Press Release

2021.06.09

Others

Change of Representative Executive Officer and President

Effective from July 1st, 2021, Shota Hattori, Representative Executive Officer and President, will assume the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Tamon Watanabe, currently the Executive Vice President, will assume the position of Representative Executive Officer and President.

These changes are intended to ensure a smooth start for the new fiscal year, beginning on July 1st.

Under the new administration, we will continue to contribute to the realization of a more enlightened future society by applying useful technologies based on engineering knowledge to solve our social problems.

■Biography

The following is a brief biography of the newly appointed Representative Executive Officer and President.

Name : Tamon Watanabe
Birth date : January 6, 1957
Experience : April 1979 Joined Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd.
June 1999 President and Representative Director, Fiduciary Trust International Investment Management
Sep. 2003 Director, Franklin Templeton Investments Japan Limited
Feb. 2004 Joined Nomura Asset Management Co.
Apr. 2008 Managing Executive Officer, Nomura Asset Management Co.
Jul. 2014 Advisor of KKE
Sep. 2014 Outside Director of KKE
Oct. 2014 External Director of Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. (To present)
Sep. 2015 Executive Vice President of KKE
Sep. 2019 Director, Representative Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of KKE (to present)