Director

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)

Independent Director

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)

Independent Director (Member of Audit & Supervisory Committee)

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)