• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Toshiro Kudama

JERA Asia Pte. Ltd.

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Kudama started his professional career at Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TEPCO) in 1982. Since then, he has been a steady and active player on the global energy scene, with an extensive and excellent track record of stints at TEPCO’s Washington D.C. office and global organizations including the OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development) and IEA (International Energy Agency) in Paris. Maximizing his engineering background and international management skills, Mr. Kudama led TEPCO’s overseas businesses in executive positions in the International Affairs Department for decades. In 2016, he joined JERA and took the post of chief power development officer and senior executive vice president in charge of diverse energy projects including offshore wind power, LNG liquification, and state-of-the-art storage battery projects in different markets. Until now, he has engaged in investments in 30 projects in 14 countries totaling 3 billion USD. Mr. Kudama served as CEO of JERA Americas from 2018 until 2019. He currently resides in Singapore and serves as CEO of JERA Asia Pte. Ltd., covering the rapidly growing markets of Asia and the Middle East.

Sessions With Toshiro Kudama

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Asia Gas in a World of Transition
    Upstream Oil & Gas

    As the public demand for a low carbon pathway increases, markets in Asia are slowly responding. China, South Korea, and Thailand have moved to increase their shares of natural gas at the expense of coal. Even Vietnam, which traditionally has relied heavily on coal, is taking steps to build up its gas infrastructure. As global LNG supply continues to grow, the need to find new markets is increasingly pressing. However, LNG contracting activity remains predominantly in its traditional markets of China, Japan, and South Korea. If low LNG prices are not enough to incentivize new demand, what else can be done? As other gas markets across Asia also undergo market liberalization, what are companies doing to prepare themselves for this challenge?