Executive Members

Founder and Chairperson

Masayoshi Son

Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group

Council Member

Kiyoshi Kurokawa

Professor Emeritus, the University, Tokyo and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Distinguished Professor of Tokai University
Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute

Naohiko Jinno

Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Member of Representative Board, Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities

Naoko Ishii

Executive Vice President, Professor at Institute for Future Initiatives, Director for Center for Global Commons, the University of Tokyo

Takeshi Kobayashi

Musician
Representative Director, ap bank

Executive Board

Chair

Tomas Kåberger

Professor, Chalmers University of Technology

Vice-Chair

Takejiro Sueyoshi

Special Advisor to UNEP Finance Initiative in the Asia Pacific Region

Executive Director

Teruyuki Ohno

Secretary-General, Renewable Energy Institute

Board Member

Amory B. Lovins

Co-founder, Chief Scientist and Chairman Emeritus, Rocky Mountain Institute

Dörte Fouquet

Lawyer/Partner, Becker Büttner Held

Shigeki Miwa

Managing Director, CEO Project Office, SoftBank Group Corp.

Takamitsu Sawa

Distinguished Professor, Shiga University

Hiroko Kuniya

Journalist

Toru Morotomi

Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University

Auditor

Kiyoshi Matsuo

CPA, Matsuo Kiyoshi Accounting Office

(Council and Board members: listed in order of date of appointment)

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