November 25, 2015
Kuraray Co., Ltd.
Announcement of Changes in Executive Personnel
Kuraray Co., Ltd. announces the following changes in executive personnel.
1. Changes in Director Positions(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the end of March 2016)
New position
Director and Primary
Executive Officer
Director and Primary
Executive Officer
Director and Primary
Executive Officer
Director and Senior Executive
Officer
Director and Senior Executive
Officer
Director and Senior Executive
Officer
Director and Senior Executive
Officer
External Director

Name
Sadaaki Matsuyama―Setsuo Yamashita―

Nobuo Fujii―(Scheduled to be appointed
Adviser of KURARAYTRADING Co., Ltd.)―(Scheduled to be appointed
Standing Corporate Auditor )―Kazuhiro Nakayama

Current position
Director and Senior
Executive Officer
Director and Senior
Executive Officer
Director and Senior
Executive Officer
Executive Officer

Kenichi Abe

Executive Officer

Yoshimasa Sano

Executive Officer

Hitoshi Toyoura

Executive Officer

Kazuhiko Kugawa
Hiroaya Hayase

Jun Hamano

Kazuhiro Tenkumo―
Representative
Director andPrimary Executive
Officer
Director and Primary
Executive Officer
Director and Senior
Executive OfficerRemarks
Change ofposition
Change ofposition
Change ofpositionNew
appointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Resignation

Resignation
Resignation

Kunio Yukiyoshi

Director and Senior
Executive Officer

Resignation

Takafusa Shioya

External Director

Resignation

12. Changes in Corporate Auditor Positions(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the end of March 2016)
New position
Standing Corporate Auditor

Name
Kunio Yukiyoshi―Yoichi Ninagawa

Current position
Remarks
Director and Senior New
Executive Officer
appointment
Standing Corporate Resignation
Auditor

3. Changes in Executive Officer Positions (Excluding Those Concurrently Posted as Directors)(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the end of March 2016)
New position
Executive Officer

Name
Scott Bening

Executive Officer

Stephen Cox

Executive Officer

Toshinori Tsugaru

Executive Officer

Koichi Takano

Executive Officer

Nobuhiko Takai

Executive Officer

Toshihiro Omatsu

Executive Officer

Hitoshi Kawahara

Executive Officer

Hajime Suzuki

Executive Officer

Ikuo Nakamura―

Masanori Onodera

2Current position――
Associate Executive
Officer
Associate Executive
Officer
Associate Executive
Officer
Associate Executive
Officer
Associate Executive
Officer
Associate ExecutiveOfficer
Associate Executive
Officer
Executive Officer

RemarksNew
appointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Resignation

4. Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers after Changes◎ Indicates a new appointment※ Indicates a change in position
No mark indicates either a continuation in office or a reappointment to that office.
Representative Director and Chairman

Fumio Ito

Representative Director and President

Masaaki Ito※ Director and Primary Executive Officer

Sadaaki Matsuyama※ Director and Primary Executive Officer

Kazuhiko Kugawa※ Director and Primary Executive Officer

Hiroaya Hayase

Director and Senior Executive Officer

Yukiatsu Komiya◎ Director and Senior Executive Officer

Kazuhiro Nakayama◎ Director and Senior Executive Officer

Kenichi Abe◎ Director and Senior Executive Officer

Yoshimasa Sano

◎ Director and Senior Executive Officer

Hitoshi Toyoura

External Director

Tomokazu Hamaguchi◎ External Director

Jun HamanoStanding Corporate Auditor

Keiji Murakami◎ Standing Corporate Auditor

Kunio Yukiyoshi

External Corporate Auditor

Mie Fujimoto

External Corporate Auditor

Yoshimitsu Okamoto

External Corporate Auditor

Mikio Nakura

Executive Officer

Matthias Gutweiler

Executive Officer

George Avdey

Executive Officer

Yukinori Yamane

Executive Officer

Akira Omura

Executive Officer

Tsugunori Kashimura

Executive Officer

Takashi Nakajima

Executive Officer

Hirohide Hayashi◎ Executive Officer

Scott Bening◎ Executive Officer

Stephen Cox◎ Executive Officer

Toshinori Tsugaru◎ Executive Officer

Koichi Takano◎ Executive Officer

Nobuhiko Takai◎ Executive Officer

Toshihiro Omatsu◎ Executive Officer

Hitoshi Kawahara◎ Executive Officer

Hajime Suzuki◎ Executive Officer

Ikuo Nakamura

35. Career Summary of New Directors and New Corporate Auditors(1) New Directors
Name: Kazuhiro Nakayama
Date of birth:January 1, 1956
Educational background: Graduated from the Kyushu University, Graduate School ofEngineering (Master's Degree) in March 1980
Career history:
April 1980

Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.

September 2000

Manager of SEPCA Construction Group, Environment and Technology
Division

April 2006

Manager of Technology Planning and Administration Department,
Environmental, Industrial Safety and Technology Division
General Manager of Technology Development Center, Technology Division
General Manager of Kurashiki Plant
Executive Officer (Current position)
General Manager of Global Business Planning Division, Vinyl Acetate
Company
General Manager of Technology Division (Current position)

April 2008
April 2012
June 2012
April 2013
April 2014

Name: Kenichi Abe
Date of birth:
May 3, 1956
Educational background: Graduated from the Kyoto University, Faculty of Economics inMarch 1980
Career history:
April 1980
June 2000

Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.
Assistant Manager of Synthetic Rubber and Resin Sales Department,
Chemicals Division

April 2001
April 2006

Manager of Elastomer Sales Department, Elastomer Division
Manager of Planning and Administration Department, Chemicals Company

April 2008

Deputy General Manager of Isoprene Chemicals Division, Chemicals andMedical Products CompanyGeneral Manager of Elastomer Division, Chemicals and Medical ProductsCompany
President of Kuraray America, Inc.
General Manager of Corporate Management Planning Division
Executive Officer (Current position)
General Manager of New Business Development Division (Current position)

April 2009
April 2010
April 2012
June 2012
April 2013

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Name: Yoshimasa Sano
Date of birth:
April 12, 1956
Educational background: Graduated from Osaka City University, Faculty of Business inMarch 1980
Career history:
April 1980
Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.
July 2001
April 2007
April 2010
June 2012
April 2014

Manager of Sales Department, Fine Chemicals Division
Manager of Chemicals Marketing & Sales Department, Isoprene Chemicals
Division, Chemicals and Medical Products Company
General Manager of Elastomer Division, Chemicals Company
Executive Officer (Current position)
General Manager of Methacrylate Division, Functional Materials Company(Current position)

Name: Hitoshi Toyoura
Date of birth:

November 18, 1958

Educational background: Graduated from Waseda University, School of Political Scienceand Economics in March 1982
Career history:
April 1982

Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.

April 2003

Manager of Non-woven Fabrics Material Department, Fastening andNon-woven Fabrics Company

April 2010

General Manager of Fibers and Industrial Materials Division, Fibersand Textiles CompanyJune 2013
January 2015
March 2015

Executive Officer (Current position)
General Manager of Consumer Goods and Materials Division, Fibers andTextiles Company (Current position)
President of Kuraray Fastening Co., Ltd. (Current position)

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Name: Jun Hamano
Date of birth:※External Director

February 27, 1951

Educational background: Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics
in March 1974
Career history:
April 1974

Entered Economic Planning Agency of Japan

July 1999

Director, Minister’s Secretariat Division

January 2001

Director, Personnel Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Cabinet Office

January 2002

Deputy Director General for Economic and Fiscal Management

July 2004

Director General for Economic and Fiscal Management

July 2006

Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination

July 2008

Deputy Vice-Minister

July 2009

Vice-Minister

January 2012

Advisor

April 2013

Executive Advisor, DENTSU INC. (Current position)

June 2014

Director, Ohara Memorial Healthcare Foundation (Current Position)

June 2015

Chairman, the Institute for Science of Labour

September 2015 Chairman, the Ohara Memorial Institute for Science of Labour(Current Position)6

(2) New Standing Corporate Auditor
Name: Kunio Yukiyoshi
Date of birth:
May 2, 1951
Educational background: Graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Engineeringin March 1975
Career history:
April 1975

Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.

June 2000

Manager of Chemical Process Technology Development Department,
Technology Development Center

April 2001

Manager of Poval and Eval Production and Technology Department,
Okayama Plant

April 2004

Manager of Technology Planning and Administration Department,
Environment and Technology Division

April 2007

Deputy General Manager of Poval Film Division, Specialty Resin andFilm Company

April 2008

General Manager of Poval Film Division, Specialty Resin andFilm Company

April 2010

General Manager of Kurashiki Plant

June 2010

Executive Officer

April 2012

Officer Responsible for Technology Division (Current position),
Officer Responsible for Plants in Japan (Current position),
General Manager of Technology Division

June 2012

Director and Senior Executive Officer (Current position)

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