Management Team - Pacifico Energy

Representative Director President and CEO: HIROKI MATSUO

Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kyushu University and completed the Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironment, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University.
He joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation in 2006. At Toyota Tsusho, he was in charge of the carbon dioxide emission rights business, where he was mainly involved 　in clean energy projects in developing countries. He oversaw the development of solar and wind power plants from 2010 to 2013 at Eurus Energy Group, developing new solar and wind power projects and negotiating M&A of power plants in operation in the US and Canada. He joined Pacific Energy in 2013. He was appointed President and CEO in June 2019 after serving as Head of Development Division and Vice President positions.

Chief Investment Officer Managing Director Head of Investment: HISASHI NAGAMORI

He received his law degree from Ritsumeikan University and an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2012.
He joined Lehman Brothers in 2012 and he was responsible for its proprietary trading and structuring securitized products. After Lehman Brothers's civil rehabilitation proceedings, he managed assets to be repaired and sold as a member of restructuring group.Prior to Lehman Brothers, he worked at Deutsche Securities, Fortress Investment Group and Merrill Lynch, where he was involved in corporate finance, M&A, real estate and non-performing loan investments and acquisitions. At Fortress Investment Group (Tokyo), he managed the Japan Income Fund and reviewed investments related to solar projects. He joined Pacifico Energy and in his current position since 2017.

Chief Human Resource Officer: KAORU YAMAMOTO

Graduated from the School of Commerce, Meiji University. She studied at Metropolitan University in the U.K., majoring in Post Graduate Human Resources Management, and holds a partial certification in CIPD.
She has over 20 years of HR experience in Japan and the U.K. She held the HR positions at Sojitz (formerly Nissho Iwai Europe Plc.,), Japan Airlines in London, and was a Japan HR Leader at a major U.S. life sciences company in Tokyo. In September 2015, she participated in the launch of Netflix's Japanese market and contributed to the company's growth over three years. In September 2018. She joined Pacifico Energy and is responsible for Human Resources, General Affairs, IT and Public Relations.

Co-Head of Project Development: AKIHIRO MITSUMOTO

Graduated from Doshisha University, Faculty of Policy Studies.
He joined CBRE in 2009, and was engaged in commercial real estate consulting business. In 2012, he founded Synergeo, a real estate and solar power plant development consulting firm. He joined Pacifico Energy as an entrepreneurial member in 2012 and has been involved in many of the Company's solar business development projects. He has been in his current position since 2019.

Co-Head of Project Development: KENJI YOSHIDA

Graduated from Osaka City University, School of Life Science.
In 2008, he worked at an administrative scrivener's law firm, where he was engaged in negotiations with government agencies, human resources, new business development, etc. In 2012, he founded Synergeo, a real estate and solar power development consulting firm, and became the president and CEO. He has been with Pacifico Energy since 2013 and has been involved in many of the Company's solar power business development projects. He has been in his current position since 2019.

Head of Finance Department Certified Public Accountant / Tax Accountant: KAZUYUKI HIRAYAMA

Graduated from the Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
In 2008, he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (now PwC Aarata Limited Liability Audit Corporation). He has been engaged in auditing services related to funds for about 5 years at the same firm, and in 2013 he established and became the representative of Hirayama CPA firm. He joined Pacifico Energy in 2018 and has been in his current position since 2019.

Head of Energy Storage System/VPP: MAHDI BEHRANGRAD, PhD

Graduated from Osaka University with a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering in 2011. Passionate about commercialization of emerging technologies with over 13 years of international experience in end to end business cycle from R&D, new business development, strategy and alliance formation to tech start-up investment. He has experienced various management roles in various Global 500 Fortune Companies including Panasonic, Sumitomo Electric Industries and Accenture, foreseeing millions $ worth of projects in areas including VPP/energy IoT, ESS・BESS (Energy Storage System or Battery Energy Storage System) and e-Mobility. He has joined Pacifico Energy since 2021.

Head of Engineering: DAISUKE TAKAYAMA

Graduated from Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College(KOSEN) and Environmental System Engineering with a Master Degree at Nagaoka University of Technology.
In 2007, he joined Chiyoda Corporation, where he was engaged in project management for the multiple overseas large-scale LNG plants after civil engineering design and construction management for a new domestic refinery at the company. He joined Pacifico Energy in 2019 and has been in his current position in November 2022.

Head of Solar Asset Management: REINA KOSUGE

Graduated Keio University, BA in Business and Commerce, and holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management. She joined Mitsubishi Corporation in 2004 and was transaction management of Urban Development Group and management of international EPC projects and domestic on-site power generation projects. Later she was engaged in business development in tech startups both in Japan and US and in customer success for SAP Japan. She joined Pacifico Energy in 2020 as an Asset Manager and has been in her current position since 2023.

Head of Power Trading: KOGEN RYU

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo.
Since 2007, he worked at Mitsubishi Corporation, handling accounting and tax for power EPC exports, as well as newbuild construction, investment structuring, leasing, and sales of large ships in the Infrastructure and Machinery department. After being stationed in Singapore for an investment project and seconded to the Sustainability department (climate change and energy transition), he joined Pacifico Energy in 2020. He has been involved in the operation and sale of large-scale solar power plants and the promotion of electricity market transactions through grid-scale batteries. He has been in his current position since 2023.

Head of DX: KOJI YAMANAKA

Graduate from Kyoto University with BA in Economics.
He joined Mitsubishi Corporation in 2005 and engaged in various businesses including Apparel OEM Business for 7 years, Infrastructure Finance Business, which created infrastructure asset management business in Japan for 6 years (out of which, he was seconded to MLIT for 2 years), as well as in the business strategy of Urban Real Estate business. Prior to joining Pacifico Energy, he was a member of the board of directors at Acuity Inc, promoting the AI image processing business. He joined Pacifico Energy in 2022 and in his current position since 2023.

Head of Construction: KIYOTAKA MATSUMOTO

Graduated from the Master program of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Joined JGC Corporation in 2004. After working as an electrical engineer and site manager for petrochemical plants and gas processing plants in the company'selectrical department, he worked on project management for large LNG plants, and joined Pacifico Energy in January 2020. Involved in EPC project management for large photovoltaic power plants, and has been in the current position from April 2024.

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