November 27, 2019
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 2020)
New position
Name
Representative Director and Hiroaya Hayase
Senior Managing Executive
OfficerCurrent position
Director and Senior
Managing
Executive Officer

Director and Senior Managing Yoshimasa Sano
Executive Officer

Director andManaging
Executive Officer
Managing
Executive Officer
Managing
Executive Officer―Director and Managing
Executive Officer
Director and ManagingExecutive Officer
Outside Director

Matthias Gutweiler
Nobuhiko Takai
Satoshi Tanaka―

Sadaaki Matsuyama―

Kazuhiko Kugawa

Kazuhiro Nakayama―(Scheduled to be appointedStandingAuditor)

Corporate―

Mie Fujimoto

Representative
Director and Senior
Managing
Executive Officer
Director and Senior
Managing
Executive Officer
Director andManaging
Executive Officer
Outside Director

Remarks
Assumption ofoffice as
Representative
Director
Change ofpositionNew
appointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Resignation

Resignation
Resignation

Resignation

2. Changes in Corporate Auditor Positions(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the end of March 2020)
New position
Standing Corporate Auditor―Name
Kazuhiro Nakayama
Kunio Yukiyoshi

1Current position
Remarks
Directorand New
Managing Executive appointment
OfficerStandingCorporate 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 2020)
New position
Name
Senior Managing Executive Tsugunori Kashimura
OfficerManaging Executive Officer
Akira Omura

Current position
Managing ExecutiveOfficer
Executive Officer

Managing Executive Officer

Toshihiro OmatsuExecutive Officer

Executive Officer

Naoya Uehara

Executive Officer

Satoru Fujinami

Executive Officer

Kazushige Sakamoto

Executive Officer

Koichi Daifuku

Associate Executive
Officer
Associate Executive
Officer
Associate Executive
Officer
Associate Executive
Officer
Executive Officer―Ichiro Matsuzaki(Scheduled to be appointed
President of Kuraray TechnoCo., Ltd.)
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 PresidentMasaaki Ito※ Representative Director and Senior
Managing Executive Officer※ Director and Senior Managing Executive
Officer
Director and Managing Executive
Officer
Director and Managing Executive
Officer
Director and Managing Executive
Officer◎ Director and Managing Executive
Officer◎ Director and Managing Executive
Officer
Outside Director
Outside Director

Hiroaya Hayase
Yoshimasa Sano
Kenichi Abe
Hitoshi Kawahara
Keiji Taga
Matthias Gutweiler
Nobuhiko Takai
Tomokazu Hamaguchi
Jun Hamano◎ Outside Director

Satoshi Tanaka◎ Standing Corporate Auditor

Kazuhiro Nakayama

Standing Corporate Auditor

Yukinori Yamane

External Corporate Auditor

Mitsuhiro Nagahama

External Corporate Auditor

Tomomi Yatsu

External Corporate Auditor

Kenji Komatsu
2Remarks
Change ofposition
Change ofposition
Change ofpositionNew
appointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Newappointment
Resignation

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Hitoshi Toyoura※ Senior Managing Executive Officer

Tsugunori Kashimura※ Managing Executive Officer

Akira Omura※ Managing Executive Officer

Toshihiro Omatsu

Executive Officer

P. Scott Bening

Executive Officer

Stephen Cox

Executive Officer

Toshinori Tsugaru

Executive Officer

Koichi Takano

Executive Officer

Hajime Suzuki

Executive Officer

Ikuo Nakamura

Executive Officer

Takaharu Kawahara

Executive Officer

Fuyuo Ueyama

Executive Officer

Tomoyuki Watanabe

Executive Officer

Katsumasa Yamaguchi

Executive Officer

Stevan R. Schott

Executive Officer

Yoji Ikemori◎ Executive Officer

Naoya Uehara◎ Executive Officer

Satoru Fujinami◎ Executive Officer

Kazushige Sakamoto◎ Executive Officer

Koichi Daifuku

5. Career Summary of New Directors and Corporate Auditors(1) New Directors
Name: Matthias Gutweiler
Date of birth:
March 11, 1958
Educational background: PhD, University of Mainz, the Biochemistry Institute in 1988
Career history:
2001

Joined Kuraray Specialities Europe2009President, Kuraray Europe GmbH (Current position), Executive Officer

2013

General Manager of PVB Division, Vinyl Acetate Company

2018Managing Executive Officer (Current position)

3

Name: Nobuhiko Takai
Date of birth:
May 5, 1960
Educational background: Graduated from the Kyoto University, Faculty of Law in March 1984
Career history:
April 1984

Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.

April 2005

Manager of Global Operation Department, Poval Resin Company,
Specialty Resin and Film Sector

April 2009Manager of Business Planning Department, Poval Resin Division,Specialty Resin and Film Company

April 2012

Deputy General Manager of Genestar Division, Chemicals CompanyApril 2014

General Manager of Genestar Division, Isoprene Company

March 2016

Executive Officer

January 2019

Vice President, Functional Materials Company (Current position),
General Manager of Carbon Material Division, Functional Materials
Company (Current position)

March 2019

Managing Executive Officer (Current position)

Name: Satoshi Tanaka
Date of birth:※Outside Director

February 27, 1958

Educational background: Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Literaturein March 1981
Career history:
Career history:
April 1981

Joined Mitsui & Co.

April 2011

Managing Officer, Mitsui & Co.

April 2013

Executive Managing Officer, Mitsui & Co.

April 2015Senior Executive Managing Officer, COO of Asia Pacific Business Unit,
Mitsui & Co.

April 2017

Executive Vice President, Mitsui & Co.

June 2017

Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Mitsui & Co.

April 2019
June 2019

Director, Mitsui & Co.
Counselor, Mitsui & Co. (Current position)4

(2) New Corporate Auditor
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

April 2008
April 2012
June 2012
April 2013

General Manager of Technology Development Center, Technology Division
General Manager of Kurashiki Plant
Executive Officer
General Manager of Global Business Planning Division, Vinyl Acetate
Company
General Manager of Technology Division

April 2014
January 2016

Officer Responsible for Technology Division (Current position),
Officer Responsible for Plants in Japan (Current position),and Officer Responsible for Environmental Business Development andPromotion Division

March 2016
January 2018

Director and Managing Executive Officer (Current position)
Officer Responsible for Environment and Industrial Safety Management
Center (Current position)5