Sustainability Standards Board of Japan
Accounting Standards Board of Japan
Financial Accounting Standards Foundation

Members of the SSBJ

Chair

Yasunobu Kawanishi (full-time)

川西安喜副委員長

1996 Joined Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
2003 Technical Staff, Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ)
2004 International Fellow, U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)(-2016)
2013 Visiting Fellow, International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)(-2016)
2016 Board Member (full-time), ASBJ
2019 Vice Chair (full-time), ASBJ
2019 Chair, International Forum of Accounting Standard Setters (IFASS)(-2022)
2022 Chair (full-time), ASBJ
2022 Chair (full-time), SSBJ

Board Members

Emi Chujo (full-time)

中條恵美委員

1993 Joined Showa Ota &Co(currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
2007 Technical Manager, Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ)
2011 Partner, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
2016 Leader of Client Service Knowledge, Professional Practice Division, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
2019 Council Member, The Japanese Institute & Certified Public Accountants
2022 Board Member (full-time), ASBJ
2022 Board Member (full-time), SSBJ

George Iguchi

1988 Equity analyst, Equity Research Dept., Nippon Life Insurance Company
1991 Assistant researcher in the field of communication, cultural anthropology etc., International University of Japan, GLOCOM
1993 Economist for Japan/US macro-economy and exchange rate, Economic Research Dept., NLI Research Institute
1998 Equity analyst for various sectors, Equity Research Dept., Nippon Life Insurance Company
2000 Equity analyst for Japanese financial sector, Equity Research Dept., Nissay Asset Management Corporation
2002 Secondee, Global Equity Research Dept., Putnam Investments
2004 Equity analyst for Japanese material sector, Equity Research Dept., Nissay Asset Management Corporation
2006 Head of Research, Equity Research Dept., Nissay Asset Management Corporation
2021 Chief Corporate Governance Officer, Executive Director, Nissay Asset Management Corporation
2023 Executive officer, Deputy head of Investment Division, Chief Corporate Governance Officer, Nissay Asset Management Corporation

Yasuhiko Katsube

1991 Joined Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
2005 Business Development Division
2006 Corporate Marketing and Sales Division
2018 Deputy General Manager, CRE Promotion Office of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
2021 General Manager, ESG Office, Corporate Management & Planning Unit (to present)
2024 Secretary Dept. Manager

Ruriko Kawanabe

2005 Joined Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. (currently Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.) International Finance Dept.
2007 Osaka Capital Markets Dept.
2011 Equity Capital Markets Dept.
2018 Executive Director, Head of SDGs Promotion Office, Corporate Planning Dept., Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
2023 Executive Director, Head of Sustainability Promotion Office, Corporate Planning Dept., Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Katsuya Kikuchi

1989 Joined Daiwa Investment Trust and Management Co., Ltd.(current Daiwa Asset Management)
1993 Fund Manager, Daiwa Asset Management
2013 Head of Research, Daiwa Asset Management
2019 Joined Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2022 Associate Director, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2023 ESG Specialist, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Chika Saka

1998 Assistant Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University
2002 Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University
2007 Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University
2008 Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University
2017 Director, Center for Sustainability, Kwansei Gakuin University

Yohei Sekiguchi

2001 Sumitomo Marine Insurance Co., Ltd
2001 Osaka Service Center 1st, Kansai Automobile Claims Dept., Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
2004 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2006 Supervisor, Human Resources Dept.
2010 Deputy Manager, Shibuya Service Center, Tokyo Automobile Claims Dept.
2016 Manager, Corporate Planning Section, Corporate Planning Dept.
2021 Manager, Climate Change Section, Corporate Planning Dept.
2022 Manager, Sustainability Transformation Section, Corporate Planning Dept.
2024 General Manager, Sustainability Dept., MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Co., Ltd
Manager, Sustainability Transformation Section, Corporate Planning Dept., Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited

Yukari Takamura

高村ゆかり委員

1998 Associate Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Shizuoka University
2004 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University
2006 Professor, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University
2011 Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies and Faculty of Law, Nagoya University
2018 Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S)
The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study(UTIAS)
2019 Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo

Takako Fujimoto

1991 Joined Tohmatsu &Co. ( Currently Deloitte Tohche Tohmatsu LLC)
2006 Partner, Deloitte Tohche Tohmatsu LLC
2016 Council Member, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
2018 Leader of Technical Center, Deloitte Tohche Tohmatsu LLC
2019 Executive Board Member, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
2022 Deputy President, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Terufumi Mineyuki

1994 Joined Nippon Steel Corporation
2009 General Manager, Head of Management Accounting & Investment Dept. in General Administration Div. at Nagoya Works
2013 Senior Manager of Financial Accounting & Tax Dept. in Accounting & Finance Div.
2016 General Manager, Head of Financial Accounting & Tax Dept. in Accounting & Finance Div.
2019 General Manager, Head of General Administration Div. at Muroran Works
2022 General Manager, Head of General Administration Div. at North Nippon Works
2023 General Manager, Accounting & Finance Div.

Mitsuru Miyasaka

1994 Joined the Tokai Bank, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
2011 Chief Manager, Itabashi Commercial Banking Office, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
2014 Director, CSR Promotion Division, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
2020 Director, Sustainability Office, Corporate Planning Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
2022 Managing Director, Head of Sustainability Office, Corporate Planning Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Yoichi Mori

森洋一委員

2002 Joined Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
2006 KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd. 
2009 Technical Director, the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants

(as of April 1, 2024)