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Leadership

Directors of the Board
Corporate Executive Officers
Executive Officers

As of Sep. 1, 2022

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

Hiroshi Katayama

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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

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Outside Director of the Board

Takako Masai

Corporate Executive Officers

Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer	Jean-Marc Gilson
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer	Nobuo Fukuda
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer	Yuko Nakahira Supervising – Finance, Communication, IR and Government Affairs
Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel	Ken Fujiwara Supervising – Legal, Internal Control, Admin, HR and Corporate Administration
Executive Vice President	Johei Takimoto Head of Advanced Solutions
Executive Vice President	Hitoshi Sasaki Head of Polymers & Compounds / MMA
Executive Vice President	Yoshihiro Ikegawa Head of Petrochemical & Coal business
Executive Vice President	Hiroaki Ueno Head of Pharma
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer	Larry Meixner
Senior Vice President	Jin Iida Supervising – Audit
Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer	Yuji Ichimura
Senior Vice President	Shigeki Habuka Supervising – Government Affairs

Executive Officers

Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer	Joseph Rinaldi
Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer	Tomoyo Hiraoka Director, Human Resources Div.

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 MCG
Apr. 2021	Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO of MCG Director of the Board of TKI (current)
Jun. 2021	Director of the Board, Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO 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 MCG
Apr. 2017	Executive Officer of MCC (until Mar.2018)
Apr. 2018	Managing Corporate Executive Officer of MCG (current) CEO, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation America, Inc. (until Mar. 2019) CEO, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation Europe, GmbH (until Oct. 2020)
Jun. 2018	Director of the Board, Managing Corporate Executive Officer of MCG
Jun. 2020	Director of MTPC (current)
Apr. 2022	Director of the Board, Executive Vice President of MCG

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	Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials, UCSB (current)
May 1998	Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCSB (until Jul. 2001)
Mar. 2001	Director, Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials, UCSB (current)
Apr. 2009	Executive Director of TKI (until Mar. 2014)
Apr. 2014	Managing Executive Officer of MCG
Jun. 2014	Director of the Board, Mnaging Executive Officer of MCG
Jun. 2015	Director of the Board, Managing Corporate Executive Officer of MCG
Apr. 2017	Director of the Board of MCG (current)

Head shot: Hiroshi Katayama

Director of the Board

Hiroshi Katayama

Apr. 1983	Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Ltd.
Apr. 2014	Executive Officer of MCC
Apr. 2017	Executive Officer of MCC
Apr. 2018	Managing Executive Officer of MCC　(until Mar. 2020)
Jun. 2020	Corporate Auditor of LSII (until Jun. 2022) 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	Member of the Board, Senior Managing Officer of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Jan. 2009	Member of the Board, President of IBM Japan, Ltd.
May 2012	Member of the Board, Chairman of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Apr. 2014	Chairperson of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Jan. 2015	Vice Chairperson of IBM Japan, Ltd.
Jun. 2016	Outside Director of the Board of MCG (cuurent)
May. 2017	Honorary Executive Advisor of IBM Japan, Ltd. (cuurent)

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 the Board of MCG (cuurent)

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 the Board of MCG (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) (current)
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 the Board of MCG (current)

Head shot: Takako Masai

Outside Director of the Board

Takako Masai

Nov. 1988	Joined Tokyo Branch, The Bank of Nova Scotia
May 2007	Head of Capital Markets Division, Shinsei Bank, Limited
Oct. 2011	Head of Markets Sub-Group, Shinsei Bank, Limited
Apr. 2013	Executive Officer, Head of Markets Research Department, Markets Sub-Group, Shinsei Bank, Limited
Jul. 2015	Executive Officer, General Manager of Markets Research Department, Markets Sub-Group, Shinsei Bank,Limited
Apr. 2016	Executive Officer, General Manager of Financial Research Division, Shinsei Bank, Limited
Jun. 2016	Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan (until Jun. 2021)
Jul. 2021	Outside Director of the Board of MCG (current)