SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE

ManagementAs of June 27,2024

Directors

Representative Director, Chairman of the Board and Chairman Executive Officer

Takanori Ono

April 1977
Joined the Company
June 2010
Executive Officer of the Company, General Manager, Marketing Promotion Department
June 2012
Executive Officer of the Company, General Manager, Marketing Promotion Department, General Manager, International Project Department
June 2013
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (in charge of Overseas Business Department, Marketing Promotion Department, Logistics Department No. 2 and International Project Department)
June 2015
Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
June 2024
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board and Chairman Executive Officer of the Company
to the present

Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

Akihito Nagata

April 1985
Joined the Company
June 2019
Executive Officer of the Company, General Manager, Business Promotion Department and General Manager, Information Systems Department
June 2020
Managing Executive Officer of the Company (in charge of Overseas Business Department, Global Logistics Department, Global Logistics Department, West Japan, International Air Cargo Department, and International Project Department)
June 2021
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (responsible for International and Domestic Logistics Divisions, and in charge of Overseas Business Department, Global Logistics Department, Global Logistics Department, West Japan, International Air Cargo Department, Logistics Engineering Promotion Department, and International Project Department)
June 2022
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (responsible for Marketing Management, Real Estate, and Domestic Logistics Divisions, and in charge of Marketing Management Department, Archives Business Department, Affiliated Companies Department, Development Department, Audit Department, and Dotonbori Project Department)
June 2023
Representative Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (responsible for Corporate Management and Domestic Logistics Divisions, and in charge of General Affairs Department, Business Promotion Department, Archives Business Department, Information Systems Department, Audit Department, and Logistics Engineering Promotion Department)
June 2024
Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
to the present

Director, Managing Executive Officer

Katsunori So

April 1983
Joined the Company
June 2011
General Manager, Marine Department of the Company
June 2015
General Manager, Yokohama Branch of the Company
June 2017
Executive Officer of the Company, General Manager, Yokohama Branch
June 2020
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (responsible for Marine Division, and in charge of Marine Department)
Representative Director and President of J-WeSco Ltd.
June 2022
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (responsible for Marine and International Divisions, and in charge of Marine Department)
June 2023
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (responsible for Marine Division, and in charge of Marine Department)
to the present
September 2023
Resigned from the post of Representative Director and President of J-WeSco Ltd.

Director, Managing Executive Officer

Akihiko Hoshino

April 1986
Joined the Company
June 2014
General Manager, Overseas Business Department of the Company
June 2019
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department of the Company
June 2020
Executive Officer of the Company, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department
June 2022
Managing Executive Officer of the Company (in charge of Finance & Accounting Department, and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department)
June 2023
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (responsible for Finance & Accounting, Marketing Management, Real Estate, and International Divisions, and in charge of Finance & Accounting Department, Marketing Management Department, Affiliated Companies Department, Development Department, and Dotonbori Project Department, and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department)
June 2024
Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Company (responsible for Administrative, Real Estate, and International Divisions, and in charge of General Affairs Department, Finance＆Accounting Department, Business Promotion Department, Development Department, and Dotonbori Project Department)
to the present

Director, Managing Executive Officer

Ikuo Kuroki

April 1986
Joined the Company
June 2014
General Manager, in charge of West Japan Logistics Department of the Company
July 2016
General Manager, Project Department of the Company
April 2017
General Manager, Logistics Engineering Promotion Department of the Company
June 2020
General Manager, Information Systems Department of the Company
June 2023
Executive Officer of the Company, General Manager, Information Systems Department
June 2024
Director, Managing Executive Officer
(responsible for Marketing Management and Domestic Logistics Divisions, in charge of Marketing Management Department, Archives Business Department, Affiliated Companies Department, Information Systems Department, Audit Department, Logistics Engineering Promotion Department, and General Manager, Information Systems Department)
to the present

Director (outside director)

Shuji Yamaguchi

April 1982
Registered as an Attorney at Law
April 1987
Joined Clyde & Co LLP in UK
September 1990
Established OKABE & YAMAGUCHI(*1)
March 2000
Outside Corporate Auditor of THine Electronics, Inc.
June 2004
Outside Corporate Auditor of Tamai Steamship Co., Ltd.
to the present
January 2010
Representative Partner of OKABE & YAMAGUCHI(*1)
April 2014
Member of Working Group on the Commercial Law (Transport and Maritime Commerce) in the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
June 2014
Corporate Auditor of the Company
February 2016
Retired as the Member of Working Group on the Commercial Law (Transport and Maritime Commerce) in the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
March 2016
Resigned from the post of Outside Corporate Auditor of THine Electronics, Inc.
Outside Director of THine Electronics, Inc. (Audit and Supervisory Committee)
to the present
June 2017
Resigned from the post of Corporate Auditor of the Company
Director of the Company
to the present
August 2017
Representative Partner of OKABE & YAMAGUCHI (*2)
April 2022
Visiting Professor of Chuo Law School
to the present
The temporary Member of Working Group on the Commercial Law (Bills of Lading, etc.) in the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
to the present
July 2022
Representative Partner of OKABE & YAMAGUCHI
to the present

(*1) Japanese partnership
(*2) Japanese legal professional corporation

Director (outside director)

Hideaki Kawai

April 1977
Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (currently Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
April 2008
Executive Officer of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
April 2011
Managing Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation (currently Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
June 2012
Managing Director of Panasonic Corporation
April 2014
Representative Director and Senior Managing Director of Panasonic Corporation
June 2017
Corporate Advisor to Panasonic Corporation
April 2018
Associate member of Panasonic Corporation
April 2018
Representative Director and President of Osaka Metro Co., Ltd.
to the present
June 2020
Director of the Company
to the present

Director (outside director)

Mari Iga

April 1990
Joined Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
April 2002
President and Representative Director of PALETTE Co., Ltd.
(Seconded from Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.)
June 2005
Resigned from the post of President and Representative Director of PALETTE Co., Ltd.
July 2006
Resigned from Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
October 2006
Founder and Representative Director of March Co., Ltd.
February 2009
Resigned from March Co., Ltd.
April 2009
Joined Osaka Prefectural Government (specific fixed-term official/Councilor of Publicity Division, Civic and Culture Affairs Department)
March 2012
Resigned from Osaka Prefectural Government
April 2013
Joined March Co., Ltd.
November 2014
Representative Director of March Co., Ltd.
to the present
April 2016
Publicity Advisor, Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture
April 2017
Publicity Advisor, Hyuga City, Miyazaki Prefecture
March 2019
Resigned from the post of Publicity Advisor of Hyuga City, Miyazaki Prefecture
March 2020
Resigned from the post of Publicity Advisor, Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture
June 2022
Director of the Company
to the present
June 2023
Outside Director of Toyo Machinery & Metal Co., Ltd.
to the present

Corporate Auditors

Corporate Auditor

Tadae Eguchi

April 1982
Joined the Company
June 2010
General Manager, Marketing Management Department and General Manager, Affiliated Companies Department of the Company
June 2013
General Manager, Affiliated Companies Department of the Company
June 2014
President of Nickel & Lyons, Ltd.
June 2015
Executive Officer of the Company, President of Nickel & Lyons, Ltd.
June 2019
Managing Executive Officer of the Company
(In charge of Marketing Management Department, Archives Business Department, Affiliated Companies Department, Development Department, Audit Department, and Dotonbori Project Department )
June 2022
Corporate Auditor of the Company
to the present

Corporate Auditor

Akira Sakaguchi

April 1983
Joined the Company
June 2012
General Manager, Information Systems Department of the Company
June 2013
General Manager, General Affairs Department and General Manager, Tokyo General Affairs Department of the Company
June 2014
General Manager, General Affairs Department of the Company
June 2018
Executive Officer of the Company, General Manager, General Affairs Department
June 2021
Corporate Auditor of the Company
to the present

Corporate Auditor (outside corporate auditor)

Kazuto Takahashi

April 1987
Joined Sogo Hachioji Co., Ltd.
June 1988
Resigned Sogo Hachioji Co., Ltd.
July 1988
Joined Hachioji City Office
April 1992
Resigned Hachioji City Office
October 1993
Joined Chuo Audit Corporation (later MISUZU Audit Corporation)
April 1997
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
June 2007
Resigned MISUZU Audit Corporation
August 2007
Joined KPMG AZSA & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
June 2016
Resigned KPMG AZSA LLC
July 2016
Established Kazuto Takahashi Certified Public Accountant Office
to the present
August 2016
Registered as Certified Tax Accountant
June 2017
Corporate Auditor of the Company
to the present

Corporate Auditor (outside corporate auditor)

Tsuchikazu Ohnaka

April 1982
Appointed as Public Prosecutor
January 2009
Chief Prosecutor, Oita District Public Prosecutors Office
April 2010
Chief Prosecutor, Okayama District Public Prosecutors Office
August 2011
Director, General Affairs Bureau, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
April 2012
Chief Prosecutor, Saitama District Public Prosecutors Office
March 2013
Resigned from the post of Public Prosecutor
April 2013
Professor, Kansai University Graduate School of Law
July 2013
Registered as an Attorney at Law
October 2014
Established Ashinoha Law Office
June 2016
Outside Corporate Auditor of Sekisui Jushi Corporation
December 2018
Ashinoha Law Office dissolved
January 2019
Established Reed Leaf Law Office
Representative Partner of Reed Leaf Law Office
to the present
April 2020
Professor Emeritus of Kansai University
to the present
June 2020
Corporate Auditor of the Company
to the present
June 2024
Resigned from the post of Outside Corporate Auditor of Sekisui Jushi Corporation

Corporate Auditor (outside corporate auditor)

Makio Miyagawa

April 1976
Joined Ministry of Transport
April 1979
Transferred to Ministry of Foreign Affairs
September 2012
Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Special Representative (Ambassador) for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Ambassador for US-Japan Nuclear Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 2014
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Malaysia
November 2019
Retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
January 2020
Special Advisor to National Security Secretariat, National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat
June 2020
Outside Director, Hashimoto Sogyo Holdings Ltd.
to the present
October 2021
Retired from Special Advisor to National Security Secretariat
June 2023
Corporate Auditor of the Company
to the present

Managing Executive Officers

Shuichi Iwazawa

In charge of Overseas Business Department, Global Logistics Department, Global Logistics Department, West Japan, International Air Cargo Department, International Project Department
General Manager, International Project Department

Tsuyoshi Sakurai

In charge of East Japan Logistics Department, West Japan Logistics Department, Project Department, Logistics Administration Department

Executive Officers

Tohru Matsunaga

General Manager, Kobe Branch

Shigefumi Takahashi

General Manager, Osaka Branch

Masushi Koyama

General Manager, Archives Management Department

Kaoru Matsubara

General Manager, International Air Cargo Department

Toshika Matsumoto

General Manager, Tokyo Branch

Kosei Ota

General Manager, Yokohama Branch

Shinji Hirota

General Manager, Business Promotion Department

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