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Directors

Post, Job Title, Name, D.O.B Career Summary
President & CEO
Apr.1967 Joined the Company
Jun.1997 General Manager - Corporate Control Div.
Jun.1997 Appointed as The Board of Director
Mar.1999 General Manager - Synthetic Latex Div.
Director - Business Administration and PVC Business
Jun.1999 Managing Director
Apr.2000 Director - Polymer & Chemicals Business
Jun.2001 Executive Managing Director
Jun.2002 Director - Specialty Materials Business
Jun2003 President & CEO
Naozumi FURUKAWA
Dec. 22, 1944
Director & Senior Corporate Officer

Corporate Administration
Apr. 1974 Joined the Company
Mar. 1998 General Manager - Synthetic Rubber Sales Dept.2
Jun. 2002 General Manager - Rubber Div.
Jun. 2003 Appointed as The Board of Director
Jun. 2005 General Manager - Finance & Accounting Dept.,
President of ZEON F&B Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2007 Managing Director & Corporate Officer
Jun. 2008 Director, Corporate Administration
Jun. 2009 Director & Senior Corporate Officer
Tadayuki MINAMI
Apr. 1, 1952
Director & Senior Corporate Officer

Research & Development,
Intellectual Property
Apr. 1978 Joined NIKKISO Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1988 Joined FUJIFILM Corporation
Jan. 2002 Joined the Company
General Manager - R&D Dept. Optical use Products Lab.
Feb. 2003 Deputy General Manager - R&D Center,
General Manager - Precision Molding Technology Lab.
Jun. 2003 Appointed as The Board of Director
Apr. 2006 General Manager - Precision Optics Lab.
Jun. 2007 Managing Director & Corporate Officer,
General Manager - Precision Optics Lab.
Jun. 2009 Director & Senior Corporate Officer
Kohei ARAKAWA
Feb. 5, 1954
Director & Senior Corporate Officer

Elastomer Business
Apr. 1975 Joined the Company
Jun. 2001 General Manager - Rubber Sales Dept.2
Jan. 2003 General Manager - Rubber International Sales & Marketing Dept.
Jun. 2003 Appointed as The Board of Director
Nov. 2003 Managing Director of Optes Co.,Ltd.
Feb. 2005 General Manager - Rubber Sales & Marketing Dept., Zetpol Business Promotion Dept.
Jun. 2005 General Manager - Rubber Div.
Jun. 2007 Managing Director & Corporate Officer
Jun. 2009 Director & Senior Corporate Officer
Yoshimasa FUSHIMI
Dec. 5, 1950
Director & Senior Corporate Officer
Corporate Planning, Human Resources & General Affairs
Apr. 1979 Joined the Company
Jul. 1997 General Manager - Imaging and Electronic Material Products Technology Dept.
Feb. 2003 General Manager - Specialty Materials Div.
Jun. 2005 General Manager - Specialty Materials Lab.
Jun. 2005 Appointed as The Board of Director
Jun. 2007 Director & Corporate Officer
Specialty Materials Sales Dept.
Jun. 2008 General Manager - Special Materials Div.,
Specialty Materials Sales Dept.
Jun. 2009 General Manager - Department of New Business Development
May. 2010 General Manager - Special Materials Div.Technical Dept.
Jun. 2011 Director & Senior Corporate Officer
Kimiaki TANAKA
Feb. 19, 1953
Director & Senior Corporate Officer

Division Manager - Specialty Plastics & Components,
Chairman of ZEON CSC Corporation
Apr. 1975 Joined the Company
Feb. 2007 General Manager - Specialty Plastics Div.
Jun. 2007 Corporate Officer
Jan. 2009 Division Manager - Special Plastics & Components Div.
Jun. 2009 Director & Corporate Officer
Feb. 2011 General Manager - Department of New Business Development
Jun. 2011 Director & Senior Corporate Officer
Masayoshi OSHIMA
Aug. 19, 1951
Director & Corporate Officer

Production
General Manager - Production Innovation Center, Production Center
Apr. 1977 Joined the Company
Apr. 1951 Managing Director - ZEON Chemicals (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2003 General Manager - Production Technology Lab.
Aug. 2003 General Manager - Tokuyama Plant
Jun. 2005 Appointed as the Board of Director
Jun. 2007 Director & Corporate Officer of Corporate Social Responsibility & Production,
General Manager - Production Center
Jun. 2008 General Manager - Mizushima Plant
Jun. 2009 General Manager - Production Innovation Center, Production Center
Hiroshi TAKEGAMI
Jul. 25, 1951
Director & Corporate Officer

General Manager - Latex Div.
Apr. 1980 Joined the Company
Apr. 2008 General Manager - Research & Development Center
Jun. 2008 Corporate Officer
Jun. 2009 Director & Corporate Officer
Jun. 2011 General Manager - Latex Div.
Jun HASEGAWA
Sep. 13, 1954
Director & Corporate Officer

President of ZEON Asia Pte.Ltd.
President of ZEON Chemicals
Singapore Pte.Ltd.
Apr. 1981 Joined the Company
Apr. 2008 Division Manager - Corporate Planning
Jun. 2008 Corporate Officer
Jun. 2009 Director & Corporate Officer
Feb. 2011 President of ZEON Asia Pte.Ltd
President of
ZEON Chemicals Singapore Pte.Ltd
Hiroyuki HIRAKAWA
Aug. 23, 1958
Director & Corporate Officer

Division Manager - Corporate Planning, Human Resources, General Affairs, Raw Material
Apr. 1982 Joined the Company
Jun. 2005 Division Manager - Corporate Planning
Jun. 2007 President of ZEON Medical Inc.
Jun. 2009 Corporate Officer
Jun. 2011 Director & Corporate Officer
Kei ITOH
Jun. 1, 1959
Outside Director
Jun. 2010 Adviser - FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Jun. 2011 Outside Director
Haruo ITOH
Nov. 9, 1943
Standing Auditor
Apr. 1970 Joined the Company
Apr. 2000 General Manager - Specialty Materials Technology Dept.
Jun. 2001 Appointed as The Board of Director
Jun. 2002 General Manager - RIM Div.
Jun. 2003 President of RIMTEC Co.,Ltd.
Jun. 2005 General Manager - Takaoka Plant, President of ZEON North Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2007 Managing Director & Corporate Officer
Jun. 2009 Director & Senior Corporate Officer
Jun. 2010 Director & Executive Corporate Officer
Jun. 2011 Standing Auditor
Seiichi OKADA
Nov. 19, 1947
Standing Auditor
Apr. 1972 Joined the Company
Jul. 2001 General Manager - RIM Sales Dept.1
Jun. 2002 General Manager - Latex Div.
Jun. 2004 Appointed as Director
Jun. 2007 Director & Corporate Officer, General Manager - Corporate Planning Dept.
Jun. 2008 Director, HR & General Affairs
Jun. 2009 Standing Auditor
Minero IWATA
Nov. 27, 1949
Outside Auditor
Apr. 1964 Joined Asahi Mutual life Insurance Co.("ASAHI")
Jun. 2001 Outside Auditor of the Company
Jul. 2009 to present
Senior Executive Adviser - ASAHI
Yuzuru FUJITA
Nov. 24, 1941
Outside Auditor
Jun. 2011 Chairman and CEO and
Representative Director -
The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited
Tadanobu NAGUMO
Feb. 12, 1947
Outside Auditor
Jun. 2011 Chairman - JAPAN HADES CO.,LTD.
Nobuhiro MORI
Feb.8,1945



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