MOL establish Chief Country Representative for New Zealand
Aiming to Enhance Ties within MOL Grou
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, announced the appointment of Kazuki Kuwahara as Chief Country Representative for New Zealand under the company’s Regional Organization of Southeast Asia, Oceania, effective April 1.
[Nation and Name of Chief Country Representative]
| Nation | City | Chief Country Representative |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | Auckland | Kazuki Kuwahara |
Since New Zealand presents great opportunities for projects in real property, renewable energy, and other fields, MOL will collect information on various industries by assigning a chief country representative and more effectively pursue the development of new businesses as a regional strategy.
MOL Group will precisely grasp and meet the changing needs of new and existing customers, taking advantage of its network of offices in each region.
The organization chart of chief executive representatives, chief country representatives, and assistants to chief country representatives (effective April 1) is shown below. In addition, the company continually enhances its regional operating structure.
| North America/Central America incl. Caribbean | |
|---|---|
| Executive Officer | Tomoaki Ichida |
| Regional Head of Corporate Functions |
Sharon Mctighe |
| Regional Head of Marketing | Akira Kunimatsu |
| Regional Head of Marketing (Energy Related Business) |
Suryan Wirya-Simunovic |
| United States of America | Akira Kunimatsu |
| Mexico | Yasuhiro Mochizuki |
| South America | |
| Executive Officer | Tomoaki Ichida |
| Regional Head of Corporate Functions |
Sharon Mctighe |
| Regional Head of Marketing | Toshitake Daigo |
| Regional Head of Marketing (Energy Related Business) |
Suryan Wirya-Simunovic |
| Brazil | Toshitake Daigo |
| (Assistant) Ana Carolina Siniscalchi | |
| Chile | Takuya Fuchikami |
| Europe/Africa | |
| Executive Officer | Toshinobu Shinoda |
| Regional Head of Corporate Functions |
Yoshiki Kawakatsu |
| Regional Head of Marketing | Koichiro Ninomiya |
| Regional Head of Marketing (Energy Related Business) |
Suryan Wirya-Simunovic |
| Germany | Tsuyoshi Yamamoto |
| The Netherlands | Hiroki Sakaya |
| Turkey | Satoshi Katada |
| (Assistant) Cem Kaya | |
| Mozambique/South Africa | Mitsuru Fukushima |
| Kenya | Mikio Oyama |
| Russia | Kenji Yokoi |
| East Asia | |
| Executive Officer | Nobuo Shiotsu |
| Regional Head of Corporate Functions |
Takanori Hida |
| Regional Head of Marketing | Senji Tokumoto |
| China/Taiwan | Senji Tokumoto |
| (Assistant for Taiwan) Jay Lin | |
| Hong Kong | Ryokichi Asai |
| South Korea | Toru Fujii |
| (Assistant) Youngdeok Park | |
| Southeast Asia/Oceania | |
| Executive Officer | Nobuo Shiotsu |
| Regional Head of Corporate Functions |
Kentaro Takamura |
| Regional Head of Marketing (Singapore full-time) |
Yo Ishizaki |
| Malaysia | Junto Endo |
| Myanmar | Yo Ishizaki |
| (Assistant) Shunsuke Mishiro | |
| Vietnam | Yutaka Sakanishi |
| (Assistant) Nguyen Dinh Tri Thach Toan An |
|
| The Philippines | Yasunori Takamatsu |
| Thailand | Ryosuke Sugimoto |
| Indonesia | Hiraku Sato |
| Australia | Kazuki Kuwahara |
| (Assistant) John Woods | |
| New Zealand | Kazuki Kuwahara |
| South Asia/Middle East | |
| Executive Officer | Ajay Singh |
| Regional Head of Corporate Functions |
Kensuke Ito |
| Regional Head of Marketing | Anand Jayaraman |
| India | Kensuke Ito |
| (Assistant) Anand Jayaraman | |
| U.A.E. | Ryoji Yamamoto |
| (Assistant) Sanjay Barodawala | |
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