Board of Directors and Corporate Auditors

Director, Chairman Norio Ichino

Representative Director, President Mitsunori Torihara

Year of Birth 1941
March 1964 Degree in law, Waseda UniversityApril 1964 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
July 1990 Manager, Sales Planning Division
July 1991 Deputy Chief Executive, Northern Business Division
June 1993 	Director responsible for Government Relations
Department
June 1996 	Director, General Manager, Corporate Planning
Department, Strategic Planning Division
June 1998 	Managing Director, Chief Executive, Business
Development Division
June 2000 	Senior Managing Director, Chief Executive, BusinessDevelopment Division
June 2001 Senior Managing Director
June 2002 	Representative Director, Executive Vice President,Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Corporate
Communication Division, Internal Audit Department
June 2003	Representative Director, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Executive Officer
April 2006 Director, Vice Chairman
April 2007 Director, Chairman

Year of Birth 1943
March 1967 Degree in economics, University of Tokyo
April 1967 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
July 1992 	Manager, Management Planning Group, Corporate
Planning Department
August 1993 	General Manager, Planning Department, Kanagawa
Business Division
June 1994 Vice Chief Executive, Kanagawa Business Division
June 1996 General Manager, Gas Resources Department
June 1998 Director, General Manager, Gas Resources Department
June 2000 Managing Director
June 2002 	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Strategic Planning Division, Internal Audit Department,Compliance Department
June 2003 	Representative Director, Executive Vice-President, Chief
Executive, Strategic Planning Division
April 2004 	Representative Director, Executive Vice-President, Chief
Executive, Corporate Communication Division, responsible for Compliance Department
April 2006 President and Chief Executive Officer

Representative Director, Executive Vice President

Tadaaki Maeda

Year of Birth 1946
March 1970	Completed masters degree in engineering,University of Tokyo
April 1970 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
July 1992 Acting Manager, Corporate Planning Department
July 1993 	Acting Manager, Technology Planning Group, Manager,
Research Planning Group
July 1994 	General Manager, Planning Department, Western
Business Division
June 1996	Deputy Chief Executive, Western Business Division
June 1997 General Manager, Product Development Department
June 2000	Director, General Manager, Energy Sales and Service
Planning Department, Energy Sales Division
June 2002 	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, R&D Division
April 2004 	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Energy
Resources Division, Internal Audit Department
June 2004 	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Energy Resources Division, Internal Audit Department
April 2006 	Representative Director, Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Strategic
Planning Division
April 2007	Representative Director, Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Energy Production
Division, responsible for Environmental Affairs
Department

Representative Director, Executive Vice President

Tsuyoshi Okamoto

Year of Birth 1947
March 1990 Degree in economics, Hitotsubashi University
April 1970 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
July 1994 	Acting Manager, Gas Resources Department, Manager,
Gas Resource Research and Development Group
June 1996 	General Manager, Planning Department, NorthernBusiness Division
June 1997 Deputy Chief Executive, Northern Business Division
June 1998 General Manager, Government Relations Department
June 1999 General Manager, Japan Gas Association
June 2002 	Executive Officer, General Manager, Strategic Planning
Division
April 2004 	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Strategic
Planning Division
June 2004 	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Corporate Planning Department
April 2006 	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Corporate Communication Division, ComplianceDepartment, Internal Audit Department
April 2007	Representative Director, Executive Vice President,Executive Officer responsible for Personnel Department,
Secretary Department, General Administration
Department, Compliance Department, Internal Audit
Department

Director, Senior Executive Officer

Masaki Sugiyama

Year of Birth 1947
March 1970 Degree in engineering, Hokkaido University
April 1970 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
July 1995 Manager, Production Group, Production Division
June 1996 	Business Planning Department, Business Development
Division
June 2000 	General Manager, Production Department, Production
Division
June 2002 	Executive Officer, Manager, Pipeline Department, Pipeline
and Safety Management Division
April 2004 	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Pipeline
Network Division
June 2006 	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Pipeline Network Division, Pipeline Planning Department
April 2007 	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Technology Development Division
April 2008 	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Technology Development Division, IT DivisionSenior Executive Officer

Toshio Tezuka

Year of Birth 1946
March 1970 Degree in engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
April 1970 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
July 1995 	Business Planning Department, Business Development
Division
June 1999 	Group Manager, Technology Planning Group, Corporate
Planning Department, Strategic Planning Division
June 2001 	General Manager, Commercial Customer Development &Service Department, Energy Sales and Service Division,
Acting Manager, Volume Sales Department, Energy Salesand Service Division
June 2002 	Executive Officer, General Manager, CommercialCustomer Development & Service Department, Energy
Sales and Service Division
June 2003 	Executive Officer, Manager, Commercial Customer
Development & Service Department, Energy Sales andService Division, Acting Manager, Volume Sales
Department
April 2004	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Regional
Development Marketing Division
April 2007 	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Housing
Development Division
June 2007 	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Housing Development Division

AuditorTsunenori Tokumoto

AuditorYasunori Takakuwa

Outside Auditor

Toshimitsu Shimizu(President, Yokohama IndustrialDevelopment Corporation)

Outside Auditor

Shoji Mori
(Vice Chairman, Institute for International
Socio-Economics Studies)Senior Executive Officer

Shigeru Muraki

Year of Birth 1949
March 1972 Degree in engineering, University of Tokyo
July 1972 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
July 1997 	Manager, Gas Resources Research and Development
Group, Gas Resources Department
June 2000 Manager, Gas Resources Department
June 2002 	Executive Officer, General Manager, Gas Resources
Department, Planning Division
April 2004 Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, R&D Division
April 2006 	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, TechnologyDevelopment Division
April 2007	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Energy
Solutions Division
June 2007	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Energy
Solutions Division36

Senior Executive Officer

Toshiyuki Kanisawa

Year of Birth 1948
March 1972 Degree in economics, Keio University
April 1972 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
July 1997 	General Manager, Residential Sales Department,
Kanagawa Business Division
June 1999 	Business Planning Department, Business Development
Division
June 2001 Related Business Department, Related Business Division
June 2003 	Executive Officer, General Manager, Service Planning
Department, Customer Service Division
April 2004 	Executive Officer, Manager, Corporate Planning
Department, Planning Division
April 2006 	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Residential
Sales Division
April 2007	Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Residential
Sales Promotion Division
June 2007	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive,
Residential Sales Promotion Division

Outside Director Kazumoto Yamamoto

Outside Director

Katsuhiko Honda

Outside Director Sanae Inada

Current position Advisor, Asahi Kasei Corporation
Year of Birth 1933
March 1957 Degree in engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
April 1957 Joined Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
August 1971	General Manager, Chikushino Factory
April 1976 	General Manager, Housing Construction Department,
Housing Division
June 1982 	General Manager, Housing Division
June 1983 Director
June 1987 Managing Director
June 1990 	Senior Managing Director
June 1992 	General Manager, Housing Division
June 1993 	Representative Senior Managing Director
June 1995 	Vice-President and Representative Director
June 1997 	President Representative Director
January 2001 	Company name changed to Asahi Kasei Corporation(January 1)
April 2003 Director, Vice-Chairman
June 2003 Advisor
June 2005 Director, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Current position
Year of BirthMarch 1965
April 1965
June 1992
June 1994
June 1996
June 1998		
June 2000
June 2006
June 2007

Director, Advisor, Japan Tobacco Inc.
1942
Completed law degree, University of TokyoJapan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation
Director, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Managing Director, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Senior Director, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Representative Director, Deputy President, Japan
Tobacco Inc.
Representative Director, President, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Director, Advisor, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Director, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Current occupation Attorney
Year of Birth 1944
March 1967 Degree in law, Keio University
1967 Passed bar examination
March 1970	Completed training at Judicial Research andTraining InstituteApril 1970	Registered as attorney(Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)
June 2007	Director, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Outside Auditor

Yukio Masuda(Standing Consultant, Mitsubishi Corporation)

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