Outside Director

Outside Director

MichikoKanai

Hideyuki
OhkuboValue Creation Story

Hiroshi
Kobayashi

Mr. Ohkubo held three meetings in2022 on how to address challenges
faced by our manufacturing division.
He provides advice that taps into
the in-depth knowledge and broad
experience in factory automationthat he cultivated over many years.
His par ticipation in the nextgeneration executive candidates
training program includes holding
a leadership workshop.

Introduction

Outside Director

As a member of the Nominating
Committee and the Remuneration
Committee, Mr. Kobayashi actively
contributes his opinions on nextgeneration executive candidates
training and remuneration systems.
In addition to giving a lecture on
global strategy to next-generation
executive candidates in March 2022,
he regularly provides them with action
learning opportunities through oneon-one meetings.

As part of our next-generation executive candidates training program, Ms. Kanai led aseminar in August 2022 in which she used her expertise as a lawyer to instruct candidates
on compliance challenges that managers need to address, including how to discourage andrespond to misconduct, and anti-harassment measures.
Also, she actively contributes to oversight by providing her legal insights as a member of
the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Business Strategy

Outside Director Activities

Outside DirectorEriNakajima

Drawing upon her past experience,
Ms. Nakajima provides IDEC withadvice on its women’s empowerment
initiatives. In November 2022, sheheld an online meeting with project
members in which she shared herexperiences, approaches for changing
mindsets, and other insights, making
for a productive exchange.
She also uses her knowledge ofenvironmental policy to inspect theprogress of our environmental actions.

Governance

Yasuo
Himeiwa

Foundation For ValueCreation

Outside Director

As a full-time Audit and Supervisory
Committee member, Mr. Himeiwa
vigorously suppor ts auditing andoversight through close coordination
with the executive officer in charge ofinternal control and the committee’ssecretariat.
In October 2022, he used his
insights as a certified accountant tolead a seminar for next-generation
executive candidates that covered
topics such as “Corporate Governanceand Corporate Reporting.”

Outside directors are independent professionals
who are actively involved in IDEC’s commitment to achieving further business growth.
They attend Board of Directors meetings and candidly express independent observations
grounded in their sophisticated expertise and management experience.
In addition, they hold separate meetings on specific business challenges
and topics with the relevant functions, and support our next-generation executive
candidates training curriculum through lectures and one-on-one meetings with candidates.

Outside Director

MarikoSugiyama

IDEC Report 2023

DataMs. Sugiyama holds meetings with members of our ongoing ERP system project, andprovides briefings and advice on the project’s progress.
In December 2022, she held a roundtable with members of our project for promoting
women’s empowerment, sharing her own experiences and effective approaches.

Outside Director Activities

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