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Leadership

Directors of the Board
Corporate Executive Officers
Executive Officers

As of April. 1, 2024

Directors of the Board

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Director of the Board

Jean-Marc Gilson

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Director of the Board

Ken Fujiwara

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Director of the Board

Glenn Fredrickson

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Director of the Board

Nobuo Fukuda

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Outside Director of the Board

Takayuki Hashimoto

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Outside Director of the Board

Chikatomo Hodo

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Outside Director of the Board

Kiyomi Kikuchi

Attorney-at-law

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Outside Director of the Board

Tatsumi Yamada

Certified public accountant

Corporate Executive Officers

Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer	Manabu Chikumoto
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President	Yasuo Shimodaira Head of Basic Materials & Polymers
Executive Vice President, General Counsel	Ken Fujiwara Supervising – Legal, Human Resources, Corporate Administration, Communication, Government Affairs and Corporate Secretary
Executive Vice President	Frank Randall (Randy) Queen Head of Specialty Materials
Executive Vice President	Satoshi Kurokawa Head of MMA & Derivatives
Executive Vice President	Akihiro Tsujimura Head of Pharma
Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer	Isao Yano Supervising – Internal Control and Risk Management, Audit
Senior Vice President Chief Technology Officer	Toshiya Katsuragi
Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer	Yuji Ichimura

Executive Officers

Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer	Naoto Yabe
Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer	Noriyuki Mita
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer	Minoru Kida Supervising – Finance and IR
Vice President Chief Supply Chain Officer	Yoshio Akahane
Vice President Chief Human Resource Officer	Masahiko Tanaka
Vice President	Susumu Sakurai Director, Legal Div.
Vice President	Yosuke Egawa Senior Director, Advanced Films & Polymers Domain Specialty Materials
Vice President	Satoshi Wakabayashi Senior Director, Advanced Solutions Domain Specialty Materials
Vice President	Franck Ruel Senior Director, Advanced Composites & Shapes Domain Specialty Materials

Related Information

Corporate Governance

Head shot: Jean-Marc Gilson

Director of the Board

Jean-Marc Gilson

Aug. 1989	Joined Dow Corning Corp.
Jun. 2005	Corporate Vice President & General Manager of Specialty Chemicals Business, President Asian Area of Dow Corning Corp. (until Jun. 2009) Shareholder Representative Director of Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd. (until Jun. 2009)
Jun. 2009	Executive Vice President & General Manager of Specialty Chemicals Business of Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd. (until Dec. 2010)
Feb. 2011	Chief Executive Officer of Avantor Performance Materials (until Dec. 2011)
Feb. 2012	Vice Chairman & Chief Operating Officer of NuSil Technology LLC (until Jun. 2014)
Sep. 2014	Chief Executive Officer of Roquette Frères (until Dec. 2020)
Feb. 2021	Executive Advisor of MCHC
Apr. 2021	Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO of MCHC
Jun. 2021	Director of the Board, Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO of MCHC
Apr. 2024	Director of the Board of MCG (current)

Head shot: Ken Fujiwara

Director of the Board,
Managing Corporate Executive Officer,
Chief Group Compliance Officer

Ken Fujiwara

Apr. 1984	Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Ltd.
Apr. 2015	Executive Officer of MCHC
Apr. 2017	Executive Officer of MCC (until Mar.2018)
Apr. 2018	Managing Corporate Executive Officer of MCHC
Jun. 2018	Director of the Board, Managing Corporate Executive Officer of MCHC
Jun. 2020	Director of MTPC (current)
Apr. 2022	Director of the Board, Executive Vice President of MCHC (current) Director of the Board of MCC (current) Director of the Board of LSII (until Jun. 2022)

Head shot: Glenn H. Fredrickson

Director of the Board

Glenn H. Fredrickson

Jan. 1990	Associate Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials, University of California,Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Jul. 1991	Distinguished Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials, UCSB (current)
May 1998	Chairperson, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCSB (until Jul. 2001)
Mar. 2001	Director, Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials, UCSB (current)
Apr. 2014	Managing Executive Officer of MCHC
Jun. 2014	Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer of MCHC
Jun. 2015	Director of the Board, Managing Corporate Executive Officer of MCHC
Apr. 2017	Director of the Board of MCHC (current)

Head shot: Nobuo Fukuda

Director of the Board

Nobuo Fukuda

Apr. 1981	Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Ltd.
Apr. 2019	Representative Director, Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer of MCC
Apr. 2022	Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of MCHC (until Mar. 2023) Representative Director, Director of the Board of MCC (until Jun. 2023)
Jun. 2023	Director of the Board of MCG (current)

Head shot: Takayuki Hashimoto

Outside Director of the Board

Takayuki Hashimoto

Apr. 1978	Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
Apr. 2000	Member of the Board of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Apr. 2003	Managing Executive Officer of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Jan. 2007	Senior Managing Executive Officer of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Apr. 2008	Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Jan. 2009	Director of the Board, President of IBM Japan, Ltd.
May 2012	Director of the Board, Chairperson of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Apr. 2014	Chairperson of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Jan. 2015	Vice Chairperson of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Jun. 2016	Outside Director of MCHC (current)
May. 2017	Honorary Executive Advisor of IBM Japan, Ltd. (current)

Head shot: Chikatomo Hodo

Outside Director of the Board

Chikatomo Hodo

Sep. 1982	Joined Accenture Japan Ltd
Sep. 2005	Representative Director of Accenture Japan Ltd
Apr. 2006	Representative Director and President of Accenture Japan Ltd
Sep. 2015	Director and Chairman of Accenture Japan Ltd
Sep. 2017	Director and Senior Corporate Advisor of Accenture Japan Ltd
Jul. 2018	Senior Corporate Advisor of Accenture Japan Ltd (until Aug. 2021)
Jun. 2019	Outside Director of MCHC (current)

Head shot: Kiyomi Kikuchi

Outside Director of the Board

Kiyomi Kikuchi

Apr. 1986	Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) (until Dec. 1990)
Apr. 1999	Registered as a lawyer Asahi Law Offices
Sep. 2002	Allen & Overy LLP (London)
May. 2003	Admitted to the bar of the State of New York
Oct. 2003	Asahi Law Offices
Sep. 2004	Taiyo Law Office (currently Paul Hastings LLP/Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)
Sep. 2006	JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2008	TMI Associates (current)
Jun. 2019	Outside Director of MCHC (current)

Head shot: Tatsumi Yamada

Outside Director of the Board

Tatsumi Yamada

Certified public accountant

Apr. 1976	Joined Sumitomo Corporation (until Jun. 1993)
Mar. 1980	Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
Jul. 1993	Chuo Audit Corporation (until Mar. 2001)
Apr. 2001	Board member of The International Accounting Standards Board (until Jun. 2011)
Sep. 2011	KPMG AZSA LLC (until Jun. 2018)
Jan. 2012	Board member of KPMG AZSA LLC (until Jun. 2015)
Feb. 2014	Founding member of International Integrated Reporting Council (currently Value Reporting Foundation) (until Jun. 2022)
Oct. 2014	Trustee of International Valuation Standards Council (until Oct. 2020)
Sep. 2015	Specially appointed professor of Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University (current)
Apr. 2016	Member of the Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board for FSA (until Mar. 2022)
Jun. 2020	Outside Director of MCHC (current)