REG-Mitsui & Co Ltd Changes of Directors and Executive Officers
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Changes of Directors and Executive Officers
This announcement is for our U.S.$5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note
Programme.
January 15, 2021
For Immediate Release
To Whom It May Concern
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Changes of Directors and Executive Officers
We hereby inform the following changes for Directors and Executive Officers,
which were approved at our Board of Directors' meeting today.
Content list
Ⅰ . Executive Officers;
1) Promoted Executive Officers; April 1, 2021
2) Newly appointed Executive Officers; April 1, 2021
3) Related Personnel Changes for Executive Officers; April 1, 2021
4) Retiring Executive Officers; March 31, 2021
Ⅱ . Directors;
1) Newly appointed Directors; June 18, 2021*
2) Change of Representative Directors; April 1, 2021
3) Retiring Directors; June 18, 2021**
Ⅲ . Related Personnel Changes; April 1, 2021
* Subject to approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be
held on June 18, 2021.
** Effective on the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to
be held on June 18, 2021.
Attachment
①Executive Officers (as of April 1,2021)
②Reasons for Appointment/Biography of Candidates for Directors (Newly
appointed)
I . Executive Officers;
1）Promoted Executive Officers; 11 persons April 1, 2021
Name New Present
Representative Director
Senior Executive Managing Officer;
Hirotatsu Fujiwara Representative Director
Chief Human Resources Officer;
Executive Vice President
Chief Compliance Officer
Representative Director Representative Director
Executive Vice President;
Senior Executive Managing Officer;
Shinichiro Omachi
Chief Strategy Officer
Chief Strategy Officer
Executive Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Asia Pacific Business
Unit;
Motoaki Uno Senior Executive Managing Officer
CEO of Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
Executive Managing Officer; Country Chairperson in India; Chairperson &
Director of MITSUI & CO. INDIA PVT. LTD.; Deputy
Senior Executive Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Asia Pacific
Business Unit; Chief Operating Officer of Asia Pacific Business Unit
Koji Nagatomi
CEO of Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
Sayu Ueno Senior Executive Managing Officer; Executive Managing Officer;
Chief Operating Officer of Americas Business Unit Chief Operating Officer of Americas Business Unit
Takeo Kato Executive Managing Officer; Managing Officer;
President of Mitsui & Co.(Thailand) Ltd.; President of Mitsiam Chief Operating Officer of Performance Materials Business Unit
International, Limited
Yuki Kodera Executive Managing Officer; President of Mitsui & Co.(Brasil)S.A. Managing Officer;
Chief Operating Officer of Mineral & Metal Resources Business Unit
Yoshiki Hirabayashi Executive Managing Officer; Managing Officer;
General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Division Chief Operating Officer of Retail Business Unit
Yoshiaki Takemasu Executive Managing Officer; Chief Human Resources Officer; Chief Compliance Managing Officer;
Officer
General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Division
Motoyasu Nozaki Executive Managing Officer; Managing Officer;
Chief Operating Officer of Energy Business Unit II Chief Operating Officer of Energy Business Unit II
Masahiro Moriyasu Executive Managing Officer; Managing Officer;
Chief Representative of East Asia Bloc; Chairman of Mitsui & Co. (China) Chief Operating Officer of IT & Communication Business Unit
Ltd.
2.) Newly appointed Executive Officers; 7 persons April 1, 2021
Name New Present
Makoto Takasugi Managing Officer; General Manager of Financial Management & Advisory General Manager of Financial Management & Advisory Division IV
Division IV
Isao Kohiyama Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of IT & Communication Business President & Chief Executive Officer of Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
Unit
Tsutomu Osada Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Retail Business Unit Operating Officer of Food Business Unit
Yuichi Takano Managing Officer; General Manager of Legal Division General Manager of Legal Division
Hiroshi Kakiuchi Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Performance Materials Business General Manager of Functional Materials Division,
Unit
Performance Materials Business Unit
Kenichiro Yamaguchi Managing Officer; General Manager of Financial Management & Advisory General Manager of E&P Division, Energy Business Unit I
Division III
Tetsuya Fukuda Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Mineral & Metal Resources General Manager of Coal Division, Mineral & Metal Resources Business Unit
Business Unit
3.) Related Personnel Changes for Executive Officers; 14 persons April 1, 2021
Name New Present
Representative Director
Hirotatsu Fujiwara Representative Director Senior Executive Managing Officer; Chief Human Resources Officer; Chief
Executive Vice President Compliance Officer
Miki Yoshikawa Representative Director Representative Director
Senior Executive Managing Officer(*) Senior Executive Managing Officer
Executive Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Asia Pacific Business
Unit;
Motoaki Uno Senior Executive Managing Officer
CEO of Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
Senior Executive Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Asia Pacific Executive Managing Officer; Country Chairperson in India; Chairperson &
Business Unit; Director of MITSUI & CO. INDIA PVT. LTD.; Deputy
Koji Nagatomi
CEO of Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd. Chief Operating Officer of Asia Pacific Business Unit
Hirohiko Miyata Executive Managing Officer; Executive Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of EMEA (Europe, the
Middle East and Africa) Business Unit
Chief Representative of Europe Bloc
Takeo Kato Executive Managing Officer; Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Performance Materials Business
Unit
President of Mitsui & Co.(Thailand) Ltd.; President of Mitsiam
International, Limited
Yuki Kodera Executive Managing Officer; President of Mitsui & Co.(Brasil)S.A. Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Mineral & Metal Resources
Business Unit
Yoshiki Hirabayashi Executive Managing Officer; General Manager of Human Resources & General Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Retail Business Unit
Affairs Division
Yoshiaki Takemasu Executive Managing Officer; Chief Human Resources Officer; Chief Compliance Managing Officer; General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs
Officer Division
Masahiro Moriyasu Executive Managing Officer; Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of IT & Communication Business
Unit
Chief Representative of East Asia Bloc; Chairman of Mitsui & Co. (China)
Ltd.
Masaharu Okubo Managing Officer; Country Chairperson in India,; Chairperson & Director of Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Energy Business Unit I
MITSUI & CO. INDIA PVT. LTD.
Masato Sugahara Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Wellness Business Unit Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Healthcare & Service Business
Unit
Atsushi Kawase Managing Officer; General Manager of Internal Auditing Division Managing Officer; General Manager of Financial Management & Advisory
Division III
Toru Matsui Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Energy Business Unit I; Chief Managing Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Energy Solutions Business Unit
Operating Officer of Energy Solutions Business Unit
*Change of Areas Overseen
4) Retiring Executive Officers; 6 persons March 31, 2021
Name New Present
Yukio Takebe Director (As of April 1, 2021) Representative Director
Executive Vice President
Motoo Ono Counselor (As of April 1, 2021) Senior Executive Managing Officer; Chief Representative of East Asia Bloc;
Chairman of Mitsui & Co. (China) Ltd.
Shingo Sato Retiree Executive Managing Officer; President of Mitsui & Co.(Brasil)S.A.
Osamu Toriumi Retiree Executive Managing Officer; General Manager of Internal Auditing Division
Reiji Fujita Retiree Managing Officer; President of Mitsui & Co.(Thailand)Ltd.; President of
Mitsiam International, Limited
Yoshimitsu Gushiken Retiree Managing Officer; General Manager of Finance Division
II. Directors:
1) Newly appointed Directors; 2 persons June 18, 2021
Name New Present
Motoaki Uno Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer Senior Executive Managing Officer (As of April 1, 2021)
Representative Director, Executive Managing Officer; Chief Human Resources Executive Managing Officer; Chief Human Resources Officer;
Officer; Chief Compliance Officer
Yoshiaki Takemasu Chief Compliance Officer (As of April 1, 2021)
* Appointment of Directors is subject to approval at the Ordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2021.
2) Change of Representative Directors; 2 persons April 1, 2021
Name New Present
Masami Iijima
Director Chairman and Representative Director
Yukio Takebe Representative Director
Executive Vice President
Director
3) Retiring Directors; 2 persons June 18, 2021
Name New Present
Masami Iijima Counselor Director (As of April 1, 2021)
Yukio Takebe Counselor Director (As of April 1, 2021)
*Retirement of Directors will be effective on the close of the
Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2021.
Ⅲ． Related Personnel Changes; April 1, 2021
Name New Present
Makoto Tanaka General Manager of Finance Division Chief Financial Officer of EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) Business
Unit
Kengo Asano President & Chief Executive Officer of Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd. Seconded to Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
①
Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2021) 45 persons
President and CEO Kenichi Hori
Executive Vice President (3 persons） Takakazu Uchida Hirotatsu Fujiwara
Shinichiro Omachi
Senior Executive Managing Officer (6 persons) Yoshio Kometani Miki Yoshikawa
Shinsuke Kitagawa Motoaki Uno
Koji Nagatomi Sayu Ueno
Executive Managing Officer (9 persons) Hiroyuki Tsurugi Hiroshi Meguro
Hirohiko Miyata Takeo Kato
Yuki Kodera Yoshiki Hirabayashi
Yoshiaki Takemasu Motoyasu Nozaki
Masahiro Moriyasu
Managing Officer (26 persons) Kohei Takata Yumi Yamaguchi
Shinichi Hori Shinichi Kikuchihara
Masaharu Okubo Tetsuya Daikoku
Tatsuya Okamoto Yuji Mano
Masato Sugahara Kazumasa Nakai
Tetsuya Shigeta Atsushi Kawase
Koichi Fujita Yoshiyuki Enomoto
Takashi Furutani Yoichiro Endo
Takeshi Akutsu Makoto Sato
Toru Matsui Makoto Takasugi
Isao Kohiyama Tsutomu Osada
Yuichi Takano Hiroshi Kakiuchi
Kenichiro Yamaguchi Tetsuya Fukuda
②-1
Reasons for Appointment/Biography of Candidates for Directors (Newly appointed)
Motoaki Uno
Date of birth: August 18, 1960
Education: Graduated from Hitotsubashi University
(Faculty of Economics) in March 1984
Joined Mitsui: April 1984
Career at the company:
April 1984 Flat Rolled Steel Products Division
June 1987 Trainee in the UK (Class I)
July 1989 Hot Rolled Steel Products and Steel Plate Overseas Division
April 1991 Steel Overseas First Division
December 1993 Seconded to Mitsui & Co. Steel Construction Material Ltd., (Tokyo)
November 1994 Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Singapore Branch
June 2003 Steel Pipe & Plate Overseas Division
October 2004 Departmental General Manager, Steel Pipe & Plate Overseas Division
November 2007 Seconded to Mitsui Tubular Products, LLC as CEO (Houston, Texas)
April 2008 Seconded to Champions Pipe & Supply, Inc. as Chairman & CEO (Houston, Texas)
April 2011 General Manager, Steel Overseas Second Division
April 2013 General Manager, Steel Pipe & Plate Overseas Division
April 2015 General Manager, Planning & Administrative Division (Metals)
April 2016 Managing Officer; President & CEO, P.T. Mitsui Indonesia
April 2019 Executive Managing Officer; President & CEO, P.T. Mitsui Indonesia (Jakarta)
April 2020 Executive Managing Officer; COO of Asia Pacific Business Unit;
CEO, Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
Reason for appointment: Mr. Motoaki Uno has been selected as a candidate for the Board of Directors for his outstanding insights, strong performance record in the field of steel products, and personal characteristics that make him suitable as one of the management executives of this company, as well as his excellent managerial skills acquired through his experience in various positions, including GM of the Planning and Administrative Division (Metals), President of P.T. Mitsui Indonesia, and COO of the Asia Pacific Business Unit. Going forward, in addition to supervising business execution in the areas of iron & steel products, mineral & metal resources, and innovation & corporate development, he is expected to apply his accumulated experience and insights to the BOD decision-making process and contribute to the sustainable improvement of
corporate value through efforts to realize innovation in the company's business and steadfastly make returns.
Number of Company's shares held: 42,542
②-2
Reasons for Appointment/Biography of Candidates for Directors (Newly appointed)
Yoshiaki Takemasu
Date of birth: August 30, 1962
Education: Graduated from Keio University
(Faculty of Law) in March 1985
Joined Mitsui: April 1985
Career at the company:
April 1985 1st Fine Chemicals Division
June 1989 Trainee in France (Class II)
June 1992 Fine Chemical Division
December 1998 Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH (Dusseldorf)
September 2002 Seconded to Mitsui AgriScience International S.A./N.V. as President & CEO
(Brussels)
April 2005 Departmental General Manager, AgriScience Division; DPF Division
April 2006 Planning & Administrative Division (Chemicals); DPF Division
June 2007 Business School Trainee (Attended the Advanced Management Program,
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
October 2007 Human Resources & General Affairs Division; Planning & Administrative Division (Chemicals)
January 2009 Corporate Planning & Strategy Division; Transportation Logistics Business Unit;
Human Resources & General Affairs Division
October 2010 Corporate Planning & Strategy Division; Strategic Business Development Division,
Foods & Retail Business Unit; Human Resources & General Affairs Division;
Corporate Communications Division
April 2011 General Manager, AgriScience Division
April 2015 CAO, Asia Pacific Business Unit;
SVP, Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd.; General Manager, Planning Division
April 2018 Managing Officer; General Manager, Human Resources & General Affairs Division
Reason for appointment: Mr. Yoshiaki Takemasu has been selected as a candidate for the Board of
Directors for his outstanding expertise, strong track record of achievements
in the chemicals field, and personal characteristics that make him suitable to
play a role in the management of the company, as well as his excellent
managerial skills developed through his experience as GM of the AgriScience
Div., CAO of the Asia Pacific Business Unit, GM of the Human Resources &
General Affairs Div., and other positions held. Going forward, through his
supervision of the Human Resources & General Affairs Div., Legal Div.,
Logistics Strategy Div., and other related corporate staff units as CHRO/CCO,
Mr. Takemasu is expected to support and promote the thorough inculcation of
integrity and compliance, along with diversity, including work style
innovation, throughout the Mitsui & Co. group.
Number of Company's shares held: 17,217
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