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May 10, 2024

NTT Corporation

NTT Announces New Management Team

Tokyo –May 10, 2024 – NTT Corporation (NTT) announced today that the Board of Directors meeting held today resolved the following. These executive positions will be approved officially at the shareholders' meeting and the board of directors meeting, scheduled to be held on June 20, 2024.

(1) New Member of the Board (candidate)

Name Current Position
Sachiko Oonishi Executive Vice President
Natsuko Takei Former Executive Vice President of Sony Group Corporation

(2) Resigning Member of the Board

Name Current Position
Akiko Kudo Member of the Board
Senior Vice President
[expected to join NTT Communications Corporation, as Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Member of the Board of Directors]
Ryoji Chubachi Outside Independent Member of the Board

(3) Chairman of the Board and Representative Member of the Board (candidate)

Name New Position
Jun Sawada Chairman 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

(4) New Executive Officer (candidate)

Name New Position Current Position
Kei Ikeda Executive Vice President Senior Vice President
Kaoru Asakura Senior Vice President Vice President, Head of Sustainability Promotion Office, Corporate Strategy Planning Department
Shuji Sakamoto Senior Vice President Vice President of General Affairs Department

(5) Resigning Executive Officer

Name Current Position
Natsuko Fujiki Senior Vice President
[expected to join NTT DOCOMO, INC., as Executive Vice President]

(6) Expected executive positions and organizational responsibilities, effective June 20, 2024

[Member of the Board]

Position Name
Chairman 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
Executive Vice President
Sachiko Oonishi
Outside / Independent Member of the Board Ken Sakamura
Outside / Independent Member of the Board Yukako Uchinaga
Outside / Independent Member of the Board Koichiro Watanabe
Outside / Independent Member of the Board Noriko Endo
Outside / Independent Member of the Board Natsuko Takei
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Keiichiro Yanagi
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kanae Takahashi
Outside / Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kensuke Koshiyama
Outside / Independent Audit & Supervisory Board Member Hideki Kanda
Outside / Independent 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)
Katsuhiko Kawazoe In charge of technical strategy
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
Takashi Hiroi In charge of business strategy
Senior Executive Vice President
CBDO(Chief Business Development Officer)
Tadao Yanase Head of Business Strategy, Head of Business Development, In charge of economic security
Member of the Board
Executive Vice President
CCXO(Chief Customer Experience Officer)
Co-CAIO (Co-Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer)
Sachiko Oonishi Head of Research and Development Market Strategy
Senior Vice President
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
Co-CAIO (Co-Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer)
Kei Ikeda 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(Chief Global Business Officer)
Ken Katsuyama Head of Global Business
Senior Vice President Kaoru Asakura Head of Internal Audit
Senior Vice President
CHRO(Chief Human Resource Officer)
CCO (Chief Compliance Officer)
Shuji Sakamoto Head of General Affairs

[R&D Executive Officers]

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

Media contact

NTT
Public Relations
ntt-pr@ntt.com

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