Profiles

Last updated : June 19, 2025

CEO : Chief Executive Officer CFO : Chief Financial Officer CTO : Chief Technology Officer
CCXO : Chief Customer Experience Officer Co-CAIO : Co-Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Five Members of the Board, Mr. Ken Sakamura, Ms. Yukako Uchinaga, Mr. Koichiro Watanabe, Ms. Noriko Endo and Ms. Natsuko Takei are Outside / Independent Members of the Board (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members).
Three Audit and Supervisory Committee Members, Mr. Kensuke Koshiyama, Mr. Hideki Kanda and Ms. Kaoru Kashima, are Outside / Independent Members of the Board who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.
Natsuko Takei is an Outside / Independent Member of the Board, who will serve as a substitute Audit and Supervisory Committee Member in the event that the number of Members of the Board who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members falls below the legally required minimum.
The length of term for such Members of the Board (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) is one years following the June 19, 2025 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
The length of term for such Audit and Supervisory Committee Members is two years following the June 19, 2025 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
The surname of Ms. Sachiko Oonishi is Iijima in the family register, the surname of Ms. Noriko Endo is Tsujihiro in the family register, and the surname of Ms. Kaoru Kashima is Taya in the family register.

Positions	Name	Organizational Responsibilities
Representative Member of the Board President CEO^*1	Akira Shimada
Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President CFO^*2	Takashi Hiroi	Responsible for business strategy
Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President CTO^*3	Riaki Hoshino	Responsible for technical strategy
Senior Executive Vice President CBDO^*4	Tadao Yanase	Head of Business Strategy Head of Business Development Responsible for economic security
Executive Member of the Board Executive Vice President CCXO^5 Co-CAIO^6	Sachiko Oonishi	Head of Research and Development Market Strategy
Executive Vice President CIO^7 Co-CAIO^6	Takashi Ebihara	Head of Technology Planning
Senior Vice President	Kyoko Yamamoto	Head of Market Planning & Analysis
Senior Vice President	Makiko Sekine	Head of Public Relations
Senior Vice President	Shingo Kinoshita	Head of Research and Development Planning
Senior Vice President	Toshihiko Nakamura	Head of Finance and Accounting
Senior Vice President	Akitoshi Hattori	Head of Corporate Strategy Planning
Senior Vice President	Minako Tsumenaga	Head of Alliances
Senior Vice President CGBO^*8	Ken Katsuyama	Head of Global Business
Senior Vice President	Kaoru Asakura	Head of Internal Audit
Senior Vice President CHRO^9 CCO^10	Shuji Sakamoto	Head of General Affairs
Senior Vice President General Counsel	Mitsutaka Hibino	Head of Legal

Positions	Name	Organizational Responsibilities
Senior Vice President of R&D	Hidehiro Tsukano	Head of IOWN Integrated Innovation Center
Senior Vice President of R&D	Yukari Tsuji	Head of Information Network Laboratory Group
Senior Vice President of R&D	Akira Okada	Head of Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group
Senior Vice President of R&D	Tomoyuki Kanekiyo	Head of Service Innovation Laboratory Group