Directors and Officers

(As of June 21, 2023)

Representative Director, President & CEO

Tomoya Higashiura

Apr 1984 :Joined NEC Corporation
Feb 2001 :Joined Asahi Pretec Corp.
Jun 2006 :Appointed as Director of Asahi Pretec Corp.
Apr 2011 :Appointed as Director of ARE Holdings, Inc.
Jun 2014 :Appointed as Representative Director and President of Asahi Pretec Corp.
Apr 2017 :Appointed as Representative Director and President of Asahi Americas Holdings, Inc.
Apr 2018 :Appointed as Representative Director and President of ARE Holdings, Inc. (to present)
Apr 2018 :Appointed as Director of Asahi Pretec Corp. (to present)
Jun 2020 :Appointed as CEO of ARE Holdings, Inc. (to present)
Apr 2023 :Appointed as Director of Japan Waste Corporation (to present)

Yoshinori Hara

Apr 1983 :Joined NEC Corporation
Aug 1990 :Became a visiting Researcher, Stanford University
Jul 2004 :Supervised NEC's Kansai Research Laboratories
Apr 2006 :Professor of Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University (to present)
Apr 2018 :Dean of Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
Jun 2019 :Appointed as Independent Outside Director of ARE Holdings, Inc. (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)
Jun 2023 :Appointed as Head of Independent Outside Director of ARE Holdings, Inc. (Head of Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) / (to present)

Miyoko Kimura

Apr 1988 :Joined PLUS Corporation
May 1999 :Joined ASKUL Corporation
Feb 2010 :Appointed as Representative Director and President of ASMARU Corporation
May 2017 :Appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Executive Officer, Executive Officer of Life Creation Unit and Value Creation Center Unit, B-to-C Company of ASKUL Corporation
Mar 2020 :Appointed as Director, Supervisor of Merchandising Unit, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Executive Officer of ASKUL Corporation
May 2021 :Appointed as Director in charge of branding, designing and supplier relations of ASKUL Corporation
Jun 2021 :Appointed as Independent Outside Director of ARE Holdings, Inc. (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) / (to present)
Sep 2022 :Appointed as Director and Managing Executive Officer of KING JIM CO., LTD. (to present)
Jun 2023 :Appointed as Outside Director of JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (to present)

Mitsutoshi Kagimoto

Apr 1984 :Joined Teijin Limited
Feb 2006 :Joined Asahi Pretec Corp.
Mar 2009 :Appointed as Assistant General Manager of Kitakanto Office of Asahi Pretec Corp.
Dec 2009 :Appointed as Representative Director and President of JW Glass Recycling Co., Ltd.
Apr 2013 :Appointed as General Manager of Purchase Division of INTER CENTRAL, INC.
Oct 2015 :Appointed as General Manager of Audit and Supervisory Committee Secretariat of ARE Holdings, Inc.
Jun 2021 :Appointed as Director of ARE Holdings, Inc. (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) / (to present)
Dec 2021 :Appointed as Auditor of Asahi Pretec Corp. (to present)
Apr 2023 :Appointed as Auditor of Japan Waste Corporation (to present)

Akinori Yamamoto

Apr 2005 :Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Apr 2007 :Joined GCA Corporation (currently Houlihan Lokey)
Jan 2019 :Appointed as Partner, Executive Director of GCA Corporation
Feb 2022 :Appointed as Executive Director of JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Mar 2023 :Appointed as Representative of Yamamoto Certified Public Accountant Office (to present)
Jun 2023 :Appointed as Independent Outside Director of ARE Holdings, Inc. (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) / (to present)

Yuki Tsuru

Apr 2000 :Registered in the roll of attorneys (joined Tokyo Bar Association)
Oct 2007 :Joined Kyowa-Sogo Partners Law Office (to present)
Apr 2015 :Appointed as Member of Infringement Judgement Advisory Committee (to present)
Feb 2019 :Appointed as Customs Technical Advisors (to present)
Jun 2020 :Appointed as External Director of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. (to present)
Jun 2021 :Appointed as Part-time Auditor of National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (to present)
Jun 2022 :Appointed as Outside Director of SUGIMOTO & CO., LTD (to present)
Jun 2022 :Appointed as Outside Director of JAMCO Corporation (to present)
Jun 2023 :Appointed as Independent Outside Director of ARE Holdings, Inc. (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) / (to present)

Corporate Officer Representative Director & President of Japan Waste Corporation	Hiroyuki Nakanishi
Corporate Officer Representative Director & President of Asahi Pretec Corp.	Tsutomu Nakashima
Corporate Officer Representative Director & President of ASAHI METALFINE, Inc.	Nobuo Tajima
Corporate Officer Senior Vice President of North American Business Unit	Shohei Yasuda

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