Independent Director
Kenichiro Sasae
Career summary
- Apr. 1974
- Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Mar. 2002
- Director-General of Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Jan. 2005
- Director-General of Asian and Oceania Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Jan. 2008
- Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Aug. 2010
- Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Sep. 2012
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America
- Jun. 2018
- President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs (to present)
- Jun. 2019
- Outside Director, SEIREN CO., LTD. (to present)
Outside Director, MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION (to present)
- Jun. 2021
- Director of the Company (to present)
- Jul. 2021
- Member of the Compensation Committee (until June 2025)
- Mar. 2022
- Outside Director of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (to present)
- Jun. 2025
- Member of the Executive Nomination Committee of the Company
- Jun. 2026
- Chairperson of the Executive Nomination Committee (to present)