LNG

May 21 (LNGJ) - Inpex Corp., the lead developer of the Ichthys LNG project in Australia, has named Takayuki Ueda as its new Chief Executive and President from June 26 and also made changes in other senior management posts. Ueda replaces incumbent CEO Toshiaki Kitamurato who takes the post of Chairman. Ueda, aged 62, had joined Inpex in April 2017 as an Executive Vice President after various roles at the Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry. The new CEO has law degrees from the University of Tokyo and the University of Washington in the US. Inpex added that among other changes Yoichi Iwata, general manager of planning at Ichthys LNG becomes Vice President of the Ichthys Project, while Hitoshi Okawa, deputy general manager of the Perth office in Western Australia, becomes a Vice President and Director of Corporate Coordination in Perth.