Board Members of Hokkaido EU Association (as of October 8, 2020) Title Name Affiliation Chairman Tomoyasu Marutani President Secoma Company Limited Vice chairman Takashi Nishiyama President and CEO Nishiyama Seimen Co., Ltd. Vice chairman Roland Honekamp Head of Political Section Delegation of the European Union to Japan Vice chairman Iwao Takeuchi Deputy President North Pacific Bank, Ltd. Director Naoya Ito Professor Research Faculty of Media and Communication Hokkaido University Director Kenichi Kosuna Chairman Amino Up Chemical Co., Ltd. Director Yoshiro Ito Director and Honorary Chairman Itogumi Construction Co., Ltd. Director Ichiro Kobayashi President Sapporo Precision Inc. Director Seiji Nehashi President DENSO HOKKAIDO CORPORATION Director Kenzo Hirose President The Hokkaido Shimbun Press Director Naoki Katsuta President & CEO Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Director Toyoaki Negishi Chairman of the Board The Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Director Tatsuro Terauchi President Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Director Masanori Kato President Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Director Masanori Matsui President Television Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd Director Eisaku Nakamura President Hokkaido Research Institute for the Twenty-first Century Co., Ltd. Board Members of Hokkaido EU Association (continued) Title Name Affiliation Auditor Kaoru Shiraishi Director-General for Hokkaido Region Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Auditor Tetsuya Onodera Director of Hokkaido Division, Managing Director of Hokkaido Sales & Marketing Division SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD Advisor Yasuhiko Ando Director-General Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Advisor Naomichi Suzuki Governor of Hokkaido HOKKAIDO GOVERNMENT Advisor Katsuhiro Akimoto Mayor of Sapporo City of Sapporo Advisor Akihiko Mayumi Chairman Hokkaido Economic Federation Advisor Keigou Iwata President The Federation of Hokkaido Chamber of Commerce and Industry Advisor Matsuo Yoshida Vice Co-Chairman Hokkaido Committee for Economic Development Advisor Yoshiro Ito Board Member Hokkaido Office, United Nations Association of Japan Advisor Yasunori Yamane Chairman Hokkaido International Business Center Advisor Kiyohiro Houkin President Hokkaido University Advisor Shuji Koiso Chairman Hokkaido Tourism Organization Advisor Hirofumi Iwakura Tomakomai Port Authority President Tomakomai Harbor Body Corporate Advisor Kimiyoshi Kurauchi Director General Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau Advisor Hideki Hayashi Specially Invited Professor, International University of Japan Specially Appointed Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research Secretary Eisaku Nakamura President General Hokkaido Research Institute for the Twenty-First Century Co., Ltd. .