Executive Director Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc. (EJEC) Notice of the Inauguration of the New President

2023.8.8

On August 8, 2023, Mr. KIN Seikan newly assumed the position of President of Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc. At the same time, Mr. KOTANI Yuji, the former President, assumed the position of Chairperson.

Name New Position Previous Position
KOTANI Yuji Chairperson President
KIN Seikan President Executive Director

Profile of President Kin
President Kin graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University and joined Japan Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. (presently EJEC) in 1987. In addition from being engaged in practical work in the geo-technology field, he was long involved in the in-house committee for productivity improvement and others. He successfully assumed the positions of Executive Director and Head of the Corporate Administration Department of EJEC as well as Director and Head of the Planning Department of E-J Holding Inc. in 2021. Since then, he has been widening his visual field to cover the entire company, assuming the position of President in August, 2023 at the age of 60.

Brief Personal History
April, 1987 Joined Japan Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. (presently EJEC)
June, 2019 Assumed the positions of Executive Office and Deputy Head of the Disaster Mitigation and Facility Maintenance Department of EJEC
June, 2020 Assumed the positions of Senior Executive Officer and Head of the Disaster Mitigation and Facility Maintenance Department of EJEC
August, 2020 Assumed the positions of Executive Director, Executive Officer and Head of the Disaster Mitigation and Facility Maintenance Department of EJEC
June, 2021 Assumed the positions of Executive Director, Executive Officer and Head of the Corporate Administration Department of EJEC
August, 2021 Assumed the positions of Director and Head of the Planning Department of E-J Holding Inc. (currently held)
June, 2023 Assumed the position of Executive Director of E-J Holding Inc. (currently held)
August, 2023 Assumed the position of President of EJEC

Greeting from the New President
I would like to express my utmost gratitude to our clients and business partners for their continuous encouragement. I have now been inaugurated as the new President of EJEC, succeeding Mr. Yuji Kotani who has worked tirelessly as our President for 27 years. I am determined to do my best to increase the status as well as reputation of EJEC in the civil engineering consultant industry and I look forward to your continued support.
Since the merger and establishment as a new company in 2009, EJEC has steadily grown to meet its mission of "fulfilment of corporate social responsibility and contribution to the welfare of humankind while increasing the corporate value through the performance of excellent technologies to meet the challenges associated with the global environment, national land protection and infrastructure development in local areas".
To achieve further advancement, we are now in the third year of the Fifth Medium Term Management Plan (2021 – 2024; hereinafter referred to as the 5th M-T Plan). Lasting for four years, this 5th M-T Plan is considered to constitute a period of consolidation as a base to materialise our future vision of becoming "a corporation which shapes subsequent generations" by 2030. We will make every effort to inherit as well as advance the policies expressed in the Long-Term Vision 2030 and the 5th M-T Plan in order to pass the baton for a better future to the next generation.
I will endeavour to speedily achieve our goals under the new business management set-up and wholeheartedly seek your much-valued continued support and guidance.

KIN Seikan
Present
Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc.