Board Member profiles

Important positions of other companies concurrently held

Outside Director of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd.

Reason for the selection for Director

Mr. Urano focused on capital efficiency from the early stage in Nichirei Corporation, a leading Japanese frozen food manufacturer, and developed efficient management through company split-ups and informatization. He particularly has extensive experience and solid achievements on management informatization. In addition to the achievements in Nichirei Corporation, the Company’s Nomination Committee expects that he will make a great contribution to enhance management efficiency and transparency through giving advice and proposals on overall company management with his deep insight and extensive experience as management having served as an outside director and outside corporate auditor in other companies listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Important positions of other companies concurrently held

Board Chair of J-WIN, Non-Profit Organization
Outside Director of Teijin Limited
Outside Director of SINTOKOGIO, LTD.

Reason for the selection for Director

Ms. Uchinaga is a pioneer of female executive officers as she was promoted to the first female director of IBM Japan, Ltd. Then, as CEO of Berlitz Corporation under Benesse Holdings, Inc., she established a brand of a “global human resource development enterprise” and achieved superior results as the English language school at which Japanese management personnel are educated and trained so as to survive global economic competition. In addition, for many years, she has devoted herself to activities for promoting the active participation of women by corporations and has also provided the Company with advice on promoting diversity. The Company’s Nomination Committee expects she will even more greatly contribute to the effective use of IT for management purposes, the globalization of human resources, and diversity management in the Company.

Important positions of other companies concurrently held

Outside Director of Eisai Co., Ltd.

Reason for the selection for Director

Mr. Kaihori assumed the presidency of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, which operates a test and measurement business and industrial automation and control business, in 2007 when the company faced difficult business conditions, then was committed to turning around the company and achieved a surplus by changing the business model from hardware to software and promoting globalization. The Company’s Nomination Committee expects that he will contribute greatly to the Company’s management from his performance that he boldly responded to changes in the business environment and achieved results and by giving advice on strengthening of software business, which is a challenge for the Life Care segment, an area expected to grow, based on his extensive experience.

Important positions of other companies concurrently held

Outside Director of Eisai Co., Ltd.

Reason for the selection for Director

Mr. Kaihori assumed the presidency of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, which operates a test and measurement business and industrial automation and control business, in 2007 when the company faced difficult business conditions, then was committed to turning around the company and achieved a surplus by changing the business model from hardware to software and promoting globalization. The Company’s Nomination Committee expects that he will contribute greatly to the Company’s management from his performance that he boldly responded to changes in the business environment and achieved results and by giving advice on strengthening of software business, which is a challenge for the Life Care segment, an area expected to grow, based on his extensive experience.

Important positions of other companies concurrently held

Advisor of ORANGE AND PARTNERS CO., LTD.
Outside Director of SUBARU CORPORATION

Reason for the selection for Director

Mr. Abe was primarily engaged in the electric power, machinery, and information fields at Sumitomo Corporation, a general trading company. After stationed twice in the United States, he served as representative director and president of the company’s electronics and information related subsidiaries. Subsequently, as a representative director of Sumitomo Corporation, he was engaged in the company’s financial, logistics and new business development. The Company’s Nomination Committee has judged that he will contribute to the Board of Directors of the Company through his wide-ranging experience at the general trading company, his global mindset cultivated over the years of stay in the United States, his business experience nurtured as a representative director and president, and his experience as an independent director gained at other companies after leaving Sumitomo Corporation.

Important positions of other companies concurrently held

Outside Director of KIOXIA Holdings Corporation (former Toshiba Memory Holdings Corporation)