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President and chief executive officer, Nippon Oil Corporation

Nationality: Japanese.

Education: Keio University, BA.

Career: Nippon Oil, 1960–1995, marketer; 1995–1998, marketing director; 1998–1999, vice president; Nippon Mitsubishi Oil, 1999–2000, vice president; Nippon Oil Corporation, 2000–, president.

Address: 3-12 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8412 Japan; http://www.eneos.co.jp.

■ Fumiaki Watari began working at Nippon Oil in 1960. He worked his way up through the company and became president in 2000. In a world whose economy was uncertain and whose oil industry fluctuated dramatically,...