Board Member Profiles | ESG Reporting | HOYA REPORT 2022

Lead Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee

Mitsudo Urano
(Born on Mar. 20, 1948)

Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
9 years
Number of shares of the Company held
5,000 shares
Number of attendances to the Board meetings
9/9 times (100%)

Apr. 1971	Joined Nippon Reizo Kabushiki Kaisha (present Nichirei Corporation)
Jun. 1999	Director and General Manager, Strategic Planning Division of Nichirei Corporation
Jun. 2001	Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation
Jan. 2005	Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation, and Representative Director and President of Nichirei Foods Inc.
Apr. 2007	Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation, and Director and Chairman of Nichirei Foods Inc.
Jun. 2007	Representative Director and Chairman of Nichirei Corporation, and Director and Chairman of Nichirei Foods Inc.
Jun. 2013	Advisor of Nichirei Corporation (retired in March 2018)
Jun. 2013	Director of the Company (present post)

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.

Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee

Shuzo Kaihori
(Born on Jan. 31, 1948)

Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
7 years
Number of shares of the Company held
1,000 shares
Number of attendances to the Board meetings
9/9 times (100%)

Apr. 1973	Joined Yokogawa Electric Works Ltd. (present Yokogawa Electric Corporation)
Apr. 2005	Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Apr. 2006	Senior Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Jun. 2006	Director and Senior Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Apr. 2007	Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Apr. 2013	Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Apr. 2015	Director, Chairman of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Jun. 2015	Director of the Company (present post)
Jun. 2016	Director and Chairman of the Board of Yokogawa Electric Corporation (retired in June 2018)

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.

Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Chairperson of the Healthcare Compliance Committee

Hiroaki Yoshihara
(Born on Feb. 9, 1957)

Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
4 years
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Number of attendances to the Board meetings
9/9 times (100%)

Nov. 1978	Joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.
Jul. 1996	National Managing Partner, the Pacific Rim Practice of KPMG LLP
Oct. 1997	Board Member of KPMG LLP
Oct. 2003	Vice Chairman and Global Managing Partner of KPMG International (retired in April 2007)
Jun. 2018	Director of the Company (present post)

Important Positions of Other Companies Concurrently Held: Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd
Reason for the Selection for Director: Mr. Yoshihara has long-term experience as an expert in finance and accounting as well as management experience gained as Global Managing Partner of an international accounting firm. He also has a track record of participating in the M&A of many companies from a professional standpoint. The Company’s Nomination Committee expects that he will contribute to the improvement of the supervisory function of the Board of Directors of the Company and at the same time provide plenty of advice in regard to M&A, an important measure in the Company’s business strategy,

Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Healthcare Compliance Committee

Yasuyuki Abe
(Born on Apr. 17, 1952)

Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
1 year
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Number of attendances to the Board meetings
7/7 times

Apr. 1977	Joined Sumitomo Corporation
Jun. 2002	Representative Director and President of Sumisho Electronics Co., Ltd. (present SCSK Corporation)
Apr. 2005	Representative Director and President of Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation (present SCSK Corporation)
Jun. 2009	Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Financial & Logistics Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation
Apr. 2010	Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, New Industry Development & Cross-function Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation
Apr. 2011	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, New Industry Development & Cross-function Business Unit, General Manager, Financial Service Division of Sumitomo Corporation
Apr. 2013	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Group of Sumitomo Corporation
Jun. 2015	Advisor of Sumitomo Corporation (retired in June 2018)
Jun. 2021	Director of the Company (present post)

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 being 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.

Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee

Takayo Hasegawa
(Born on Oct. 15, 1959)

Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
New
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Number of attendances to the Board meetings
—

Apr. 1984	Joined SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD. (present SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.)
Jun. 2005	Deputy Director of Technical Development Center and Manager of Superconducting Project of SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD.
Apr. 2006	Director, Director of Technical Development Center of SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Apr. 2010	Managing Director of SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., and Corporate Officer, General Manager of the Technology Planning Office of SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD.
Jun. 2013	Director, General Manager of the Technology Planning Office of SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD.
Apr. 2017	Director of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Jun. 2018	President and Director of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Apr. 2019	President and Representative Director, Group CEO of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Apr. 2020	President and Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Director, Group CEO of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (present post)
Jun. 2022	Director of the Company (present post)

Important Positions of Other Companies Concurrently Held: President and Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Director, Group CEO of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reason for the Selection for Director: Ms. Hasegawa was engaged for many years as a researcher in the R&D divisions of the SWCC Group, which was originally established in the electric wire and cable industry and expanded widely into the Energy / Infrastructure, Communications/Industrial Devices, and Electrical Equipment/Components businesses, promoting the technological development of the SWCC Group. Since taking office as the first female President and Representative Director from the R&D divisions in the SWCC Group in 2018, she has implemented rapid reform of governance by dividing the business of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. into segments, helping to ensure stable profitability. The Company’s Nomination Committee expects that she will contribute significantly to the Company’s management based on her experience as a manager backed by expertise as an engineer and with regard to initiatives for new business and transformation.

Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Healthcare Compliance Committee

Mika Nishimura
(Born on Aug. 14, 1963)

Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
New
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Number of attendances to the Board meetings
—

Jun. 1985	Joined BAIN & COMPANY
Aug. 1989	Joined LEK PARTNERSHIP
Jan. 1992	Director, Global Marketing of GUIDANT CORPORATION
Sep. 1999	Managing Partner of THE BLG GROUP
Oct. 2002	Vice President International Sales, Operations and Marketing of EV3
Jan. 2007	Managing Partner of THE BLG GROUP
Jan. 2011	Operational Partner of GILDE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS (present post)
Apr. 2011	Vice President, Commercial Development of AUXOGYN (present PROGYNY)
Nov. 2015	Vice President, Commercialization of NVISION MEDICAL CORPORATION (present BOSTON SCIENTIFIC)
Jun. 2022	Director of the Company (present post)

Important Positions of Other Companies Concurrently Held: Operational Partner of GILDE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS
Reason for the Selection for Director: Ms. Nishimura has over 30 years of experience in the medical technology sector and was engaged in commercialization strategy on a global scale (50 markets in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Central and South America). Through leadership positions, including Director, Global Marketing, she has been involved in clinical and business strategies and has a proven track record in helping to launch franchises that contribute to stable revenue growth. In addition, her experience as a partner in a life science venture fund has given her a broad global perspective on the latest technologies and companies. Based on her past experience, the Company believes that she will contribute to strengthening the supervisory function, primarily in the life science business, and at the same time provide a great deal of advice on business strategy of the Company.

Director, Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO
Chairperson of the Board of Directors

Eiichiro Ikeda
(Born on Mar. 17, 1970)

Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
New
Number of shares of the Company held
1,400 shares
Number of attendances to the Board meetings
—

Apr. 1992	Joined the Company
Sep. 2010	Co-CEO, Memory Disk Division of the Company
Sep. 2010	Head of Optical Lens of the Company
Jun. 2013	Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company
Jun. 2015	Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer (COO), Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company
Mar. 2020	Executive Officer & Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company
Mar. 2022	Representative Executive Officer President & CEO, and Chief Representative of Singapore Branch of the Company (present post)
Jun. 2022	Director of the Company (present post)

Important Positions of Other Companies Concurrently Held: None
Reason for the Selection for Director: Mr. Ikeda has played an important role in management as Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer for the Information Technology business and Chief Technology Officer for the entire HOYA Group prior to taking office as Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO in March this year. Since March, he has led the Group as CEO and gives appropriate explanations and reports on strategies based on portfolio management at meetings of the Board of Directors. He also supervises the execution of operations by other Executive Officers and strives to enhance the corporate value of the Group. The Company’s Nomination Committee believes that he will contribute to important management matters while fulfilling his accountability to the Board of Directors as a Director of the Company, taking into consideration his past performance as an Executive Officer, so it has nominated him as a new candidate for Director.

Director, Representative Executive Officer & CFO

Ryo Hirooka
(Born on Jan. 14, 1974)

Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
New
Number of shares of the Company held
8,000 shares
Number of attendances to the Board meetings
—

Apr. 1996	Joined The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited (present Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited)
Sep. 2002	Joined the Company
Aug. 2004	Financial Manager of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V. (Netherlands)
Feb. 2007	Director of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V.
Jul. 2007	Director of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V., and President of HOYA HOLDINGS (Asia) B.V.
Jul. 2009	Deputy CFO of Netherlands Branch of the Company
Jun. 2013	Executive Officer & CFO of the Company
Jun. 2014	Representative Executive Officer & CFO (present post)
Jun. 2022	Director of the Company (present post)

Important Positions of Other Companies Concurrently Held: None
Reason for the Selection for Director: Mr. Hirooka has been leading the Group’s financial strategy as Representative Executive Officer & CFO, implementing proactive and flexible measures with a focus on capital efficiency. For several years, the focus on cash generation, including its efforts to promote cash conversion cycle (CCC) improvements, has been highly regarded by investors. In addition, he has been explaining and reporting financial matters, including financial results, appropriately at meetings of the Board of Directors and results briefing sessions, and has been fulfilling his role as an Executive Officer. The Company’s Nomination Committee believes that he will contribute to important management matters while fulfilling his accountability to the Board of Directors as a Director of the Company, taking into consideration his past performance as an Executive Officer, so it has nominated him as a new candidate for Director.