Biography

As of Jun. 22, 2023

Representative Director, Chairman and CEO

Akihiko Ouchi

(Date of Birth : Jan. 2, 1945)

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Mar. 1967
Joined the Company
Apr. 1994
Manager, Nagoya Branch Office
Mar. 1998
Plant Manager, Tatsuno Plant, Production Div.
Jun. 2000
Director, Plant Manager, Tatsuno Plant, Production Div.
May 2002
Director, Executive General Manager, Production Div.
Jun. 2002
Managing Director, Executive General Manager, Production Div.
Jun. 2004
Representative Director, President
Jun. 2011
Representative Director, President, CEO and COO
Apr. 2014
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO (current position)

Representative Director, President, CEO and COO

Makoto Hattori

(Date of Birth : Oct. 12, 1957)

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Apr. 1980
Joined the Company
Oct. 2005
General Manager, Semiconductor Materials Dept., Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div.
Oct. 2009
Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div., General Manager, Semiconductor Materials Dept.
Oct. 2011
Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div.
Apr. 2014
Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div.
Jun. 2015
Director, Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div.
Apr. 2017
Director, Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Business Administration Div.
Apr. 2020
Representative Director, President, CEO and COO (current position)

Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer

Tsunetoshi Mochizuki

(Date of Birth : May 12, 1958)

Executive General Manager, General Affairs & Human Resources Div.

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Jan. 1983
Joined the Company
Jun. 2006
General Manager, General Affairs & Legal Dept. and Human Resources Dept., General Affairs & Human Resources Div.
Jun. 2011
Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, General Affairs & Human Resources Div., General Manager, General Affairs & Legal Dept. and Human Resources Dept.
Apr. 2014
Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, General Affairs & Human Resources Div., General Manager, Human Resources Dept.
Oct. 2014
Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, General Affairs & Human Resources Div.
Jun. 2015
Director, Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, General Affairs & Human Resources Div.
Apr. 2020
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, General Affairs & Human Resources Div. (current position)

Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer

Takeshi Kaiya

(Date of Birth : Nov. 19, 1961)

Executive General Manager, Business Administration Div.

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Apr. 1984
Joined the Company
Oct. 2008
General Manager, Information Electronic Materials Dept., Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div.
Oct. 2013
Deputy Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div.
Apr. 2014
Deputy Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div., General Manager, Advanced Materials Sales Dept. of Osaka Branch Office
Mar. 2016
Deputy Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div., General Manager, Business Support Dept.
Apr. 2017
Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div.
May 2019
Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Advanced Materials Operations, Business Administration Div., General Manager, QMS Management Office
Apr. 2020
Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Business Administration Div.
Jun. 2020
Director, Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Business Administration Div.
Apr. 2023
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Business Administration Div. (current position)

Director, Managing Executive Officer

Yoichi Shibano

(Date of Birth : Nov. 14, 1963)

Executive General Manager, Administration Div.

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Apr. 1987
Joined the Company
Mar. 2015
Director, LINTEC ASIA Pacific Regional Headquarters (seconded)
Apr. 2018
Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Administration Div. and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Dept.
Apr. 2021
Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Administration Div. and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Dept.
Jun. 2021
Director, Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Administration Div. and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Dept.
Apr. 2023
Director, Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Administration Div. (current position)

Director, Managing Executive Officer

Hiroyuki Matsuo

(Date of Birth : Mar. 7, 1960)

Executive General Manager, Production Div., and in charge of Quality Assurance Div. and Environment & Safety Div.

Apr. 1982
Joined the Company
Oct. 2008
Manager, Production Dept., Agatsuma Plant, Production Div.
Oct. 2010
Assistant Plant Manager, Agatsuma Plant, Production Div.
Apr. 2014
President, LINTEC KOREA, INC. (seconded)
Apr. 2017
Executive Officer, Plant Manager, Agatsuma Plant, Production Div.
Oct. 2022
Executive Officer, Deputy Executive General Manager, Production Div.
Apr. 2023
Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Production Div., and in charge of Quality Assurance Div. and Environment & Safety Div.
Jun. 2023
Director, Managing Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Production Div., and in charge of Quality Assurance Div. and Environment & Safety Div. (current position)

Outside Director

Akira Sebe

(Date of Birth : Dec. 12, 1965)

Exective Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning
Division, in charge of Subsidiaries and Affiliated Companies, and
International Business Div., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Apr. 1988
Joined Jujo Paper Co., Ltd.
Jul. 2014
General Manager, Forestry Dept., Raw Material & Purchasing Div., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2016
Deputy General Manager, Raw Material & Purchasing Div.; General Manager, Forestry Dept., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2018
General Manager, Raw Material & Purchasing Div.; General Manager, Forestry Dept., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2020
General Manager, Raw Material & Purchasing Div., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2020
Executive Officer, Raw Material & Purchasing Div., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2021
Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Jun. 2021
Exective Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning
Division, in charge of Subsidiaries and Affiliated Companies, and International
Business Div., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (current position)

Outside Director

Satoshi Ohoka

(Date of Birth : Apr. 24, 1951)

Outside Director, Ryobi Limited

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Apr. 1975
Joined Japan Development Bank
Jun. 1999
Assistant General Manager, Capital Investment Research Center, Japan Development Bank
May 2002
Deputy Director General, Development Bank of Japan (current Development Bank of Japan Inc.)
Apr. 2003
Professor, Nihon University, Advanced Research Institute for the Sciences and Humanities
Lecturer, Keio University, Environment and Information Studies
Lecturer, Chuo University, Graduate School of Commerce
Aug. 2004
Outside Director, Biznet Corporation
Jun. 2006
Outside Director, Ryobi Limited (current position)
Jun. 2012
Outside Director of the Company
Jun. 2015
Outside Director / Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of the Company
Jun. 2023
Outside Director of the Company (current position)

Outside Director

Akiko Okushima

(Date of Birth : Feb. 1, 1958)

Representative Director and President, JBtoB CO., LTD.

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Apr. 1981
Joined IBM Japan Ltd.
Apr. 1991
Joined Electronic Data Systems Japan Ltd.
Feb. 1995
General Manager, Commercial Service Dept., Electronic Data Systems Japan Ltd.
Mar. 1996
General Manager, Data Warehouse Planning Dept., Japan Digital Equipment Ltd.
Oct. 1998
Representative Director, President of the US Branch, Pharma Data Mining Research Institute, Inc.
Jul. 1999
Representative Director and President, Brio Technology Japan Ltd.
Mar. 2001
Representative Director and President, JBtoB CO., LTD. (current position)
Jun. 2020
Outside Director of the Company (current position)

Director / Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Masaaki Kimura

(Date of Birth : Oct. 9, 1961)

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Attendance to the meetings of the Audit and Supervisory Committee:13/13 meetings (FY2023/3)

Mar. 1988
Joined the Company
Apr. 2006
General Manager, Audit Office
Oct. 2012
General Manager, General Affairs & Legal Dept., General Affairs & Human Resources Div.
Apr. 2021
Chief Project Manager, General Affairs & Human Resources Div.
Jun. 2021
Director / Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current position)

Outside Director / Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Kanako Osawa

(Date of Birth : Dec. 22, 1970)

Attorney of Kajitani Law Offices
Outside Director, TPR Co., Ltd.
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Toshiba Tec Corporation

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Attendance to the meetings of the Audit and Supervisory Committee:13/13 meetings (FY2023/3)

Apr. 1998
Certified as an attorney, joined Kajitani Law Offices (to present)
Oct. 2005
Admitted to practice law in the State of New York, U.S.
Jun. 2015
Outside Director / Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (current position)
Jun. 2021
Outside Director, TPR Co., Ltd. (current position)
Mar. 2022
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2022
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Toshiba Tec Corporation (current position)

Outside Director / Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Shigeru Sugimoto

(Date of Birth : Oct. 12, 1958)

Representative, Crowe Sakura & Co.
Representative, Sakura & Co.
Representative Member, Sakura LLC

Attendance to the meetings of the Board of Directors:14/14 meetings (FY2023/3)

Apr. 1982
Joined Housing and Urban Development Corporation (currently Urban Renaissance Agency)
Oct. 1985
Joined Showa Ota & Co. (currently ERNST & YOUNG SHINNIHON LLC)
Jun. 1987
Registered as Real Estate Appraiser
Jul. 1988
Representative, Sakura & Co. (currently Crowe Sakura & Co.) (current position)
Feb. 1989
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Mar. 1992
Registered as Certified Tax Accountant
Dec. 1995
Representative Member, Sakura Audit Corporation (currently Sakura LLC) (current position)
Apr. 2008
Visiting Professor, Chuo University Graduate School
Jun. 2012
Outside Director, TSUMURA & CO
Nov. 2013
Supervisory Officer, Hulic Reit, Inc.
Jun. 2021
Outside Director of the Company
Jul. 2021
Representative, Sakura & Co. (current position)
Jun. 2023
Outside Director / Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (current position)