Photographs and Curriculum Vitaes of the Board Members

(As of Jun. 30, 2024)

Yoshinori Kanehana

Director
Chairman of the Board

Date of Birth: Feb. 19, 1954

Apr. 1976 Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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. 2012Managing 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

Representative Director
President and Chief Executive Officer

Date of Birth: May 15, 1957

Apr. 1981 Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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. 2018Managing 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

Representative Director
Vice President and Senior Executive Officer
Assistant to the President

Date of Birth: Nov. 21, 1957

Apr. 1981 Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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. 2019Director
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate Planning Division
Apr. 2020Representative Director
Vice President and Senior Executive Officer
Assistant to the President
(Current Position)

Hiroshi Nakatani


Representative Director
Vice President and Senior Executive Officer
Assistant to the President

Date of Birth: Aug. 9, 1960

Apr. 1984 Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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

Outside Director

Date of Birth: Jun. 22, 1963

Sep. 1989 Joined Haight Gardner Poor & Havens (Currently Holland & Knight LLP)
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

Outside Director

Date of Birth: Jun. 6, 1954

Apr. 1980 Joined Suntory Limited
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

Outside Director

Date of Birth: Apr. 5, 1954

Apr. 1979Joined Kao Soap Co., Ltd. (Currently Kao Corporation)
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. 2015Representative 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

Outside Director

Date of Birth: Apr. 10, 1964

Mar. 2003CEO, AGENDA Ltd. (Currently Melanie Brock Advisory Ltd.)
(Current Position)
Mar. 2010 Board Member, Australia-Japan Foundation
Apr. 2010Board 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

Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Date of Birth: Jun. 1, 1960

Apr. 1983 Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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

Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Date of Birth: Jun. 28, 1962

Apr. 1985 Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Date of Birth: Nov. 17, 1957

Apr. 1980 Joined Ministry of Labour (Currently Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
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

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Date of Birth: May 3, 1969

Apr. 1995 Admitted to the Bar in Japan
Joined Kobe-Kaito Law Office
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

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Date of Birth: Jun. 8, 1963

Apr. 1986 Joined Ministry of Finance
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)