The Board of Directors of Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (the Company), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sompo Holdings, Inc. sets high standards for our employees, officers and directors. Implicit in this philosophy is the importance of sound corporate governance. It is the duty of the Board of Directors to serve as a prudent fiduciary for shareholders and to oversee the management of the Company’s business.
Sompo has established several methods to facilitate the communication of ethical concerns about the Company by employees, clients, vendors and other interested parties. Such communications may be reported by accessing Convercent, a third party, anonymous and confidential incident reporting system.
Board of Directors, Sompo International Holdings Ltd.
James Shea
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sompo P&C and
CEO and Executive Director, Sompo International Holdings Ltd.
James Shea was appointed CEO of Sompo P&C in April 2025. Since September 2021, he has also served as CEO and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Sompo International Holdings Ltd., as well as CEO of the Overseas Insurance and Reinsurance Business at Sompo Holdings, Inc. He stepped down from his role as Executive Chairman in April 2025, remaining as an Executive Director.
With extensive experience in senior level positions in Canada, the US, UK, France, Japan and Singapore, Mr Shea was previously CEO of Zurich Insurance Group’s Global Commercial Insurance Business and a member of its Executive Committee from 2016 until 2021. Prior to that, he served as the President of Global Financial Lines for AIG in New York and CEO of Commercial Insurance for AIG in Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, Mr Shea held several senior underwriting and general management roles. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from McGill University.
Mikio Okumura
Group Chief Executive Officer, President
and Representative Executive Officer, Sompo Holdings, Inc.,
and Non-Executive Director, Sompo International Holdings Ltd.
Mikio Okumura is Group CEO, President and Representative Executive Officer, Sompo Holdings, Inc. He served as Executive Director of Sompo International Holdings Ltd. from January 2020 to March 2022 and served as Chief Executive Officer from January 2020 to September 2021. He has been Executive Officer of Sompo Holdings, Inc. since April 2015 and was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer in April 2022. Previously, he served as Nursing Care & Healthcare Business Owner at Sompo Holdings, Inc. and Chairman and Executive Officer of Sompo Care Inc. since April 2017.
Mr. Okumura joined the company in 1989 and, throughout his 30-year tenure with Sompo Holdings, has held leadership roles within the Overseas insurance business and corporate planning including Group level strategy planning.
Shinichi Hara
Group CHRO, Senior Executive Vice President
and Executive Officer,
Sompo Holdings, Inc. and
Non-Executive Director,
Sompo International Holdings Ltd.
Shinichi Hara is Group CHRO, Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Sompo Holdings, Inc. He has been in the current position since April 2019. He served as Senior Vice President, General Manager, Global Business Planning Department from August 2017 to March 2019. Throughout his thirty-year tenure with Sompo Holdings, he had long been involved in the asset management division, and has leadership experience in a wide range of areas, including Investor Relations, corporate planning, and overseas insurance business.
Yoshihiro Uotani
Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO),
Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Sompo Holdings, Inc.
Non-Executive Director, Sompo International Holdings Ltd.
Yoshihiro Uotani was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of Sompo Holdings in April 2025 and named as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of Directors of Sompo International Holdings Ltd. in March 2025. He also serves as Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Executive Officer of Sompo Holdings, Inc. – roles he has held since April 2021. Mr Uotani leads the company’s global risk teams and brings over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, having worked across multiple international locations including Germany, the UK, the US, and Japan. Since 2012, he has been instrumental in advancing Sompo Group’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) journey.
Mr Uotani played a critical role in the evolution and integration of the ERM functions into the Overseas insurance business, aligning it with the Group ERM framework during a phase of rapid expansion through acquisitions. Before transitioning into risk management, He held various positions within Sompo Group’s Domestic Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance, Domestic Life Insurance, and Overseas P&C Insurance businesses. He contributed significantly to establishing the operational foundations and governance frameworks for the domestic life and Overseas P&C businesses during their formative stages.
Nicholas Walsh
Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Sompo International Holdings Ltd.
Nicholas Walsh was appointed Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sompo International Holdings Ltd. in April 2025. He had been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sompo International Holdings Ltd. since June 2022. Mr. Walsh spent 42 years with AIG, where he served in numerous leadership positions. He retired in 2014 as Vice Chairman of AIG Property and Casualty Inc. and previously served as Executive Vice President of AIG Inc., CEO of AIG’s international general insurance business and chair of several AIG regional companies.
Mr. Walsh has extensive experience on internal boards and international societies. Since 2020, he has been an independent director of McGill and Partners Ltd. and McGill Global Solutions LLC, serving on all board committees. From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Walsh was an independent director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) PLC, a London-based multinational insurance broker, where he served as a member of Remuneration, Compensation and Nomination Committees and Audit and Risk Committees, and as a director of JLT’s U.S. subsidiaries. Mr. Walsh holds dual British and American citizenship. He was educated at Wellington College, United Kingdom, before studying Business Administration at CEPAC in Brussels, Belgium.