Directors and Executive Officers

As of July 1. 2023

Representative Director,
Chairman of the Board

Hiroshi Ogasawara

March 1979	Joined the Company
June 2006	Director; Deputy General Manager, Motion Control Div.
March 2007	Director; General Manager, Drives Div.
March 2011	Director; General Manager, Motion Control Div.
June 2012	Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Motion Control Div.
June 2013	Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Motion Control Div.
March 2014	Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Technology Div.
March 2015	Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Technology Div.
March 2016	Representative Director, President; General Manager, Corporate Technology Div.
March 2017	Representative Director, President; Manager, Diversity Management Div.
March 2018	Representative Director, President; Manager, ICT Strategy Div.
March 2022	Representative Director, Chairman of the Board; President
March 2023	Representative Director, Chairman of the Board (to present)

Representative Director,
President
Masahiro Ogawa

Career Summary

March 1987	Joined the Company
December 2010	Regional Manager, The Americas; Director and Chairman, YASKAWA AMERICA, Inc.
June 2012	Executive Officer; Reginal Manager, The Americas; Director and Chairman, YASKAWA AMERICA, Inc.
March 2016	Executive Officer; General Manager, Robotics Div.
May 2019	Director; Executive Officer; General Manager, Robotics Div.
March 2020	Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Robotics Div.
March 2022	Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Robotics Div.
March 2023	Representative Director, President; In charge of Human Resources Development; In charge of ICT Strategy; General Manager, Corporate Technology Div. (to present)

Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Shuji Murakami

Career Summary

March 1982	Joined the Company
June 2008	Director; Manager, Corporate Planning Div.
June 2012	Director; Executive Officer; Manager, Corporate Planning Div.
March 2014	Director; Managing Executive Officer; Manager, Corporate Planning Div.
March 2015	Director, Managing Executive Officer; Department Manager, Corporate Planning Dept.
March 2016	Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; Department Manager, Corporate Planning Dept.
March 2017	Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Planning & Finance Div.
March 2020	Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; In charge of CSR; In charge of Administration; General Manager, Corporate Planning & Finance Div. (to present)

Director, Senior Executive Officer
Yasuhiko Morikawa

Career Summary

April 1985	Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited(currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
April 2008	Corporate Officer, Corporate Planning Group, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
April 2010	General Manager, Gotanda Branch, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
April 2012	General Manager, Financial Institutions Banking Division No.1, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
April 2013	Executive Officer, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
May 2015	Joined the Company, Associate Director
March 2016	Executive Officer; General Manager, Tokyo Office, Corporate Marketing Div.
March 2017	Executive Officer; General Manager in Finance, Corporate Planning & Finance Div.
March 2020	Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning & Finance Div.
March 2021	Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning & Finance Div.
May 2021	Director; Senior Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning & Finance Div.
September 2021	Director; Senior Executive Officer; General Manager, General Affairs & Risk Management Div.
March 2022	Director; Senior Executive Officer; In charge of Compliance; General Manager, General Affairs & Risk Management Div. (to present)

Director and Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee
Yuji Nakayama

Career Summary

March 1983	Joined the Company
June 2010	Director; General Manager, Accounting Div.
June 2012	Executive Officer; General Manager, Accounting Div.
June 2013	Director; Executive Officer; General Manager, Accounting Div.
March 2017	Director; Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Div.
May 2019	Director and Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee (full-time; to present)

Director and Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee
Takeshi Ikuyama

Career Summary

March 1986	Joined the Company
March 2013	Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Div.
March 2017	Executive Officer; Chairman of the Board of Directors, YASKAWA ELECTRIC (CHINA) CO., LTD.
March 2019	President; Bestact Solutions Inc.
March 2023	Executive Officer; Audit Div.
May 2023	Director and Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee (full-time; to present)

Outside Director, Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee (*1)(*2)
Toshikazu Koike

Career Summary

April 1979	Joined BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
August 1982	Seconded to Brother International Corporation(U.S.A)
October 1992	Director, Brother International Corporation(U.S.A)
January 2000	Director & President, Brother International Corporation(U.S.A)
June 2004	Director, BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
January 2005	Director & Chairman, Brother International Corporation(U.S.A)
April 2005	Director & Managing Executive Officer, BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
April 2006	Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer, BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
June 2006	Representative Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer, BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
June 2007	Representative Director & President, BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
June 2018	Representative Director & Chairman, BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
June 2020	Outside Director, Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.(to present)
May 2021	Outside Director; Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee of the Company(to present)
June 2022	Director & Chairman, BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.(to present)

Outside Director, Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee (*1)(*2)
Kaori Matsuhashi

Career Summary

April 1993	Joined Toyo Information Systems Co., Ltd. (currently TIS Inc.)
October 2002	Joined KPMG Tokyo Office (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
April 2006	Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
July 2006	Joined Asset Investors Co., Ltd. (currently Merchant Bankers Co., Ltd.)
November 2007	General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, Asset Investors Co., Ltd.
March 2008	Joined MK Capital Management Corporation (currently IDERA Capital Management Ltd.), Executive Officer
May 2009	Established Luminous Consulting Co., Ltd. Representative Director, (to present) Representative, Matsuhashi Kaori Certified Public Accountant Office (to present)
January 2014	External Auditor, NTS Holdings Co., Ltd. (to present)
June 2014	External Director, Spiber Inc. (to present)
June 2017	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kakaku.com, Inc.
May 2019	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (to present)
May 2022	Outside Director; Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee of the Company (to present)

Outside Director, Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee (*1)(*2)
Keiji Nishio

Career Summary

April 1981	Joined Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd. (currently Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.)
June 2003	Executive Officer; General Manager, Dairy, Grocery Foods & Wine Marketing Dept., Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.
June 2004	Managing Executive Officer; Chief Operations Officer, Kanto Regional Sales Div., Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.
October 2009	Director; Executive Officer; General Manager, Sales Promotion Dept.; Chief Operations Officer, Kanto Regional Sales Div., Snow Brand Milk Products, Co., Ltd.
April 2011	Executive Officer; General Manager, Marketing Control Dept., Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
June 2013	Director; Executive Officer, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
April 2015	Representative Director; President, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
April 2022	Director; Senior Adviser, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
June 2022	Senior Adviser, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.
May 2023	Outside Director; Member of Audit and Supervisory Committee of the Company (to present)

Outside Director, Member of the Audit
and Supervisory Committee (*1)(*2)
Yaeko Hodaka

Career Summary

April 1992	Registered as an Attorney Joined Ishii Law Office
January 2005	Joined Morrison & Foerster, Partner
January 2011	Joined Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise), Partner
September 2020	Fellow, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan, World Economic Forum
June 2021	External Corporate Auditor, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (to present)
April 2023	Joined Isshiki & Partners, Partner (to present)
May 2023	Outside Director; Member of Audit and Supervisory Committee of the Company (to present)
June 2023	Outside Corporate Auditor; Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (to present)

(*1) Indicates an Outside Director as provided in Article 2-15 of the Companies Act.
(*2) Indicates a designated Independent Director as stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Senior Executive Officer	Michael Stephen Knapek
	Junichi Nakano
	Nobuaki Jinnouchi
	Kenji Ueyama
	Bruno Schnekenburger
	Tatsuya Yamada
	Hiroshi Takata
	Ayumi Hayashida
	Manabu Okahisa
Executive Officer	Masahiko Okura
	Takenori Otsuka
	Michiaki Higuchi
	Shunrin Mizutani
	Yasushi Ichiki
	Albert Shiina
	Shoichiro Shimoike
	Yasuo Adachi