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As of July 1, 2008
| Chairman | Akio Dobashi * | |
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| Vice Chairman | Masaki Hashikawa * | |
| President & CEO | Yutaka Kase * | |
| Director, Executive Vice President |
Yoji Sato * | Corporate Departments, CFO |
| Director, Executive Vice President |
Hiroyuki Tanabe * | Business Divisions |
| Director | Shigeo Muraoka | |
| Director | Yoshihiko Miyauchi |
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Shigeo Muraoka satisfies the requirements to be an independent director as stipulated in the Company Low. |
| Full-time Auditor | Kenji Okazaki |
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| Full-time Auditor | Shunsaku Yahata |
| Full-time Auditor | Susumu Komori |
| Auditor | Kazuo Hoshino |
| Auditor | Yukio Machida |
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Shunsaku Yahata, Kazuo Hoshino and Yukio Machida satisfy the requirements to be an independent corporate auditor as stipulated in the Company Low. |
Executive Vice President
| Yasuyuki Fujishima | Adviser to the President |
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Senior Managing Executive Officers
| Kazunori Teraoka | President, Machinery & Aerospace Division |
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| Shinichi Taniguchi | CCO Public Relations Dept., Risk Management Dept., Risk Management Planning Dept., Legal Dept., CSR & Compliance Dept. |
| Joji Suzuki | President, Chemicals & Plastics Division |
| Hiroshi Kanematsu | President, Energy & Mineral Resources Division |
| Masao Ichishi | President, Real Estate Development & Forest Products Division |
Managing Executive Officers
| Jun Matsumoto | President & CEO for the Americas President, Sojitz Corporation of America, Sojitz Canada Corporation |
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| Keisuke Ishihara | President, Consumer Lifestyle Business Division Senior General Manager, Textiles & General Merchandise Unit |
| Tetsuya Konoda | Finance Dept., Project Finance Dept., Corporate Accounting Dept. |
| Shigeki Dantani | President & CEO for Asia & Oceania President, Sojitz Asia Pte. Ltd. General Manager, Singapore Branch General Manager, Energy Unit of Asia & Oceania, Mineral Resources Unit of Asia Oceania, Steel Business Unit of Asia & Oceania, Energy & Mineral Resources Business Development Unit of Asia & Oceania |
| Yoshio Mogi | Senior Vice President, Consumer Lifestyle Business Division General Manager, Business Management Office |
| Masahiro Komiyama | Senior Vice President, Energy & Mineral Resources Division Senior General Manager, Steel Business Unit |
| Tatsunobu Sako | Senior Vice President, Machinery & Aerospace Division Senior General Manager, Automotive Unit |
| Shinichi Teranishi | Secretariat Dept., Corporate Planning Dept., Business Promotion Dept., Investor Relations Office General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept. |
Executive Officers
| Katsuhiko Kobayashi | Executive Vice President for China CFO for China President, Sojitz (China) Co., Ltd. |
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| Michiharu Katsura | Senior Vice President, Machinery & Aerospace Division Senior General Manager, Aerospace Unit |
| Shuhei Inoue | President & CEO for Middle East & Africa |
| Junichi Hamatsuka | CFO, CAO for the Americas CFO, CAO, Sojitz Corporation of America General Manager, Sojitz Corporation of America, Los Angeles Branch |
| Kazuhiko Nakajima | President & CEO for Europe, Russia & NIS President, Sojitz Europe plc , Sojitz UK plc |
| Michifumi Watanabe | Senior Vice President, Chemicals & Plastics Division Senior General Manager, Chemicals Unit |
| Satoshi Mizui | Senior Vice President, Energy & Mineral Resources Division Senior General Manager, Energy Unit |
| Kazuhiko Kawasaki | President & CEO for China Chairman, Sojitz (China) Co., Ltd., Sojitz (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Sojitz (Dalian) Co., Ltd., Sojitz (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Sojitz (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. Sojitz (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., Sojitz (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. General Manager, Sojitz Corporation, Beijing (Liaison) Office |
| Takashi Ikeda | Senior Vice President, Consumer Lifestyle Business Division Senior General Manager, Foods Unit General Manager, Quality Assurance Office |
| Yoshihisa Suzuki | Senior Vice President, Machinery & Aerospace Division Senior General Manager, Information and Industrial Machinery Unit |
| Masao Goto | President, Sojitz (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd, Sojitz(Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. |
| Shinichi Kamozaki | CIO Internal Control Administration Dept., IT Planning Dept. General Manager, Internal Control Administration Dept. |
| Takahiro Toyoda | Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development & Forest Products
Division Senior General Manager, Real Estate Development Unit General Manager, Osaka Construction Dept. General Manager, Real Estate Development Unit of China |
| Masaru Ogawa | Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development & Forest Products
Division Senior General Manager, Forest Products Unit President, Sojitz Building Materials Corporation |
| Masayuki Hanai | Human Resources & General Affairs Dept. |



