Director Skills Matrix

Tokyo Century aims to appoint a diverse team of directors in order to strengthen the frameworks for ensuring effective management oversight and advisory functions for the Board of Directors.
The director skills matrix is reviewed regularly based on Tokyo Century’s management strategies and plans.

(As of April 1, 2025)

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		Areas of Expertise and Expected Contributions						Committee appointments
Position	Name	Corporate Management	Global Operations	Finance / Risk Management	Legal Affairs / Accounting / Taxation	Sustainability	IT / Digital Transformation	Committee appointments
Chairman & Co-CEO, Representative Director	Masataka Yukiya							N・C・ALM・IT
President & CEO, Representative Director	Koji Fujiwara							N・C・ALM^・IT^
External Director	Akio Nakamura							N・C^*
External Director	Toshio Asano							N^*・C
External Director	Miho Tanaka							N・C
External Director	Tsuyoshi Numagami							N・C
External Director	Hiroshi Ogasawara							N・C
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer	Mahoko Hara
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer	Tatsuya Hirasaki							ALM・IC・CR・CRM・IT・S^*・IM
Director	Shunichi Asada
Director	Akihiko Okada
Director	Hiroshi Sato

Committee membership legend : N : Nomination Committee ･ C : Compensation Committee ･ ALM : Asset Liability Management Committee ･ IC : Internal Control Committee ･ CR : Comprehensive Risk Management Committee ･ CRM : Credit Risk Management Committee ･ IT : IT and Administration Strategy Management Committee ･ S : Sustainability Committee ･ IM : Investment Management Committee (* Chairperson)

Background and Reason for Appointment

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Position	Name	Age	Background	Reason for appointment	Approx. number of shares of the Company’s stock held*
Chairman & Co-CEO, Representative Director	Masataka Yukiya	68		Masataka Yukiya has been appointed as a director after his being deemed capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value. He is able to do so by appropriately managing the Company and providing oversight based on his abundant experience and wide-ranging knowledge gained in corporate management at a general trading company and in operational execution in fields including sales and finance.	36,000
President & CEO, Representative Director	Koji Fujiwara	63	Former President & CEO (Representative Director) of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.	Koji Fujiwara has abundant experience and extensive knowledge gained through his long-term involvement in corporate management at financial institutions. He has been judged capable of appropriately managing and oversighting the Company, and contributing to its ongoing growth and improvement of corporate value, based on his experience and expertise.	━
External Director	Akio Nakamura	69	Former Director-General of the Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance	Akio Nakamura has a wealth of insight regarding government finance and taxation gained through his experience as director-general of the Financial Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan. He has been appointed as an external director because he has been judged to be capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value by providing oversight of operational execution from his independent perspective and by offering advice with regard to the Company’s overall management from an objective standpoint based on his insight.	13,000
External Director	Toshio Asano	72	Former President and Representative Director of Asahi Kasei Corporation	Toshio Asano has abundant experience and broad knowledge of corporate management gained through his involvement in corporate management at Asahi Kasei Corporation. He has been appointed as an external director to utilize this expertise in the management of the Company and because he has been judged to be capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value by providing oversight of operational execution from his independent perspective.	8,000
External Director	Miho Tanaka	50	Partner of Shiba & Tanaka Law Offices	Miho Tanaka has abundant knowledge and experience in corporate affairs and M&A as an attorney-at-law. She has been appointed as an external director to utilize her exceptional insight and abundant experience in the management of the Company and because she has been judged to be capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value by providing oversight of operational execution from her independent perspective.	0
External Director	Tsuyoshi Numagami	65	Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University	Tsuyoshi Numagami has deep academic knowledge as a corporate management researcher, particularly with regard to corporate strategy and organizations, gained through his experience as a professor emeritus of Hitotsubashi University. He has been appointed as an external director to utilize his exceptional insight and knowledge in the management of the Company and because he has been judged to be capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value by providing oversight of operational execution from his independent perspective.	4,000
External Director	Hiroshi Ogasawara	69	Representative Director of Chairman of the Board of YASKAWA Electric Corporation	Hiroshi Ogasawara has abundant experience and wide-ranging knowledge gained in corporate management over his many years as the manager of YASKAWA Electric Corporation. He has been appointed as an external director to utilize this expertise in the management of the Company and because he has been judged to be capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value by providing oversight of operational execution from his independent perspective.	━
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer	Mahoko Hara	60		Mahoko Hara has been appointed as a director after her being deemed capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value. She is able to do so by appropriately managing the Company and providing oversight based on her abundant experience and extensive insight in planning and product development at financial institutions as well as in the execution of overseas, sales, and other operations at the Company.	11,000
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer	Tatsuya Hirasaki	57		Tatsuya Hirasaki has been appointed as a director after his being deemed capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value. He is able to do so by appropriately managing the Company and providing oversight based on his abundant experience and wide-ranging knowledge gained in operational execution in fields including accounting and corporate planning at the Company.	15,000
Director	Shunichi Asada	76		Shunichi Asada has been appointed as a director after his being deemed capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value. He is able to do so by appropriately managing the Company and providing oversight based on his abundant experience and wide-ranging knowledge gained in corporate management at financial institutions and operational execution in fields including sales, markets, and international business.	122,000
Director	Akihiko Okada	65		Akihiko Okada has been appointed as a director after his being deemed capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value. He is able to do so by appropriately managing the Company and providing oversight based on his abundant experience and wide-ranging knowledge gained in corporate management at a general trading company and operational execution in fields including international business and sales.	19,000
Director	Hiroshi Sato	64		Hiroshi Sato has been appointed as a director after his being deemed capable of contributing to ongoing growth and to the improvement of corporate value. He is able to do so by appropriately managing the Company and providing oversight based on his abundant experience and wide-ranging knowledge gained in corporate management at a general trading company and operational execution in fields including international business and sales.	5,000

*As of March 31, 2024

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