ORIGINATOR



Name KikuoTanabe 
Date of birth Born on January 30, 1924
Short CV February 1963 Tanabe Koun Kaisha, Ltd. established
April 1973 Kobe Shipping Agency established
September 1981 Company name changed to Kobe Shipping Co.
December 2003: Appointed Chairman
April 2005 Appointed Special Advisor
Passed away in June 2005

Kobe Shipping Group

President and Representative Director



Name Takaaki Tanabe
Date of birth Born on May 7, 1972
Short CV December 2003: Appointed President and Representative Director
April 2008 Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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Kobe Shipping Company, Ltd.

Full-time advisor



Name Hajime Oami
Date of birth Born on January 9, 1958
Short CV Apr. 2008 Appointed Managing Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager of Finance Department
Apr. 2010 Senior Executive Officer, CFO and General Manager of Finance Department
Jan. 2022 Executive Officer, Full-time Advisor
January 2023 Full-time Advisor
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Kobe Ship Management Co.

Vice President Executive Officer Top Executive Officer (COO)



Name Satoru Shimaguchi
Date of birth Born on September 20, 1955
Short CV Apr. 2008 Senior Managing Executive Officer, COO and General Manager of Ship Management Dept.
Apr. 2010 Executive Vice President, COO and General Manager of Ship Management Dept.
Apr. 2018 Resigned as General Manager of Ship Management Dept.
Resigned from General Manager of Ship Management Dept.
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Executive Officer Ship Management Director



Name Wen Na xin
Date of birth Born on June 21, 1970
Short CV April 2018 Assumed the position of Executive Officer, Head of Ship Management Department
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Part-time advisor



Name Takeshi Kojima
Date of birth Born on July 28, 1947
Short CV December 2013 Appointment as Advisor 
September 2016 Appointment as President and CEO 
January 2022 Appointment as Executive Officer and Full-time Special Advisor 
January 2023 Appointment as Part-time Advisor (Ongoing)
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Hinode Kosan Company, Ltd.

Managing Executive Officer



Name Akira Suino
Date of birth Born on August 5, 1953
Short CV April 2005 Appointed Managing Director
December 2006 Appointed as Managing Executive Officer
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Part-time advisor



Name Toshinori Terasaka
Date of birth Born on October 14, 1954
Short CV April 2008 Appointed as Executive Officer
January 2022: Full-time Advisor
January 2023: Appointed part-time advisor
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