November 22, 2023
Kuraray Co., Ltd.
Announcement of Changes in Executive Personnel
Kuraray Co., Ltd. today announces its decision regarding a change in those appointed as
executive personnel. Details are as follows.
We separately announced changes in representative director positions today. (Scheduledeffective date: January 1, 2024)
1. Changes in Director Positions(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the end of March 2024)
New position
Director and Managing
Executive Officer
Outside Director――NameCurrent position
Remarks
Tomoyuki Watanabe Managing Executive Officer Newappointment
Naoko Mikami
New―appointment
Hiroaya Hayase
Representative Director Resignationand Senior Managing
Executive OfficerJun Hamano
Outside DirectorResignation※Hiroaya Hayase will be appointed as Director and Executive Officer effective January 1, 2024.
2. Changes in Member of Audit & Supervisory Board Positions(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the end of March 2024)
New position
Full-time Member ofAudit & Supervisory Board―NameHiroaya Hayase

Current position
Representative Director andSenior Managing ExecutiveOfficer
Kazuhiro Nakayama Full-time Memberof Audit & Supervisory
BoardRemarks
New
appointment
Resignation

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 2024)
New position
Managing Executive Officer

Name
Yoji Ikemori

Executive Officer

Satoshi Yamaguchi

Executive Officer

Noriaki Namba―Toshinori Tsugaru

1Current position
Executive Officer

Remarks
Change ofposition
Associate Executive
NewOfficer
appointment
Associate ExecutiveNewOfficer
appointment
Managing Executive Officer Resignation

4. Directors, Members of Audit & Supervisory Board 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.
President and Representative Director※ Representative Director andManaging Executive Officer
Chairman and Director

SeniorHitoshi Kawahara
Keiji Taga
Masaaki Ito

Director and Senior Managing ExecutiveOfficer
Director and Managing Executive Officer

Yoshimasa Sano

Director and Managing Executive Officer

Nobuhiko Takai◎ Director and Managing Executive Officer

Matthias Gutweiler
Tomoyuki Watanabe

Outside Director

Keiko Murata

Outside Director

Satoshi Tanaka

Outside Director

Kiyoto Ido◎ Outside Director

Naoko Mikami◎ Full-time Member ofAudit & Supervisory Board
Full-time Member ofAudit & Supervisory Board
Outside Member ofAudit & Supervisory Board
Outside Member ofAudit & Supervisory Board
Outside Member ofAudit & Supervisory Board

Hiroaya Hayase
Naoya Uehara
Mitsuhiro Nagahama
Tomomi Yatsu
Kenji KomatsuManaging Executive Officer

Akira Omura

Managing Executive Officer

Toshihiro OmatsuManaging Executive Officer

Satoru Fujinami※ Managing Executive Officer

Yoji Ikemori

Executive Officer

Stephen Cox

Executive Officer

Koichi Takano

Executive Officer

Takaharu Kawahara

Executive Officer

Fuyuo Ueyama

Executive Officer

Stevan R. Schott

Executive Officer

Kazushige Sakamoto

Executive Officer

Koichi Daifuku

Executive Officer

Junichi Fujiwara

Executive Officer

Hideo Ohi

Executive Officer

Hiroyuki Shimo

Executive Officer

Yoshinobu Nakamura

Executive Officer

Akiko Ide

Executive Officer

Nobuyoshi Takai
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Executive Officer

Christian Herrmanns

Executive Officer

Stanley Fukuyama◎ Executive Officer

Satoshi Yamaguchi◎ Executive Officer

Noriaki Namba

Career Summary of New Director and Member of Audit & Supervisory Board(1) New Director
Name: Tomoyuki Watanabe
Date of birth:
July 15, 1963
Educational background: Graduated from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Graduate School ofEngineering (Master’s Degree) in March 1988
Career history:
April 1988

Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.

June 2006

Manager, EVAL Research and Development Department, Kurashiki Plant

March 2009Manager, KURARISTER Production Department, Kurashiki Plant

April 2010

President, EVAL Europe N.V.

January 2015

General Manager, Poval Resin Division, Vinyl Acetate Resin Company,General Manager, International Business Planning Division, Vinyl Acetate
Resin Company

January 2016

Vice President, Vinyl Acetate Resin Company

March 2018

Executive Officer

January 2021

President, Vinyl Acetate Resin Company

January 2023

Officer Responsible for Electronics Materials Promotion Division (CurrentMarch 2023position)
Managing Executive Officer (Current position)

Name: Naoko Mikami
Date of birth:※Outside Director

March 12, 1961

Educational background: Graduated from Japan Women‘s University, Faculty of Home
Economics in March 1983
Career history:
April 1983

Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

April 2007

Visiting Professor, Musashino University

January 2010

Joined C’BON COSMETICS Co., Ltd.

April 2010

Plant Manager, Tochigi Factory, C’BON COSMETICS Co., Ltd.

June 2011

Executive Officer, C’BON COSMETICS Co., Ltd.

June 2012

Director and Executive Officer, C’BON COSMETICS Co., Ltd.

June 2017

Director and Managing Executive Officer, C’BON COSMETICS Co., Ltd.
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June 2019

Representative Director and Vice President, C’BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd.

June 2021

Outside Director, Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Current position)

March 2022

Outside Director, Earth Corporation (Current position)(2) New Member of Audit & Supervisory Board
Name: Hiroaya Hayase
Date of birth:
February 28, 1956
Educational background: Graduated from Kobe University Graduate School of Engineering(Master’s Degree) in March 1980
Career history:April 1980
April 2007
April 2008
April 2010
April 2012
June 2012
April 2013

April 2014
June 2014
January 2015
March 2015
January 2016
March 2016
March 2020

Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.
Manager of Technology Planning and Administration Department,
Technology Division
Deputy General Manager of Technology Division
General Manager of Technology Division, Technology and Development Unit
General Manager of Poval Resin Division, Resin Company
Executive Officer
General Manager of Poval Resin Division, Vinyl Acetate Company, General
Manager of Production and Technology Management Division, Vinyl Acetate
Company
General Manager of International Business Planning Division, Vinyl Acetate
Company
Managing Executive Officer
President, Vinyl Acetate Film CompanyDirector
President, Vinyl Acetate Resin CompanySenior Managing Executive Officer
Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer (Currentposition)

January 2021

Executive Supervisor, Vinyl Acetate Resin Company (Current position)
Executive Supervisor, Vinyl Acetate Film Company (Current position)

January 2022

President, Vinyl Acetate Film Company (Current position)4