News Release
February 21, 2019
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc.
Nihonbashi 1-chome Building
4-1, Nihonbashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8247

Change of Officers
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. has decided the following changes at its Board of Directors’
meeting held on February 21, 2019.
1. Promotion to Member of the Board (Effective April 1, 2019)
Name
New
Current
Toshihiko Takahashi Managing Executive Officer
Executive Officer
Member of the Board
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅱ
2. Promotion of Executive Officer (Effective April 1, 2019)
Name
New
Current
Toshihiko Takahashi Managing Executive OfficerExecutive Officer
Member of the Board
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅱ
3. New Executive Officer (Effective April 1, 2019)
Name
New
Current
Yasuji Nakano
Executive Officer
Senior Operating Officer,
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅱ
Iron & Steel Division-II
General Manager,
Overseas Steel Sheets Dept.
Makoto Ishitani
Executive Officer
CFO
President of Marubeni-Itochu Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc.
Tubulars America Inc.
Assistant to General Manager,
Americas1

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Change of Executive Officer’s Responsibilities (Effective as of April 1, 2019)
Name
New
Current
Executive Officer
Kazuaki Shimada Executive Officer
General Manager for Asia &General Manager for theOceania
Americas & CEO ofMarubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc.
Akio Nakazato
Executive Officer
Executive Officer
General Manager for Asia &General Manager, Corporate
Oceania
Planning & Coordination Dept.
5. Retiring Member of the Board and Executive Officer (as of March 31, 2019)
Name
Current
Toshiatsu Suwa
Managing Executive Officer
Kunihiro Yamanouchi Executive Officer, General Manager for the Americas & CEOof Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc.
Effective April 1, Managing Executive Officer Toshiatsu Suwa is scheduled to assume theposition of Senior Consultant.

New Management Team effective April 1st 2019 as follows:＊Promotion, ○New Appointment, △Role ChangeNameNew
Current
Tomohito Kaneda

Tatsuhiko Toshita
Haruhiko Ida

Masakazu Tanimoto

Toshihiko Takahashi(＊)

Kazunori Maruyama

President and CEO
Member of the Board
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board

President and CEO
Member of the Board
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board

Managing Executive Officer
CSO
Member of the Board
Managing Executive Officer(Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅰ,
Tubular Products Div.)
Member of the Board
Managing Executive Officer(Iron & Steel Div. -Ⅱ,
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅲ,
Automotive Steel Products Div.)
Member of the Board
Executive Officer
CFO
Member of the Board

Managing Executive Officer
CSO
Member of the Board
Managing Executive Officer(Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅰ,
Tubular Products Div.)
Member of the Board
Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅱ

2

Executive Officer
CFO
Member of the Board

Osamu Tsukada

Audit & Supervisory Board
MemberAudit & Supervisory Board
Member

Hideki Yamamoto

Audit & Supervisory Board
MemberAudit & Supervisory Board
MemberYutaka Shimizu

Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅰ

Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅰ

Yasuji Nakano(○)

Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅱ

Masafumi Nishimoto

Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅲ

Senior Operating Officer,
Iron & Steel Division-II
General Manager,
Overseas Steel Sheets Dept.
Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅲ

Akira Suzuki

Executive Officer
Automotive Steel Products Div.

Executive Officer
Automotive Steel Products Div.

Kiyoshi Tomikawa

Executive Officer
Tubular Products Div.

Executive Officer
Tubular Products Div.

Yasuhiro Tanaka

Executive Officer
Osaka Div.

Executive Officer
Osaka Div.

Kazuaki Shimada(△)

Executive Officer
General Manager for theAmericas & CEO ofMarubeni-Itochu Steel America
Inc.
Executive Officer
General Manager for Asia &Oceania
Executive OfficerGeneral Manager for China
Chairman & President ofMarubeni-Itochu Steel(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer
President of Marubeni-Itochu
Tubulars America Inc.

Executive Officer
General Manager for Asia &Oceania

Akio Nakazato(△)

Satoshi Tanaka

Makoto Ishitani(○)

Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate
Planning & Coordination Dept.
Executive Officer
General Manager for China
Chairman & President ofMarubeni-Itochu Steel(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
CFO
Marubeni-Itochu Steel AmericaInc.
Assistant to General Manager,
Americas

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