Corporate Information
Corporate Officers
Directors
| April 1976 | Joined the Company |
|---|---|
| December 1997 | General Manager of Administration Dept., Electronics Div. |
| June 2004 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. |
| June 2005 | Executive Officer |
| June 2006 | Director |
| June 2007 | General Manager of Affiliated Business Administration Dept. |
| June 2008 | Managing Executive Officer General Manager of Advanced Materials Div. |
| October 2008 | General Manager of Semiconductor Materials Div. |
| June 2009 | Executive Officer General Manager of Advanced Materials Div. |
| June 2010 | Managing Executive Officer |
| June 2012 | Representative Director Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| June 2013 | President and Representative Director |
| June 2018 | Chairman and Representative Director |
| June 2022 | Chairman and Director(Present Position) |
| April 1984 | Joined the Company |
|---|---|
| July 2010 | Corporate Planning Dept. |
| May 2012 | Administration Dept., Sierra Gorda Project Dept. |
| June 2013 | Executive Officer Senior Deputy General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2014 | Director General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. |
| June 2015 | General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2016 | Managing Executive Officer |
| June 2018 | President and Representative Director (Present Position) |
| April 1986 | Joined the Company |
|---|---|
| July 2010 | General Manager of Nickel Sales & Raw Materials Dept., Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| July 2014 | General Manager of Copper＆Precious Metals Raw Materials Dept., Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2017 | Sumitomo Metal Mining Philippine Holdings Corporation, Director and President |
| June 2019 | Executive Officer Senior Deputy General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2020 | Director General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. |
| June 2021 | Managing Executive Officer |
| June 2022 | Representative Director(Present Position) Senior Managing Executive Officer (Present Position) |
| April 1987 | Joined the Company |
|---|---|
| April 2008 | General Manager of Niihama Nickel Refinery, Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2014 | General Manager of Administration Dept., Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2016 | Executive Officer Senior Deputy General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2018 | General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2019 | Director (Present Position) |
| June 2020 | Managing Executive Officer |
| June 2022 | Senior Managing Executive Officer (Present Position) |
Masaru Takebayashi
Director
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div.
| April 1990 | Joined the Company |
|---|---|
| June 2016 | General Manager of Harima Refinery, Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| July 2017 | General Manager of Toyo Smelter & Refinery, Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2020 | Executive Officer |
| January 2021 | Senior Deputy General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| June 2023 | Director (Present Position) Managing Executive Officer (Present Position) General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. (Present Position) |
| April 1986 | Registered as a lawyer Joined Ryoichi Wada Law Firm |
|---|---|
| March 1992 | Established Ohta & Ishii Law Firm |
| June 2018 | Director of the Company (Present Position) |
| April 1978 | Joined NEC Corporation |
|---|---|
| April 2006 | Executive General Manager, Distribution and Service Industries Solutions Operations Unit of NEC Corporation |
| April 2008 | Associate Senior Vice President of NEC Corporation |
| April 2010 | Senior Vice President of NEC Corporation |
| June 2010 | Director of NEC Corporation |
| April 2016 | Senior Executive Vice President of NEC Corporation |
| April 2018 | Senior Officer of NEC Corporation |
| June 2020 | Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
| April 1986 | Joined the Company |
|---|---|
| June 2014 | General Manager of Legal & General Affairs Dept. |
| June 2019 | General Manager of General Affairs Dept. General Manager of Legal Dept. |
| June 2021 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Standing) |
| June 2022 | Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Standing) (Present Position) |
| April 1988 | Joined the Company |
|---|---|
| July 2015 | Public Relations & Investor Relations Dept. |
| April 2018 | Finance & Accounting Dept. |
| June 2022 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Standing) (Present Position) |
| April 1975 | Joined Export-Import Bank of Japan |
|---|---|
| April 2001 | Director of Corporate Finance Department of Japan Bank for International Cooperation(JBIC) (which was formed as a result of integration between the former Export-Import Bank of Japan and the former Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund) |
| November 2002 | Director of Personnel Department of JBIC |
| October 2004 | Executive Officer for Asia and Pacific Region of JBIC |
| April 2007 | Senior Executive Director of JBIC |
| September 2008 | Resigned from Senior Executive Director of JBIC |
| February 2009 | Corporate Advisor of Marubeni Corporation |
| March 2016 | Corporate Advisor of NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION (which was NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION) President and Representative Director of Nippon Usiminas Co.,Ltd. |
| June 2020 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) |
| September 1983 | Joined Ota Tetsuzo Audit Firm (current Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
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| March 1987 | Registered as a certified public accountant |
| July 2003 | Partner of ShinNihon Audit Firm (current Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
| May 2006 | Board Member of ShinNihon Audit Firm |
| August 2008 | Managing Partner of ShinNihon LLC (current Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
| August 2010 | Senior Partner of ShinNihon LLC |
| June 2016 | Established Wakamatsu Certified Public Accountant Firm |
| September 2019 | Registered as a certified public tax accountant |
| June 2021 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) |
Executive Officers
| Akira Nozaki (*) | President | |
|---|---|---|
| Toru Higo (*) | Senior Managing Executive Officer | |
| Nobuhiro Matsumoto (*) | Senior Managing Executive Officer | |
| Takahiro Kanayama | Managing Executive Officer | |
| Hiroshi Yoshida | Managing Executive Officer | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. In charge of Human Resources Dept., Legal Dept., Digital Transformation Dept., Internal Audit Dept. and Osaka Branch |
| Hitofumi Okubo | Managing Executive Officer | General Manager of Engineering Div. |
| Koji Sakamoto | Managing Executive Officer | General Manager of Safety & Environment Control Dept. In charge of Quality Assurance Dept. |
| Shuichi Ogasawara | Managing Executive Officer | General Manager of Advanced Materials Div. |
| Katsuya Tanaka | Managing Executive Officer | General Manager of Battery Materials Div. |
| Masaru Takebayashi (*) | Managing Executive Officer | General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| Kunihiko Miyamoto | Managing Executive Officer | General Manager of Finance & Accounting Dept. In charge of Secretarial Dept., Purchasing Dept. And Information Systems Dept. |
| Eiichi Fukuda | Executive Officer | General Manager of Mineral Resources Div. |
| Hideyuki Okamoto | Executive Officer | General Manager of Technology Div. |
| Kazuhiko Hotani | Executive Officer | Senior Deputy General Manager of Mineral Resources Div. |
| Toru Motoki | Executive Officer | Senior Deputy General Manager of Technology Div. |
| Shinichi Sato | Executive Officer | Senior Deputy General Manager of Advanced Materials Div. |
| Munekazu Kawata | Executive Officer | Senior Deputy General Manager of Battery Materials Div. |
| Yusuke Niwa | Executive Officer | Senior Deputy General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| Kazuaki Sakamoto | Executive Officer | Senior Deputy General Manager of Engineering Div. |
| Hirohiko Matsushita | Executive Officer | General Manager of Besshi-Niihama District Div. |
| Yasumasa Hattori | Executive Officer | Senior Deputy General Manager of Non-Ferrous Metals Div. |
| Yoshihiro Sagawa | Executive Officer | Senior Deputy General Manager of Mineral Resources Div. |
| Mihoko Yano | Executive Officer | General Manager of Sustainability Dept. In charge of General Affairs Dept., Public Relations & Investor Relations Dept. |
An asterisk indicates the officer is also serving concurrently as a director.
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