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May 12, 2022
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Changes in Board of Directors and Executive Officers(NTT East)

Scheduled Date: June 17, 2022

(1) Candidates for Senior Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President

Naoki Shibutani (Representative Member of the Board and Senior Executive Vice President of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
Ryota Kitamura (Senior Executive Vice President, Head of General Affairs of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
Makiko Sekine (Senior Vice President, Planning Division, Urban Planning & Development Headquarters, Managing Director, Corporate Strategy Management Office, Corporate Strategy Management, of NTT Urban Solutions, Inc.)

(2) Candidate for New Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Tetsuya Kitagawa (Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited)

(3) President, Senior Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice President scheduled to resign from office

President, Executive Director Fukuzo Inoue (scheduled to be appointed as a Counselor to the President)
Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director Shinji Yano (scheduled to join NTT BUSINESS ASSOCIE Co., Ltd.)
Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director Hiroshi Tanabe (scheduled to join Nippon COMSYS Corporation)
Senior Vice President Takashi Taniyama

(4) Audit & Supervisory Board Member scheduled to resign from office

Full-Time Auditor Satoru Yamane

(5) Candidates for President and Senior Executive Vice Presidents

①Candidate for President Naoki Shibutani
②Candidates for Senior Executive Vice President Ryota Kimura
Riaki Hoshino

(6) Candidates for Executive Officers

President, Executive Officer Naoki Shibutani (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Representative Member of the Board and Senior Executive Vice President)
Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer Ryota Kitamura (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Senior Vice President, Head of General Affairs)
Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer Riaki Hoshino (NTT East, Senior Vice President, Executive Officer, Senior Executive Manager, Network Business Headquarters; Executive Manager, Strategic Plant Planning Department, Network Business Headquarters)
Managing Executive Officer Tamaki Endo (NTT East, Executive Officer, Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Business Innovation Headquarters)
Executive Officer Yasushi Shimazu (NTT East, Executive Manager, Marketing Department, Business Innovation Headquarters)
Executive Officer Taigo Ichikawa (NTT East, Senior Manager, Value Creation Department, Business Innovation Headquarters (NTT East - Minami Kanto))

Executive Officer Takashi Abe (NTT East, General Manager, Hokkaido Division; General Manager, Hokkaido Branch, Hokkaido Division)
Executive Officer Katsunori Shigehara (NTT East, Executive Manager, General Affairs and Personnel Department; General Manager, Medical and Health Administration Center, General Affairs and Personnel Department)
Executive Officer Yuusaku Shima (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Senior Manager, Research Planning Group)
Executive Officer Sakiko Kato (NTT East, Senior Manager, Value Creation Department, Business Innovation Headquarters (NTT East - Minami Kanto))

(7) Executive Officers scheduled to resign from office

President, Executive Officer Fukuzo Inoue (scheduled to be appointed as a Counselor to the President)
Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer Shinji Yano (scheduled to join NTT BUSINESS ASSOCIE Co., Ltd.)
Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer Hiroshi Tanabe (scheduled to join Nippon COMSYS Corporation)
Managing Executive Officer Hiroshi Nakamura (scheduled to join NTT Broadband Platform, Inc.)
Executive Officer Naotaka Kamiya (scheduled to join InfoCom Research, Inc.)
Executive Officer Tatsu Ishikawa (scheduled to join TelWel East Japan Corporation)
Executive Officer Kei Ikeda (scheduled to join Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)

(8) Officer Structure

Position Title Name Appointment/ Responsibilities
President, Executive Director
President, Executive Officer
Naoki Shibutani
Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer
Ryota Kitamura In charge of:
General Affairs and Personnel;
Accounting and Finance; Information Security;
Risk Management;
New Business Development Headquarters;
Sales Promotion Headquarters; and
Business Innovation Headquarters
Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer
Riaki Hoshino Senior Executive Manager, Network Business Headquarters;
In charge of:
Interconnection Promotion; and
Digital Transformation Headquarters;
Head of Plant pursuant to Ordinance for Enforcement of the Telecommunications Business Act; and
Responsible for Information Management pursuant to Ordinance for Enforcement of the Telecommunications Business Act
Senior Vice President
Executive Officer
Kenichi Yamamoto Executive Manager, Corporate Strategy Planning Department
Senior Vice President Yoshinori Kanehana
Senior Vice President Makiko Sekine
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Masaharu Higashitamori
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Hideo Fujimoto
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Tetsuya Kitagawa
Managing Executive Officer Tamaki Endo Senior Executive Manager, Business Innovation Headquarters; and
Executive Manager, Value Creation Department, Business Innovation Headquarters
Executive Officer Masahiro Takizawa General Manager, Miyagi Division; and
General Manager, Miyagi Branch, Miyagi Division;
Executive Officer Machiko Sakai General Manager, Chiba Division; and
General Manager, Chiba Branch, Chiba Division
Executive Officer Takashi Ebihara Senior Executive Manager, Digital Transformation Headquarters
Executive Officer Kazuya Murata Senior Executive Manager, Sales Promotion Headquarters;
Executive Manager, Sales Planning Department, Sales Promotion Headquarters
Executive Officer Hironobu Nakanishi General Manager, Kanagawa Division; and
General Manager, Kanagawa Branch, Kanagawa Division
Executive Officer Shigeharu Kato Senior Executive Manager, New Business Development Headquarters; and
Executive Manager, Business Strategy Promotion Office, Corporate Strategy Planning Department
Executive Officer Toshimasa Kumagai General Manager, Tokyo Division
Executive Officer Yasushi Shimazu Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Business Innovation Headquarters
Executive Officer Taigo Ichikawa General Manager, Saitama Division; and
General Manager, Saitama Branch, Saitama Division
Executive Officer Takashi Abe General Manager, Hokkaido Division; and
General Manager, Hokkaido Branch, Hokkaido Division
Executive Officer Katsunori Shigehara Executive Manager, General Affairs and Personnel Department; and
General Manager, Medical and Health Administration Center, General Affairs and Personnel Department
Executive Officer Yuusaku Shima Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Network Business Headquarters; and
Executive Manager, Maintenance and Service Operation Department, Network Business Headquarters
Executive Officer Sakiko Kato Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Business Innovation Headquarters
    (Notes)
  • *Makiko Sekine, a candidate for Senior Vice President, is scheduled to be appointed as a Senior Vice President of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation on June 24, 2022, and will be appointed as a Senior Vice President of NTT East on the same date.
  • *Tetsuya Kitagawa is a candidate for an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
  • *Yoshinori Kanehana, a Senior Vice President who is scheduled to be reappointed by NTT East, is a candidate for Outside Member of the Board.

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