Directors and Executive Officers / Organization

Directors and Executive Officers

Directors

As of April 1, 2025

President, CEO and Representative Director

Yoshihiko Katsukawa

  • Compliance Committee Member
  • Nomination & Compensation Committee Member
  • Corporate Governance Committee Member
Executive Vice President and Representative Director

Hajime Nagara

  • Compliance Committee Member
  • Corporate Governance Committee Member
Director, Executive Officer

Koichi Sakamoto

  • Quality Management Committee Member
Director, Executive Officer

Shinji Miyaoka

Director, Executive Officer

Kazuhiko Kimoto

  • Corporate Governance Committee Member
Independent Director

Yumiko Ito

  • Chair of the Board of Directors
  • Nomination & Compensation Committee Member (Chair)
  • Corporate Governance Committee Member
Independent Director

Shinsuke Kitagawa

  • Corporate Governance Committee Member (Chair)
Independent Director

Yoshie Tsukamoto

  • Corporate Governance Committee Member

Director(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

As of April 1, 2025

Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Gunyu Matsumoto

Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Yuichiro Goto

Independent Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Masaaki Kono

  • Audit & Supervisory Committee Chair
  • Nomination & Compensation Committee Member
  • Corporate Governance Committee Member
Independent Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Kunio Miura

  • Compliance Committee Member (Chair)
Independent Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Nobuko Sekiguchi

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Knowledge, Experience, and Skills of Directors

For the knowledge, experience, and skills of directors, please refer to the Notice of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and Integrated Report.

Executive Officers

In light of the growing need to flexibly and promptly allocate human resources in response to the rapidly changing business environment, the positions of Senior Managing Executive Officer and Managing Executive Officer were abolished on April 1, 2021.

As of April 1, 2025

Position Name Duties
Executive Vice President Shoji Miyazaki
  • Head of the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Yasushi Amano
  • Responsible for overall industrial machinery in the Machinery Business
  • General Manager of the Production Division in the Machinery Business
  • Deputy General Manager of the Management Division in the Machinery Business
Executive Officer Hitoshi Arimura
  • General Manager of Moka Works in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Kazuo Iritani
  • General Manager of the Engineering Division in the Machinery Business
  • Deputy General Manager of the Management Division in the Machinery Business
Executive Officer Yutaka Okusa
  • Responsible for overseas locations (under the Head Office)
  • General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department
Executive Officer Yasushi Okano
  • Responsible for the Planning & Management Department, the Technology Management Department (Technology Management Group), the Quality Assurance Department, the Takasago Management Department, and the Takasago Quality Assurance Department in the Advanced Materials Business
  • Responsible for Chofu Works (departments under its direct supervision) and Daian Works (departments under its direct supervision, excluding the Casting & Forging Research & Development Section) in the Advanced Materials Business
Executive Officer Yoichi Kageki
  • General Manager of the New Business Development Division in the Machinery Business
  • Deputy General Manager of the Management Division in the Machinery Business
Executive Officer Takeharu Kato
  • Responsible for the Aluminum Casting & Forging Unit, the Titanium Unit, and the Copper Rolled Products Unit in the Advanced Materials Business
  • General Manager of the Business Planning Department in the Advanced Materials Business
Executive Officer Ryosaku Kadowaki
  • Head of the Advanced Materials Business
Executive Officer Yoichi Kamiyauchi
  • Responsible for the SQE System Management Department, the New Business Promotion Section, the Nuclear Project Department, the CWD Project Center, and the Infrastructure Project Department in the Engineering Business
Executive Officer Takahiko Kizawa
  • Responsible for the Business Development Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Toshihide Kinoshita
  • Responsible for the Technology Planning Department, the IT Management Department and the Resource Recycling Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business
  • Responsible for the special assignments from the Head of the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Shogo Sarumaru
  • Head of the Machinery Business
  • General Manager of the Management Division in the Machinery Business
Executive Officer Kazuyuki Suenaga
  • Head of the Welding Business
Executive Officer Yasufumi Takada
  • Responsible for the Steel Casting & Forging Unit, the Aluminum Extrusion & Suspension Unit, and the Steel Powder Unit in the Advanced Materials Business
Executive Officer Masaki Tanigawa
  • General Manager of the Aluminum Flat Rolled Products Unit in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Hajime Nakanishi
  • Responsible for the Automotive Materials Planning Section, the Automotive Sheet Sales Department, and the Nagoya Steel & Aluminum Sheet Sales Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business
  • General Manager of the Steel Sheet Products Unit in the Steel & Aluminum Business
  • Responsible for companywide automotive projects
Executive Officer Shoji Nakamura
  • General Manager of Kakogawa Works in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Keitaro Nakamori
  • Responsible for the Legal Department, the General Administration and CSR Department, the Rugby Center, domestic branch offices and sales offices, and Takasago Works (departments under its direct supervision)
Executive Officer Satoshi Nishino
  • Head of the Technical Development Group
Executive Officer Sumikazu Hoda
  • Responsible for the Planning & Management Department and the Raw Materials Procurement Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Tsuyoshi Mataka
  • General Manager of the Wire Rod & Bar Products Unit in the Steel & Aluminum Business
  • General Manager of the Steel Plate Products Unit in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Yoshihiro Miyake
  • Responsible for the Automotive Sheet Products Technical Marketing Department and the Research & Development Laboratory in the Steel & Aluminum Business
  • Responsible for overall automotive sheet products in the Steel & Aluminum Business
  • Assists the unit heads in overall steel product technologies in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Masahiro Motoyuki
  • Head of the Engineering Business
  • Responsible for companywide construction businesses
Executive Officer
Quality Management Committee Member
Daizo Morita
  • Responsible for the Environment and Safety Department, the Quality Management Department, the Human Resources Department, and companywide safety and health
  • Responsible for companywide environmental control and disaster prevention
  • Responsible for companywide quality
  • Responsible for companywide TQM activities
Executive Officer Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Responsible for the Technology Strategy & Planning Department, the Business Development Department, and the Intellectual Property Department
  • Responsible for companywide technical development
Executive Officer
Compliance Committee Member
Toshiyuki Yamaji
  • Responsible for the Internal Control and Audit Department and the Finance and Accounting Department
  • Responsible for companywide compliance
Executive Officer Kunihiko Yoshitake
  • Head of the Electric Power Business
Fellow Fusaki Koshiishi
  • Supervisor/advisor of operations related to TQM activities
Fellow Koichiro Shibata
  • Supervisor/advisor of operations related to technical development projects

Organization

Kobe Steel Organization Chart