Kuniharu Nakamura

Kuniharu Nakamura

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo

Kuniharu Nakamura has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sumitomo Corporation since 2018. He entered Sumitomo Corporation in 1974, and has since served as Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of the Corporate Planning and Coordination Department (2007–09); Senior Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of the Mineral Resources, Energy, Chemical and Electronics Business Unit (2009–12); and Representative Director, Executive Vice President, and General Manager of the Mineral Resources, Energy, Chemical and Electronics Business Unit (2012). He has also served as Chairman of Japan Foreign Trade Council (2018–20) and Vice-Chair of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren). Mr. Nakamura graduated from Osaka University in 1974.