Directors

As of June 21, 2024

Director Toru Takakura

(March 10, 1962)

April 1984

Joined The Sumitomo Trust and Banking CO., Ltd. ("STB")

June 2010

Appointed Executive Officer, Head Office Executive, General Manager of Integration Promotion Department of STB

April 2012

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. ("SuMi TRUST Group")
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited ("SuMi TRUST Bank")

July 2013

Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

January 2014

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2017

Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

June 2017

Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

June 2019

Appointed Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2021

Appointed President Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position)

June 2021

Appointed Director, President of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director Atsushi Kaibara

(July 4, 1961)

April 1985

Joined The Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited (“MTB”)

July 2011

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Integration Promotion Department of The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited (“CMTB”)

April 2012

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2013

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Department I of Head Office of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2015

Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Life Support Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2016

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2017

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

June 2017

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2019

Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

March 2021

Retired from his position as Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2021

Appointed Director, Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank

March 2023

Retired from his position as Director, Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2023

Appointed Deputy President Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

June 2023

Appointed Director, Deputy President Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director Yasuyuki Suzuki

(February 21, 1965)

April 1987

Joined MTB

April 2019

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Compliance Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Compliance Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2021

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2023

Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

June 2023

Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

April 2024

Appointed Director, Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position)

Director Kazuya Oyama

(June 7, 1965)

April 1988

Joined STB

April 2015

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Department IV of Head Office of SuMi TRUST Bank

January 2016

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager (shukan) of Human Resources Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager (shukan) of Human Resources Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2016

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager (bucho) of Human Resources Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager (bucho) of Human Resources Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2017

Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

June 2017

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2019

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2021

Appointed Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed President of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position)

June 2021

Appointed Director, Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director Tetsuo Ohkubo

(April 6, 1956)

April 1980

Joined STB

June 2006

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Planning and Coordination Department of STB

June 2007

Appointed Executive Officer, Head Office Executive of STB
Appointed Executive Officer of STB

January 2008

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of STB

June 2008

Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of STB

April 2011

Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2012

Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2013

Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2016

Appointed Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2017

Appointed President of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position)

June 2017

Appointed Director, President of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2021

Appointed Chairman of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director Masaru Hashimoto

(April 2, 1957)

April 1980

Joined MTB

October 2007

Appointed Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. ("CMTH")

July 2010

Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of CMTH

February 2011

Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department and Financial Planning Department of CMTH
Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Financial Planning Department of The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited ("CMTB")

March 2011

Retired from his position as Managing Executive Officer of CMTH

April 2011

Appointed Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Treasury Department of CMTB

April 2012

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2013

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

June 2013

Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2015

Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

June 2015

Appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

October 2016

Appointed Deputy President Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Deputy President of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2017

Appointed Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed President of SuMi TRUST Bank

June 2017

Appointed Director, Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

April 2021

Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Appointed Chairman of SuMi TRUST Bank (Current Position)

Director Toshiaki Nakano

(November 30, 1964)

April 1988

Joined STB

April 2017

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Planning and Coordination Department of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Planning and Coordination Department of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2021

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group
Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

March 2023

Retired from his position as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Group

June 2023

Retired from his position as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director Kouichi Kato

(January 19, 1966)

April 1990

Joined MTB

April 2019

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Business Department V, Tokyo of SuMi TRUST Bank

April 2022

Appointed Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank

June 2024

Retired from his position as Managing Executive Officer of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director (External Director)
Chair of the Board
Chair of the Nominating Committee
Isao Matsushita

(April 3, 1947)

April 1970

Joined Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. (currently, ENEOS Corporation ("EC"))

September 2002

Appointed Director of Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc. ("NMH") (currently, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. ("EH")), in charge of the finance of the Financial Group

June 2003

Appointed Director, Senior Vice President of NMH (currently, EH)

June 2004

Appointed Director (Senior Vice President and Executive Officer) of Japan Energy Corporation ("JEC") (currently, EC)

April 2005

Appointed Director (Senior Executive Officer) of JEC (currently, EC)

June 2006

Appointed Representative Director and President of JEC (currently, EC)
Appointed Director of NMH (currently, EH) (Part-time)

April 2010

Appointed Director of JX Holdings, Inc. ("JXH") (currently, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. ("EH")) (Part-time)

July 2010

Appointed Representative Director (Executive Vice President and Executive Officer) of JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (currently, EC)

June 2012

Appointed Representative Director and President (President and Executive Officer) of JXH (currently, EH)

June 2015

Appointed Senior Executive Advisor of JXH (currently, EH)

June 2016

Appointed Director of INPEX Corporation
Appointed Director of Matsumoto Kiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd. (currently, MatsukiyoCocokara & Co.)

June 2017

Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

June 2019

Retired from his position as Senior Executive Advisor of JXH (currently, EH)
Retired from his position as Director of INPEX Corporation

Director (External Director)
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Hiroko Kawamoto

(February 13, 1957)

July 1979

Joined All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. ("ANA")

April 2009

Appointed Senior Vice President (shikkoyakuin), Inflight Services of ANA

April 2010

Appointed Senior Vice President (joseki shikkoyakuin), Inflight Services of ANA

November 2012

Appointed Senior Vice President (joseki shikkoyakuin), Operation Division, Inflight Services Center of ANA

April 2013

Appointed Executive Vice President (torishimariyaku shikkoyakuin), Operation Division, Inflight Service Center of ANA

April 2014

Appointed Executive Vice President (jomu torishimariyaku shikkoyakuin), Director for Promotion of Diversity, Operation Division, Inflight Services Center of ANA

April 2015

Appointed Executive Vice President (jomu torishimariyaku shikkoyakuin), Director for Promotion of Diversity, ANA Brand Inflight Services Division

January 2016

Appointed Executive Vice President (jomu torishimariyaku shikkoyakuin), Director for Promotion of Diversity, ANA Brand Inflight Services Division, Promotion Officer for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games

April 2016

Appointed Executive Vice President (torishimariyaku senmu shikkoyakuin), Director for Promotion of Diversity of ANA; and Promotion Officer for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games

June 2016

Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Bank

March 2017

Retired from her position as Executive Vice President, Director for Promotion of Diversity of ANA; and Promotion Officer for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games

April 2017

Appointed Executive Vice President and COO of ANA Strategic Research Institute Co., Ltd. ("ANASRI")

June 2017

Appointed Director of Renaissance Incorporated ("RI")
Retired from her position as Director of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

April 2020

Appointed Chairperson of the Board of ANASRI

June 2020

Appointed Director of East Japan Railway Company ("EJR") (Current Position)

April 2021

Appointed Adviser of ANASRI

March 2023

Retired from her position as Adviser to ANASRI
Appointed External Director of Canon Marketing Japan Inc. (“CMJ”) (Current Position)

June 2023

Retired from her position as Director of RI

Director (External Director) Nobuaki Kato

(November 3, 1948)

April 1971

Joined Nippon Electrical Equipments Co., Ltd (currently, DENSO CORPORATION ("DC"))

June 2000

Appointed Director of DC

June 2004

Appointed Executive Director of DC

June 2005

Appointed President & CEO of DENSO INTERNATIONAL EUROPE B.V. ("DIE")

June 2007

Appointed Senior Executive Director, Member of the Board of DC

June 2008

Appointed President & CEO (torishimariyaku shacho) of DC

June 2011

Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION ("TB")

June 2015

Appointed President & CEO (torishimariyaku kaicho) of DC

June 2016

Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of KDDI CORPORATION

May 2017

Appointed Chairperson of Aichi Employers' Association

June 2017

Appointed Director of TB
Appointed Corporate Auditor of Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated

June 2018

Appointed Adviser of DC

June 2019

Retired from his position as TB
Retired from his position as Adviser of DC

June 2020

Retired from his position as Audit & Supervisory Board Member of KDDI CORPORATION
Retired from his position as Corporate Auditor of Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated

May 2021

Retired from his position as Chairperson of Aichi Employers' Association

June 2021

Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director (External Director) Kaoru Kashima

(January 20, 1958)

November 1981

Joined Showa Audit Corporation (currently, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC ("EY"))

April 1985

Registered as certified public accountant

June 1996

Appointed Partner of Showa Ota & Co. (currently, EY)

June 2002

Appointed Senior Partner of ShinNihon & Co. (currently, EY)

September 2010

Appointed Managing Director in charge of Corporate Culture Promotion Office and Public Relations Office of EY

July 2012

Appointed Managing Director, General Manager of Knowledge Headquarters of EY

July 2013

Appointed Representative Director of Ernst & Young Institute Co., Ltd.

February 2016

Retired from her position as Managing Director, General Manager of Knowledge Headquarters of EY

August 2016

Retired from her position as Representative Director of Ernst & Young Institute Co., Ltd.

June 2019

Retired from her position as Senior Partner of EY
Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION ("NTT") (Current Position)
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Bank

March 2020

Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited ("KHC") (Current Position)

June 2021

Retired from her position as Director of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director (External Director) Tomonori Ito

(January 9, 1957)

April 1979

Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (currently, MUFG Bank, Ltd.)

March 1995

Joined Union Bank of Switzerland (currently, UBS)

April 2011

Appointed Specially Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy of Hitotsubashi University

May 2012

Appointed External Director of PARCO CO., LTD.

October 2012

Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy of Hitotsubashi University

July 2013

Appointed External Corporate Auditor of Ain Pharmaciez Inc.

June 2014

Appointed External Director of Aozora Bank, Ltd.

July 2015

Retired from his position as External Corporate Auditor of Ain Pharmaciez Inc.

June 2016

Appointed External Director of Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (“EPD”) (Current Position)

April 2018

Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of Business Administration of Hitotsubashi University

May 2019

Retired from his position as External Director of PARCO CO., LTD.

April 2020

Appointed Specially Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of Business Administration of Hitotsubashi University

August 2021

Retired from his position as Specially Appointed Professor of the Graduate School of Business Administration of Hitotsubashi University

September 2021

Appointed Professor of the Institute of Business and Finance of Waseda University (Current Position)

April 2022

Appointed Specially Appointed Professor of the Global and Transdisciplinary Studies of Kyoto University of Advanced Science (Current Position)

June 2022

Appointed External Director of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited ("MSI”) (Current Position)

June 2023

Retired from his position as External Director of Aozora Bank, Ltd.
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director (External Director) Hajime Watanabe

(October 31, 1958)

April 1981

Joined The Japan Development Bank (currently, Development Bank of Japan Inc. (“DBJ”))

June 2009

Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of DBJ

June 2011

Appointed Director, Managing Executive Officer of DBJ

June 2015

Appointed Deputy President of DBJ

June 2018

Appointed President and CEO of DBJ

June 2022

Appointed Adviser to DBJ

January 2023

Appointed Adviser to DBJ REAL ESTATE Co., Ltd.

April 2023

Appointed Chairman of Japan Economic Research Institute Inc. (“JERI”) (Current Position)

June 2023

Appointed External Corporate Auditor of Japan Freight Railway Company (Current Position)
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)
Retired from his position as Adviser to DBJ
Retired from his position as Adviser to DBJ REAL ESTATE Co., Ltd.

Director (External Director) Hirokazu Fujita

(May 12, 1956)

April 1980

Joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (currently, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (“TMN”))

August 1988

Completed course at University of Southern California (MBA)

June 2011

Appointed Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Accounting Dept. of TMN
Appointed Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Accounting Dept. of Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (“TMH”)

June 2012

Appointed Managing Director of TMN
Appointed Managing Director of TMH

April 2016

Appointed Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of TMH

April 2017

Appointed Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of TMH
Appointed Senior Managing Director of TMN

June 2020

Retired from his position as Senior Managing Director of TMN
Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time) of TMH

November 2020

Executive Director of The Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association

June 2024

Retired from his position as Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time) of TMH (Scheduled)
Retired from his position as Executive Director of The Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association (Scheduled)
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

Director (External Director) Kazuo Sakakibara

(August 6, 1958)

April 1984

Public Prosecutor of Sapporo District Public Prosecutors Office

February 2018

Superintending Prosecutor of Fukuoka High Public Prosecutors Office

January 2020

Superintending Prosecutor of Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office

July 2021

Retired from his position as Superintending Prosecutor of Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office

October 2021

Registered as an attorney-at-law

November 2021

Appointed Of Counsel of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (Current Position)

April 2022

Appointed Auditor of Tokyo Dental College (Current Position)

June 2022

Appointed Member of the Board of Governors of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (“NHK”)
Appointed Outside Company Auditor of Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd. (“TTE”)

June 2023

Appointed Outside Director of TTE (Current Position)
Appointed External Director of SuMi TRUST Bank

March 2024

Appointed Acting Chairman of the Board of Governors of NHK (Current Position)

June 2024

Retired from his position as External Director of SuMi TRUST Bank
Appointed Director of SuMi TRUST Group (Current Position)

  • *1Mr. Isao Matsushita, Ms. Hiroko Kawamoto, Mr. Nobuaki Kato, Ms. Kaoru Kashima, Mr. Tomonori Ito, Mr. Hajime Watanabe, Mr. Hirokazu Fujita and Mr. Kazuo Sakakibara are external directors defined in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act.
  • *2All eight external directors are independent directors required by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
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