ZEON: Management Policy

Post, Job Title, Name, D.O.B

Career Summary

President & CEO

Apr.1967	Joined the Company
Jun.1997	General Manager,Corporate Contorol 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, Speciality Materials Business
Jun2003	President & CEO

Naozumi FURUKAWA
Dec. 22, 1944

Director & Executive Corporate Officer

CSR, Specialty Materials Business

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

Seiichi OKADA
Nov. 19, 1947

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 Boad 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

Elastomers 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 & Corporate Officer

Peoduction
General Manager - Productuin Innovation Center, Production Center

Apr. 1977	Joined the Company
Apr. 1951	Managing Director of ZEON Chemicals (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2003	General Manager, Prodution 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 of Production Center
Jun. 2008	General Manager of Mizushima Plant
Jun. 2009	General Manager of Production Innovation Center, Production Center

Hiroshi TAKEGAMI
Jul. 25, 1951

Director & Corporate Officer

General Manager, Specialty Materials Div., Specialty Materials Sales Dept., New Business Development

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

Kimiaki TANAKA
Feb. 19, 1953

Director & Corporate Officer

Apr. 1975	Joined the Company
Mar. 1999	General Manager, Synthetic Rubber Sales Dept.1
Apr. 2000	General Manager, Polymer & Sales Dept.1
Jul. 2003	General Manager, Raw Materials Dept.
Jun. 2005	Appointed as the Board of Director Executive vice president of Okayama Butadiene Co.,ltd.
Jun. 2007	Director & Corporate Officer Director, Raw Materials & Logistics General Manager, Raw Materials Dept.
Jun. 2009	President of Tokyo Zairyo Co.,Ltd.

Shuichi KAKINUMA
Apr. 27, 1951

Director & Corporate Officer

Division Manager, Specialty Plastics & Components

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

Masayoshi Ooshima
Aug. 19, 1951

Director & Corporate Officer

General Manager, R & D Center

Apr. 1980	Joined the Company
Apr. 2008	General Manager, Research & Development Center
Jun. 2008	Corporate Officer
Jun. 2009	Director & Corporate Officer

Jun Hasegawa
Sep. 13, 1954

Director & Corporate Officer

Corporate Planning, Human Resources & General Affairs
Division Manager Corporate Planning

Apr. 1981	Joined the Company
Apr. 2008	Division Manager, Corporate Plannnig
Jun. 2008	Corporate Officer
Jun. 2009	Director & Corporate Officer

Hiroyuki Hirakawa
Aug. 23, 1958

Standing Auditor

Apr. 1969	Joined the Company
Mar. 1995	Director, ZEON Engineering Co.,Ltd
Mar. 1999	General Manager, Environmental Materials Div.
Jul. 2001	General Manager, Takaoka Plant
Jun. 2005	General Manager, Production Center, Production Engineering Dept.
Jun. 2005	Appointed as Director
Jun. 2007	Standing Auditor

Shuichi MITSUHORI
Feb. 28, 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 of Corporate Planning Dept.
Jun. 2008	Director, HR & General Affairs
Jun. 2009	Standing Auditor