Board of Directors & Corporate Auditors

As of June 21, 2017

Board of Directors & Executive Officers

Osamu Ishitobi	Chairman of the Board
Masakazu Tokura	Representative Director & President
Toshihisa Deguchi	Representative Director & Executive Vice President	IT-related Chemicals Sector, PLED Business Planning, Electronic Devices Development Center, Special Aide to President (pertaining to activities related to new technology and product development as designated by President)
Yoshihiko Okamoto	Representative Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Corporate Business Development, Corporate Planning, IT Innovation
Ray Nishimoto	Representative Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Health & Crop Sciences Sector
Kunio Nozaki	Representative Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Corporate Communications, Accounting, Finance, Procurement, Logistics
Hiroshi Ueda	Representative Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer	Energy & Functional Materials Sector
Noriaki Takeshita	Representative Director & Managing Executive Officer	Rabigh Project, Petrochemicals & Plastics Sector
Kunio Ito	Director	(Outside Director)
Koichi Ikeda	Director	(Outside Director)
Hiroshi Tomono	Director	(Outside Director)
Ikuzo Ogawa	Senior Managing Executive Officer	Research Planning and Coordination, Intellectual Property, Industrial Technology & Research Laboratory, Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Advanced Materials Development Laboratory
Shigeyuki Yoneda	Managing Executive Officer	Sumika Middle East Co., Ltd., Rabigh Project Office
Hiroshi Niinuma	Managing Executive Officer	General Affairs Dept., Legal Dept., CSR Dept., Internal Control & Audit Dept., Human Resources Dept., Osaka Office Administration Dept.
Keiichi Iwata	Managing Executive Officer	Energy & Functional Materials Sector - Planning & Coordination Office, PLED Business Planning Office, IT-related Chemicals Sector - Planning & Coordination Office
Kazushi Tan	Managing Executive Officer	Ehime Works
Satoshi Takazawa	Managing Executive Officer	Sumitomo Chemical Asia Pte Ltd
Marc Vermeire	Managing Executive Officer	Sumitomo Chemical Europe S.A./N.V., Special mission related to the Corporate Business Development Dept. and the Corporate Planning Dept.
Yasuhiko Kitaura	Managing Executive Officer	Process & Production Technology & Safety Planning Dept., Production & Safety Fundamental Technology Center, Responsible Care Dept.
Takashi Shigemori	Managing Executive Officer	Corporate Business Development Dept., Corporate Planning Dept., Petrochemicals & Plastics Sector - Planning & Coordination Office
Kazuyuki Nuki	Managing Executive Officer	AgroSolutions Div.- Japan, Environmental Health Div.
Masaki Matsui	Managing Executive Officer	Optical Materials Div., Electronic Materials Div.
Toshiro Ohtsubo	Managing Executive Officer	Health & Crop Sciences Sector - Planning & Coordination Office, Quality Assurance Office, Pharmaceutical Chemicals Div.
Hajime Tsukimori	Managing Executive Officer	PLED Business Planning Office, Electronic Divices Development Center, It-related Chemicals Sector - Planning & Coordination Office, Quality Assurance Office
Keiichi Sakata	Executive Officer	Health & Crop Sciences Sector - Planning & Coordination Office, AgroSolutions Div.- International
Motoyuki Sakai	Executive Officer	Energy & Functional Materials Sector - Planning & Coordination Office
Yoshiaki Oda	Executive Officer	Research Planning and Coodination Dept., Advanced Materials Development Laboratory
Nobuaki Mito	Executive Officer	Corporate Business Development Dept., Intellectual Property Dept.
Atsuko Hirooka	Executive Officer	Environmental Health Div., Animal Nutrition Div.
Kingo Akahori	Executive Officer	Energy & Functional Materials Sector - Quality Assurance Office, Inorganic Materials Div., Battery Materials Div.
Seiji Takeuchi	Executive Officer	Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company
Hwang Inwoo	Executive Officer	Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
Andrew Lee	Executive Officer	Valent U.S.A. LLC, Valent BioSciences LLC
Soji Sakamoto	Executive Officer	Resin-related Business Development Dept., Polyolefins Div., Automotive Materials Div., Methacrylates Div.
Naoyuki Inoue	Executive Officer	Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company
Yasuaki Sasaki	Executive Officer	Human Resources Dept., Osaka Office Administration Dept.
Keigo Sasaki	Executive Officer	Accounting Dept., Finance Dept.
Kenji Ohno	Executive Officer	General Affairs Dept., Legal Dept., CSR Dept.
Yoshihiro Miyoshi	Executive Officer	Chiba Works, Petrochemicals Research Laboratory
Shinichiro Nagata	Executive Officer	Oita Works, Misawa Works

Corporate Auditors

Kenya Nagamatsu	Standing Corporate Auditor
Hiroaki Yoshida	Standing Corporate Auditor
Shinichi Yokoyama	Corporate Auditor (Outside Auditor)
Mitsuhiro Aso	Corporate Auditor (Outside Auditor)
Yoshitaka Kato	Corporate Auditor (Outside Auditor)