Corporate Officers
As of April 1, 2024
Directors (* Representative Director)
| Chairman＆CEO | Masayoshi Fujimoto* |  |
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| Representative Director | Ryutaro Hirai* |  |
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| Senior Managing Executive Officer | Yoshiki Manabe* |  |
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| Director | Norio Otsuka |  |
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| Director | Naoko Saiki |  |
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| Director | Ungyong Shu |  |
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| Director | Haruko Kokue |  |
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| Director | Tsuyoshi Kameoka |  |
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- Mr. Norio Otsuka, Ms. Naoko Saiki, Mr. Ungyong Shu, Ms. Haruko Kokue and Mr. Tsuyoshi Kameoka satisfy the requirements to be appointed as outside directors as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Companies Act.
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time) | Masaaki Kushibiki |  |
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| Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time) | Takehiro Honda |  |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Michiko Nagasawa |  |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Kazuhiro Yamamoto |  |
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Junko Kamei |  |
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- Ms. Michiko Nagasawa, Mr. Kazuhiro Yamamoto, and Ms. Junko Kamei satisfy the requirements to be outside auditors as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 16 of the Companies Act.
Executive Officers
Chairman
| Masayoshi Fujimoto | CEO |
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President
| Kosuke Uemura | COO |
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Senior Managing Executive Officer
| Masaaki Bito | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Metal One Corporation*¹ |
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| Yoshiki Manabe | Executive Management of Corporate Departments |
| Koichi Yamaguchi | President & CEO for the Americas President, Sojitz Corporation of America President, Sojitz Canada Corporation |
| Makoto Shibuya | CFO Executive Management of Corporate Departments COO, Corporate Planning Department |
| Tomomi Arakawa | CDO, CIO COO, Digital Department |
*1:Mr. Masaaki Bito will be appointed a Director at Metal One Corporation following the company’s General Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for April 2024. Mr. Bito will then assume his role as Representative Director, Executive Vice President at Metal One Corporation effective following resolution at the Board of Directors Meeting to be held after the General Shareholders’ Meeting.
Managing Executive Officer
| Koji Izutani | General Manager, Kansai Office |
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| Shigeya Kusano | President & CEO for Asia & Oceania Managing Director, Sojitz Asia Pte. Ltd. General Manager, Singapore Branch |
| Satoru Takahama | Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer JALUX Inc. |
| Masakazu Hashimoto | COO, Aerospace, Transportation & Infrastructure Division |
| Hiroto Murai | COO, Retail & Consumer Service Division |
| Tatsuya Morita | CCO, CISO COO, Legal Department, Internal Control Administration Department |
| Yasuhisa Nakao | COO, Business Innovation Office Executive Management of Economic Security Affairs |
| Kazuhisa Yumikura | COO, Finance Department |
| Toshiaki Kasai | COO, Human Resources Department |
Executive Officer
| Taro Okamura | President & CEO for Middle East & Africa |
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| Yumie Endo | COO, PR Department, IR Office, Corporate Sustainability Department |
| Tatsuhiko Kanetake | COO, Automotive Division |
| Tatsuhiko Niitaka | President & CEO for Europe Managing Director, Sojitz Corporation of Europe B.V. General Manager, Sojitz Corporation of Europe B.V., Paris Branch Director & CEO, Sojitz Europe Trade Holdings GmbH |
| Osamu Matsuura | COO, Metals, Mineral Resources & Recycling Division |
| Takefumi Nishikawa | COO, Energy Solution & Healthcare Division |
| Hideo Hatada | COO, Consumer Industry & Agriculture Business Division |
| Katsunori Okada | President & CEO for China Chairman, Sojitz (China) Co., Ltd. Chairman & President, Sojitz (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Chairman, Sojitz (Dalian) Co., Ltd., Sojitz (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., Sojitz (Hong Kong) Ltd., and Sojitz (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. |
| Hitoshi Oda | COO, Risk Management Department |
| Kenji Maeda | COO, Chemicals Division |
| Mizue Nakazawa | COO, General Accounting Department, Business Accounting Department |