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May 9, 2025

NTT Corporation

NTT Announces New Management Team

Tokyo - May 9, 2025 - NTT Corporation (NTT) announced today that, at a board of directors meeting held earlier, the following schedule was approved to take effect after the transition to a Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee, effective June 19, 2025.

These executive positions will be officially approved at the shareholders' meeting and the board of directors meeting, scheduled to be held on June 19, 2025.
 The transition to a Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee will be implemented, subject to approval at the shareholders' meeting scheduled for June 19, 2025, as well as approval for partial amendments to regulations by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications*.

*Press Release on May 25, 2025: "NOTICE REGARDING TRANSITION TO A COMPANY WITH AN AUDIT AND SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE"
https://group.ntt/en/newsrelease/2025/03/25/250325b.html

(1) Candidates for Member of the Board (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Name Current Position
Riaki Hoshino Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPRATION
Patrizio Mapelli Member of the Board
NTT DATA Group Corporation
Member of the Board
NTT DATA, Inc.

(2) Candidates for Member of the Board who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Name Current Position
Keiichiro Yanagi Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Kanae Takahashi Full-time Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Kensuke Koshiyama Full-Time Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Hideki Kanda Audit and Supervisory Board Member
Kaoru Kashima Audit and Supervisory Board Member

(3) Member of the Board scheduled to resign from office

Name Current Position
Katsuhiko Kawazoe Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
[scheduled to take office as Chief Executive Fellow]

(4) Candidates for Chairman of the Board and Representative Member of the Board

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

(5) Candidates for Executive Officer

Name New Position Current Position
Takashi Ebihara Executive Vice President Executive Vice President
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPRATION
Mitsutaka Hibino Senior Vice President Vice President, Head of Legal Office

(6) Executive Officer scheduled to resign from office

Name Current Position
Kei Ikeda Executive Vice President
[scheduled to join NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPRATION,
as Representative Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President]

(7) Candidate for Executive Officer [R&D]

Name New Position Current Position
Tomoyuki Kanekiyo Senior Vice President of R&D Vice President of Research and Development Planning Department

(8) Executive Officer [R&D] scheduled to resign from office

Name Current Position
Tomoyoshi Oono Senior Vice President of R&D
[scheduled to join DOCOMO Technology, Inc. as Executive Member of the Board]

(9) Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities, effective June 19, 2025

[Members of the Board]

Position Name
Chairman and 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
Takashi Hiroi
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
Riaki Hoshino
Executive Member of the Board
Executive Vice President
Sachiko Oonishi
Member of the Board Patrizio Mapelli
Member of the Board Ken Sakamura
Member of the Board Yukako Uchinaga
Member of the Board Koichiro Watanabe
Member of the Board Noriko Endo
Member of the Board Natsuko Takei
Member of the Board, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Keiichiro Yanagi
Member of the Board, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Kanae Takahashi
Member of the Board, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Kensuke Koshiyama
Member of the Board, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Hideki Kanda
Member of the Board, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Kaoru Kashima

(Notes)・Ken Sakamura, Yukako Uchinaga, Koichiro Watanabe, Noriko Endo, and Natsuko Takei are candidates for Outside / Independent Members of the Board (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members).
・Kensuke Koshiyama, Hideki Kanda, and Kaoru Kashima are candidates for Outside / Independent Members of the Board who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.
・Natsuko Takei is a candidate for 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.

[Executive Officers]

Position Name Organizational Responsibilities
Representative Member of the Board President
CEO
Akira Shimada  
Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President
CFO※1
Takashi Hiroi Responsible for business strategy
Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President
CTO※2
Riaki Hoshino Responsible for technical strategy
Senior Executive Vice President
CBDO※3
Tadao Yanase Head of Business Strategy
Head of Business Development
Responsible for economic security
Executive Member of the Board Executive Vice President
CCXO※4 Co-CAIO※5
Sachiko Oonishi Head of Research and Development Market Strategy
Executive Vice President
CIO※6 Co-CAIO※5
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※7
Ken Katsuyama Head of Global Business
Senior Vice President Kaoru Asakura Head of Internal Audit
Senior Vice President
CHRO※8 CCO※9
Shuji Sakamoto Head of General Affairs
Senior Vice President
General Counsel
Mitsutaka Hibino Head of Legal

※1Chief Financial Officer

※2Chief Technology Officer

※3Chief Business Development Officer

※4Chief Customer Experience Officer

※5Co-Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

※6Chief Information Officer

※7Chief Global Business Officer

※8Chief Human Resource Officer

※9Chief Compliance Officer

[Executive Officers [R&D]]

Position 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

Media contact

NTT
Public Relations
ntt-pr@ntt.com

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