March 8, 2022
For Immediate Release

Real Estate Investment Trust Securities Issuer
1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Investment Corporation
Representative: Ken Takanashi, Executive Director(Securities Code: 3481)
Asset Management Company
Mitsubishi Jisho Investment Advisors, Inc.
Representative: Haruhiko Araki, President & CEO
Contact:
Ken Takanashi, Director, General Manager,Logistics REIT Management Department
TEL: +81-3-3218-0030

Notice Concerning the Change of Representative Director, Directors,
Executive Officers and Important Employees and Reorganization of Asset Management CompanyMitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Investment Corporation (“MEL”) today announces that its asset management company,
Mitsubishi Jisho Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Asset Management Company”),has resolved at its board of directors’
meeting on March 8, 2022 to propose an agenda on an appointment of the new directors which will be addressed by the
Asset Management Company’s board at the general shareholders’ meeting to be held on March 31, 2022 and to change
the important employees and the appointment of executive officers.
Mr. Naoki Kuwabara, currently director, will be named as a candidate for representative director at the board ofdirectors’ meeting after the general shareholders’ meeting.
In addition, the Asset Management Company will reorganize the corporate structure of the Asset Management
Company (“Reorganization”) on April 1, 2022, as follows.
1.

Resigning Directors (Effective date: March 31, 2022)
Director (full-time), Koichi Ueno
Director (full-time), Ken Takanashi
Director(part-time), Shojiro Kojima

2.

Newly Appointed Representative Director (Effective date: April 1, 2022)
Representative Director, Naoki Kuwabara (currently Executive Vice President)

3.

Newly Appointed Director (Effective date: April 1, 2022)
Director(part-time), Junji Inagawa

4.

Newly Appointed Executive Officers (Effective date: April 1, 2022)
Chief Executive Officer, Tetsuya Masuda
Senior Executive Officer, Naoki Kuwabara
Senior Executive Officer, Hiroshi Shioiri
Executive Officer, Koichi Ueno
Executive Officer, Ken Takanashi
Executive Officer, Kazuyuki Takeda

5.

Change of Important Employees (Effective date: April 1, 2022)
Position
General Manager,
Fund Planning Department (Note 1,2)
General Manager,
Fund Management Department (Note 1,2)
General Manager,Corporate Management Department

1New

PreviousToshiyuki Arai‐

Koichi Ueno (Note 3)‐

Kazuyuki Takeda(Note 3,4)

Koichi Ueno

General Manager,Internal Audit Department

Kensuke Funahashi

Hiroshi Mizukami

Notes:
1.

Important employees specified in the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

2. On April 1, 2022, the current Private Fund Management Department (General Manager: Toshiyuki Arai) will be abolished and theduties of the Private Fund Management Department will be transferred to the Fund Planning Department and Fund ManagementDepartment.
3. Concurrently serves as Executive Officer.
4. Concurrently serves as General Manager of Human Resources and General Affairs Dept.

6．Details of Reorganization (Effective date: April 1, 2022)(1) Establishment of “Fund Planning Department” and “Fund Management Department”
The Asset Management Company will reorganize its current “Private Fund Management Department” into
“Fund Planning Department” and “Fund Management Department” in order to promote and expand of thePrivate Fund business. Accordingly, the “Private Fund Management Department” will be eliminated.
(2) Establishment of “Sustainability Management Office”
The Asset Management Company has decided to establish “Sustainability Management Office” within the“Corporate Management Department” aiming for further enhancement of its commitment to sustainability.
The change complies with the Financial Instrument and Exchange Law, the Building Lots and Buildings Transaction
Business Law and other applicable laws and regulations. Asset Management Company will carry out all necessary
notifications and other procedures.
Please refer to the APPENDIX 1 for brief personnel history of the newly appointed directors, executive officers, generalmanagers and all directors and key staff and the APPENDIX 2 for the Asset Management Company’s Organization Chart
after the change.
For more information about Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Investment Corporation, please visit:https://mel-reit.co.jp/en/2

APPENDIX 1
Brief Personal History of Newly Appointed Directors and General Managers
Position

Name

Brief Personal History
April 1992
April 2008
May 2013
April 2014
April 2016

Director(part-time)

Junji Inagawa

April 2017
April 2018
April 2019
April 2022

General Manager,
Internal Audit
Kensuke Funahashi
Department

April 1979
June 1988
April 2005
April 2012
April 2016
June 2017
Jun 2020
April 2022

Mitsubishi Estate, Co., Ltd.
Seconded to Rockefeller Group International, Inc.
Deputy General Manager of International Business Department andInvestment Management Department, Mitsubishi Estate, Co., Ltd.
Deputy General Manager of Americas & Europe Business Department
and Investment Management Business Department
Deputy General Manager of International Business Planning
Department and Investment Management Business Department
Deputy General Manager Unit Leader of Investment Management
Business Department
General Manager Unit Leader of Investment Management Business
Department
Seconded to TA Realty, Inc. as Executive Vice President
General Manager of Investment Management Department, Mitsubishi
Estate, Co., Ltd.
Director (part-time) of Mitsubishi Jisho Investment Advisors, Inc.
(planned)
Mitsubishi Estate, Co., Ltd.
Deputy General Manager of General Affairs Department
General Manager of General Affairs Department
President & Chief Executive Officer of MEC Human Resources, Inc.
Auditor of Mitsubishi Jisho Investment Advisors, Inc.
And Auditor of MEC Business System Solutions Co., Ltd.
Auditor of Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc.
And Auditor of MEC Design International Corporation
Mitsubishi Estate, Co., Ltd. Home-based Advisor
General Manager, Internal Audit Department ofMitsubishi Jisho Investment Advisors, Inc. (planned)3Asset Management Company’s Directors and Key Staff (Effective Date: April 1, 2022)
Position

Name

Representative Director& CEO

Tetsuya MasudaRepresentative Director, Senior Executive Officer

Naoki Kuwabara

Director, Senior Executive Officer

Hiroshi Shioiri

Director (part-time)

Junji Inagawa

Auditor (part-time)

Kojiro Yoshizu

Auditor (part-time)

Tatsuya Tsuyusak

Executive Officer

Koichi Ueno

Executive Officer

Ken Takanashi

Executive Officer

Kazuyuki Takeda

General Manager,
Transaction Advisory Department
General Manager,
Private REIT Management Department
General Manager,
Fund Planning Department
General Manager,
Fund Management Department

Hiroshi Shioiri(concurrently Director, Senior Executive Officer)

General Manager,
Logistics REIT Management Department
General Manager,
Human Resources and General Affairs Department
and Corporate Management Department
General Manager,Compliance Department
General Manager,
Internal Audit Department

Takuya Yokota
Toshiyuki Arai
Koichi Ueno
(concurrently Executive Officer)
Ken Takanashi(concurrently Executive Officer)
Kazuyuki Takeda(concurrently Executive Officer)
Naoki Kuwabara(concurrently Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer)
Kensuke Funahashi

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APPENDIX 2
Asset Management Company’s Organization Chart(Before Reorganization)

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(After Reorganization)

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