As of October 1, 2024

• 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

  Toyohiro Akao

  Information & Electronics, Life Industry (assisting), Northeast Asia

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1959

  Apr. 1982	Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2004	General Manager, Display & Imaging Div.
  Jun. 2005	Executive Officer
  Jun. 2010	Director, Executive Officer
  Apr. 2011	General Manager, Electronics Materials & Equipment Div.
  Apr. 2012	General Manager, Information & Electronics Div. I, Information & Electronics Div. II and Information & Electronics Div. III
  Apr. 2013	In charge of Information & Electronics Div. I, Information & Electronics Div. II and Information & Electronics Div. III
  Jun. 2013	Director, Managing Executive Officer
  Jun. 2014	In charge of Chemicals Div. and Life Industry Div.
  Jun. 2015	Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (present)
  Apr. 2016	In charge of Information & Electronics segment (present), in charge of Chemicals and Life Industry segments, the Americas and Europe
  Jun.2024	In charge of Life Industry segment (assisting)(present), Northeast Asia (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

  Takashi Shigemori

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1958

  Apr. 1983	Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2012	Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2016	Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2019	Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2019	Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2021	Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. Director, Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co, Ltd. (Non-Executive Director)(present)
  Apr. 2023	Advisor, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (present)
  Jun. 2023	Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)

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• Director

  Takako Hagiwara*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1961

  Apr. 1984	Joined Sony Corp. (now Sony Group Corp.)
  Apr. 2002	General Manager, Human Resources Div., NACS, Sony Corp.
  Apr. 2006	General Manager, Human Resources Development Div., Ccorporate Human Resources, Sony Corp.
  Apr. 2008	General Manager, Diversity Development Div., Corporate Human Resources, Sony Corp.
  Apr. 2014	Representative Director, Sony Hikari Corp. and Sony Kibou Corp. (now Sony Kibou/Hikari Corp.)
  Feb. 2015	Director, Chief Health Officer, Green House Co., Ltd.
  Jul. 2020	Representative Director, DDD Corp. (present)
  May 2021	Outside Director, Twinbird Corp. (present)
  Jun. 2021	Outside Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)
  Jun. 2021	Outside Director, NEC Capital Solutions Ltd. (present)

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• Director

  Osamu Chonan*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1956

  Apr. 1980	Joined Kewpie Corporation
  Sep. 2008	Corporate Officer, Branch Manager, Osaka Branch Office, Kewpie Corporation
  Jul. 2012	Corporate Officer, Branch Manager, Tokyo Branch Office, 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 (present)
  Feb. 2022	Advisor, Kewpie Corporation
  Jun. 2023	Outside Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)
  Jun. 2024	Outside Director, Lotte Co., Ltd. (present)

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• Director

  Hisayuki Suekawa*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1959

  Apr. 1982	Joined Shiseido Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2008	Corporate Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2009	Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2010	Director, Corporate Executive Officer and General Manager, Business Planning Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2011	Representative Director, President and CEO, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2013	Senior Advisor, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
  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 Board Trustees, Showa Women’s University (present)
  Apr. 2023	Advisor, Nippon Kanzai Holdings Co., Ltd. (present)
  Jun.2024	Outside Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (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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• Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

  Minoru Sanari*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1958

  Apr. 1983	Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 1995	Bar admission (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
  Apr. 2008	General Counsel, Legal section, General Administration Department, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2017	Executive Officer, in charge of Governance Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2019	Senior Advisor, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2022	Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)
  Apr. 2024	Special Counsel, Hayakawa Law Offices (present)

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• Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

  Tomokazu Fujisawa*

  Biography

  

  Year of Birth: 1958

  Jul. 1984	Joined Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (present Astellas Pharma Inc.)
  Apr. 1999	Director of Planning, Medical Supply Business, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2003	Assistant to CEO, Fujisawa Healthcare Inc. (present Astellas US LLC)
  Apr. 2013	Vice President of Internal Auditing, Astellas Pharma Inc.
  Jun. 2014	Full-Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Astellas Pharma Inc.
  Jun. 2018	Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Astellas Pharma Inc.
  Jun. 2022	Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)

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• Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

  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	Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)
  Jan. 2024	Senior Advisor, Newton Investment Partners, Inc. (now Japan Activation Capital, Inc.) (present)

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• 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 Corp.)
  Oct. 1991	Joined Chuo Shinko Audit Corp. (later Misuzu Audit Corp.)
  Jul. 2005	Partner, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corp. (later Misuzu Audit Corp.)
  Aug. 2007	Joined Shin Nihon & Co. (now Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
  Jun. 2022	Outside 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	Outside 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 outside directors and the requirements for independent officers set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Criteria for Independence of Outside Directors