Our leadership
The Board of Directors (As of March 24, 2023)
The Board of Directors assumes responsibility in making decisions for important issues including Group strategy as well as supervising all the activities of the Group. Currently, we have ten directors including four independent outside directors.
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Mutsuo Iwai
Chairperson of the Board
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Shigeaki Okamoto
Deputy Chairperson of the Board
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Masamichi Terabatake
Representative Director
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Kiyohide Hirowatari
Representative Director
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Kei Nakano
Representative Director
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Main Kohda
Member of the Board
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Yukiko Nagashima
Member of the Board
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Masato Kitera
Member of the Board
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Tetsuya Shoji
Member of the Board
Ms. Kohda, Ms. Nagashima, Mr. Kitera and Mr. Shoji are Outside Director, set out in Article 2, Item (xv) of the Companies Act of Japan.
The Audit & Supervisory Board (As of March 24, 2023)
Entrusted by shareholders and ensured of its autonomy, the Audit & Supervisory Board conducts accounting audits as well as operating audits. Currently, we have five audit & supervisory board members including three Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members.
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Hideaki Kashiwakura
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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Tsutomu Hashimoto
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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Shigeru Taniuchi
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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Nobuo Inada
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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Hiroko Yamashina
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mr. Taniuchi, Mr. Inada and Ms. Yamashina are Outside Company Auditors, set out in Article 2, Item (xvi) of the Companies Act of Japan.
Executive officers (As of July 1, 2023)
JT employs an executive officer system to ensure effective and efficient management by promptly responding to changes in the operating environment and, thus, increase corporate value. Executive officers are appointed by the Board of Directors. At the same time, the board assigns certain responsibilities and delegates relevant authorities to executive officers in accordance with the Rules Defining the Extent of Responsibility and Authority.
President
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Masamichi Terabatake
Chief Executive Officer and President of Tobacco Business
Executive Vice Presidents
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Kiyohide Hirowatari
Corporate Governance, Compliance, Corporate Strategy, Sustainability, People & Culture, Information Technology, Legal, Operation Review & Business Assurance, Pharmaceutical Business and Food Business
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Kei Nakano
Finance, and Corporate Communications, Business Development, D-LAB
Senior Vice Presidents
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Junichi Fukuchi
Chief Executive Officer, Tobacco Business, Japan
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Eiichi Kiyokawa
Sales, Tobacco Business, Japan
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Chigusa Ogawa
Leaf Procurement, Tobacco Business, Japan
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Shuichi Hirosue
Marketing, Tobacco Business, Japan
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Daniel Torras
Performance & Integration, Tobacco Business, Japan
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Suguru Fujiwara
Corporate Affairs & Communications, Tobacco Business, Japan
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Nobuhiro Uezawa
Manufacturing, Tobacco Business, Japan
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Muneaki Fujimoto
President, Pharmaceutical Business
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Makoto Kakutani
Head of Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Pharmaceutical Business
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Hiromasa Furukawa
Food Business
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Osamu Hirose
General Counsel
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Hiroyuki Fukuda
Corporate Strategy
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Kenji Ogura
Corporate Governance, Compliance
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Hisato Imokawa
Chief Sustainability Officer
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Nobuya Kato
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Communications
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Yoshiyuki Mishima
People & Culture
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Hisashi Shimobayashi
Information Technology
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Yuki Otaki
D-LAB
Skills Matrix for the Directors and Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board
The Board of Directors has resolved to adopt the concept of skills necessary for the Board of Directors and developed a skills matrix that lists the areas in which the knowledge and experience of each director and member of the audit & supervisory board is expected to be particularly effective.
The concept of skills necessary for the Board of Directors
Skills matrix of Directors and Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board