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Announcement of Change to NYK Directors and Executive Officers

At a meeting held today, the NYK board of directors agreed on the below changes to its executive officers from April 2023, in addition to candidates to be nominated for director at the 136th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 2023.

1. List of changes effective April 1, 2023 (including a resignation on March 31, 2023)

(1)Change in Chairman and President already resolved on December 22, 2022
Name New Position Current Position
Tadaaki Naito Director Chairman, Director
Hitoshi Nagasawa Chairman, Director President,
Representative Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chairperson of ESG Management Committee
Takaya Soga President,
Representative Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO)
Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Executive of Management Planning Headquarters
※ Note
Tadaaki Naito; Resignation of Chairman, tendered on his own accord.
Hitoshi Nagasawa; Resignation of President, Representative Director tendered on his own accord. Resignation of President and Chief Executive Officer at end of term.
(2) Promotion
Name New Position Current Position
Akira Kono Executive Vice-President Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chairman of Tramp Shipping Strategy Committee
Chief Executive of Management Planning Headquarters
Chief Executive of ESG Strategy Headquarters
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chairman of Tramp Shipping Strategy Committee
Chief Executive of Energy Division
Nobuhiro Kashima Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chairman of Group IT Strategy Committee
Chief Executive of Technical Headquarters
Chairman of Technology Strategy Committee
Managing Executive Officer
Chief Executive of Dry Bulk Division
Hiroaki Nishiyama Managing Executive Officer
Chief Executive of Dry Bulk Division
Executive Officer
Hisaya Higuchi Managing Executive Officer
Chief Safety Officer (Marine)
Executive Officer
Hironobu Watanabe Managing Executive Officer
Chief Executive of Energy Division
Executive Officer
Takuji Banno Managing Executive Officer
Chief Executive of Liner & Logistics Headquarters
Executive Officer
(3) Change
Name New Position Current Position
Hiroki Harada Representative Director Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chief Executive of Liner & Logistics Headquarters
※ Note; Effective March 31, 2023
Hiroki Harada; Resignation of Senior Managing Executive Officer at end of term.
(4) Resignation
Name Current Position
Tomoyuki Koyama Senior Managing Executive Officer
Svein Steimler Managing Executive Officer
Toru Kamiyama Managing Executive Officer
Hideki Suzuki Executive Officer
Toru Maruyama Executive Officer
Keita Sataka Executive Officer
※ Note
Tomoyuki Koyama; Resignation of Senior Managing Executive Officer at end of term. Adviser of JAPAN MARINE SCIENCE INC. after resignation of Senior Managing Executive Officer.
Svein Steimler; Resignation of Managing Executive Officer at end of term. Special Adviser of NYK GROUP EUROPE LTD. after resignation of Managing Executive Officer.
Toru Kamiyama; Resignation of at end of term.
Hideki Suzuki; Resignation of Executive Officer at end of term. President of MTI Co., Ltd. after resignation of Executive Officer.
Toru Maruyama; Resignation of at end of term.
Keita Sataka; Resignation of at end of term.
(5) New Appointment
Name New Position Current Position
Yasuyuki Takahashi Executive Officer
Group Chief Information Officer
Chief Information Officer
Vice-Chairman of Group IT Strategy Committee
Executive Officer, CIO of YUSEN LOGISTICS CO., LTD.
Takashi Yamamoto Executive Officer General Manager of Accounting Group
Chiaki Ota Executive Officer General Manager of Iron Ore & Coal Group
Katsuhiko Haruna Executive Officer General Manager of Marine Group
Tsutomu Yokoyama Executive Officer General Manager of Green Business Group
Tomotaka Aso Executive Officer
Deputy Chief Executive of Management Planning Headquarters
General Manager of Corporate Planning Group
Yasuyuki Inami Executive Officer General Manager of LNG Group
Hiroyuki Homma Executive Officer
Senior Managing Director of NIPPON CARGO AIRLINES CO., LTD.
Managing Director of NIPPON CARGO AIRLINES CO., LTD.
Takeshi Kondo Executive Officer
Chief Sales Officer, Director, Executive Officer of YUSEN LOGISTICS CO., LTD. 
Chief Operating Officer, Director, Executive Officer of YUSEN LOGISTICS CO., LTD. 
Update on April 3, 2023
※Note
Hiroyuki Homma; Senior Managing Director of NIPPON CARGO AIRLINES CO., LTD. from April 1, 2023.
Takeshi Kondo; Chief Sales Officer of YUSEN LOGISTICS CO., LTD. from April 1, 2023.

2. List of changes after the 136th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for June 2023

(1) New Appointment of Director
Name New Position Current Position
Akira Kono Representative Director,
Executive Vice-President Executive Officer
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Nobukatsu Kanehara Outside Director (Part-time), Independent Director (New Appointment)
Eiichi Takahashi Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Full-time) Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(Full-time)
Keiko Kosugi Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Full-time) General Manager of Internal Audit Chamber
Hiroshi Nakaso Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time) Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), Independent Director
Satoko Kuwabara Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time) Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), Independent Director
Tatsumi Yamada Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Part-time) (New Appointment)
※ Note
Akira Kono; Executive Vice-President Executive Officer from April 1, 2023.
(2) Resignation of Director
Name Current Position
Tadaaki Naito Director
Hiroki Harada Representative Director
Yoshihiro Katayama Chief Outside Director (Part-time), Independent Director
※ Note
Tadaaki Naito ; Director from April 1, 2023. Resignation of Director at end of term.
Hiroki Harada; Representative Director from April 1, 2023. Resignation of Representative Director at end of term.
Yoshihiro Katayama; Resignation of at end of term.
(3)Resignation of Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Name Current Position
Noriko Miyamoto Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(Full-time)
※ Note
Noriko Miyamoto; Resignation of at end of term.

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