Izumi Kai

Director, JERA Rep

Izumi Kai is the CEO of JERA Asia, as well as the Managing Executive Officer and Head of Platform Business Division, JERA Co., Inc. Previously, he was the President of JERA Energy America, which procures natural gas and power for LNG production and export. In 2016, he joined the Tokyo-based global energy company JERA Co. that produces about 30% of all electricity in Japan. Mr Kai established JERA’s LNG optimization and trading platform globally. He was appointed Head of Freeport LNG Business, Senior Vice President of JERA Americas in 2019, and Chief Strategy Officer in 2021.

Mr Kai began his career as a civil engineer at Tokyo Electric Power Company and has more than 25 years of corporate and business development experience in Japan, Malaysia, Australia and the U.S. He has led JERA Americas’ USD 2.5 billion acquisition of a 25.7% interest in the Freeport LNG from the Global Infrastructure Partners in 2022. Mr Kai graduated with a Bachelor in Civil Engineering and holds an MBA in Global Management from the Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management.