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Audit and Supervisory BoardAs of June 29, 2021
Audit and Supervisory Board Members
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Kazuhiro TsujiDate of birth: January 25, 1961
- Activities
- Attended all of the 10 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings and 10 Board of Director meetings held in the year ended March 31, 2021 (attendance rate after his appointment at the General Meeting of Shareholders)
- Brief personal profile
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- Mar 1984
- Joined the Company
- Mar 2010
- General Manager of Human Capital Development Department, Human Resources Division
- Apr 2011
- General Manager of Shared Services Center, Human Resources Division
- Jul 2011
- Deputy General Manager of General Administration Center
- Apr 2013
- General Manager of Secretarial Office
- Apr 2018
- General Manager of Human Resources Division
- Apr 2019
- Corporate Vice President
- Jun 2020
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Current)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Shinji SatoDate of birth: May 2, 1960
- Brief personal profile
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- Apr 1983
- Joined MITSUI & CO., LTD.
- May 2010
- President and Representative Director of Mitsui & Co. Financial Management, Ltd.
- Apr 2012
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Chief Financial Officer of Asia Pacific Business Unit of MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Senior Vice President of Mitsui & Co. (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
- Apr 2015
- 内部审计部门的内部审计人员MITSUI & CO., LTD.
- Dec 2017
- Joined the Company Adviser
- Apr 2018
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Corporate Vice President in charge of finance
General Manager of Finance and Legal Division
President of Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc.
- Jun 2019
- Director of RICOH LEASING COMPANY, LTD.
- Apr 2020
- General Manager of Finance Division
- Apr 2021
- General Manager of Financial and Accounting Center
- Jun 2021
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Current)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yo OtaDate of birth: October 3, 1967
- Activities
- Attended all of the 14 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings and 12 Board of Director meetings held in the year ended March 31, 2021
- Brief personal profile
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- Apr 2001
- A member of staff of Civil Affairs Bureau of The Ministry of Justice (Japanese Commercial Code Group of Counsellor's Office)
- Jan 2003
- Partner of Nishimura & Asahi (Current)
- Jun 2005
- Outside Auditor of Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
- Jun 2005
- Outside Director of Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- May 2012
- Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Directors (Current)
- Apr 2013
- Professor of Graduate Schools for Law and Politics of the University of Tokyo
- Jun 2013
- Councilor of LOTTE Foundation (Current)
- Jul 2014
- Vice Chairman of Corporate Governance Committee of the Japan Association of Corporate Directors (Current)
- Jun 2016
- Outside Director of Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (Current)
- Jun 2017
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Current)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Shoji KobayashiDate of birth: December 29, 1953
- Activities
- Attended all of the 10 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings and 10 Board of Director meetings held in the year ended March 31, 2021 (attendance rate after his appointment at the General Meeting of Shareholders)
- Brief personal profile
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- Apr 1979
- Joined Kao Soap Co., Ltd (Current Kao Corporation)
- Feb 1998
- Director of Chemical Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation
- Sep 2002
- General Manager of Industrial Materials Business Division of Kao Corporation
- Jun 2006
- Vice President & Executive Officer, Chemical Business Unit of Kao Corporation Business Division of Kao Corporation
- Jun 2010
- President & Executive Officer of Chemical Business Unit of Kao Corporation
- Mar 2013
- Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kao Corporation (until March 2017)
- Jun 2017
- 合同监控C的成员ommittee, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE)
- Jan 2018
- Advisor of SAIWAI TRADING CO., LTD.
- Jun 2019
- Director in charge of Control Group (Part-time) of SAIWAI TRADING CO., LTD. (Current)
- Jun 2020
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Current)
- Jun 2021
- Chairman of Contract Monitoring Committee, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (Current)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yasunobu FurukawaDate of birth: October 11, 1953
- Activities
- Attended all of the 10 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings and 10 Board of Director meetings held in the year ended March 31, 2021 (attendance rate after his appointment at the General Meeting of Shareholders)
- Brief personal profile
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- Apr 1976
- Joined Tetsuzo Ota & Co. (Current Ernst & YoungShinNihon LLC)
- Sep 1980
- Registered as a certified public accountant (Current)
- May 1999
- Representative Partner of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
- Aug 2008
- Executive Partner of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
- Aug 2010
- Senior Executive Partner of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
- Aug 2012
- Senior Advisor of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
- Jun 2014
- Outside Director of Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (Current)
- Jun 2015
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Saitama Resona Bank, Limited
- Jun 2015
- Outside Director of NSK Ltd.
- Jun 2019
- Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Saitama Resona Bank, Limited (Current)
- Jun 2020
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Current)
Outline of audit activities
The Audit and Supervisory Board reviewed risks and issues in the four areas, namely (1) Directors, (2) Business execution, (3) Subsidiaries, (4) Internal audit, and (5) Accounting audit, and formulated annual activity plans. Outline of audit activities in each of these areas are illustrated as follows. Audit and Supervisory Board Members pointed out the issues and provided suggestions to Directors and business divisions, concerning the matters brought to our attention through these audit activities. With respect to the issues regarding the circumstances and response to the financial irregularities at a sales subsidiary in India and the subsequent conditions, etc., Audit and Supervisory Members made sure to stay updated on the latest development, by requesting explanation from the Directors, Executive Officers, and the employees concerned, etc., as well as attending the relevant meetings, in addition to the audit activities.
Notes on the Audit Performance
The Audit and Supervisory Board prepared the Audit Report on the following; (i) Methods and contents of the Audit employed by the Audit and Supervisory Board Members and the Audit and Supervisory Board, and (ii) Audit results. With respect to (i) Methods and contents of the Audit employed by the Audit and Supervisory Board Members and the Audit and Supervisory Board, the Board decided to voluntarily prepare and disclose these Notes, as complementary material to the Audit Report, in order to enhance the effectiveness of the dialogue with stakeholders including shareholders, based on the belief that it is crucial to provide more concrete explanation, to enhance audit transparency.