Organization/Directors and Auditors

Organization Chart

 

Board of Directors

Representative Director Group Chairman

Hiroshi Kiriyama

 
Representative Director,
Group CEO

Shigeru Yamada

 
Director,
Senior Executive Officer

Junko Takeda

Human Resource Dept.,
Business Portfolio Management Dept.,
Sustainability Initiative Dept.
Director,
Senior Executive Officer
Taisuke MatsuokaCorporate Planning Dept.,
Finance Dept.,
Power Business Management Dept.,
New Energy Business Management Dept.
DirectorShigeki Iwane 
Independent Outside Director

Ryuko Inoue

 
Independent Outside Director

Takuya Kurita

 
Independent Outside DirectorTakako Suzuki 
Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee MemberTakayuki Uematsu(Concurrently serves as Part-Time Auditor of Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production Co., Ltd., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. and Cosmo Oil Marketing Co., Ltd.)
Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Yasuko Takayama

 
Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Keiichi Asai

 
Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee MemberToshihiro Kuriyama 
Senior Executive Officer, CDONoriko RzoncaCorporate DX Strategy Dept.,
Corporate Communication Dept.,
IT Initiative Dept.
Senior Executive Officer Tomoki IwaiAccounting Dept.,
Legal & General Affairs Dept.
Senior Executive Officer Yoshihiko SatoGeneral Manager, Secretariat Office
Executive OfficerHideyuki WakaoGeneral Manager,
Internal Auditing Office/ Substitute Director,
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

*Internal Auditing Office and Secretariat Office are under control of the Representative Director, Group CEO.

Effective June 20, 2024

Biography

Representative Director Group Chairman

Hiroshi Kiriyama

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April 1979Joined Daikyo Oil Co., Ltd.
June 2013Director, Senior Executive Officer, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
October 2015Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
June 2016Representative Director, Executive Vice President
June 2017Representative Director, Group CEO
April 2023Representative Director Group Chairman (current position)

Representative Director, Group CEO

Shigeru Yamada

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April 1988Joined Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
June 2015General Manager, Supply Dept.,
April 2018Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company
April 2020Senior Executive Officer
June 2020Director, Senior Executive Officer
April 2023Representative Director, Group CEO (current position)

Director, Senior Executive Officer

Junko Takeda

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April 1990Joined Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
October 2015General Manager, Human Resource and General Affairs Dept.
April 2017General Manager, Planning & Management Dept.
April 2019Director, Executive Officer
April 2020Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resource Dept. of the Company
April 2022Senior Executive Officer
June 2022Director, Senior Executive Officer (current position)

Director, Senior Executive Officer

Taisuke Matsuoka

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April 1993Joined COSMO OIL COMPANY, LIMITED
April 2018General Manager, Supply Dept.
April 2021Director, Executive Officer
April 2023Senior Executive Officer of the Company
June 2024Director, Senior Executive Officer (current position)

Director

Shigeki Iwane

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April 1976Joined The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated
June 2007Executive Officer, General Manager, Planning Office
June 2010Managing Director
April 2012Representative Director, Vice President
June 2013Representative Director, Executive Vice President
June 2016

Representative Director, President

Outside Director, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation

May 2019Chairman, the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan
June 2019Outside Director, Television Osaka, Inc.
June 2021Senior Advisor, YUASA M&B, Co., Ltd. (current position)
December 2023Advisor, Iwatani Corporation (current position)
June 2024Director (current position)

Independent Outside Director

Ryuko Inoue

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April 1981Joined Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, MAFF
January 2003Minister, Embassy of Japan in Italy, Permanent Representative of Japan to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP)
April 2016Deputy Director - General, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, MAFF
July 2017Retirement, MAFF
November 2017Registered as attorney-at-law,
Of Counsel, Atsumi & Sakai (current position)
June 2019Outside Director, Nippon Steel Trading Corporation
June 2021Independent Outside Director of the Company (current position)
June 2023Independent Director, NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (current position)

Independent Outside Director

Takuya Kurita

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April 1984Joined Ministry of Construction (currently Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
September 2007Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat
July 2009Director, Urban Renewal Promotion Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
July 2011Counselor, the Headquarters for the Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake
February 2012Counselor, Reconstruction Agency
August 2013Director, Personnel Division, MLIT
July 2015Director-General, City Bureau, MLIT
July 2018Director-General, Policy Bureau, MLIT
July 2020Vice-Minister, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, MLIT
July 2021Resigned from Vice-Minister, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, MLIT
October 2021Corporate Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (current position)
June 2022Independent Outside Director of the Company (current position)

Independent Outside Director

Takako Suzuki

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April 1984Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
August 2001Joined LVJ Group Co., Ltd. (now Louis Vuitton Japan Co., Ltd.)
April 2009Representative Director, Shaldan Co., Ltd.
January 2010Joined S.T. CORPORATION
April 2013Director, President & CEO
May 2013Director, Shaldan Co., Ltd. (current position)
March 2020Outside Director, TRUSCO Nakayama Corporation (current position)
June 2021Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, S.T. CORPORATION
September 2022External Director, KING JIM CO., LTD. (current position)
June 2023Chairman, S.T. CORPORATION (current position)
June 2024Independent Outside Director of the Company (current position)

Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Takayuki Uematsu

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November 1992Joined Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
June 2015General Manager of Finance Dept.
October 2015General Manager of Finance Dept. of the Company
June 2016Executive Officer, General Manager of Finance Dept.
April 2018Senior Executive Officer
June 2018Director, Senior Executive Officer
June 2020Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer
April 2021Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
April 2024Director
June 2024Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current position)

Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member 

Yasuko Takayama

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April 1980Joined Shiseido Co., Ltd
April 2009General Manager, Social Affairs and Consumer Relations Department
April 2010General Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility Department
June 2011Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member
June 2015Outside Director, Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (current position)
June 2016Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsubishi Corporation
June 2017Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Yokogawa Electric Corporation (current position)
June 2019Independent Outside Director of the Company (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current position)

Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Keiichi Asai

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April 1978Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
April 2009Executive Officer, Head of CEO office, Energy Group
April 2013Director and Vice President,
Lithium Energy Japan
September 2014Representative Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
KH Neochem Co., Ltd.
June 2021Independent Outside Director of the Company (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current position)
June 2022Outside Director, Sun Frontier Fudousan Co., Ltd. (current position)

Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Toshihiro Kuriyama

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April 1980Joined ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (now ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.)
June 2004Director, General Manager, Magnetic Devices Division
April 2007Director, General Manager, Business Development Headquarters
April 2009Director, General Manager, Engineering Headquarters and Quality Management Executive
June 2011Managing Director
June 2012Representative Director, President
January 2019Representative Director, President
June 2023Representative Director, Chairman
June 2024Independent Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current position)