True to nature,the flavor of KAGOME

Japanese

Board of Directors

President & Representative Director

Satoshi Yamaguchi

Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%

April 1983

Joined the Company

April 2003

General Manager, Institutional & Industrial Business Unit

April 2010

Executive Officer

April 2010

Director, Institutional & Industrial Business Division

October 2015

Director, Innovation Division

October 2018

Director, Vegetable Business Division

March 2019

Director & Managing Executive Officer

January 2020

President & Representative Director (to present)

Director & Managing Executive Officer ・ Director, Production & Purchasing Division

Yoshihisa Hairo

Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%

April 1990

Joined the Company

April 2013

Director, Kagome Australia Pty Ltd.

April 2016

General Manager, Global Quality Assurance Department, International Business Division of the Company

April 2019

General Manager, Purchasing Department, Production & Purchasing Division

October 2020

Director, Production & Purchasing Division (to present)

April 2021

Executive Officer

March 2024

Director & Executive Officer

March 2025

Director & Managing Executive Officer(to present)

Director & Managing Executive Officer・ Corporate Division General Manager, Corporate Planning Department

Harunobu Okuya

Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%

April 1990

Joined the Company

November 2013

General Manager, Planning & Coordination Department,AsiaBusiness Company

March 2014

CFO and General Manager, Planning & CoordinationDepartment, Asia Business Company

October 2015

General Manager, Planning & Coordination Department,GlobalConsumer Business Unit

April 2016

General Manager, Planning & Management Department,International Business Division

November 2021

General Manager, Corporate Planning Department and GeneralManager, US Growth Strategy Department

April 2022

Executive Officer

March 2024

Director & Executive Officer

April 2024

Corporate Division General Manager, Corporate Planning Department(to present)

March 2025

Director & Managing Executive Officer(to present)

Director & Managing Executive Officer ・ CFO, CRO
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department

Takeshi Saeki

April 1986

Joined KYOCERA Corporation

May 1991

Seconded to YASHICA Kyocera GmbH (Germany)

January 2003

Joined the Company

April 2013

CFO, Tomato Business Company

October 2017

General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department

April 2020

Executive Officer

November 2021

CFO, CRO and Executive Director, Enterprise Risk Management Committee

October 2023

Managing Executive Officer

March 2024

General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department

March 2025

Director & Managing Executive Officer ・ CFO, CRO
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department (to present)

External Director

Kumi Arakane

Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%

April 1981

Joined KOBAYASHI KOSE COMPANY LIMITED (currently, KOSE Corporation)

July 1997

Obtained a doctorate (Doctor of Pharmacy) from the University of Tokyo

March 2002

Senior Chief Researcher, R&D Headquarters Advanced Cosmetic Research Laboratories of KOSE Corporation

March 2004

General Manager, Product Development Dept., Marketing Headquarters of KOSE Corporation

March 2006

Executive Officer, Deputy Director-General of Marketing Headquarters and General Manager of Product Development Dept. of KOSE Corporation

March 2010

Executive Officer, General Manager, R&D Laboratories of KOSE Corporation

March 2011

Executive Officer, General Manager, Quality Assurance Dept. of KOSE Corporation

June 2011

Director, KOSE Corporation (in charge of Quality Assurance Dept., Customer Service Center, Purchasing Dept., and Product Designing Dept.)

June 2017

Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KOSE Corporation

March 2019

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kubota Corporation

March 2020

External Director of the Company (to present)

March 2021

Outside Director, Kubota Corporation (to present)

External Director

Shigeru Kumekawa

April 1986

Joined Sony Corporation

April 2006

General Manager, Display & Home AV Marketing Department, Sony Marketing Inc.

April 2010

Corporate Vice President, National Account Sales Division, Sony Marketing Inc.

April 2012

Corporate Vice President, Marketing Division, Sony Marketing Inc.

September 2014

Chairman & President, CJSC Sony Electronics (Moscow)

April 2016

President, Sony Europe Limited

April 2018

Senior Vice President, Sony Corporation

April 2019

President and Representative Director, Sony Marketing Inc.

April 2022

Deputy Global Sales & Marketing Officer, Sony Corporation (concurrent position)

April 2024

Chairman and Representative Director, Sony Marketing Inc. (to present)

March 2025

External Director of the Company (to present)

Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Hitoshi Takano

Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%

April 1988

Joined the Company

April 2005

Unit Director, Vegetable Beverage Business Unit

June 2008

Executive Officer

June 2008

Unit Director, Beverage Business Unit

April 2009

General Manager, Product Development Department,Consumer Business Division

April 2010

General Manager, Business Administration Department,Asia Business Company

October 2014

Director, Direct Marketing Division

April 2016

Nagoya Branch Manager

October 2017

Director, Corporate Planning Division

October 2018

Director, SCM Division

October 2023

Executive Assistant to the President

March 2024

Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (to present)

External Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Tatsuya Endo

Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%

April 1985

Joined Arthur Andersen & Co., Tokyo Office

April 1990

Certified as tax accountant

September 1998

Partner at Arthur Andersen & Co., Tokyo Office

July 2002

Partner at Asahi KPMG Tax Corporation (currently,KPMG Tax Corporation)

January 2016

Deputy Senior Partner at KPMG Tax Corporation

January 2020

Representative of Tatsuya Endo Tax Accountant Office (to present)

March 2020

External Director of the Company (to present)

External Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Asako Yamagami

Attendance rate at Board of directors meetings(2024):100%

April 1999

Registered as attorney-at-law. Joined Taiyo Law Office (currently, Paul Hastings LLP).

October 2005

Seconded to The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.

May 2006

Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.

January 2012

Joined Natori Law Office (currently ITN law office) as Partner (to present)

July 2012

Joined Natori Law Office as Partner (to present)

June 2015

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.

January 2016

Director, Office of International Affairs, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

March 2020

External Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (to present)

June 2020

External Director(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of NIKON CORPORATION (to present)

June 2021

Outside Director of NEC Capital Solutions Limited (to present)