02.05.2024
Motoi Mitanihara has joined the Board of Directors of GNS Japan K.K. and now heads the Japanese subsidiary of GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH as Director & CEO. He has taken over this function from Dr Linus Bettermann, Director Sales of GNS, who has been instrumental in the development GNS's activities in Japan and who had headed GNS Japan since its foundation three years ago.
GNS Japan K.K. was founded in Tokyo at the beginning of 2021 to conduct the approval and market launch of the CASTOR® geo26JP fuel casks specially developed for the Japanese market and to promote further GNS products and services. The corporation under Japanese law now has eight permanent employees in Tokyo.
Dr. Linus Bettermann: „With Motoi Mitanihara, we have succeeded in gaining a competent and experienced successor for the management of GNS Japan. Thanks to his profound knowledge of the Japanese energy sector and his excellent network, he can decisively advance our business in Japan. I am very much looking forward to working with him to establish our tried-and-tested spent fuel and waste management solutions with our discerning Japanese customers."
Daniel Oehr, CEO of the GNS-Group: „Thanks to the commitment of Linus Bettermann and his team in Tokyo, GNS Japan has already made excellent progress since its foundation in 2021. I am delighted that we will now further develop our market presence in Japan together with Motoi Mitanihara and tackle the next goals. With his valuable international expertise, Motoi Mitanihara will also strengthen the GNS management team. Our internationalisation strategy is thus taking further shape.“
After receiving a master’s degree in public administration, Motoi Mitanihara (42) initially worked for 15 years until April 2023 in the nuclear fuel section of the Japanese ITOCHU Corporation. He then worked for the Tokyo-based battery and renewables start-up PowerX as a Business Development Manager.
Picture: Daniel Oehr, CEO GNS, Motoi Mitanihara, Dr. Linus Bettermann (left to right)