Directors & executive officers

As of June 30, 2025

Representative Director,
Chairman of the Board

Hiroshi Ogasawara
Career Summary
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)
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.
March 2024 Director; Senior Executive Officer; General Manager, Tokyo Branch (to present)
Outside Director (*1)(*2)
Hisanori Makaya
Career Summary
April 1982 Joined Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation)
June 2015 Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Graphic Systems Division,
FUJIFILM Corporation and President and Representative Director,
FUJIFILM Global Graphic Systems Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Graphic Solutions Corporation)
December 2016 Director and Corporate Vice President, FUJIFILM Corporation
June 2017 Director and Senior Vice President, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.)
June 2019 Director and Executive Vice President, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
April 2021 President and CEO, Representative Director, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
April 2022 Chairman and Director, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
June 2024 Outside Director, Niterra Co., Ltd. (to present)
May 2025 Outside Director (to present)
June 2025 Outside Director, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (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)
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.
June 2014 External Director, Spiber Inc.
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)
June 2025 Outside Director, KUREHA CORPORATION (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 Outside Corporate Auditor, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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)
March 2024 Outside Director, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (to present)
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.
March 2024 Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; In charge of Corporate Planning and Administration; In charge of CSR
March 2025 Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; Regional Manager, China
May 2025 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Regional Manager, China（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 Knapek
Nobuaki Jinnouchi
Kenji Ueyama
Tatsuya Yamada
Hiroshi Takata
Ayumi Hayashida
Manabu Okahisa
Yasushi Ichiki
Kozo Ide
Executive Officer Masahiko Okura
Takenori Otsuka
Michiaki Higuchi
Shunrin Mizutani
Shoichiro Shimoike
Yasuo Adachi
Toshio Kawasaki
Yumie Kubota
Hideaki Yoshimatsu
Seigo Yamada
Marcus Mead
Tetsuyoshi Yamamoto
Takahiro Uchiyama
Hidenori Hara

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