Board of Directors

Representative Director, President and CEO

Nobu Okada

Profile - Mitsunobu Okada

Career

  • Apr 1997

    Joined the Ministry of Finance

  • Jul 2001

    Joined McKinsey & Company

  • Aug 2004

    Appointed as Director and Chief Financial Officer of TurboLinux Corporation

  • Apr 2006

    Appointed as Director of KAZAKA Financial Group, Inc.

  • Feb 2007

    Appointed as Representative Director of KAZAKA Commodity Co., Ltd.

  • Mar 2007

    Appointed as Corporate Auditor of TurboLinux Co., Ltd.

  • Aug 2008

    Joined Bain Capital LLC

  • Aug 2009

    Established SUGAO PTE. LTD. and appointed as CEO

  • Aug 2012

    Established MIKAWAYA21 Co., Ltd. and appointed as Director

  • May 2013

    Established ASTROSCALE Pte. Ltd. and appointed as CEO

  • Feb 2015

    Appointed as Representative Director of ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc.

  • Mar 2017

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale Ltd (present)

  • Aug 2017

    Appointed as Director of ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc. (present)

  • May 2018

    Appointed as Fellow (FRAeS) of Royal Aeronautical Society (present)

  • Nov 2018

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale Singapore Pte. Ltd. (present)

  • Dec 2018

    Appointed as President and CEO of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

  • Mar 2019

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale U.S. Inc.

  • May 2019

    Appointed as Member of the Space Generation Advisory Council Advisory Board (present)

  • Oct 2019

    Appointed as Co-chair of Global Future Council on the Future of Space, the World Economic Forum

  • Oct 2020

    Appointed as Vice President for the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)

  • Apr 2021

    Appointed as Director of the Satellite Systems Technology Promotion Organization (present)

  • Jan 2023

    Appointed as Board Member of Impact Start-up Association (present)

  • Sep 2023

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale France SAS (present)

  • Oct 2023

    Appointed as Honorary Ambassador of International Astronautical Federation (present)

Director and COO

Christopher Blackerby

Profile - Chris Blackerby

Career

  • Oct 2002

    Joined NASA Head Office

  • Aug 2012

    Appointed as Head of NASA Asia Representative Office at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo

  • Aug 2017

    Appointed as COO of ASTROSCALE Pte Ltd.
    Appointed as Representative Director of ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc.
    Appointed as Director of Astroscale Ltd (present)

  • Aug 2018

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale Singapore Pte. Ltd. (present)

  • Dec 2018

    Appointed as Director and COO of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

  • Mar 2019

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale U.S. Inc.

  • Feb 2021

    Appointed as Director of ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc.

  • May 2022

    Appointed as Representative Director of ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc.

  • Jan 2023

    Appointed as Director of ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc. (present)

  • Sep 2023

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale France SAS (present)

Director and CFO

Nobuhiro Matsuyama

Profile - Matsu

Career

  • Apr 2009

    Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co. Ltd.

  • Jun 2012

    Joined Barclays Securities Japan Limited

  • Apr 2014

    Joined Goldman Sachs Japan Co. Ltd.

  • Sep 2016

    Joined Goldman, Sachs & Co.

  • Sep 2017

    Joined Goldman Sachs Japan Co. Ltd.

  • Dec 2021

    Appointed as Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

  • May 2022

    Appointed as Director of ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc. (present)

  • Jan 2023

    Appointed as Councilor for Global Future Council on the Future of Space, the World Economic Forum (present)

  • Jul 2023

    Appointed as Director and CFO of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

  • Sep 2023

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale France SAS (present)

Director

Yuko Noguchi

Profile - Yuko Noguchi

Career

  • Apr 1998

    Joined Mori Sogo (currently Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)

  • Jan 2008

    Appointed as Partner of Intellectual Property Group of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

  • Dec 2013

    Appointed as Head of Legal, Google Japan Inc. (present)

  • Feb 2022

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

Director

Jan Wörner

Profile - Jan Wörner

Career

  • Jul 1979

    Joined Köing und Heunisch

  • Oct 1990

    Appointed as Professor, Technical University Darmstadt

  • Jul 1995

    Appointed as Professor, Technical University Darmstadt

  • Mar 2007

    Appointed as Chair of Executive Board of German Aerospace Center

  • Jul 2015

    Appointed as Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA)

  • Apr 2021

    Appointed as President of German Academy of Science and Engineering (present)

  • Feb 2021

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

Director

Gayle Sheppard

Profile - Gayle Sheppard

Career

  • Mar 1991

    Joined J.D. EDWARDS COMPANY, INC.

  • Jan 1996

    Appointed as President of J.D. Edwards Japan K.K.

  • Sep 2000

    Appointed as CEO and President of MarketMile LLC.

  • Jul 2002

    Appointed as Vice President and Managing Director of PeopleSoft, Inc.

  • Feb 2006

    Appointed as Director of Saffron Technology

  • Jan 2013

    Appointed as CEO & Chair of Saffron Technology

  • Oct 2015

    Appointed as Vice President and General Manager, Saffron AI Group of Intel Corporation

  • Apr 2019

    Appointed as Corporate Vice President of Microsoft

  • Sep 2019

    Appointed as Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Asia of Microsoft

  • Jan 2022

    Appointed as Director of Nutanix, Inc. (present)

  • Dec 2022

    Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Bright Machines (present)

  • Jul 2023

    Appointed as Director of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

Director

Ronald Pasek

Ronald Pasek

Career

  • Jul 1991

    Joined Sun Microsystems

  • Jul 2001

    Appointed as Vice President Finance & Planning – US Field Finance at Sun Microsystem

  • Aug 2003

    Appointed as Vice President Finance – Worldwide Manufacturing at Sun Microsystems

  • Sep 2005

    Appointed as Vice President Finance – Worldwide Field Finance at Sun Microsystems

  • Sep 2008

    Appointed as Vice President – Corporate Treasurer at Sun Microsystems

  • Dec 2009

    Appointed as Senior Vice President – CFO at Altera Corporation

  • Aug 2015

    Appointed as Chairman of The Board & Audit Committee Chair at Spectra 7

  • Apr 2016

    Appointed as Executive Vice President & CFO at NetApp

  • Mar 2022

    Appointed as Board Member & Chair of Audit Committee at Sada Systems

  • Aug 2022

    Appointed as Board Member (Member of Audit Committee & Nominating & Governance Committee) at Zendesk

  • Feb 2023

    Appointed as Board Member & Chair of Audit Committee at Sun Power (present)

Full-time Corporate Auditor

Takayuki Suzuki

Profile - Takayuki Suzuki

Career

  • Apr 1975

    Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.

  • Dec 1998

    Appointed as Director of Display Technology Corporation

  • Sep 2002

    Appointed as Representative Director of Display Technology Corporation

  • Jun 2014

    Appointed as Auditor of PROTO CORPORATION

  • Nov 2018

    Appointed as Outside Auditor of Prime Strategy Co., Ltd.

  • Dec 2018

    Appointed as Full-time Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

  • Aug 2022

    Appointed as Outsider Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Prime Strategy Co., Ltd. (present)

Corporate Auditor

Hisako Matsuda

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Career

  • Aug 1997

    Registered as Solicitor, the High Court of Hong Kong

  • May 1999

    Registered as Solicitor, the Supreme Court of England and Wales

  • Oct 1999

    Joined Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners (present)

  • Jan 2004

    Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan

  • Jun 2013

    Appointed as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sunstar Inc.
    Appointed as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sunstar Engineering Inc.

  • Apr 2018

    Appointed as Visiting lecturer at Chuo University Graduate School of Law

  • Jan 2019

    Appointed as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

  • Apr 2019

    Appointed as Part-time lecturer at Doshisha University Graduate School of Law

  • Apr 2022

    Appointed as Visiting Professor of Chuo University Graduate School of Law

Corporate Auditor

Haruka Ikeda

Profile - Haruka Ikeda

Career

  • Apr 1982

    Joined Japan Associated Finance Co., Ltd. (currently JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.)

  • Apr 1983

    Joined JAFCO Ben Co., Ltd. (currently JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.)

  • Aug 1987

    Joined JAFCO Co., Ltd. (currently JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.)

  • Oct 1988

    Joined Nomura Corporate Information Co. Ltd.

  • Aug 1994

    Joined JAFCO Consulting Co., Ltd.

  • Jun 2004

    Appointed as Manager of Public Relations of JAFCO Co., Ltd. (currently JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.)

  • Jan 2019

    Joined Asian Bridge Inc.

  • Jun 2019

    Appointed as Full-time Auditor of Asian Bridge Inc.

  • Jul 2019

    Appointed as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (present)

  • Mar 2021

    Appointed as Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of ValueCommerce Co., Ltd. (present)

  • Mar 2023

    Appointed as Auditor of Paiza, Inc.

Corporate Auditor

Shinji Oshige

Shinji Oshige

Career

  • Apr 1988

    Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company

  • Jun 1998

    Joined The Boston Consulting Group Inc

  • Mar 2004

    Appointed as Executive Officer of Dream Incubator Inc.

  • Sep 2012

    Appointed as Executive Officer and Managing Director, Co-Head of the Venture and Growth Investment Group at Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (currently INCJ, Ltd. )

  • Oct 2013

    Appointed as Director of Smart Insight Inc.

  • Feb 2014

    Appointed as Director of SQUSE Inc.

  • Feb 2014

    Appointed as Director of Material Concept Inc.

  • Jul 2014

    Appointed as Director of WHILL Inc.

  • Sep 2014

    Appointed as Director of SCIVAX Inc.

  • Aug 2015

    Appointed as Director of INNOPHYS Inc.

  • Aug 2015

    Appointed as Director of SmartDrive Inc.

  • Mar 2016

    Appointed as Director of ASTROSCALE Pte. Ltd.

  • Sep 2017

    Appointed as Director of Elephantech Inc.

  • Jan 2018

    Appointed as Director of SOINN Inc.

  • May 2018

    Appointed as Director of WHILL In

  • Dec 2018

    Appointed as Director of the Company

  • Aug 2019

    Appointed as Director of Cloudian Holdings Inc.

  • Sep 2019

    Appointed as Director of Floadia Inc.

  • Jul 2020

    Appointed as Deputy Group Leader and Managing Director of the Venture and Growth Investment Group at INCJ, Inc.

  • Oct 2020

    Appointed as Director of Land Data Bank Inc.

  • Jul 2022

    Appointed as Director of the Company

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