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May 12, 2022

NTT Corporation

NTT Announces New Management Team

TOKYO, JAPAN, May 12, 2022 ---NTT Corporation announced today that the Board of Directors meeting held today resolved the followings. These executive positions will be approved officially at the board of directors meeting, scheduled to be held on June 24, 2022.

(1) New Member of the Board (candidate)

Name Current Position
Katsuhiko Kawazoe Executive Vice President
Takashi Hiroi Senior Executive Vice President
Representative Member of the Board of Directors
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Akiko Kudo Senior Vice President
Yukako Uchinaga Board Chair of Japan Women's Innovative Network (J-WIN)
Ryoji Chubachi Grand Emeritus Advisor of National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Koichiro Watanabe Director, Chairman of the Board, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
Director, Chairman of the Board, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
Noriko Endo Project Professor, Keio University Global Research Institute

(2) Resigning Member of the Board

Name Current Position
Hiromichi Shinohara Chairman of the Board
[expected to become Executive Advisor]
Naoki Shibutani Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
[expected to join NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, President, Executive Director]
Katsuhiko Shirai Outside Member of the Board
Sadayuki Sakakibara Outside Member of the Board
Keiko Takegawa Outside Member of the Board

(3) New Audit & Supervisory Board Members (candidate)

Name Current Position
Keiichiro Yanagi CEO and President
NTT DATA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Inc.
Kensuke Koshiyama Former Secretary General
Board of Audit of Japan

(4) Resigning Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Name Current Position
Takao Maezawa Audit & Supervisory Board Member

(5) New Representative Member of the Board (candidate)

Name New Position
Jun Sawada Chairman and Representative Member of the Board
Akira Shimada Representative Member of the Board
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Katsuhiko Kawazoe Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
Takashi Hiroi Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President

(6) New Executive Officer (candidate)

Name New Position Current Position
Akira Shimada Representative Member of the Board
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
Katsuhiko Kawazoe Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Takashi Hiroi Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
Senior Executive Vice President
Representative Member of the Board of Directors
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Tadao Yanase Senior Executive Vice President Senior Vice President
Atsuko Oka Executive Vice President Senior Vice President
Shinichi Yokohama Executive Vice President Senior Vice President
Kei Ikeda Senior Vice President Senior Vice President
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION
Kyoko Yamamoto Senior Vice President Senior Vice President
NTT Communications Corporation
Makiko Sekine Senior Vice President Senior Vice President
NTT Urban Solutions, Inc.
Natsuko Fujiki Senior Vice President Head of IR, Finance and Accounting Department

(7) Resigning Executive Officer

Name Current Position
Ryota Kitamura Senior Vice President
[expected to join NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, Senior Executive Vice Presidents, Representative Directors]
Katsuichi Sonoda Senior Vice President
[expected to join NTT DATA Corporation, Executive Vice President]
Hiroki Kuriyama Senior Vice President (part time)
[expected to join NTT DOCOMO, INC., Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Member of the Board of Directors]

(8) Expected Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities as of June 24, 2022

[Member of the Board]

Position Name
Chairman and Representative Member of the Board Jun Sawada
Representative Member of the Board
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Akira Shimada
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
Katsuhiko Kawazoe
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
Takashi Hiroi
Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Akiko Kudo
Outside Member of the Board Ken Sakamura
Outside Member of the Board Yukako Uchinaga
Outside Member of the Board Ryoji Chubachi
Outside Member of the Board Koichiro Watanabe
Outside Member of the Board Noriko Endo
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Keiichiro Yanagi
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kanae Takahashi
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kensuke Koshiyama
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Takashi Iida
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Hideki Kanda
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kaoru Kashima

[Executive Officers]

Positions Name Organizational Responsibilities
Representative Member of the Board
President
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Akira Shimada
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
CDO (Chief Digital Officer)
Katsuhiko Kawazoe In charge of technical strategy
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
CCO (Chief Compliance Officer)
CHRO (Chief Human Resource Officer)
Takashi Hiroi In charge of business strategy
Senior Executive Vice President
CBDO(Chief Business Development Officer)
Tadao Yanase Head of Business Strategy, In charge of Economic security
Executive Vice President Atsuko Oka Head of Research and Development Planning
Executive Vice President
CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
Shinichi Yokohama Head of Security and Trust
Senior Vice President Hideaki Ozaki Head of Global Business
Senior Vice President Kazuhiko Nakayama Head of Finance and Accounting
Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
Akiko Kudo Head of Strategic Business Development
Senior Vice President Takashi Taniyama Head of Corporate Strategy Planning
Senior Vice President Kei Ikeda Head of Technology Planning
Senior Vice President Kyoko Yamamoto Head of General Affairs
Senior Vice President Makiko Sekine Head of Public Relations
Senior Vice President Natsuko Fujiki Head of Internal Audit

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