Sumitomo : Personnel Changes of Board Members, Executive Officers, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Corporate Offiers and Organizational Changes

For Immediate Release

January 14, 2022

To whom it may concern:

Sumitomo Corporation Masayuki Hyodo, President and Chief Executive Officer Code No: 8053 Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), 1st Section Contact: Ryuichiro Hirano, General Manager, Corporate Communications Dept.

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Personnel Changes of Board Members, Executive Officers, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and

Corporate Officers and Organizational Changes

Personnel changes of Board Members, Executive Officers, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, Corporate Officers and the others from this April, and the personnel changes to be proposed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for this coming June, have been resolved, at the ordinary meeting of the Board of Directors held today, as attached. In addition, we also inform the Organizational Changes.

Ⅰ．Personnel changes of Board Members, Executive Officers and Audit & Supervisory Board Members, etc１）Newly Appointed Executive Officers (As of April 1) : 5 persons

２）Promotion of Executive Officers (As of April 1) : 9 persons

３）Retirement from Executive Officers (As of March 31) : 4 persons

４）Reappointment of Executive Officers (As of April 1) : 43 persons

５）The Other Personnel Changes of Executive Officers (As of April 1)

６）The Other Personnel Changes of Representative Directors (As of April 1)

７）Newly Appointed Directors (To be proposed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June) : 2 persons

８）Retirement from Directors (After the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June) : 2 persons

９）Reappointment of Directors (To be proposed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June) : 9 persons

１０）Newly Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member (To be proposed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June) : 1 person

１１）Retirement from Audit & Supervisory Board Member (After the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June) : 1 person

Ⅱ．Personnel changes of Corporate Officers (As of April 1)１）Newly Appointed Corporate Officers : 18 persons

２）The Other Personnel Changes of Corporate Officers

Ⅲ．Related Personnel Changes (As of April 1)

Ⅳ．Organizational Changes (Effective on April 1)

Reference materials :

Ⅰ．Executive Officers (As of April 1) : 48 persons

Ⅱ．Board Members (After the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June) : 11 persons

Ⅲ．Audit & Supervisory Board Members (After the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June) : 5 persons

Ⅰ．Personnel changes of Board Members, Executive Officers and Audit & Supervisory Board Members, etc

１）Newly Appointed Executive Officers (As of April 1) : 5 persons

Name	As of April 1	Current
Kimihiko Sato	Executive Officer,	Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Internal Auditing Dept.	General Manager, Internal Auditing Dept.
	Executive Officer,	Corporate Officer,
Hiroshi Karashima	Assistant General Manager for Asia & Oceania,	Assistant General Manager for Asia & Oceania,
Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania Group,	Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania Group,
	President Director, PT. Sumitomo Indonesia	President Director, PT. Sumitomo Indonesia
	Executive Officer,	Corporate Officer,
	General Manager, Lease, Ship & Aerospace	General Manager, Planning & Coordination Dept.,
Takao Kusaka	Business Division	Transportation & Construction Systems Business
	Unit,
		Assistant to General Manager, Transportation &
		Construction Systems Business Unit
	Executive Officer,	Corporate Officer,
Hiroaki Murata	General Manager, Construction material & Real	General Manager, Materials, Supplies & Real
	Estate Business Division	Estate Division
	Executive Officer,	Corporate Officer,
	Assistant General Manager for East Asia,	Assistant General Manager for East Asia,
	General Manager, Corporate Unit in Sumitomo	General Manager, Corporate Unit in Sumitomo
Aki Tomita	Corporation China Group,	Corporation China Group,
General Manager, Corporate Coordination Group in	General Manager, Corporate Coordination Group
	Sumitomo Corporation China Group,	in Sumitomo Corporation China Group,
	General Manager, Sumitomo Corporation	Sumitomo Corporation (Shanghai) Limited
	(Shanghai) Limited
２）Promotion of Executive Officers (As of April 1) : 9 persons
Name	As of April 1	Current
	Senior Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
	General Manager for East Asia,	General Manager for East Asia,
Daisuke Mikogami	CEO of Sumitomo Corporation China Group,	CEO of Sumitomo Corporation China Group,
Sumitomo Corporation (Shanghai) Limited,	Sumitomo Corporation (Shanghai) Limited,
	General Manager, Sumitomo Corporation (China)	General Manager, Sumitomo Corporation (China)
	Holding Ltd.	Holding Ltd.
	Senior Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
	Assistant to General Manager, Transportation &	Assistant to General Manager, Transportation &
Reiji Morooka	Construction Systems Business Unit,	Construction Systems Business Unit,
	Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.	Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
	Senior Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
Yoshiyuki Sakamoto	General Manager, Mineral Resources, Energy,	Deputy General Manager, Mineral Resources,
Chemical & Electronics Business Unit	Energy, Chemical & Electronics Business Unit
	Managing Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
Shinichi Kato	Assistant General Manager for The Americas,	Assistant General Manager for The Americas,
Sumitomo Corporation of America,	Sumitomo Corporation of America,
	TBC Corporation	TBC Corporation
	Managing Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
Yoshinori Mukaida	Assistant CFO, Finance	Assistant CFO, Finance,
	General Manager, Finance Dept.
	Managing Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
	General Manager for the Americas,	Assistant to General Manager, Living Related &
Tomonori Wada	President and CEO of Sumitomo Corporation of	Real Estate Business Unit,
Americas Group,	Summit Fresh Produce Switzerland SA
	Director and President of Sumitomo Corporation of
	Americas

Name	As of April 1	Current
	Managing Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
	General Manager for Middle East & Africa,	General Manager, Energy Division,
Hajime Mori	CEO & COO of Sumitomo Corporation Middle East	Director of Energy Innovation Initiative
& Africa Group,
	Managing Director, Sumitomo Corporation Middle
	East FZE
	Managing Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
Yukihito Honda	General Manager, Infrastructure Business Unit	General Manager, Tubular Products Division
	Managing Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
Kotaro Tameda	General Manager, Living Related & Real Estate	General Manager, Corporate Planning &
Business Unit	Coordination Dept.

３）Retirement from Executive Officers (As of March 31) : 4 persons

Name	As of April 1	Current
	Adviser	Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Tsutomu Akimoto		General Manager, Infrastructure Business Unit
	Retirement from Managing Executive Officers	Managing Executive Officer,
	April 1st,2022	Assistant to General Manager, Media & Digital
Masato Ishida	T-GAIA CORPORATION	Business Unit,
President and Representative Director,	T-Gaia Corporation
	Chief Executive Officer
	Adviser	Managing Executive Officer,
Nobuki Ando		General Manager, Living Related & Real Estate
		Business Unit
	Adviser	Executive Officer,
Kazunari Sakata		Assistant to General Manager, Metal Products
	Business Unit,
		Sumitomo Corporation Global Metals Co., Ltd.

４）Reappointment of Executive Officers (As of April 1) ：43 persons

All Executive Officers, except for Tsutomu Akimoto, Masato Ishida, Nobuki Ando, and Kazunari Sakata, who will retire from Executive Officers on March 31, will be reappointed as Executive Officers.

５）The Other Personnel Changes of Executive Officers (As of April 1)

Name	As of April 1	Current
	Executive Vice President,	Executive Vice President,
	（Metal Products Business Unit and Mineral	General Manager, Metal Products Business Unit,
Shingo Ueno	Resources, Energy, Chemical & Electronics Business	General Manager, Mineral Resources, Energy,
Unit）	Chemical & Electronics Business Unit,
	Head of Energy Innovation Initiative	Head of Energy Innovation Initiative
	Senior Managing Executive Officer,	Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Shoichiro Oka	Assistant to President and CEO	General Manager, Transportation & Construction
		Systems Business Unit
	Senior Managing Executive Officer,	Senior Managing Executive Officer,
	General Manager, Media & Digital Business Unit,	General Manager for the Americas,
Masaki Nakajima		President and CEO of Sumitomo Corporation of
	Americas Group,
		Director and President of Sumitomo Corporation
		of Americas
	Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
	General Manager for Europe & CIS,	General Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa
Iehisa Nakamura	CEO of Sumitomo Corporation Europe & CIS Group,	& CIS,
Chairman and Managing Director, Sumitomo	Chairman of Sumitomo Corporation Europe
	Corporation Europe Limited	Holding Limited

	Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
Bin Haga	Assistant General Manager, Media & Digital	Assistant General Manager, Media & Digital
Business Unit	Business Unit,
		General Manager, Digital Business Division

Name	As of April 1	Current
	Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
	Assistant General Manager, Living Related & Real	Assistant General Manager, Living Related &
Kei Sato	Estate Business Unit	Real Estate Business Unit,
		General Manager, Food & Agriculture Business
		Division
	Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
	General Manager, Transportation & Construction	Assistant General Manager, Infrastructure
Norihiko Nonaka	Systems Business Unit	Business Unit,
		General Manager, Planning & Coordination
		Dept.,Infrastructure Business Unit
	Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
	Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Information Officer	Deputy General Manager, Living Related & Real
Hirokazu Higashino		Estate Business Unit,
	General Manager, Planning & Coordination Dept.,
		Living Related & Real Estate Business Unit
	Managing Executive Officer,	Managing Executive Officer,
Katsuya Inubushi	General Manager, Metal Products Business Unit	Deputy General Manager, Metal Products
	Business Unit
	Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
	Assistant General Manager for Europe & CIS,	General Manager, Mineral Resources Division
	General Manager for CIS,	No.2
Haruo Matsuzaki	Deputy CEO of Sumitomo Corporation Europe &
	CIS Group,
	President and CEO, Sumitomo Corporation (Central
	Eurasia) LLC
	Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
Eiji Ishida	Assistant to General Manager, Transportation &	General Manager, Lease, Ship & Aerospace
	Construction Systems Business Unit	Business Division
	Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
	Assistant General Manager for The Americas,	Assistant General Manager for The Americas,
	Executive Vice President , CFO and Chief Business	Executive Vice President and CFO of Sumitomo
Hiroyuki Koike	Development Officer of Sumitomo Corporation of	Corporation of Americas Group,
	Americas Group,	Executive Vice President and CFO of Sumitomo
	Executive Vice President and CFO of Sumitomo	Corporation of Americas
	Corporation of Americas
	Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
	Assistant to General Manager, Infrastructure	Assistant General Manager for Europe, Middle
	Business Unit,	East, Africa & CIS,
	Sumitomo Shoji Machinex Co., Ltd.	General Manager for Europe & CIS,
Takashi Yamana		CEO of Sumitomo Corporation Europe & CIS
	Group,
		Managing Director, Sumitomo Corporation
		Europe Holding Limited,
		Chairman and Managing Director, Sumitomo
		Corporation Europe Limited
	Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
	Assistant General Manager for Europe & CIS,	Assistant General Manager for Europe, Middle
	Deputy CEO & CFO of Sumitomo Corporation	East, Africa & CIS,
Tatsuro Tamura	Europe & CIS Group,	General Manager, Corporate Management Unit in
	General Manager, Corporate Management Unit in	Sumitomo Corporation Europe & CIS Group,
	Sumitomo Corporation Europe & CIS Group,	Sumitomo Corporation Europe Limited
	CFO, Sumitomo Corporation Europe Limited
	Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
Kazumasa Watanabe	General Manager, Media Division,	General Manager, Media Division
General Manager, Media & Entertainment Business
	Dept.
	Executive Officer,	Executive Officer,
	General Manager, Planning & Coordination Dept.,	Assistant General Manager for East Asia,
	Metal Products Business Unit	General Manager, China Metal Products Business
Masahiko Yokohama		Unit in Sumitomo Corporation China Group,
		General Manager, Sumitomo Corporation
		(Shanghai) Limited