|
Position |
Name |
Date of birth |
Brief career history |
|
Executive Director, Chairman and CEO |
Hiromi Tazaki |
December 23, 1950 |
May 1981 Joined T. TAZAKI&Co Ltd March 1988 Director at incorporation of the Company August 1991 Representative Director of T. TAZAKI&Co Ltd January 2000 Representative Director of the Company March 2005 Chairman and Director of the Company April 2008 Managing Director of the Company January 2011 Chairman, CEO and Representative Director of the Company March 2015 Chairman and Director of the Company January 2022 Chairman and CEO of the Company (to present) March 2022 Founder and President of JAC Environmental & Animal Protection Foundation (to present) |
|
Executive Director, and Chief Adviser |
Tadayoshi Tazaki |
July 16, 1943 |
November 1974 Director at incorporation of T. TAZAKI&Co Ltd March 1988 Representative Director at incorporation of the Company January 2000 Director of the Company March 2005 Director and Adviser of the Company March 2012 Director and Chief Adviser of the Company (to present) August 2016 Chairman of The Tazaki Foundation (to present) |
|
Executive Director, Head of Sales |
Hiroki Yamada |
May 11, 1973 |
August 2003 Joined the Company April 2016 Associate Director of the Company January 2017 General Manager, Business Headquarters of the Company (to present) March 2020 Director of the Company March 2022 Executive Director of the Company (to present) March 2023 Director of JAC International Co., Ltd. (to present) November 2025 Representative Liquidator of VantagePoint K.K. (to present) |
|
Executive Director, Head of Global Business Headquarters |
Stephen Blundell |
November 9, 1960 |
September 1981 Joined CLB Chartered Accountants September 1987 Joined Delta Group plc as Assistant Group Financial Controller March 1989 Joined T. TAZAKI&Co Ltd September 1991 Finance Director and Group CFO of T. TAZAKI&Co Ltd August 1995 Group CFO and Head of UK Operations of T.TAZAKI&Co Ltd March 2012 Finance Director and Group CFO of JAC Recruitment International Ltd (to present) March 2024 Director and Head of Global Business Headquarters of the Company (to present) October 2025 Director of VantagePoint K.K. |
(As of 26 March 2026)
|
Position |
Name |
Date of birth |
Brief career history |
|
External Director |
Yutaka Kase |
February 19, 1947 |
May 1970 Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation November 1992 President of Nissho Iwai New Zealand Corporation and General Manager of Auckland Branch April 1995 General Manager, Wood Products Department of Nissho Iwai Corporation June 1997 General Manager, Portland Branch of Nissho Iwai American Corporation January 1999 Group Executive, Consumer Life & Resources Business Group of Nissho Iwai Corporation June 2001 Executive Officer of Nissho Iwai Corporation Executive Vice President of Nissho Iwai American Corporation April 2002 President, Chemicals & Forest Products Company of Nissho Iwai Corporation April 2003 Director and Managing Executive Officer of Nissho Iwai Corporation April 2004 The corporate name was changed to Sojitz Corporation due to the merger of Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Sojitz Corporation August 2004 Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Sojitz Corporation October 2005 The corporate name was changed to Sojitz Corporation due to the merger of Sojitz Holdings Corporation and Sojitz Corporation Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Sojitz Corporation April 2007 Representative Director, President & CEO of Sojitz Corporation April 2012 Representative Director and Chairman of the Board of Sojitz Corporation June 2013 External Director of Astellas Pharma Inc. March 2016 External Director of the Company (to present) June 2016 External Director of Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. June 2017 Special Adviser of Sojitz Corporation June 2018 Adviser of Sojitz Corporation |
|
External Director |
Günter Zorn |
March 23, 1953 |
November 1978 Joined Polaroid Corporation July 1985 Joined Linotype-Hell AG June 1991 Representative Director, President of Linotype-Hell K.K. April 1998 Representative Director, President of Heidelberg France S.A. April 2000 Chief Executive Officer of Heidelberg Asia Pacific July 2005 Representative Director, President of DHL Japan, Inc. April 2006 Representative Director, President of DHL Japan, Inc. and Executive Vice President for North Pacific in Pacific Region of DHL Express April 2009 Representative Director, President of z-anshin K.K. (to present) June 2014 External Director of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. March 2020 External Director of the Company (to present) |
|
External Director |
Nobuhide Nakaido |
November 1, 1946 |
April 1971 Joined Sumitomo Corporation October 1973 SUMITOMO DEUSCHLAND GMBH (assigned to work in Düsseldorf) June 1992 General Manager, Machinery Systems Department of SUMITOMO DEUSCHLAND GMBH June 1996 General Manager, Machinery and Electronics Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation of America (New York, San Francisco) April 1998 Corporate Officer of Sumitomo Corporation General Manager, Machinery and Electronics Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation of America June 1998 Director and Deputy General Manager, Electronics Division of Sumitomo Corporation June 1999 Director and General Manager, Electronics Division of Sumitomo Corporation April 2002 Representative Director; Managing Director; Assistant General Manager, Information Industry Business Unit; and General Manager, Network Business Division in charge of eBusiness of Sumitomo Corporation April 2004 Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; and General Manager, Information Industry Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation April 2005 Representative Director; Executive Vice President; and Director in charge of Corporate Planning & Coordination, Legal, Global Supervision, and Secretarial Departments of Sumitomo Corporation June 2009 Chairman and President of Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation October 2011 President of SCSK Corporation June 2013 Chairman & CEO of SCSK Corporation April 2016 Director and Adviser of SCSK Corporation June 2016 Adviser of SCSK Corporation May 2017 Independent Director of Ichigo Inc. (to present) October 2018 Chairman of Japan Association for Chief Human Resource Officers (to present) March 2019 Independent Outside Director of eSOL Co., Ltd. (to present) June 2020 Outside Director of Sourcenext Corporation (to present) March 2022 External Director of the Company (to present) |
|
External Director |
Akiko Toyoda |
December 27, 1968 |
April 1992 Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (present Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) September 2000 IR Department of Mizuho Holdings, Inc. (present Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.) January 2001 Investment Banking Division of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. October 2006 Director of Lazard Frères K.K. October 2008 Senior Director of Huron Consulting Group Inc. December 2011 Managing Director of Mizuho Corporate Advisory Co.,Ltd. (present Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) October 2016 Global M&A Advisory Head of PwC Advisory LLC July 2018 Partner of PwC Advisory LLC June 2023 Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of Tamura Corporation (to present) Senior Advisor of PwC Advisory LLC (to present) June 2024 Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (to present) October 2024 Representative Partner of AKTY & Co. LLC (to present) March 2025 External Director of the Company (to present) |
(As of 26 March 2026)
|
Position |
Name |
Date of birth |
Brief career history |
|
Director and Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Toshiaki Mukaiyama |
November 16, 1967 |
April 1992 Joined Nippon Mining Co. (present ENEOS Corporation) April 2007 Manager, Foreign Exchange Group of Nippon Mining Finance Co., Ltd. July 2010 Manager, Foreign Exchange Group of JX Finance Co., Ltd. April 2012 Manager, Overseas Bases Support Group, Overseas Business Division of JX Energy Corporation April 2014 Director, Secretary, and General Manager of Administration Division of JX Nippon Oil & Energy Europe Limited April 2017 Director, Secretary, and General Manager of Administration Division of JX Nippon Oil & Energy Europe Limited,and Director, Secretary, and General Manager of Administration Division of JX Nippon & Oil Energy (EMEA) Limited February 2018 Chief Director, Finance Team, Finance Office, Corporate Service Platform of MISUMI Group Inc. January 2019 General Manager, General Planning Department, General Planning Division of FUJITEC CO., LTD., etc. May 2021 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member and External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company September 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of CareerCross Co., Ltd. (to present) September 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of VantagePoint K.K. March 2022 Director and Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (to present) March 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of JAC International Co., Ltd. (to present) |
|
Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Nodoka Nakamura |
August 16, 1980 |
October 2004 Registered as a lawyer (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association), joined Abe, Ikubo & Katayama June 2012 Seconded to Fujitsu Limited April 2013 Lecturer at Training Course of Specific Infringement Lawsuit Counsel at Japan Patent Attorneys Association August 2016 Partner, Abe, Ikubo & Katayama (to present) December 2016 Examiner of Industrial Property Council (for Patent Attorney Examination; responsible for Design Act) March 2024 Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (to present) August 2024 External Auditor of Techtouch, Inc. (to present) |
|
Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member |
Naoyasu Ozawa |
April 2, 1964 |
September 1987 Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation March 1991 Registered as a certified public accountant July 2000 Partner of ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation September 2006 Representative Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (present PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC) July 2009 General Manager, Automotive, Distribution, Consumer Goods, and Services Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata July 2013 Joined the Financial Services Agency (Executive Bureau, Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board) July 2015 Representative Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (present PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC) July 2015 General Manager, Manufacturing 3, Distribution, and Services (Automotive, Distribution, Consumer Goods, and Services) Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata July 2019 Chairperson, Partner Selection Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata July 2021 Compliance Leader, Assurance Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata July 2024 Representative of Ozawa Naoyasu Certified Public Accountant Office (to present) |
(As of 26 March 2026)