Photographs and Curriculum Vitaes of the Board Members
(As of Jun. 30, 2024)
Yoshinori Kanehana
Chairman of the Board
Date of Birth: Feb. 19, 1954
| Apr. 1976 | Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
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| Apr. 2007 | General Manager, Project Management Division, Rolling Stock Company |
| Dec. 2008 | General Manager, Rolling Stock Division, Rolling Stock Company |
| Apr. 2009 | Executive Officer Vice President, Rolling Stock Company |
| Apr. 2011 | Managing Executive Officer Vice President, Rolling Stock Company |
| Apr. 2012 | Managing Executive Officer General Manager, Marketing Division |
| Jun. 2012 | Senior Vice President General Manager, Marketing Division |
| Jun. 2013 | Senior Vice President (Representative Director) President, Rolling Stock Company |
| Apr. 2016 | Senior Executive Vice President (Representative Director) President, Rolling Stock Company |
| Jun. 2016 | President (Representative Director) |
| Apr. 2018 | Representative Director President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Jun. 2020 | Representative Director Chairman of the Board |
| Jun. 2021 | Director Chairman of the Board (Current Position) |
Yasuhiko Hashimoto
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date of Birth: May 15, 1957
| Apr. 1981 | Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
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| Apr. 2009 | Associate Officer Deputy General Manager, Robot Division |
| Oct. 2010 | Deputy General Manager, Robot Division, Precision Machinery Company |
| Apr. 2012 | General Manager, Robot Division, Precision Machinery Company |
| Apr. 2013 | Executive Officer General Manager, Robot Division, Precision Machinery Company |
| Apr. 2016 | Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Robot Division, Precision Machinery Company |
| Apr. 2018 | Managing Executive Officer, President, Precision Machinery & Robot Company |
| Jun. 2018 | Director Managing Executive Officer President, Precision Machinery & Robot Company |
| Apr. 2020 | Representative Director Managing Executive Officer Vice President and Senior Executive Officer Assistant to the President |
| Jun. 2020 | Representative Director President and Chief Executive Officer (Current Position) |
Katsuya Yamamoto
Vice President and Senior Executive Officer
Assistant to the President
Date of Birth: Nov. 21, 1957
| Apr. 1981 | Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
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| Apr. 2011 | General Manager, Planning & Control Division, and Senior Manager, Planning Department，Precision Machinery Company |
| Jul. 2013 | General Manager, Planning & Control Division, Precision Machinery Company |
| Apr. 2015 | Executive Officer General Manager, Planning & Control Division, Precision Machinery Company |
| Apr. 2017 | Managing Executive Officer General Manager, Corporate Planning Division |
| Jun. 2017 | Senior Vice President General Manager, Corporate Planning Division |
| Apr. 2018 | Director Managing Executive Officer General Manager, Corporate Planning Division |
| Apr. 2019 | Director Managing Executive Officer General Manager, Corporate Planning Division |
| Apr. 2020 | Representative Director Vice President and Senior Executive Officer Assistant to the President (Current Position) |
Hiroshi Nakatani
Vice President and Senior Executive Officer
Assistant to the President
Date of Birth: Aug. 9, 1960
| Apr. 1984 | Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
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| Apr. 2016 | Executive Officer Deputy General Manager, Corporate Technology Division |
| Apr. 2019 | Managing Executive Officer General Manager, Corporate Technology Division |
| Jun. 2020 | Director
Managing Executive Officer General Manager, Corporate Technology Division |
| Apr. 2022 | Representative Director Vice President and Senior Executive Officer Assistant to the President (Current Position) |
Jenifer Rogers
Date of Birth: Jun. 22, 1963
| Sep. 1989 | Joined Haight Gardner Poor & Havens (Currently Holland & Knight LLP) |
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| Dec. 1990 | Registered as Attorney at Law admitted in New York |
| Feb. 1991 | Joined Industrial Bank of Japan Limited (Currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) |
| Dec. 1994 | Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. |
| Nov. 2000 | Merrill Lynch Europe Plc |
| Jul. 2006 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Hong Kong) |
| Nov. 2012 | General Counsel Asia, Asurion Japan Holdings G.K. (Current Position) |
| Jun. 2015 | External Director, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2018 | Outside Director, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Current Position) |
| Jun. 2019 | Outside Director, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2021 | President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Current Position) |
| Jun. 2023 | Outside Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Current Position) |
Hideo Tsujimura
Date of Birth: Jun. 6, 1954
| Apr. 1980 | Joined Suntory Limited |
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| Mar. 2004 | Director, Suntory Limited |
| Apr. 2009 | Managing Executive Officer, Suntory Holdins Limited General Manater, R&D Planning Division, in charge of Intellectual Property Department |
| Mar. 2015 | Senior Managing Director, Suntory Holdings Limited Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer, Suntory Business Expert Limited (Currently Suntory MONOZUKURI Expert Limited) |
| Apr. 2015 | Senior Managing Director, in charge of Intellectual Property Department and R&D Division, Suntory Holdings Limited |
| Mar. 2017 | Director, Executive Vice President, Suntory Beverage & Food Limited |
| Apr. 2017 | Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, MONOZUKURI Division and Senior General Manager, Research & Development Department, Suntory Beverage & Food Limited |
| Apr. 2020 | Advisor, Suntory Holdings Limited Chairman, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences |
| Jun. 2020 | Outside Director, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Current Position) |
Katsuhiko Yoshida
Date of Birth: Apr. 5, 1954
| Apr. 1979 | Joined Kao Soap Co., Ltd. (Currently Kao Corporation) |
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| Mar. 2014 | Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, with overall responsibility for Consumer Products Business Department, in charge of Kao Professional Services Company, Ltd., Kao Corporation |
| Mar. 2015 | Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, with overall responsibility for Consumer Products Business Department, in charge of Kao Professional Services Company, Ltd., Kao Corporation |
| May. 2017 | Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, with overall responsibility for Consumer Products Business Department, in charge of Kao Professional Services Company, Ltd., with overall responsibility for Marketing Development Department, Kao Corporation |
| Jun. 2022 | Outside Director, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Current Position)
Outside Director, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (Current Position) |
| Jun. 2024 | Outside Director, LiveDo Corporation (Current Position) |
Melanie Brock
Date of Birth: Apr. 10, 1964
| Mar. 2003 | CEO, AGENDA Ltd. (Currently Melanie Brock Advisory Ltd.)
(Current Position) |
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| Mar. 2010 | Board Member, Australia-Japan Foundation |
| Apr. 2010 | Board Member, Australia-Japan Business Cooperation Committee
(Current Position) |
| Chair, Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ANZCCJ) | |
| Oct. 2010 | Regional Manager - Japan, Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) |
| Dec. 2012 | Chair, Australian Business Asia (ABA) |
| Nov. 2016 | Chair Emeritus, Australian and New Zealand |
| Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ANZCCJ) (Current Position) | |
| Jun. 2019 | Outside Director, SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (Current Position) |
| Jul. 2019 | Board Member, Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) (Current Position) |
| Jun. 2022 | Outside Director, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (Current Position) |
| Jun. 2023 | Outside Director, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Current Position) |
| Mar. 2024 | Outside Director, Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (Current Position) |
Nobuhisa Kato
Date of Birth: Jun. 1, 1960
| Apr. 1983 | Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
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| Ape. 2017 | Executive Officer General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division |
| Apr. 2019 | Executive Officer
General Manager, Finance & Control Division |
| Apr. 2022 | Executive Officer in charge of special mission assigned by the President |
| Jun. 2022 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (Current Position) |
Atsuko Kakihara
Date of Birth: Jun. 28, 1962
| Apr. 1985 | Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
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| Aug. 2017 | Senior Manager, Market Research Department, Marketing Division |
| Apr. 2020 | Executive Officer General Manager, Sustainable Development Division |
| Apr. 2022 | Executive Officer General Manager, Marketing & External Affairs Division |
| Jul. 2023 | Executive Officer General Manager, Marketing & External Affairs Division |
| Apr. 2024 | Executive Officer in charge of special mission assigned by the President |
| Jun. 2024 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (Current Position) |
Atsuko Ishii
Date of Birth: Nov. 17, 1957
| Apr. 1980 | Joined Ministry of Labour (Currently Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) |
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| Jul. 2009 | Director-General，Osaka Labour Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
| Jul. 2010 | Deputy Director-General (in charge of equal employment, child and family policy, and measures for declining birthrate), Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
| Sep. 2012 | Director-General, Equal Employment, Child and Family Policy Bureau, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare |
| Jul. 2014 | Director-General for General Policy and Evaluation (in charge of labor), Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare |
| Oct. 2015 | Director-General, Social Welfare and War Victims’ Relief Bureau, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare |
| Jun. 2017 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Auditor of the Board (Outside), Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited |
| Jun. 2019 | Outside Director, NS Solutions Corporation |
| Jun. 2020 | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Current Position) |
| Jun. 2021 | Outside Director, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited (Current Position) |
| Mar. 2024 | Outside Director, Kinjiro Co., Ltd. (Current Position) |
| Jun. 2024 | Chairperson, the board of Trustees, DAITO BUNKA GAKUEN (Current Position) |
Susumu Tsukui
Date of Birth: May 3, 1969
| Apr. 1995 | Admitted to the Bar in Japan Joined Kobe-Kaito Law Office |
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| Apr. 1999 | Joined Law Office ASHIYA |
| Apr. 2002 | Established Ashiya Nishinomiya Citizen Law Office Managing Partner, Ashiya Nishinomiya Citizen Law Office (Current Position) |
| Apr. 2006 | Vice President, Hyogo-ken Bar Association |
| Apr. 2021 | President, Hyogo-ken Bar Association |
| Jun. 2022 | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Current Position) |
| Sep. 2022 | President, Child Foundation (Current Position) |
Tomoko Amaya
Date of Birth: Jun. 8, 1963
| Apr. 1986 | Joined Ministry of Finance |
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| Jul. 2015 | Deputy Director-General, Planning and Coordination Bureau (in charge of Inspection Bureau) and Secretary-General, Executive Bureau, Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board, Financial Services Agency |
| Jul. 2017 | Deputy Secretary-General, Executive Bureau, Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission |
| Jul. 2019 | Deputy Commissioner, Strategy Development and Management Bureau (in charge of International Affairs and Supervision Bureau) |
| Apr. 2020 | Vice Commissioner for International Affairs, Strategy Development and Management Bureau |
| Jul. 2021 | Vice Minister for International Affairs |
| Jun. 2024 | Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, East Japan Railway Company (Current Position) Director(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Current Position) |
