We held a roundtable discussion on July 31, 2023, to discuss governance, challenges for future growth, and sustainability initiatives at the JX Metals Group.
AOutside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Sakuma Soichiro
Joined the predecessor to the current Nippon Steel Corporation in 1978. Served as representative director and executive vice president of Nippon Steel Corporation. In addition to serving currently as an executive advisor of NS Solutions Corporation, Mr. Sakuma also performs other duties as chair of the Public Interest Commission of the Cabinet Office of Japan, president of the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center, president of the Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute, and vice-chair of the OECD-BIAC Investment and Responsible Business Committee. He became an outside director with JX Metals Corporation in June 2022.
BOutside Director
Itoh Motoshige
Awarded a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester in 1979. After serving as a professor in the Graduate School of Economics at the University of Tokyo, chair of the Nippon Institute for Research Advancement, and professor in the Faculty of International Social Science at Gakushuin University, he assumed his current post as professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo in June 2016. Mr. Itoh served as a member of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy for six years beginning in 2013. He has been an outside director of the Company since April 2022.
COutside Director
Tokoro Chiharu
In 2004, Ms. Tokoro was named assistant professor at Waseda University, School of Science and Engineering. Named professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, in 2015 (to present). In 2016, she became a project professor at the University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science (to present). In 2021, she was named professor at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering (to present). She has been an outside director of the Company since April 2021. In September 2022, she was appointed associate director of the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study and associate director of the Waseda Center for a Carbon Neutral Society (to present).
DRepresentative Director and Chairman, JX Metals Corporation
Murayama Seiichi
EOutside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Kawaguchi Rika
Registered as an attorney in 1997. Member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Committee for Labor Laws (to present). Vice president of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association, executive director of the Kanto Federation of Bar Associations, and other posts. In 2021, Ms. Kawaguchi became a family mediator of the Tokyo Family Court, vice president of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Promotion for Gender Equality Headquarters, member of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations Promotion for Gender Equality Headquarters, and controller of the Japan Philanthropic Association (to present). She became an outside director with JX Metals Corporation in June 2023.
FOutside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Futamiya Masaya
Joined Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. in 1974. Named president and chief executive officer of Nippon Koa Insurance Co., Ltd. and chair of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. (currently Sompo Holdings, Inc.). Named chair of the Japan Network for Public Interest Activities in 2018 (to present). Named senior advisor, Sompo Holdings, Inc. in 2022 (to present). Mr. Futamiya became an outside director with the JX Metals Corporation in June 2023.