Shoichi Kaganoi currently serves as Senior Vice President of Hydrogen & CCUS Development at INPEX CORPORATION, the largest oil and gas exploration and production company in Japan. In this capacity, is responsible for the hydrogen, ammonia and CCUS/CCS project development.

Prior to his current role, Kaganoi served in leadership positions at INPEX’s Technical Division where he provided guidance and support for INPEX-operated projects worldwide. Kaganoi was previously also based in Australia, where he served as Deputy General Manager, Operations Production Support at INPEX’s Perth Office from September 2018 until March 2020, and as Engineering Manager, Ichthys LNG in Darwin in the Northern Territory from October 2014 until August 2018.

Kaganoi joined Teikoku Oil Co., Ltd., one of INPEX’s predecessors, in 1993, having graduated from the University of Tokyo with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering in 1991 and completing the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School in Mineral Development Engineering program in 1993. He also completed his master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in 1997.