Kuniharu Nakamura

President of Sumitomo Corporation and Vice Chairman of Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)

Born in 1950 and graduated from Osaka University in Japan. He joined Sumitomo Corporation in 1974 and served as Head of the Automobile Department, Senior Executive Director, Vice President, and President and CEO of Sumitomo. In April 2018, he served as President and CEO of Sumitomo Corporation and the Vice Chairman of the Japan Business Federation. In March 2019, he served as economic consultant to Shandong Provincial Government.

Sumitomo Corporation, founded in 1919, is the core enterprise of the “Sumitomo Group” and one of Japan’s five major general trading companies. Its business covers trade, distribution, financial services, international communications, multimedia, business investment, etc. Sumitomo has established 22 companies in Japan and 114 branches in 66 countries overseas. In 2019, the operation revenue of Sumitomo was 48.75 billion U.S. dollars, ranking 238th among the Fortune Global 500 in 2020.