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Member of the Board

Member of the Board
President
Representative Director

Shigeyuki Kawamura

Date of Birth: June 30, 1963
1987: Joined the Company
2016: Chairman & General Manager of Kayaku Safety Systems (Huzhou) Co., Ltd.
2020: Director
2021: Deputy Director, General Manager of Strategic Planning Division, Safety Systems Group
2021: Senior Director
Head of Safety Systems Group
2022: Managing Director
2023: Member of the Board, In charge of Mobility & Imaging Business Unit, Head of Safety Systems Group
2025: President, Representative Director (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Director

Mr. Shigeyuki Kawamura has been engaged in the plant management sector, leading the safety systems business for many years and currently serving as a Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director. The Company continuously selected him as a candidate for a Director since he has extensive global experience such as being engaged in management of overseas subsidiaries and has advanced knowledge of the overall business of the Company.

Member of the Board
Senior Managing Director

Hiroshi Shimada

Date of Birth: June 4, 1965
1989: Joined the Company
2018: President, Representative Director of NIPPONKAYAKU FOOD TECHNO CO.,LTD.
2020: General Manager of Specialty Chemicals, International & IVD Division, Pharmaceuticals Group
2021: Executive Director, General Manager of Planning & Coordination Division, Pharmaceuticals Group
2023: Managing Director, In charge of Life Science Business Unit, Head of Pharmaceuticals Group
2024: Member of the Board Managing Director, In charge of Life Science Business Unit, Head of Pharmaceuticals Group
2025: Member of the Board Senior Managing Director, In charge of Life Science Business Unit, Head of Pharmaceuticals Group (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Director

Mr. Hiroshi Shimada has been in charge of the Pharmaceuticals Group for many years and currently serving as a Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director. The Company continuously selected him as a candidate for a Director since he has extensive experience such as being engaged in management both domestic and overseas subsidiaries and has advanced knowledge of overall management.

Member of the Board
Managing Director

Shinji Inoue

Date of Birth: February 6, 1966
1988: Joined the Company
2011: Chairman & General Manager of Shanghai KAYAKU International Trading Co.,Ltd.
2018: General Manager of Color Materials Division, Functional Chemicals Group
2020: Executive Director
2023: Head of Functional Materials Group, Fine Chemicals Business Unit
2024: Member of the Board Managing Director, In charge of Fine Chemicals Business Unit
2025: Member of the Board Managing Director, In charge of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Communications Division, Finance & Accounting Division and Information Systems Division (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Director

Mr. Shinji Inoue has been engaged in the Functional Chemicals business for many years and currently serving as a Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director. The Company continuously selected him as a candidate for a Director since he has extensive global experience such as being engaged in management of overseas subsidiaries and has advanced knowledge of overall management.

Member of the Board
Managing Director

Makoto Takeda

Date of Birth: July 17, 1964
1988: Joined the Company
2013: General Manager of Secretarial Division, Strategic Corporate Planning Group
2020: General Manager of Human Resources Division, Administration Group
2021: General Manager of General Affairs & Human Resources Division, Administration Group
2022: Executive Director
2023: Senior Director, General Manager of Human Resources Division
2024: Member of the Board Managing Director, In charge of Human Resources Division, Legal Affairs Division, General Affairs Division, Secretarial Division and Internal Control Management Division (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Director

Mr. Makoto Takeda has been in charge of Strategic Corporate Planning Group and Human Resources Management Division for many years and currently serving as a Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director. The Company continuously selected him as a candidate for a Director since he has extensive experience and has advanced knowledge of overall management.

Member of the Board
Managing Director

Yasuhito Kato

Date of Birth: March 3, 1965
1990: Joined Company
2016: General Manager of Agrochemicals Laboratories
2019: Head of Agrochemicals Group
2021: Director
2024: Senior Director, Head of Agrochemicals Group, Life Science Business Unit
2024: In charge of Technology Unit
2025: Member of the Board Managing Director, In charge of Technology Unit (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Director

Mr. Yasuhito Kato has been in charge of the Agrochemicals Group for many years and currently serving as a Managing Director. The Company continuously selected him as a candidate for a Director since he has extensive experience and advanced knowledge of overall management.

Member of the Board
Outside Director

Yasuyuki Fujishima

Date of Birth: March 25, 1947
1969: Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (presently Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
1997: Economic Planning Agency Representative to the Economic Planning Agency Bank of Japan Policy Board
1998: Japan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Panama, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002: Outside Director, Wacom Co., Ltd.
2005: Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sojitz Corp.
2008: Executive Vice President, Sojitz Corp.
2010: Representative Director, President, Mutual Service Aid Guarantee Corporation
2016: Member of the Board of Directors, the Company (current)
2017: Representative Director, President, Ceremonial Occasions Research Institute, Inc.
2018: Chairperson of Human Resources Development & Employment Organization (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Outside Director and overview of expected role

The Company continuously selected Mr.Yasuyuki Fujishima as a candidate for Outside Director to make recommendations about overall business of the Company since he has extensive experience and knowledge through formulation and implementation of various policies at government economic agencies and management executive of general trading company. The Company expects him to perform the role of supervising management from an independent and objective standpoint of Member of the Board of Directors.

Member of the Board
Outside Director

Seiichi Fusamura

Date of Birth: March 18, 1947
1971: Assistant Judge of Kyoto District Court
1998: Director-General of Judicial System and Research Dept., Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Justice
2001: Director-General of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
2006: President of the Saitama District Court
2009: President of the Sendai High Court
2011: President of the Nagoya High Court
2012: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Registered Lawyer
2013: Chairperson of Public Security Examination Commission
Chairperson of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Labor Relations Commission
2016: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of The Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.
2020: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Concordia Financial Group, Ltd. (presently Yokohama Financial Group, Inc.)
Member of the Board of Directors, the Company (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Outside Director and overview of expected role

The Company continuously selected Mr. Seiichi Fusamura as a candidate for Outside Director to make recommendations about the overall business of the Company since he has extensive experience and knowledge as a legal expert at the judicial branch although he has not been involved in the management of the company. The Company expects him to perform the role of supervising management from an independent and objective standpoint of Member of the Board of Directors.

Member of the Board
Outside Director

Ikuko Akamatsu

Date of Birth: February 27, 1968
1995: Joined Showa Ota & Co. (presently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) (Left in 2010)
1997: Registered as Certified Public Accountant
2008: Registered as Certified Fraud Examiner
2010: Chief Researcher, Management Training and Consulting Division, Institute of Management, SANNO University
2019: Senior Researcher, Management Training and Consulting Division, Institute of Management, SANNO University
Board Director, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (current)
2020: Outside Director of CAWACHI LIMITED
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (current)
2022: Outside Director of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd. (Audit & Supervisory committee member) (current)
2023: Member of the Board of Directors, the Company (current)
2025: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Outside Director and overview of expected role

The Company has continuously selected Ms. Ikuko Akamatsu as a candidate for an Outside Director to make recommendations about overall business of the Company since she has extensive experience and knowledge as a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner although she has not been directly involved in business management. The Company expects her to perform the role of supervising management from an independent and objective standpoint of Member of the Board of Directors.

Member of the Board
Outside Director

Mitsuhiro Tsubakimoto

Date of Birth: October 15, 1959
1983: Joined TOMEN Corporation (presently Toyota Tsusho Corporation)
2012: Assistant to the Executive Directors, Overseas Regional Operations, Toyota Tsusho Corporation
2016: Regional Chief Operating Officer for East Asia Chairman of Toyota Tsusho (China) Co., Ltd. Toyota Tsusho Corporation
2018: Managing Executive Officer, Chief Division Officer of Chemicals & Electronics Division, Toyota Tsusho Corporation
2021: Asia Pacific, President of Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd
President of Toyota Tsusho Singapore, Inc.Toyota Tsusho Corporation
2022: Senior Executive Officer (At the level of Senior Managing Executive Officer) Toyota Tsusho Corporation
2023: Retiring Toyota Tsusho Corporation
2024: President, Representative Director of Nippon Quaker Chemical, Ltd (current)
2025: Member of the Board of Directors, the Company (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Outside Director and overview of expected role

The Company continuously selected Mr. Mitsuhiro Tsubakimoto as a candidate for Outside Director to make recommendations about overall business of the Company since he has extensive global experience such as being engaged in management of overseas subsidiaries and has knowledge as a management executive of a general trading company. The Company expects him to perform the role of supervising management from an independent and objective standpoint of Member of the Board of Directors.

Audit & Supervisory Board
Members

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Nagafumi Saito

Date of Birth: September 25, 1965
1992: Joined Company
2012: General Manager of Technical Dept., Color Materials Division, Functional Chemicals Group
2014: Chairman & General Manager of ZHAOYUAN ADVANCED KAYAKU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
2016: General Manager of Administration Dept., Functional Materials Division, Functional Chemicals Group
2018: General Manager of Quality Assurance Dept., Functional Materials Division, Functional Chemicals Group
2022: President, Representative Director of NIKKA FINE TECHNO CO., LTD.
2025: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yoichiro Wada

Date of Birth: February 18, 1962
1984: Joined the Company
2017: Managing Director of Kayaku Safety Systems Malaysia Sdn.Bhd.
2019: General Manager of Purchasing Division, Administration Group
2022: General Manager of Audit Division
2023: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Atsushi Iwasaki

Date of Birth: January 9, 1959
1990: Joined Century Auditing Company (presently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) (Left in 2005)
1991: Registered as Certified Public Accountant
1997: Registered as Real Estate Appraiser
2005: Chief, Iwasaki Certified Public Accountant Office (current)
2013: Outside Director of ISEKI & CO., LTD. (current)
2015: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NH Foods Ltd.
2016: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Olympus Corporation
2019: Outside Director of NH Foods Ltd.
Outside Director of Olympus Corporation
2024: Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Kyoichi Toriyama

Date of Birth: May 15, 1958
1988: Assistant Professor, School of Law, Waseda University
1993: Professor, School of Law, Waseda University
2004: Professor, Waseda Law School, Waseda University (current)
2024: Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yoko Shimizu

Date of Birth: May 26, 1966
1989: Joined The Fuji Bank, Limited (presently Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.)
2011: Legal & Compliance Dept. Vice President, Alliance Bernstein Japan Ltd.
2014: Compliance Dept. Vice President, State Street Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
2014: Manager of Compliance Dept., State Street Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
2018: Vice President, Manager of Compliance & Risk Management, State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co., Ltd.
2018: Director of Risk Management, State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co., Ltd.
2024: Manager of Compliance Dept., BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Japan Ltd. (current)
2026: Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)

Reason for selection as a candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Ms. Yoko Shimizu has cultivated extensive experience, advanced expertise and broad insight in the fields of compliance and corporate governance through her career with both domestic and international banks. The Company nominated her as an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member with the expectation that her experience and broad insight will contribute to the Company’s audit structure.

Executive Directors

President

Shigeyuki Kawamura
Senior Managing Director　
In charge of Life Science Business Unit, Head of Pharmaceuticals Group

Hiroshi Shimada
Managing Director　
In charge of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Communications Division, Finance & Accounting Division and Information Systems Division

Shinji Inoue
Managing Director　
In charge of Human Resources Division, Legal Affairs Division, General Affairs Division, Secretarial Division and Internal Control Management Division

Makoto Takeda
Managing Director　
In charge of Technology Unit

Yasuhito Kato
Managing Director　
In charge of Fine Chemicals Business Unit

Yoshiki Akatani
Managing Director　
In charge of Mobility & Imaging Business Unit, Head of Polatechno Group

Hideyuki Yuya
Senior Director　
General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division

Tsutomu Kawamura
Senior Director　
General Manager of Corporate Communications Division

Masako Aono
Senior Director　
Head of Safety Systems Group, Mobility & Imaging Business Unit

Shigeru Maeda
Director　
Head of Catalysts Group, Fine Chemicals Business Unit

Shigehide Kagaya
Director　
General Manager of Business Development Division, Pharmaceuticals Group, Life Science Business Unit

Tsuyoshi Kuboyama
Director　
General Manager of Specialty Chemicals, International & IVD Division, Pharmaceuticals Group, Life Science Business Unit

Atsuya Saimoto
Director　
General Manager of Information Systems Division

Hajime Suetsugu
Director　
General Manager of Fukuyama Plant, Fine Chemicals Business Unit

Shuichi Kobayashi
Director　
Chairman & General Manager of Kayaku Safety Systems (Huzhou) Co., Ltd.

Yasushi Matsumura
Director　
General Manager of Legal Affairs Division

Ichio Kohinata
Director　
General Manager of Responsible Care & Technology Division

Akihiko Miura

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