Directors and Executive Officers

Directors

As of April 1, 2024

President, CEO and Representative Director
Yoshihiko Katsukawa

Compliance Committee Member
Nomination & Compensation Committee Member
Corporate Governance Committee Member

Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Hajime Nagara

Compliance Committee Member
Corporate Governance Committee Member

Duties: Oversees the Internal Control and Audit Department, the Environment and Safety Department, the Legal Department, the General Administration and CSR Department, the Human Resources Department, the Civil Engineering & Construction Technology Department, the Machinery & Materials Procurement Department, the Rugby Center, domestic branch offices and sales offices, and Takasago Works (departments under its direct supervision); Oversees companywide compliance; Oversees companywide safety and health; Oversees companywide environmental protection and disaster prevention

Director, Executive Officer
Koichi Sakamoto

Duties: Oversees the Quality Management Department, Technology Strategy & Planning Department, and the Intellectual Property Department; Oversees the Technical Development Group; Oversees companywide quality; Oversees companywide TQM activities; Oversees companywide technical development

Director, Executive Officer
Shinji Miyaoka

Duties: Oversees the Business Development Department and the IT Planning Department; Oversees companywide information systems

Director
Mitsugu Yamaguchi

Independent Director
Hiroyuki Bamba

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Nomination & Compensation Committee Member (Committee Chair)
Corporate Governance Committee Member

Independent Director
Yumiko Ito

Corporate Governance Committee Member (Committee Chair)

Independent Director
Shinsuke Kitagawa

Corporate Governance Committee Member

Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Hiroshi Ishikawa

Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Gunyu Matsumoto

Independent Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Masaaki Kono

Audit & Supervisory Committee Chair
Nomination & Compensation Committee Member
Corporate Governance Committee Member

Independent Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Kunio Miura

Compliance Committee Member (Committee Chair)

Independent Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Nobuko Sekiguchi

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Corporate Governance

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills of Directors

For the knowledge, experience, and skills of directors, please refer to the Notice of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and Integrated Report.

Executive Officers

In light of the growing need to flexibly and promptly allocate human resources in response to the rapidly changing business environment, the positions of Senior Managing Executive Officer and Managing Executive Officer were abolished on April 1, 2021.

As of April 1, 2024

Positions Name	Duties
Executive Vice President Masamichi Takeuchi	Head of the Machinery Business General Manager of the Management Division in the Machinery Business
Executive Vice President Shoji Miyazaki	Head of the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Hitoshi Arimura	General Manager of Moka Works in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Kazuo Iritani	General Manager of the Engineering Division in the Machinery Business Deputy General Manager of the Management Division in the Machinery Business
Executive Officer Yasushi Okano	Responsible for the Environment and Safety Department, the Legal Department, the Human Resources Department, the Civil Engineering & Construction Technology Department, the Machinery & Materials Procurement Department, and Takasago Works (departments under its direct supervision) Responsible for companywide safety and health Responsible for companywide environmental protection and disaster prevention
Executive Officer Hideki Okumura	Responsible for the Project Engineering Center and the CWD Project Center in the Engineering Business
Executive Officer Yoichi Kageki	General Manager of the New Business Development Division in the Machinery Business Deputy General Manager of the Management Division in the Machinery Business
Executive Officer Takeharu Kato	Responsible for the Steel Casting & Forging Unit, Aluminum Casting & Forging Unit, and the Titanium Unit in the Advanced Materials Business
Executive Officer Ryosaku Kadowaki	Head of the Advanced Materials Business
Executive Officer Yoichi Kamiyauchi	Responsible for the SQE System Management Department, New Business Promotion Section, Nuclear Project Department, Infrastructure Project Department in the Engineering Business
Executive Officer Takahiko Kizawa	General Manager of the Business Development Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Toshihide Kinoshita	Responsible for the IT Management Department and Resource Recycling Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business Responsible for the special assignments from the Head of the Steel & Aluminum Business General Manager of the Technology Planning Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Corporate Governance Committee Member Kazuhiko Kimoto	Oversees the Corporate Planning Department, the Finance and Accounting Department, and overseas locations (under the Head Office) Responsible for the special assignments from the president and CEO Assists the director overseeing the General Administration and CSR Department in IR activities
Executive Officer Yuichiro Goto	Assistant to the president and CEO
Executive Officer Shogo Sarumaru	General Manager of the Production Division in the Machinery Business Deputy General Manager of the Management Division in the Machinery Business Assists the head of the Machinery Business in new business planning
Executive Officer Kazuyuki Suenaga	Head of the Welding Business
Executive Officer Yasufumi Takada	Responsible for the Aluminum Extrusion & Suspension Unit and Copper Rolled Products Unit in the Advanced Materials Business General Manager of the Steel Powder Unit in the Advanced Materials Business
Executive Officer Masaki Tanigawa	General Manager of the Aluminum Flat Rolled Products Unit in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Hajime Nakanishi	Responsible for the Automotive Materials Planning Section, the Automotive Sheet Sales Department, and Nagoya Steel & Aluminum Sheet Sales Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business General Manager of the Steel Sheet Products Unit in the Steel & Aluminum Business Responsible for companywide automotive projects
Executive Officer Shoji Nakamura	General Manager of Kakogawa Works in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Keitaro Nakamori	Responsible for the Internal Control and Audit Department, the General Administration and CSR Department, the Rugby Center, and domestic branch offices and sales offices Responsible for companywide compliance
Executive Officer Akihiro Nishiguchi	Responsible for the Technology Management Department, Quality Assurance Department, Takasago Management Department (Plant Safety & Environmental Control Section), and Takasago Quality Assurance Department in the Advanced Materials Business Responsible for Daian Works (the Quality Assurance Section, the Casting & Forging Research & Development Section, and the Safety & Environment Management Section of the General Administration Department) in the Advanced Materials Business
Executive Officer Satoshi Nishino	Head of the Technical Development Group
Executive Officer Sumikazu Hoda	Responsible for the Planning & Management Department and the Raw Materials Procurement Department in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Yuji Mihara	General Manager of the Wire Rod & Bar Products Unit in the Steel & Aluminum Business General Manager of the Steel Plate Products Unit in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Yoshihiro Miyake	Responsible for the Automotive Sheet Products Technical Marketing Department and the Research & Development Laboratory in the Steel & Aluminum Business Responsible for overall automotive sheet products in the Steel & Aluminum Business Assists the unit heads in overall steel product technologies in the Steel & Aluminum Business
Executive Officer Masahiro Motoyuki	Head of the Engineering Business Responsible for companywide construction businesses
Executive Officer Daizo Morita	Responsible for overseas locations (under the Head Office) General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department
Executive Officer Toshiyuki Yamaji	General Manager of the Finance and Accounting Department
Executive Officer Kunihiko Yoshitake	Head of the Electric Power Business
Fellow Fusaki Koshiishi	Supervisor/advisor of operations related to TQM activities
Fellow Koichiro Shibata	Supervisor/advisor of operations related to technology development projects

Organization

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