Daiwa Securities : Appointment of Directors and Executive Officers

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March 3, 2016

Press Release

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Appointment of Directors and Executive Officers

Attention

This document is not a full translation of a press release announced on March 3, 2016 by Daiwa Securities Group Inc. The original press release is in Japanese.

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. hereby announces the change of directors and executive officers as follows.

[ Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ]

1. Directors/Members of the Board

2. New (As of June 28, 2016)

   Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

   Seiji Nakata

   (Present: Senior Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer))

   *Also appointed as Deputy President

   Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

   Shinya Nishio

   (Present: Senior Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.)

   *Also appointed as Deputy President of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

   Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

   Toshihiro Matsui

   (Present: Senior Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer))

   *Also appointed as Senior Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer)

   Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

   Mikita Komatsu

   (Present: Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer))

   
   

   
   

   *Also appointed as Senior Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer)

   Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

   Morimasa Matsuda

   (Present: Head of Internal Audit Dept.) Senior Managing Outside Director/Member of the Board

   Hirotaka Takeuchi

   (Present: Professor of Harvard Business School) Senior Managing Outside Director/Member of the Board

   Ikuo Nishikawa

   (Present: Professor of Keio University)

3. Retired (As of June 28, 2016)

Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

Nobuyuki Iwamoto

(Appointed as Deputy President and President of Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.)

Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

Yoriyuki Kusaki

(Appointed as Deputy President, President of Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings Ltd., President of Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. and President of Daiwa Institute of Research Business Innovation Ltd.)

Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

Hiroshi Nakamura

(Appointed as President of Daiwa Next Bank, Ltd.)

Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board

Masaru Shirataki

(Appointed as Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer) and Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.)

Senior Managing Outside Director/Member of the Board

Ryuji Yasuda




4. Executive Officers (Corporate Executive Officers) and Executive Officers

   
   

   
   

5. New (As of April 1, 2016)

   Deputy President Seiji Nakata

   (Present: Senior Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer))

   Deputy President Shinya Nishio

   (Present: Senior Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.)

   *Also appointed as Deputy President of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

   Deputy President Nobuyuki Iwamoto (Present: Deputy President)

   Senior Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer)

   Keiko Tashiro

   (Present: Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer))

   Senior Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer)

   Mikita Komatsu

   (Present: Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer))

   Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer)

   Masahisa Nakagawa

   (Present: Executive Managing Director) Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer)

   Masaru Shirataki

   (Present: Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board)

   Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer)

   Yoshihisa Kaneko

   (Present: Senior Managing Director) Executive Managing Director (Corporate Executive Officer)

   Atsushi Mochizuki

   (Present: Senior Managing Director) Senior Executive Managing Director

   Koichi Matsushita

   (Present: Senior Executive Managing Director/Member of the Board of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.)

   *Also appointed as Senior Executive Managing Director/Member of the Board of

   
   

   
   

   Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

   Executive Managing Director Takayuki Sawano

   (Present: Senior Managing Director)

   Senior Managing Director Tomoyuki Murase

   (Present: Senior Managing Director)

   Senior Managing Director Morimasa Matsuda

   (Present: Head of Internal Audit Dept.)

6. Retired (As of March 31, 2016)

   Deputy President Hiroshi Nakamura

   (Appointed as President of Daiwa Next Bank, Ltd.)

   Deputy President Makoto Shirakawa

   (Appointed as Chairman of Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.)

   Deputy President Takashi Fukai

   (Appointed as Senior Adviser to Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings Ltd.)

   Executive Managing Director Toshihiko Onishi

   (Appointed as Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board and Senior Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.)

   Senior Managing Director Kana Shirakawa

   (Appointed as Senior Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.)

7. Retired (As of June 27, 2016)

Senior Managing Director Morimasa Matsuda

(Appointed as Senior Managing Director/Member of the Board)




[ Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. ]

1. Directors/Members of the Board and Executive Officers

2. New (As of April 1, 2016)

Deputy President Seiji Nakata

(Present: Senior Executive Managing Director/Member of the Board)

Deputy President Shinya Nishio

(Present: Senior Executive Managing