Mr. Kaoru Furuya, Director

Japan, Born in 1965. Mr. Kaoru Furuya joined the Board in September 2025.

Mr. Furuya joined The Sumitomo Bank Limited in April 1989. He held several management positions at distinguished branches of SMBC, including Japan, Singapore, the U.K., Hong Kong, the U.S, Indonesia and other countries. He served as a General Manager of Syndication and Financial Institution Department and General Manager of Singapore branch in 2013 and 2018, respectively. He also held positions as General Manager of Corporate Banking Department, Asia Pacific and Senior General Manager of Asia Growing Marketing Department in 2019 and 2020. At the end of 2020, he was promoted to Deputy President Director and Chief Strategy Officer at PT Bank SMBC Indonesia Tbk.

Currently, Mr. Furuya is a Managing Director and Senior General Manager, Global Banking Unit, Supervising multi-franchise strategy in South-East Asia Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Head Office.

He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Politics (Faculty of Law) from Hosei University in 1989.