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

Kiyotaka Kinugawa (full-time)

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2002 Joined ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation
2007 Joined Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
2018 Partner, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
2021 Sustainability Disclosure Promotion Office, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
2025 Board Member (full-time), SSBJ

Nami Yamaguchi (full-time)

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2003 Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (Currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
2016 Project Manager, Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ)
2020 Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
2022 Board Member (full-time), ASBJ
2025 Board Member (full-time), Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (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

Minoru Ota

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2000 Joined Century Ota Showa & Co. (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
2016 Partner, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
2022 Council Member, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
2025 Executive Board Member, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants

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.
2024 Managing Director, Head of Sustainability Promotion Dept., Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Hideya Kusano

1995 Joined Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
2014 Environment Department
2016 Fukushima Nuclear Compensation Office of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
2017 Deputy General Manager, Fukushima Nuclear Compensation Office of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
2020 Acting General Manager, Fukushima Nuclear Compensation Office and Revitalization Coordination Department
2024 General Manager, ESG Office

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
2024 Dean, School of Business Administration, 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

Naoko Seriguchi

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2003 Joined The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
2006 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Investment Banking Transaction Management Dept.
(currently Capital Market Dept.)
2010 Financial Strategy Group, Investment Banking Business Development Dept., Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
2016 Executive Director, Head of Financial Strategy Group, Investment Banking Business Development Dept., Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

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

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.

Teppei Yamaga

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1999 Joined The Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
2000 Joined Kokusai Securities Co., Ltd. (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.)
2012 Executive Director, Equity Capital Markets Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
2014 Seconded to Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
2016 Returned to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
Chief Manager, Public Institutions Division
2019 Joined Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Senior ESG Specialist, Responsible Investment Department
2022 Managing Director, Head of Net Zero Strategy Department
2024 Joined Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Managing Director, Sustainability Planning Department

(as of November 10, 2025)