REG-Thomson Reuters: Aiko Doden Appointed to TRFSC

Thomson ReutersAnnouncement

01/07/2021 07:05

Aiko Doden Appointed to Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company Board of
Directors

TORONTO, June 30, 2021 -- The Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company today
announced that it has appointed Aiko Doden to its Board of Directors.

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The Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company acts as a guardian of the Thomson
Reuters Trust Principles. Established in 1941, the Trust Principles are
designed to preserve Thomson Reuters independence, integrity and freedom from
bias in the gathering and dissemination of information and news. The new
appointment takes immediate effect.

Aiko Doden is currently Special Affairs Commentator on international affairs
and Senior Director at NHK World TV, Japan's public broadcaster. In this
capacity, she hosts "NHK World Newsline In Depth" and comments on global
affairs with a focus on sustainable growth, global health, gender, education,
and human rights. Having also anchored key news programs "NHK News at 9 PM,"
"NHK World Network" and "NHK Asian Voices," she is a globally recognized
figure in television and broadcasting.

Ms. Doden has over three decades of experience in journalism, covering events
from Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami evacuation shelters to
international summit meetings, to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, and to
interviewing a number of global leaders and figureheads. She is a member of
the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Development Projects Accountability Committee
and the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO. She is also on the board of
governors of UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and
Sustainable Development and sits on the board of trustees at The International
House of Japan.

Kim Williams, Chairman of the Founders Share Company's Board, said, "Aiko
Doden is an accomplished journalist with a long career of distinguished
journalism in Japan and internationally. Her reputation is one which has
secured wide respect and enviable professional standing. She will bring a
valued perspective to the discussions between Trustees in the critical issues
which challenge the sustainable reliable pathway to protect independence,
integrity and freedom from bias so central to the trust reposed by millions in
the work of Reuters. On behalf of my fellow directors, I am delighted to
welcome her to the board of the Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company."

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Senior Director, Corporate Affairs
+1 332 219 1511
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