Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
April 1977 | Joined Nippon Steel Corporation |
July 1993 | General Manager of Fund No. 2 Office, Fund Department, Nippon Steel Corporation |
July 1994 | General Manager of Fund No. 1 Office, Finance Department, Nippon Steel Corporation |
July 1998 | Leader of Financial Management Group, Finance Department, Nippon Steel Corporation |
April 2007 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, Nippon Steel Corporation |
June 2011 | Managing Director, Nippon Steel Corporation |
April 2013 | Representative Director and Executive Vice President and Head of Global Business Development, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation |
June 2016 | Representative Director and President, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd. |
April 2019 | Director and Senior Advisor, NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. |
June 2020 | Senior Advisor, NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. |
April 2021 | Councilor, Seikei Gakuen (current position) |
June 2021 | Advisor, NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. |
December 2023 | Resigned from NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. |
June 2024 | Director of Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current position) |
Outside directors and why they were chosen
Katsuhiko Oota has abundant experience as a corporate manager of a major steel manufacturer. We judged that she would use her rich experience and knowledge to help the board fulfill its decision-making and oversight roles effectively.