Naoki Kawamoto is graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Kyushu University in 1984. His graduation thesis was on coal liquefaction. After graduation, he joined Idemitsu Kosan. Since joining the company until 2019, he has been consistently involved in establishing and expanding the coal value chain.
The first seven years were spent in oil-to-coal fuel conversion activities and coal sales, followed by 16 years in the development and purchasing of coal resources in Australia, China, Indonesia and Russia, both at the head office and in Beijing, China.
From 2008, he was responsible for crude oil, fuel oil and coal sales to Japanese power and steel companies in the Sales Department at head office for six years, followed by five years as Deputy General Manager of the Coal Division and three years as Managing Director of Idemitsu Australia, the operator company of three coal mines in Australia. After 35 years in the coal supply chain, from mine development to coal procurement and sales, he was Head of Black Pellet Business Development from 2019 until June 2022, when he stepped back and now works in the BP business as a senior.
