Representative Director, President and CEO
Nobu 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

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

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

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

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

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
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

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

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

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
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
