As of July 1, 2026

• Director, President

  Katsutaro Inabata

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1959

  Jan. 1989	Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 1995	Director
  Apr. 1996	General Manager, Plastics Div. II
  Jun. 1997	Managing Director
  Jul. 2000	General Manager, IT Business Planning & Services, Corporate Communications
  Jul. 2001	General Manager, Corporate Planning
  Apr. 2002	General Manager, Global Environment
  Jun. 2003	Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Global Strategy
  Apr. 2005	Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
  Dec. 2005	Director, President (present)

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• Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer

  Kenichi Yokota

  Administrative Affairs

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1962

  Jul. 1996	Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
  Jul. 2004	General Manager, Finance
  Jun. 2005	Executive Officer
  Jun. 2008	Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning
  May 2009	In charge of Internal Audit Office
  Jun. 2009	General Manager, Financial Management Dpet.
  Apr. 2011	Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept.
  Apr. 2013	In charge of Financial Management Office, Deputy General Manager, International Affiliate Management Office
  Jun. 2013	In charge of Risk Management Office
  Jun. 2014	Director, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Business Process Management Office
  Apr. 2016	In charge of Financial Management, Investor Relations, Business Process Management, Risk Management, International Affiliate Management
  Jun. 2016	In charge of General Affairs, Information Technology
  Jun. 2017	Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (present)
  Jun. 2021	In charge of Administrative Affairs (present)

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• Director, Managing Executive Officer

  Yutaka Takahashi

  Chemicals, Life Industry, Information & Electronics (assisting), the Americas and Europe

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1964

  Apr. 1987	Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
  Jul. 2016	General Manager, Housing & Eco Materials Div.
  Apr. 2019	General Manager, Chemicals Div.
  Jun. 2020	Executive Officer
  Jun. 2022	In charge of Life Industry segment (assisting)
  Jun. 2024	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Chemicals and Life Industry segments (present) In charge of the Americas and Europe (present)
  Jun. 2026	Director, Managing Executive Officer (present) In charge of Information & Electronics segment (assisting) (present)

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• Director

  Noriaki Takeshita

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1958

  Apr. 1982	Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2010	Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2013	Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2017	Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2018	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2023	Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2024	Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2025	Director, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2025	Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present) Advisor, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. Director (Non-Executive Director), Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited. (present)

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• Independent Director, Chairperson of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee

  Osamu Chonan*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1956

  Apr. 1980	Joined Kewpie Corporation
  Sep. 2008	Corporate Officer, Manager of Osaka Branch, Kewpie Corporation
  Jul. 2012	Corporate Officer, Manager of Tokyo Branch, Kewpie Corporation
  Feb. 2014	Director, Branch Manager, Tokyo Branch Office, Kewpie Corporation
  Feb. 2016	Director, Executive Corporate Officer, Kewpie Corporation
  Feb. 2017	Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Corporate Officer, Kewpie Corporation
  May. 2021	Chairman, Kewpie Mirai Tamago Foundation
  Feb. 2022	Advisor, Kewpie Corporation
  Jun. 2023	Independent Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)
  Jun. 2024	Outside Director, Lotte Co., Ltd. (present)

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• Independent Director

  Hisayuki Suekawa*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1959

  Apr. 1982	Joined Shiseido Company, Limited
  Apr. 2008	Corporate Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Shiseido Company, Limited
  Jun. 2009	Director, Corporate Officer, and General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Shiseido Company, Limited
  Apr. 2010	Director, Corporate Executive Officer and General Manager, Business Planning Department, Shiseido Company, Limited
  Apr. 2011	Representative Director, President and CEO, Shiseido Company, Limited
  Apr. 2013	Senior Advisor, Shiseido Company, Limited
  Jun. 2014	Outside Director, Nitta Gelatin Inc.
  Jun. 2017	Outside Director, SAN HOLDINGS, INC.
  Jul. 2019	Advisor, NIPPON KANZAI Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2020	Unaffiliated Director, Morishita Jintan Co., Ltd. (present)
  Apr. 2023	Member, The Board of Trustees, Showa Women’s University (present) Advisor, NIPPON KANZAI HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
  Jun.2024	Independent Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)

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• Independent Director

  Mari Ikegaki*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1964

  Apr. 1987	Joined Morgan Stanley International Limited Tokyo Branch (now Morgan Stanley Group Co., Ltd.)
  Dec. 2006	Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
  Dec. 2008	Director, Morgan Stanley Japan Business Group Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2010	Director, Head of Human Resources Department, Morgan Stanley Group Co., Ltd. Representative Director, Morgan Stanley Japan Business Group Co., Ltd.
  Jan. 2012	Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Member of Management Committee, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.
  Nov. 2013	Outside Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2025	Trustee, Ferris Jogakuin (present) Independent Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present) Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), COMTURE CORPORATION (present)

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• Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

  Nobukazu Kuboi

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1962

  Jul. 2001	Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2013	General Manager, Financial Manegement Office
  Jun. 2017	Exective Officer
  Jun. 2020	Audit and Supervisory Board Member
  Jun. 2022	Audit and Supervisory Officer General Manager, Audit and Supervisory Committee Office
  Jun. 2024	Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (present)

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• Independent Director, Chairperson of the Audit and Supervisory Committee

  Noriya Yokota*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1961

  Apr. 1984	Joined Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (now Kirin Holdings Company, Limited)
  Mar. 2011	General Manager, Sendai Plant, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
  Mar. 2014	Executive Officer, General Manager, Production & Quality Control Department, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
  Apr. 2015	Director of Group Personnel & General Affairs, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited Executive Officer, General Manager, Personnel & General Affairs Department, Kirin Company, Limited (now Kirin Holdings Company, Limited)
  Mar. 2017	Senior Executive Officer, Director of Corporate Strategy, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Kirin Company, Limited Director of the Board, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Company (now Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.)
  Mar. 2018	Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited Senior Executive Officer, Kirin Company, Limited Director of the Board, Kirin Business System Company, Limited
  Mar. 2022	Director of the Board, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
  Jun. 2023	Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)
  Jan. 2024	Senior Advisor, Newton Investment Partners, Inc. (now Japan Activation Capital, Inc.) (present)
  Jun. 2026	Member of the Board, Outside Director (Independent Director), J-OIL MILLS, INC.

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• Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

  Shiho Ito*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1963

  Apr. 1987	Joined Toyo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation)
  Oct. 1991	Joined Chuo Shinko Audit Corporation (later Misuzu Audit Corp.)
  Jul. 2005	Partner, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corp. (later Misuzu Audit Corp.)
  Aug. 2007	Partner, Shin Nihon & Co. (now Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
  Jun. 2022	External Director, Japan Display Inc. (present)
  Jul. 2022	Established Shiho Ito certified public accountant’s office (present)
  Dec. 2023	Supervisory Director, Nomura Real Estate Private REIT, Inc. (present)
  Jun.2024	Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)
  Jun.2025	Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time), The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (present)

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• Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

  Yoshikazu Yasui*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1960

  Apr. 1984	Joined Mitsubishi Metal Corporation (now Mitsubishi Materials Corporation)
  Jun. 2011	General Manager Aluminum Div., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Director of the Board, Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd. (now MA Aluminum Corporation) Director of the Board, Universal Can Corporation (now ALTEMIRA Can Co.,Ltd.)
  Apr. 2015	Operating Officer, General Manager, Human Resources Dept., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Director of the Board, Material Business Support Corp.
  Apr. 2018	Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Div., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
  Apr. 2020	Senior Executive Councilor, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
  Jun. 2020	Director, full-time Audit Committee member, and Nomination Committee member, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
  Jun. 2026	Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)

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• Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

  Keiko Shindo*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1970

  Apr. 1993	Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
  Dec. 2000	Joined DuPont K.K.
  Dec. 2010	Bar admission (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
  Jan. 2011	Joined Matsumura International Law Office (now Shindo & Matsumura Law Office)
  Oct. 2013	Joined the Consumer Affairs Agency of Japan (fixed-term national goverment official)
  May 2015	Bar readmission (Daini Tokyo Bar Association) Joined Fujikura Ltd.
  Oct. 2016	General Manager of Legal Deparment, Fujikura Ltd.
  Apr. 2021	Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Governance Unit, Fujikura Ltd.
  Apr. 2026	Executive Advisor, Fujikura Ltd. (present)
  Jun. 2026	Independent Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)

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(*) These directors meet the requirements for outside directors as defined in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act as well as Inabata’s criteria for independence for independent directors and the requirements for independent officers set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Criteria for Independence of Independent Directors