February 6, 2026 Cosmo Energy Holdings Co., Ltd.
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production Co., Ltd.
Cosmo Oil Marketing Co., Ltd.
Announcement of Changes in General Managers (Effective April 1, 2026)
Cosmo Energy Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereafter, "Cosmo Energy Holdings"), together with Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (hereafter, "Cosmo Oil"), Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production Co., Ltd. (hereafter, "Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production"), and Cosmo Oil Marketing Co., Ltd. (hereafter, "Cosmo Oil Marketing"), is pleased to announce the following changes in the appointment of General Managers, effective April 1, 2026.
1. Newly Appointed General Managers
Cosmo Energy Holdings
Name
New Position
Current Position
Takahiro Kudo
Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept.
President, Representative Director, Cosmo Oil Lubricants Co., Ltd.
Yoshimura Takuichi
General Manager, AX Strategy Dept.
General Manager,
Corporate DX Strategy Dept.
Hichi Akira
General Manager,
New Business Development Dept.
General Manager,
New Energy Business Management Dept.
Cosmo Oil
Name
New Position
Current Position
Yoshihide Watanabe
General Manager, Procurement Dept.
Assistant General Manager, Chiba Refinery
Yukihiro Matsuyama
General Manager, Supply Dept.
GYXIS CORPORATION
Shigeaki Matsumoto
General Manager, Sakai Refinery
Assistant General Manager, Sakai Refinery
Osamu Chiyoda
General Manager,
Research & Development Center
General Manager, Business Developing Dept.
Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production
Cosmo Oil Exploration & Production
Name
New Position
Current Position
Katsuya Watanabe
General Manager, Business Developing Dept.
General Manager,
Research & Development Center Cosmo Oil
Cosmo Oil Marketing
Name | New Position | Current Position |
Ryo Shirahama | General Manager, Sales Control Dept. | General Manager, Distribution & Operations Dept. |
Kaname Shiokawa | General Manager, Distribution & Operations Dept. | Cosmo Oil Sales Corporation |
Mitsuhiro Takeda | General Manager, Data Management Dept. | Assistant General Manager, Dealer Sales Marketing Dept. |
Hideaki Yoshioka | General Manager, Business Development Dept. | General Manager, Marketing Science Dept. |
Tetsuhito Tanaka | General Manager, Dealer Sales Marketing Dept. | General Manager, Sales Control Dept. |
Reference: Other Personnel Changes
Name | New Position | Current Position |
Kazuyoshi Kaneda | Company Representative Cosmo Oil Lubricants Co., Ltd. | General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept. Cosmo Energy Holdings |
Hisato Ishii | Cosmo E&P Albahriya Limited | General Manager, Procurement Dept. Cosmo Oil |
Hiroyuki Fukushima | ※ | General Manager, Business Development Dept. Cosmo Oil Marketing |
※Currently undisclosed
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