Asahi Kasei : Change in Representative Directors

Asahi Kasei Corp.

January 28, 2022

Change in Representative Directors

The Board of Directors of Asahi Kasei today adopted a resolution for a change in the company's Representative Directors, as shown below.

Reason for the change

The change is made to renew the management configuration for execution of the new medium- term management initiative which will begin in April 2022.

Substance of the change

Name	Current office	New office
(as of April 1, 2022)
Hideki Kobori	President & Representative Director,	Chairman & Representative Director
	Presidential Executive Officer
Koshiro Kudo	Director,	President & Representative Director,
	Senior Executive Officer	Presidential Executive Officer

See attachment:

Biography of the new President & Representative Director (as of January 28, 2022)

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Biography of the new President & Representative Director (as of January 28, 2022)

Name: Koshiro Kudo

Date of birth (age): June 5, 1959 (62)

Birthplace:	Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan
Education: March 1982, LL.B., Keio University
Career:
April 1982	Joined Asahi Kasei
May 2008	General Manager, Roica Division, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp.
April 2013	Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp.
	General Manager, Planning & Control Division, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp.
April 2016	Lead Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
	Senior General Manager, Planning & Coordination, Fibers & Textiles SBU,
	Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2017	Lead Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
	President, Fibers & Textiles SBU, Asahi Kasei Corp.
	Senior General Manager, Osaka Office, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2019	Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
	President, Performance Products SBU, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2021	Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
June 2021	Director and Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2022	President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer,
	Asahi Kasei Corp. (scheduled)

Asahi Kasei shares held: 10,100 (as of September 30, 2021)