Leadership

As of April 1, 2026

Directors

Director, Chair of the Board

Seiji Inagaki

Biography

Date of birth: May 10, 1963

Biography

Apr. 1986	Joined The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2012	Executive Officer, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
Apr. 2015	Managing Executive Officer
Jun. 2016	Director, Managing Executive Officer
Oct. 2016	Director, Managing Executive Officer, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.)
Apr. 2017	Representative Director, President
Apr. 2022	Representative Director, President, Chief Executive Officer
Apr. 2023	Representative Director, Chair of the Board
Jun. 2023	Director, Chair of the Board (to present)

Other major occupations: Director, Chair of the Board, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TOKYU CORPORATION

Representative Director, President
Group Chief Executive Officer

Tetsuya Kikuta

Biography

Date of birth: October 14, 1964

Biography

Apr. 1987	Joined The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Jun. 2014	Executive Officer, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited^*
Oct. 2016	Executive Officer, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited^*
Apr. 2017	Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2018	Managing Executive Officer, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.)
Jun. 2020	Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2021	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2022	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer
Apr. 2023	Representative Director, President, Chief Executive Officer
Apr. 2025	Representative Director, President, Group Chief Executive Officer (to present)

*Due to the shift to a holding company structure on October 1, 2016, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited until September 30, 2016 and that from October 1, 2016 are different companies.

Other major occupations: Director, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited

Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Group Chief Human Resources Officer

Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Biography

Date of birth: January 27, 1966

Biography

Apr. 1989	Joined The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2021	Executive Officer, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.)
Apr. 2023	Managing Executive Officer
Jun. 2023	Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2024	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Business Head, International Life Insurance
Apr. 2026	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Group Chief Human Resources Officer, Daiichi Life Group, Inc. (to present)

Director, Managing Executive Officer
Group Chief Customer Experience Officer (Japan)

Takako Kitahori

Biography

Date of birth: July 1, 1969

Biography

Apr. 1994	Joined The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2020	Executive Officer, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
Apr. 2022	Director and Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2024	Managing Executive Officer, Chief Customer Experience Officer (Japan), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.)
Jun. 2024	Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Customer Experience Officer (Japan), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
Apr. 2025	Director, Managing Executive Officer, Group Chief Customer Experience Officer (Japan), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (to present)

Director

Toshiaki Sumino

Biography

Date of birth: October 26, 1969

Biography

Apr. 1992	Joined The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Oct. 2016	Executive Officer, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.)
Apr. 2020	Managing Executive Officer
Jun. 2021	Director, Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2023	Director (to present)

Other major occupations: Representative Director, President, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited

Director

Hidehiko Sogano

Biography

Date of birth: September 28, 1960

Biography

Apr. 1983	Joined the Bank of Japan
Jul. 2015	Joined The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
Apr. 2018	Executive Officer, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.)
Apr. 2021	Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2023	Managing Executive Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer
Jun. 2023	Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer
Apr. 2025	Director (to present)

Outside Director

Yuriko Inoue

Biography

Date of birth: May 29, 1963

Biography

Nov. 1993	Lecturer, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
Apr. 1995	Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Business Administration & Public Policy
Apr. 2001	Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Business Sciences
Sep. 2002	Associate Professor, Kobe University Graduate School of Law
Apr. 2004	Professor
Oct. 2010	Professor, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
Apr. 2018	Professor, Business Law Department of Graduate School of Law
Jun. 2018	Outside Director, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.) (to present)
Sep. 2025	Professor, The Open University of Japan (to present)

Other major occupations: Outside Director, NIPPON SIGNAL CO., LTD.

Outside Director

Yasushi Shingai

Biography

Date of birth: January 11, 1956

Biography

Apr. 1980	Joined the Japan Tobacco and Salt D11Public Corporation (presently Japan Tobacco Inc.)
Jul. 2001	Vice President, Finance Planning Division
Jul. 2004	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Jun. 2005	Member of the Board, Senior Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer
Jun. 2006	Member of the Board of Japan Tobacco Inc., Executive Vice President, JT International S.A.
Jun. 2011	Representative Director and Executive Vice President, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Jan. 2018	Member of the Board
Jun. 2019	Outside Director, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.) (to present)
Apr. 2022	Representative Director, Shingai Management Institute Co., Ltd. (to present)
Feb. 2025	Representative Director, Igalphan Corporation (to present)

Other major occupations: Representative Director, Igalphan Corporation
Representative Director, Shingai Management Institute Co., Ltd.

Outside Director

Bruce Miller

Biography

Date of birth: March 6, 1961

Biography

Feb. 1986	Joined the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Jan. 2001	Assistant Secretary, Strategic Policy Branch
Apr. 2003	Assistant Secretary, North East Asia Branch
Aug. 2004	Minister-Counsellor (Political), Australian Embassy Tokyo
May. 2009	Deputy Director-General, Australian Government Office of National Assessments
Aug. 2011	Australian Ambassador to Japan
Jan. 2017	Director-General, Australian Government Office of National Assessments
Sep. 2018	Distinguished Policy Fellow, Australian National University
Aug. 2020	Chair, Australia-Japan Foundation
Apr. 2022	Chair, the Foreign Investment Review Board, Australia (to present)
Jun. 2022	Outside Director, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.) (to present)

Other major occupations: Outside Director, INPEX CORPORATION

Outside Director

Ichiro Ishii

Biography

Date of birth: June 15, 1955

Biography

Apr. 1978	Joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2010	Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager of International Business Development Dept., Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
Jun. 2011	Executive Officer and General Manager of International Business Development Dept.
Jun. 2013	Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2015	Senior Managing Executive Officer
Jun. 2015	Senior Managing Director
Apr. 2017	Vice President Director
Oct. 2018	Executive Adviser
Jul. 2021	Representative Director, troisH Co., Ltd. (to present)
Jun. 2024	Outside Director, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.) (to present)

Other major occupations: Representative Director, troisH Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, NS Solutions Corporation

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Full-Time))

Takahiro Shibagaki

Biography

Date of birth: February 25, 1965

Biography

Apr. 1987	Joined The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2016	Executive Officer, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited^*
Oct. 2016	Executive Officer, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited^*
Apr. 2018	Representative Director and Vice President, The Dai-ichi Frontier Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2022	Managing Executive Officer, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.)
Jun. 2022	Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Full-Time)) (to present)

*Due to the shift to a holding company structure on October 1, 2016, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited until September 30, 2016 and that from October 1, 2016 are different companies.

Other major occupations: Outside Auditor, SHIZUOKA GAS CO., LTD.

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Full-Time))

Kenji Yamakoshi

Biography

Date of birth: March 2, 1968

Biography

Apr. 1990	Joined The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Jun. 2024	Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Full-Time)), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.)

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Rieko Sato

Biography

Date of birth: November 28, 1956

Biography

Apr. 1984	Registered as Attorney-at-Law
Jun. 1989	Shearman & Sterling LLP
Jul. 1998	Partner, Ishii Law Office (to present)
Jun. 2015	Director, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
Oct. 2016	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.) (to present)

Other major occupations: Partner, Ishii Law Office
Independent Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Mitsubishi Corporation

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Satoshi Nagase

Biography

Date of birth: January 12, 1955

Biography

Apr. 1979	Joined Suntory Limited
Aug. 1985	Joined Morgan Bank
Feb. 1995	Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Division, JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1999	General Manager of Tokyo Branch and Head of Equity Derivatives Division
May. 2000	Japan Representative (General Manager of Tokyo Branch) and Head of Equity Division
Jun. 2016	Director, Managing Executive Officer and CFO, Dexerials Corporation
Jun. 2021	Outside Director The Dai-ichi Frontier Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2024	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.) (to present)

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Ayako Makino

Biography

Date of birth: November 2, 1965

Biography

Apr. 1988	Joined The Nikko Securities Inc. (presently SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.)
Dec. 1993	Lecturer, O-Hara Accounting School
Oct. 1994	Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (presently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Jul. 2008	Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Jun. 2017	Non-Executive Board Member, Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC
Jul. 2022	Non-Executive Board Member, The chairman of the audit committee, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC Non-Executive Board Member, The chairman of the audit committee, Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC
Jan. 2025	Director of Makino Certified Public Accounting Office (to present)
Jun. 2025	Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (presently Daiichi Life Group, Inc.) (to present)

Other major occupations: Director of Makino Certified Public Accounting Office
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,Tokyo Electron Ltd.

Executive Officers

Senior Managing Executive Officer
Group Chief Information Officer&Group Chief Digital Officer

Stephen Barnham

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Hiroyuki Kanou

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Brett Clark

Managing Executive Officer

Kazuyuki Shigemoto

Managing Executive Officer
Business Head, Asset Management

Takashi Iida

Managing Executive Officer
Group Chief Risk Officer

Hideyuki Ohashi

Managing Executive Officer

Satoshi Takemoto

Managing Executive Officer
Business Head, New Fields of Business

Kentaro Ogata

Managing Executive Officer
Business Head, Insurance (Japan)

Hironori Takahashi

Managing Executive Officer

Atsuko Yasuda

Managing Executive Officer

Makoto Hishida

Managing Executive Officer
Group Chief Financial Officer

Taisuke Nishimura

Managing Executive Officer

Yotaro Numata

Managing Executive Officer
Business Head, International Life Insurance

Akifumi Kai

Managing Executive Officer
Group Chief Compliance Officer

Webster Coates

Managing Executive Officer
Group Chief Communications Officer

Kyoko Wada

Executive Officer

Ken Niimura

Executive Officer

Isamu Ando

Executive Officer

Katsushi Makiuchi

Executive Officer

Masakatsu Mizukami

Executive Officer
Group Chief Data and AI Officer

Figen Ulgen

Executive Officer
Group Chief Brand and Culture Officer

Kaori Sakamoto

Executive Officer
Group Chief Sustainability Officer

Yukiko Sakai

Executive Officer
Group Chief Internal Audit Officer

Hiroko Ishii

Executive Officer

Ryosuke Kondo

Expert Executive Officer

Expert Executive Officer
Group Chief Information Security Officer

Fred Stute

Expert Executive Officer
Group Chief Accounting Officer

Hirotaka Noji

Expert Executive Officer

Leadership

Directors

Seiji Inagaki

Tetsuya Kikuta

Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Takako Kitahori

Toshiaki Sumino

Hidehiko Sogano

Yuriko Inoue

Yasushi Shingai

Bruce Miller

Ichiro Ishii

Takahiro Shibagaki

Kenji Yamakoshi

Rieko Sato

Satoshi Nagase

Ayako Makino

Executive Officers

Stephen Barnham

Hiroyuki Kanou

Brett Clark

Kazuyuki Shigemoto

Takashi Iida

Hideyuki Ohashi

Satoshi Takemoto

Kentaro Ogata

Hironori Takahashi

Atsuko Yasuda

Makoto Hishida

Taisuke Nishimura

Yotaro Numata

Akifumi Kai

Webster Coates

Kyoko Wada

Ken Niimura

Isamu Ando

Katsushi Makiuchi

Masakatsu Mizukami

Figen Ulgen

Kaori Sakamoto

Yukiko Sakai

Hiroko Ishii

Ryosuke Kondo

Expert Executive Officer

Fred Stute

Hirotaka Noji

Masashi Kataoka