Class NK Reorganises board

Classification society ClassNK has reorganised its board of directors consolidating the board from eight to five members. Noboru Ueda will continue to serve as chairman and president as well as a representative director of the society. Current executive vice president Yasushi Nakamura will continue in his present role, but has additionally been named a representative director of the society. They will be joined by Koichi Fujiwara, who will continue in his current role as executive vice president, as well as Tetsushi Agata and Tetsuya Kinoshita, who have both been promoted from managing director to executive vice president. Previous executive vice presidents Toshitomo Matsui, Shosuke Kakubari and Dr. Takuya Yoneya have been appointed as advisors to the organisation.