Chairman, NYK Line

Since joining NYK in 1975, Mr. KUDO has lead the core business fields of the company including semi-liner, car carrier and corporate planning divisions. He served as President of NYK from 2009 to 2015, and subsequently assumed his present position of Chairman of NYK. Since 2015, he has been commissioned as Vice-Chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and managed Japanese labor policy. In addition, he also serves as Vice-Chairman of Japan-China Economic Association, Chairman of Nippon Cargo Airlines until now. Between 2015 and 2017 he served as Chairman of the Japanese Shipowners’ Association, as well as Chairman of the Japan Association for Logistics and Transport.