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Corporate Governance Overview

As a Company with Committees, Sompo Holdings has established a governance structure where the Board of Directors composed mainly of outside directors, provides oversight of management. The Board of Directors and three statutory committees, namely the Nomination Committee, Audit Committee, and Compensation Committee, are all chaired by outside directors. These committees engage in fair and active discussions aimed at strengthening Group governance, and the Board of Directors actively and proactively share the status of business execution to enhance the soundness and transparency of governance.

As for operational structure, Sompo Holdings consolidated the Group’s businesses into two business units, “Sompo P&C” and “Sompo Wellbeing” under the overall leadership of the Group CEO to deliver exceptional propositions and services to customers, and appointed the Business CEOs (Sompo P&C CEO and Sompo Wellbeing CEO) as heads of the two business units. Also, the Group CxO System is used to facilitate agile and flexible decision-making and business execution as well as clarify authority and responsibilities.

Organizational structure Company with Committees, such as Nomination Committee
Number of Directors 13, of which 8 are Outside Directors
・Percentage of non-executive directors: 76.9% (10 out of 13)
・Percentage of outside director: 61.5% (8 out of 13)

Member of the Board, Nomination Committee, Audit Committee, and Compensation Committee

Name Title Board of Directors Nomination Committee Audit Committee Compensation Committee
Mikio Okumura Group CEO
Director
President and Representative Executive Officer
- - -
Masahiro Hamada Group CFO
Director
Deputy President and Representative Executive Officer
- - -
Shinichi Hara Group CHRO
Director
Deputy President and Representative Executive Officer
- - -
Scott Trevor Davis Director*
(Committee Chair)
-
Isao Endo Director* -
Kazuhiro Higashi Director*
(Chair)
-
Misuzu Shibata Director* -
(Committee Chair)
-
Takashi Nawa Director* -
Meyumi Yamada Director* -
(Committee Chair)
Masayuki Waga Director* - -
Tooru Kajikawa Director* - -
Yuji Kawauchi Director - -
Shinobu Imamura Director - -

* Outside Director as set forth in Article 2 (XV) of the Companies Act.

Executive Officers and Senior Vice Presidents

Executive officers make decision and perform duties with respect to the matters delegated from the Board of Directors. Senior Vice Presidents execute business following a partial delegation of business execution authority from Executive Officers.

Corporate Governance Structure (As of April 1, 2025)

Management Structure of Corporate Governance

Appointment of Directors, Executive Officers and Senior Vice Presidents

Directors are appointed at the General Shareholders Meeting based on the selection by the Nomination Committee. Executive officers and Senior Vice Presidents are appointed by the Board of Directors based on the selection by the Nomination Committee. Additionally, the company formulated the “Policies for Appointment of Directors and Executive Officers” and disclosed it to public.

  • The “Policies for Appointment of Directors and Executive Officers” is stipulated in chapter 5 of the Corporate Governance Policy.

Number of Independent Directors

8 Outside Directors

  • All Outside Directors are independent as defined by the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
  • Standards regarding Independence of Outside Directors is disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report.

Decisions regarding compensation, etc.

The Company formulated the “Policies on Decisions regarding Compensation for Directors and Executive Officers” according to the decision by the Compensation Committee and disclosed it to public.

  • The “Policies on Decisions regarding Compensation for Directors and Executive Officers” is stipulated in chapter 7 of the Corporate Governance Policy.

FY2024: Record of meetings of the Board of Directors, Nomination  Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee

From April 2024 to March 2025

Board of Directors meetings Held 14 times
Attendance: 99.4%
Nomination Committee Held 11 times
Attendance: 96.4%
Audit Committee Held 15 times
Attendance: 100%
Compensation Committee Held 12 times
Attendance: 95.0%
  • For details of the attendance of each director, please refer to the link below.
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