Sumitomo Chemical
Sustainability Data Book 2023

Introduction tothe Sumitomo Chemical Group

Sustainability Management

Governance

EnvironmentSocietyContents

Corporate GovernanceCorporate Governance■ Directors & Senior Management (As of July 1, 2023)■ Number of shares held (as of March 31, 2023) ■ Attendance at Board of Directors meetings for fiscal 2022

Name/Position
Masakazu Tokura

Chairman of the Board
Birth Date: July 10, 1950
■ 330,865■ 16/16 times (100%)

Keiichi Iwata

Representative Director &President
Birth Date: October 11, 1957
■ 235,065■ 16/16 times (100%)

Masaki Matsui

Representative Director & Senior
Managing Executive Officer
Birth Date: August 3, 1960
■ 108,898■ 16/16 times (100%)Career1974 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2019 Chairman of the Board (current)
2003 Executive Officer
2021 C hairman, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
2006 Managing Executive Officer(current)
2008 R epresentative Director & Managing Executive Officer
2009 Representative Director & Senior Managing
Executive Officer
2011 Representative Director & President
1982 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2010 Executive Officer
2013 Managing Executive Officer
2018 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2018 Representative Director & Senior Managing
Executive Officer
2019 Representative Director & President (current)
1985 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2013 Executive Officer
2017 Managing Executive Officer
2019 Representative Director & Managing ExecutiveOfficer
2021 Representative Director & Senior Managing
Executive Officer (current)
Current charge: IT-related Chemicals Sector

Nobuaki Mito

Representative Director & Senior
Managing Executive Officer
Birth Date: August 4, 1960
■ 89,177■ 16/16 times (100%)

Motoyuki Sakai

Representative Director & Senior
Managing Executive Officer
Birth Date: August 14, 1961
■ 51,456■ –/– times (–%)

Seiji Takeuchi

Representative Director & Senior
Managing Executive Officer
Birth Date: March 29, 1962
■ 42,556■ –/– times (–%)

Hiroshi Ueda

Director &Executive Vice President
Birth Date: August 5, 1956
■ 169,144■ 16/16 times (100%)

Hiroshi Niinuma

Director &Executive Vice President
Birth Date: March 5, 1958
■ 132,244■ 16/16 times (100%)

1985 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2014 Associate Officer
2015 Executive Officer
2018 Managing Executive Officer
2020 Chairman, Valent U.S.A. LLC (current)
Chairman, Valent BioSciences LLC (current)

2020 R epresentative Director & Managing Executive Officer
2021 Representative Director & Senior Managing
Executive Officer (current)
Current charge: Health & Crop Sciences Sector

1985 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2014 Executive Officer
2018 Managing Executive Officer
2023 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2023 Representative Director & Senior Managing
Executive Officer (current)
Current charge: Energy & Functional Materials Sector

1986 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2015 Associate Officer
2016 Executive Officer
2018 Director, Rabigh Refining and PetrochemicalCompany (current)
2020 Managing Executive Officer

2023 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2023 Representative Director & Senior Managing
Executive Officer(current)

1982 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2008 Associate Officer
2009 Executive Officer
2011 Managing Executive Officer
2016 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2016 Representative Director & Senior Managing
Executive Officer
2018 Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
2019 Director & Executive Vice President (current)

Current charge: Research Planning and Coordination,

1981 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2010 Executive Officer
2013 Managing Executive Officer
2018 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2018 Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
2022 Director & Executive Vice President (current)

Current charge: General Affairs, External Relations,

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Current charge: Essential Chemicals & Plastics Sector,

Business Development for a Circular System for Plastics

Digital and Data Science Innovation,
Process & Production Technology & Safety Planning,
Production & Safety Fundamental Technology Center,
Engineering, Intellectual Property, Responsible Care,
Industrial Technology & Research Laboratory,
Environmental Health Science Laboratory,
Advanced Materials Development Laboratory,
Bioscience Research Laboratory
Legal, Human Resources, Osaka Office Administration

Sumitomo Chemical
Sustainability Data Book 2023

Introduction tothe Sumitomo Chemical Group

Sustainability Management

GovernanceEnvironment

SocietyContents

Corporate GovernanceCorporate Governance■ Number of shares held (as of March 31, 2023) ■ Attendance at Board of Directors meetings for fiscal 2022

Attendance at Board of Audit & Supervisory Board Members meetings for fiscal 2022

Name/Position
Hiroshi Tomono
Outside Director

Birth Date: July 13, 1945■0
■ 16/16 times (100%)

Motoshige Itoh
Outside Director

Birth Date: December 19, 1951■0
■ 16/16 times (100%)

Atsuko Muraki
Outside Director

Birth Date: December 28, 1955■0
■ 16/16 times (100%)

Akira Ichikawa
Outside Director

Birth Date: November 12, 1954■0■ 13/13 times (100%)

Kunio Nozaki

Standing Audit & Supervisory
Board Member
Birth Date: October 29, 1956
■ 92,100■ 16/16 times (100%)
15/15 times (100%)Hironobu Nishi

Standing Audit & Supervisory
Board Member
Birth Date: August 3, 1965
■ 6,800■ –/– times (–%)–/– times (–%)

Mitsuhiro Aso
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Birth Date: June 26, 1949■0
■ 14/16 times (88%)
13/15 times (87%)

Yoshitaka Kato
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Birth Date: September 17, 1951
■0■ 16/16 times (100%)
15/15 times (100%)

Michio Yoneda
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Birth Date: June 14, 1949
■ 2,000■ 16/16 times (100%)
15/15 times (100%)Career1971 Joined Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
2005 Representative Director & President, Sumitomo
Metal Industries, Ltd.
2012 Representative Director & President & COO,
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation2014 Representative Director & Vice Chairman,
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
2015 Director & Advisor, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo
Metal Corporation

2015 Outside Director, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
(current)
2015 Advisor, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo MetalCorporation2016 O utside Director, Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (current)
2020 Senior Advisor, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION (current)
2020 O utside Director, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
(current)

1993 P rofessor, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
1996 Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The
University of Tokyo
2007 Dean, Graduate School of Economics, Faculty ofEconomics, The University of Tokyo
2015 O utside Director, East Japan Railway Company (current)
2016 Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences,Gakushuin University

2018 Outside Director, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
(current)
2022 Outside Director, JX Nippon Mining & Metals
Corporation (current)
2022 Outside Director, Hagoromo Foods Corporation(current)
2022 Outside Director, Shizuoka Financial Group, Inc.
(current)

1978 Joined Ministry of Labour2005 C ounsellor for Policy Evaluation, Minister’s Secretariat,
Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare
2006 Deputy Director-General, Equal Employment,Children and Families Bureau, Ministry of Health
Labour and Welfare
2008 D irector-General, Equal Employment, Children andFamilies Bureau, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare

2010 Director-General for Policies on Cohesive Society,Cabinet Office2012 D irector-General, Social Welfare and War Victims’ Relief
Bureau, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare
2013 Vice Minister, Health Labour and Welfare,
Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare
2015 R etired from Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare
2018 O utside Director, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (current)

1978 Joined Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
2010 Representative Director & President, Sumitomo
Forestry Co., Ltd.
2020 Representative Director, Chairman of the Board,
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. (current)
2021 Outside Director, Konica Minolta, Inc. (current)
2022 Outside Director, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
(current)
1979 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2007 Executive Officer
2009 Managing Executive Officer
2014 Senior Managing Executive Officer
2014 Representative Director & Senior Managing
Executive Officer
2018 Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer

2019 Director
2019 Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member(current)

1988 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2011 General Manager, CSR Office2012 Seconded to Sumitomo Chemical (China) Co., Ltd.
2018 General Manager, Animal Nutrition Div.
2023 Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member(current)

1975 Prosecutor
2010 Superintending Prosecutor, the Fukuoka High
Public Prosecutors Office2012 Retirement as Prosecutor
2012 Registered as Attorney (current)
2013 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (current)

2019 Outside Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings,Inc. (current)

1978 Registered as a certified public accountant(current)
2008 CEO, ShinNihon LLC
2014 Retired from ShinNihon LLC
2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (current)
2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
Sumitomo Corporation (current)
1973 Joined Bank of Japan
1998 G eneral Manager, Sapporo Branch of Bank of Japan
2000 Retired from Bank of Japan
2000 Executive Director, Osaka Securities Exchange(Currently Japan Exchange Group, Inc.)
2003 P resident & CEO, Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd.
2013 D irector & Representative Executive Officer, Group COO, Japan
Exchange Group, Inc. Director, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

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2015 Resigned as Director & Representative Executive
Officer, Group COO, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
Resigned as Director, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
2018 Outside Director, Asahi Broadcasting Group
Holdings Corporation (current)
2018 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (current)
2020 Outside Director, Toyo Tire Corporation (current)

Sumitomo ChemicalSustainability Data Book 2023

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Sustainability Management

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Environment

SocietyContents

Corporate GovernanceCorporate GovernanceName/Position
Noriaki Takeshita

In Charge ofName/Position

In Charge ofCorporate Planning,
IT Innovation

Kanako Fukuda
Executive Officer

Sumitomo Chemical Europe S.A./N.V.

Naoyuki Inoue
Managing Executive
Officer

Procurement,
Logistics

Hiroyoshi Mukai
Executive Officer

Planning & Coordination Office,Energy & Functional Materials Sector,
Quality Assurance Office,Energy & Functional Materials Sector

Keigo Sasaki
Managing Executive
Officer

Corporate Communications,
Accounting, FinanceTakanori Ito
Executive Officer

Process & Production Technology &Safety Planning Dept., Production &Safety Fundamental Technology Center,
Responsible Care Dept.

Kenji Ohno
Managing Executive
Officer

Sustainability,
Internal Control and Audit, Legal Dept.

Yoshihiro Ino
Executive Officer

IT Innovation Dept.

Yoshizumi Sasaki
Managing ExecutiveOfficer

Business Development Office for a Circular
System for Plastics, Resin-related Business
Development Dept., Polyolefins Div.,
Automotive Materials Div., MMA Div.

Tetsuo Takahashi
Executive Officer

Planning & Coordination Office,Essential Chemicals & Plastics Sector,
Basic Materials Div., Industrial ChemicalsDiv.

Ichiro Kosaka
Managing Executive
Officer

Specialty Chemicals Div.,
Advanced Polymers Div.,
Battery Materials Div.

Tomoyuki Hirayama
Executive Officer

General Affairs Dept.,
External Relations Dept.

Takanari Yamaguchi
Managing Executive
Officer

Research Planning and Coordination Dept., Digital and Data
Science Innovation Dept., Intellectual Property Dept., Industrial
Technology and Research Laboratory, Environmental Health
Science Laboratory, Advanced Materials DevelopmentLaboratory, Bioscience Research Laboratory

Satoshi Honda
Executive Officer

Planning & Coordination Office,IT-related Chemicals Sector, Quality
Assurance Office, IT-related Chemicals Sector

Hirokazu Murata
Managing Executive
Officer

Ehime Works

Takeo Kitayama
Executive Officer

Corporate Planning Office

Koichi Ogino
Managing Executive
Officer

Chiba Works

Noriaki Oku
Executive Officer

Rabigh Refining and PetrochemicalCompany

Juan FerreiraManaging Executive
OfficerWork related to South American businessesof the Health & Crop Sciences Sector andValent U.S.A.

Junpei Tsuji
Executive Officer

Research Planning and Coordination
Dept.

Shinsuke Shojima
Managing Executive
Officer

AgroSolutions Div. – International,
Environmental Health Div.,
Animal Nutrition Div.

Toshihiro Yamauchi
Executive Officer

Accounting Dept.

Inho Rha
Managing ExecutiveOfficerDongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.

Kyoko Odawara
Executive Officer

Environmental Health Science Laboratory

Akira Nakanishi
Managing Executive
Officer

Planning & Coordination Office,IT-related Chemicals Sector,
Electronic Materials Div.

Shinichi Takemura
Executive Officer

Optical Materials Div.

Masao Shimizu
Managing Executive
Officer

Human Resources Dept.,
Osaka Office Administration Dept.

Tadashi Katayama
Executive Officer

Planning & Coordination Office,Health & Crop Sciences Sector,
AgroSolutions Div. – International

Hiroaki Fujimoto
Managing Executive
Officer

AgroSolutions Div. – Japan

Sawa Matsubara
Executive Officer

Sustainability Dept., Finance Dept.

Senior Managing
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