Chairman

Toshifumi Watanabe

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

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)

Hiroyasu Sugiyama

Hiroyasu Sugiyama

Representative Director (April 11, 1956)

Career and Biography

June 2023 Representative Director and Executive Vice President
June 2020 Director and Executive Vice President
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

Directors (Executive Vice Presidents)

Osamu Hagiwara

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
Yoshikazu Shimada

Yoshikazu Shimada

Director (May 16 1957)

Career and Biography

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
Hiroshi Sasatsu

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

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.

Directors (Executive Managing Officers)

Takaya Nomura

Takaya Nomura

Director (January 3, 1962)

Career and Biography

June 2022 Director and Executive Managing Officer
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
Ryoji Sekine

Ryoji Sekine

Director (October 16, 1962)

Career and Biography

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

Tomonori Ito

Tomonori Ito

Outside Director (January 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)
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

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

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

Naori Fukuda

Naori Fukuda

Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (March 25, 1956)

Career and Biography

June 2022 Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current)
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

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)
Kiyoshi Nakanishi

Kiyoshi Nakanishi

Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (April 2, 1945)

Career and Biography

June 2022 Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current)
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

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 (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 Hitoshi Kanno
Executive Vice President Hiroyasu Sugiyama, Osamu Hagiwara, Yoshikazu Shimada, Hiroshi Sasatsu, Isshu Kurata
Executive Managing Officer Takaya Nomura, Ryoji Sekine, Takashi Fujita, Shoichi Echigo, Hideaki Kato, Takashi Jahana, Jun Harada, Tetsuaki Mori
Executive Officer Yasushi Ishida, Shinsuke Suzuki, Sumie Nakayama, Yasushi Akahoshi, Toshiya Kawai, Koji Shirato, Kazuo Kato, Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiro Tanaka, Yukihiro Ikeguchi, Kaoru Koga, Shingo Koizumi, Shigeru Morimoto, Kenjiro Hokamura, Takeshi Misumi, Takenori Iwasaki, Masuhide Inoue
Specially Appointed Audit & Supervisory Committee Member Hideo Kimura

(as of June 28, 2023)

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