Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and Executive OfficersBiography

Members of the Board

As of June 23, 2023

Chairman of the Board

Fumiya Kokubu
Fumiya Kokubu
1975 Joined Marubeni Corporation
2005 Executive Officer
2008 Managing Executive Officer, Member of the Board
2010 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2012 Senior Executive Vice President, Member of the Board
2013 President and CEO, Member of the Board
2019 Chairman of the Board

President and CEO

Masumi Kakinoki
Masumi Kakinoki
1980 Joined Marubeni Corporation
2010 Executive Officer
2013 Managing Executive Officer, Member of the Board
2014 Managing Executive Officer
2017 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2018 Senior Executive Vice President, Member of the Board
2019 President and CEO, Member of the Board

Senior Executive Vice President

Akira Terakawa
Akira Terakawa
1981 Joined Marubeni Corporation
2010 Executive Officer
2013 Managing Executive Officer
2014 Managing Executive Officer, Members of the Board
2016 Managing Executive Officer
2018 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2021 Senior Executive Vice President, Members of the Board

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Takayuki Furuya
Takayuki Furuya
1987 Joined Marubeni Corporation
2018 Executive Officer
2020 Managing Executive Officer, Member of the Board
2023 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Member of the Board

Outside Directors

Kyohei Takahashi
Kyohei Takahashi
2002 Managing Director, Showa Denko K.K.
2004 Senior Managing Director, Showa Denko K.K.
2005 President, Showa Denko K.K.
2007 President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Showa Denko K.K.
2011 Chairman of the Board, Showa Denko K.K.
2014 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Marubeni Corporation
2015 Director, Chairman of the Board, Showa Denko K.K.
2016 Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company (Present Position)
2017 Executive Advisor, Showa Denko K.K.
2023 Executive Advisor, Resonac Holdings K.K. (former Showa Denko K.K.) (Present Position)
Yuri Okina
Yuri Okina
2006 Research Director, The Japan Research Institute, Limited
2014 Director, Bridgestone Corporation (Present Position)
Vice Chairman, The Japan Research Institute, Limited
2017 Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)
2018 Chairperson, The Japan Research Institute, Limited (Present Position)
Masato Kitera
Masato Kitera
2008 Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2010 Deputy Minister
2012 Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary
Ambassador and Plenipotentiary to People's Republic of China
2016 Ambassador and Plenipotentiary to France, Andorra, and Monaco (Resigned in Dec. 2019)
2020 Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)
Member of the Board, Nippon Steel Corporation (Present Position, Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member from June 2022)
2021 Member of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc. (Present Position)
Shigeki Ishizuka
Shigeki Ishizuka
2017 Representative Director and President, Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
2018 Senior EVP, Sony Corporation
2020 Representative Director, President and CEO, Sony Electronics Corporation
Vice Chairman, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Sony Corporation (Currently, Sony Group Corporation)
2021 Director, Sony Corporation
Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)
2023 Director, LIXIL Corporation (Present Position)
Kyohei Takahashi
Hisayoshi Ando
2013 Director-General of Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2015 Director-General of Commerce and Information Policy Bureau of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2017 Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprise Agency of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2019 Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Retired in July 2021)
2021 Executive Adviser, Nippon Life Insurance Company
2022 Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. (Present Position)
Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)
2023 President & CEO, Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation CO., LTD. (Present Position)
Mutsuko Hatano
Mutsuko Hatano
2005 Chief Researcher of Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.
2010 Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2014 Council Member, Science Council of Japan
2016 Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Reorganized) (Present Position)
Director, Ricoh Company, Ltd.
2020 Representative Director and President, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
Member, Science Council of Japan (Present Position)
2022 Senior Aide to the President, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Present Position)
Adjunct Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office (Present Position)
Auditor, The Japan Society of Applied Physics (Present Position)
2023 Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Takao Ando
Takao Ando
1985 Joined Marubeni Corporation
2019 Executive Officer
2022 Managing Executive Officer
2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Toshiaki Kida
Toshiaki Kida
1984 Joined Marubeni Corporation
2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Tsuyoshi Yoneda
Tsuyoshi Yoneda
2009 Commissioner-General's Secretariat, National Police Agency
2011 Deputy Directors-General, National Police Agency
2013 Commissioner General, National Police Agency (~January, 2015)
2015 Director, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
2017 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)
Yoichi Kikuchi
Yoichi Kikuchi
2010 Head of Tokushima District Court & Family Court
2011 Head of Kyoto District Court
2013 Chief Judge of Division, Tokyo High Court
2017 Head of Hiroshima High Court (Resigned in Aug. 2018)
2018 Registered as attorney-at-law (Present Position)
2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)
2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company (Present Position)
Shigeru Nishiyama
Shigeru Nishiyama
2006 Professor, Waseda University Graduate School (Business School) (Currently, Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance)) (Present Position)
2018 Specially Appointed Professor, Shizenkan University Graduate School of Leadership & Innovation (Present Position)
Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Macromill, Inc. (Present Position)
2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Marubeni Corporation (Present Position)
2021 Director, Member of the Board, TOKYO ENERGY & SYSTEMS INC. (Present Position)
2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), NH Foods Ltd. (Present Position)