Board of Directors
Biography : Hirofumi Katase
Outside Director * Independent Directors are based on the rules of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Hirofumi Katase
Date of Birth : June 15, 1959
Profile
| Apr. 1982 | Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
| Oct. 2000 | Director, Economic Policy Unit, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
| July 2002 | Director, Petroleum and Natural Gas Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy |
| July 2006 | Director, Aerospace and Defense Industry Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Aug. 2008 | Director for International Industry Research, Minister's Secretariat, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| July 2009 | Deputy Director-General for Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau and International Exhibitions, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| July 2010 | Deputy Director-General, Secretariat of the Space Development Strategy Headquarters, Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat |
| July 2012 | Deputy Director-General for International Trade Policy, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| June 2013 | Director-General, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| July 2015 | Director-General, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| June 2016 | Vice-Minister for International Affairs |
| July 2017 | Special Advisor to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Dec. 2017 | Executive Vice Chairman & Director, I-Pulse Inc. (to present) President and Chief Executive Officer, I-Pulse Japan Inc. (to present) |
| June 2021 | Outside Director of the Company (to present) |
