Corporate Officers : Brief history

| April 1972 | Joined Sumitomo Corporation General Manager, Fine Chemicals Dept. No.1 General Manager, Fine Chemicals Dept. No.2 General Manager, Specialty Chemicals Dept., General Manager, Inorganic & Specialty Chemicals Division, General Manager, Performance Chemicals Division |
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| April 2004 | Named Executive Officer General Manager, Chemical Business Unit |
| June 2004 | Named Director, Executive Officer General Manager, Chemical Business Unit |
| April 2005 | Named Director, Managing Executive Officer General Manager, Chemical Business Unit |
| April 2006 | Managing Executive Officer General Manager, for China, Sumitomo Corporation China Group CEO |
| April 2008 | Named Senior Managing Executive Officer General Manager, for China, Sumitomo Corporation China Group CEO |
| April 2009 | Senior Managing Executive Officer General Manager, General Products & Real Estate Business Unit |
| June 2009 | Named Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer General Manager, General Products & Real Estate Business Unit (present post) |