Corporate Officers

Executive Vice President Executive Akira Yokota Vice President Makoto Kato Executive Executive Vice President Vice President Sumitaka Fujita Chairman Hiroshi Sumie Minoru Murofushi President and C.E.O. Uichiro Niwa

Board of Directors

Chairman of The Board, Executive Vice Presidents Managing Directors President and C.E.O. Hiroshi Sumie Yoichi Okuda Uichiro Niwa President, Energy, Metals & Minerals President, Aerospace, Electronics & 1962 Joined ITOCHU Corporation Company Multimedia Company 1998 President and C.E.O. 1961 Joined ITOCHU Corporation 1970 Joined ITOCHU Corporation 1997 Executive Vice President 2003 Managing Director Chairman Makoto Kato Hiroshi Ueda Minoru Murofushi President, Textile Company; President, Finance, Realty, Insurance 1956 Joined ITOCHU Corporation Supervisory Officer for Consumer and & Logistics Services Company 1996 Chairman Retail-Related 1967 Joined ITOCHU Corporation 1964 Joined ITOCHU Corporation 2002 Managing Director 2001 Executive Vice President Kouhei Watanabe Sumitaka Fujita President, Food Company Chief Financial Officer; Chief 1971 Joined ITOCHU Corporation Compliance Officer; Supervisory 2002 Managing Director Officer for Administrative Divisions; Finance, Accounting, Credit & Human Eizo Kobayashi Resources Corporate Planning, Affiliate 1965 Joined ITOCHU Corporation Administration, General Affairs & 2001 Executive Vice President Legal; Chief Information Officer 1972 Joined ITOCHU Corporation Akira Yokota 2003 Managing Director President, Plant, Automobile & Industrial Machinery Company Toshihito Tamba Note: 1967 Joined ITOCHU Corporation President, Chemicals, Forest Products The above biographies are lists of the year of employ- 2003 Executive Vice President & General Merchandise Company ment, except corporate auditors from outside, and the 1972 Joined ITOCHU Corporation year of the assumption of the current position. 2003 Managing Director

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Corporate Auditors Managing Executive Officers Toshio Konishi Sokichi Sasaki Ryota Honjo 1968 Joined ITOCHU Corporation General Manager for China; Chairman Chief Executive Representative for 2001 Standing Corporate Auditor & General Manager for ITOCHU ASEAN & South-West Asia; Chairman (China) Holding Co., Ltd. & Managing Director, ITOCHU Hong Masahiro Asano Kong Ltd. 1970 Joined ITOCHU Corporation Nobuyoshi Umeno 2001 Standing Corporate Auditor Deputy Chief Financial Officer; General Hiroshi Tomita Manager, General Accounting Control General Manager, Human Resources Tsutomu Miyakushi Division Division 1968 Joined ITOCHU Corporation 2003 Standing Corporate Auditor Takeshi Tanimura Yoshio Akamatsu General Manager of Nagoya Area Chief Officer for Asian Region Katsuhiko Kondo Strategy; General Manager, China Akira Kodera Market Global Development Office 1996 President, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Executive Vice President, Textile Limited(currently Mizuho Financial Group, Company Inc.) Masahiro Okafuji 1997 Corporate Advisor Senior Vice President, Textile Jiro Takemori Company (Brand Marketing Group) 2000 Corporate Auditor, ITOCHU Corporation Executive Vice President, Plant, Haruo Sakaguchi Automobile & Industrial Machinery Masahiro Nakagawa Company Executive Vice President, Aerospace, 1989 Vice Chairman, Japan Federation of Bar Electronics & Multimedia Company Association Hiroyuki Isaka Chairman, Osaka Bar Association Executive Vice President, Food Yosuke Minamitani 2001 President, Public Bid Monitoring Company; Advisory Officer, Corporate Chief Operating Officer, Chemicals Committee Communication Division Division 2003 Corporate Auditor, ITOCHU Corporation Shigeki Nishiyama Shigeharu Tanaka General Manager, Corporate Planning Senior Vice President, Food & Administration Division Company; Chief Operating Officer, Food Products Marketing & Distribution Division No.1 Executive Officers Tsuneharu Takeda Satoshi Tanioka Chief Operating Officer, Kansai District Senior Vice President, Textile Operations Company (Material Group) Saichi Nakazawa Masayoshi Araya Assistant, Chief Administrative Officer General Manager for Oceania; Managing Director & C.E.O., ITOCHU Hiroshi Kitamura Australia Ltd.; Managing Director & President & C.E.O., ITOCHU C.E.O., ITOCHU New Zealand Ltd. International Inc. Tadao Nakamura Nobuo Kuwayama Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Operating Officer,Textile Material Human Resources & Affiliate Division Administration Minoru Akimitsu Tetsuo Mori General Manager, IT Planning Division General Manager, General Affairs Takanobu Furuta Division Chief Operating Officer, Plant & Akihisa Matsumoto Project Division Executive Vice President, Energy, Hiroshi Arai Metals & Minerals Company; Chief General Manager of Corporate Operating Officer, Energy Division Planning & Administration Department, Etsuro Nakanishi Energy, Metals & Minerals Company Chief Operating Officer, Textile Division Yoshihisa Aoki Masao Kasama Senior Vice President, Food Chief Executive for European Company; Chief Operating Officer, Operation; C.E.O., ITOCHU Europe Grain & Foodstuff Division No.2 PLC. Hiroo Inoue Kiyoshi Sasaki Chief Operating Officer, IT & General Manager, Finance Division Telecommunication Division Toru Ota Yoshihisa Suzuki General Manager, Secretariat Chief Operating Officer, Aerospace & Electronic Systems Division Shigeru Tsujimura Chief Operating Officer, Construction & Realty Division

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