News Release
February 18, 2020
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 18, 2020.
1. Promotion of Representative Director (Effective April 1, 2020)
NameNew
Current
Tomohito Kaneda
ChairmanPresident and CEO
Member of the Board
Member of the Board
Tatsuhiko Toshita

President and CEO
Member of the Board

Executive Vice President
Member of the Board

2. Promotion to Member of the Board (Effective April 1, 2020)
Name
New
Current
Yutaka Shimizu
Managing Executive Officer
Executive Officer(Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅰ,
Iron & Steel Div.- Ⅰ
Tubular Products Div.,
Overseas Offices, Branches)
Member of the Board
3. Promotion of Executive Officer (Effective April 1, 2020)
Name
New
Current
Yutaka Shimizu
Managing Executive Officer
Executive Officer(Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅰ,
Iron & Steel Div.- Ⅰ
Tubular Products Div.,
Overseas Offices, Branches)
Member of the Board

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Akira Suzuki

Kiyoshi Tomikawa

Managing Executive Officer
General Manager for theAmericas & CEO ofMarubeni-Itochu Steel
America Inc.
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager for Asia &Oceania

4. New Executive Officer (Effective April 1, 2020 )NameNew
Junichi Hatano
Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div. -Ⅰ

Executive Officer
Automotive Steel Products Div.

Executive Officer
Tubular Products Div.

Current
Senior Operating Officer,
Iron & Steel Division-II

Takeshi Inoue

Executive Officer
Automotive Steel Products Div.

Yasuhisa Tashiro

Executive Officer
Tubular Products Div.

Senior Operating Officer,
Automotive Steel Products Div.
General Manager,
Automotive Steel Products
Dept.-Ⅱ
ITOCHU Corporation
Metals & Minerals Company

Akira Takamaru

Executive Officer
Osaka Div.

General Manager,Affiliates Administration Dept.

4.

Change of Executive Officer’s Responsibilities (Effective as of April 1, 2020)
Name
New
Current
Masakazu Tanimoto Managing Executive Officer
Managing Executive Officer
CFO(Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅰ,
Member of the Board
Tubular Products Div.)
Member of the Board
Yasuhiro Tanaka
Executive Officer
Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅲ
Osaka Div.
5. Retiring Member of the Board and Executive Officer (as of March 31, 2020)
Name
Current
Kazunori Maruyama
Executive Officer, CFO, Member of the Board
Masafumi Nishimoto Executive Officer, Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅲ
Kazuaki Shimada
Executive Officer, General Manager for the Americas & CEOof Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc.
Akio Nakazato
Executive Officer, General Manager for Asia & Oceania

2New Management Team effective April 1st 2020 as follows:＊Promotion, ○New Appointment, △Role Change
Name
New
Current
Tomohito Kaneda (＊)

ChairmanMember of the Board

President and CEO
Member of the Board

Tatsuhiko Toshita (＊)

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

Haruhiko Ida

Masakazu Tanimoto (△)

Toshihiko Takahashi

Yutaka Shimizu (＊)

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

Hideki YamamotoAudit & Supervisory Board
MemberAudit & Supervisory Board
MemberToshiatsu Suwa

Audit & Supervisory Board
MemberAudit & Supervisory Board
MemberManaging Executive Officer
General Manager for theAmericas & CEO ofMarubeni-Itochu Steel
America Inc.
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager for Asia &Oceania
Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅰ

Executive Officer
Automotive Steel Products Div.

Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅱ

Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅱ

Akira Suzuki (＊)

Kiyoshi Tomikawa (＊)

Junichi Hatano (○)
Yasuji Nakano

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Executive Officer
Tubular Products Div.
Senior Operating Officer,
Iron & Steel Division-IIYasuhiro Tanaka (△)

Executive Officer
Iron & Steel Div.-Ⅲ

Executive Officer
Osaka Div.

Takeshi Inoue (○)

Executive Officer
Automotive Steel Products Div.

Yasuhisa Tashiro (○)

Executive Officer
Tubular Products Div.

Senior Operating Officer,
Automotive Steel Products Div.
General Manager,
Automotive Steel Products
Dept.-Ⅱ
ITOCHU Corporation
Metals & Minerals Company

Akira Takamaru (○)

Executive Officer
Osaka Div.

General Manager,
Affiliates Administration Dept.

Satoshi Tanaka

Executive Officer
General 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 China
Chairman & President ofMarubeni-Itochu Steel(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer
President of Marubeni-Itochu
Tubulars America Inc.

Makoto Ishitani

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