Keiji Yamada

Independent & Lead Outside Director

Career summaries

April, 1977

Joined Ministry of Home Affairs (current Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

July, 1982

Superintendent of Amakusa Tax Office, National Tax Agency

July, 1983

Manager of Local Affairs Division, General Affairs Department, Wakayama Prefecture

September, 1985

Deputy General Manager of San Francisco Tourism Promotion Office, Japan National Tourist Organization

April, 1989

Manager of Finance Division, General Affairs Department, Kochi Prefecture

January, 1992

Investigator, Local Administration Division, Local Administration Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs

July, 1992

Counsellor, Cabinet Legislation Bureau

July, 1997

Manager, Land Information Division, Land Bureau, National Land Agency (currently Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)

August, 1999

Director, General Affairs Department, Kyoto Prefecture

June, 2001

Vice-Governor, Kyoto Prefecture

April, 2002

Governor, Kyoto Prefecture (retired in April 2018)

April, 2011

President, National Governors’ Association (retired in April 2018)

April, 2018

Vice-President and Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, Kyoto Sangyo University

June, 2019

Outside Director of the Company (Current)

March, 2020

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board member, HORIBA, Ltd. (Current)

April, 2020

Special Advisor to the President and Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, Kyoto Sangyo University

November, 2020

Outside Director, TOSE CO., LTD. (Current)

April, 2021

Trustee, Kyoto Sangyo University, Special Advisor to the President and Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, Kyoto Sangyo University (Current)

June,2021

Outside Director, Nitto Pharmaceutical Holdings, Ltd. (Current)