• Press Release

Announcement of Change to NYK Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Corporate Officers

At a meeting held today, the NYK board of directors agreed on the below changes to its corporate officers from April 2020, in addition to candidates to be nominated for director at the 133rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 2020.

Also, after the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in June 2020, the term “Executive Officer” will be used instead of “Corporate Officer,” subject to approval of a proposal to amend the Articles of Incorporation to be issued at the Meeting.

1. List of changes effective April 1, 2020 (including a resignation on March 31, 2020)


(1) Promotion
Name New Position Current Position
Tomoyuki Koyama Senior Managing Corporate Officer Managing Corporate Officer
Akira Kono Senior Managing Corporate Officer Managing Corporate Officer
Svein Steimler Managing Corporate Officer, President and CEO of NYK Group Europe Ltd. Corporate Officer, President and CEO of NYK Group Europe Ltd.
Yutaka Higurashi Managing Corporate Officer, Chief Compliance Officer Corporate Officer, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

(2) Change
Name New Position Current Position
Yoshiyuki Yoshida Director Director, Senior Managing Corporate Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Note: Effective March 31, 2020.
Resignation of corporate officer position at end of term.

(3) Resignation
Name Current Position
Hidetoshi Maruyama Senior Managing Corporate Officer
Hitoshi Oshika Managing Corporate Officer
Hemant Pathania Corporate Officer
Akihiro Yoshida Corporate Officer
Lee Check Poh Corporate Officer
Note: Resignation at end of term.

(4) New Appointment
Name New Position Current Position
Yuko Tsutsui Corporate Officer,
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
General Manager of Governance Group
General Manager of Governance Group
Toru Maruyama Corporate Officer General Manager of IR Group
Hiroaki Nishiyama Corporate Officer General Manager of Steaming Coal Group
Hisaya Higuchi Corporate Officer,
NYK Shipmanagement Pte. Ltd. Chairman and CEO
General Manager of Marine Group
Hironobu Watanabe Corporate Officer
General Manager of LNG Group
General Manager of LNG Group
Patrick Brennan Corporate Officer
NYK Group Americas Inc. President and CEO, NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) N.V. Director
NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) N.V. Managing Director

2. List of changes after the 133rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for June 2020


(1) New Appointment of Director
Name New Position Current Position
Yutaka Higurashi Director,
Managing Executive Officer
Corporate Officer
Note: Managing Corporate Officer from April 1, 2020.

(2) Resignation of Director
Name Current Position
Yoshiyuki Yoshida Director, Senior Managing Corporate Officer
Note: Resignation at end of term.

(3) New Appointment of Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Name New Position Current Position
Hiroshi Nakaso Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time), Independent Auditor Daiwa Institute of Research
Chairman


(4) Resignation of Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Name Current Position
Hirohide Yamaguchi Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Note: Resignation at end of term.

Updated positions, duties, and responsibilities of NYK directors, audit & supervisory board members, and corporate officers are provided in the attached file.

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