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May 12, 2023
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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

Scheduled Date: June 16, 2023

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

Yusaku Shima (NTT East, Executive Officer, Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Network Business Headquarters and Executive Manager, Strategic Plant Planning Department, Network Business Headquarters)

(2) Audit & Supervisory Board Member Scheduled to Resign from Office

Full-Time Auditor Masaharu Higashitamori

(3) Candidates for Executive Officers

Executive Officer Tomoko Aihara (NTT East, Executive Manager, Planning Department, Digital Transformation Headquarters)
Executive Officer Chinatsu Kataoka (NTT East, General Manager, Iwate Branch, Miyagi Division)
Executive Officer Hirofumi Suto (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Senior Manager, General Affairs Department)
Executive Officer Akinobu Matsui

(NTT East, Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Sales Promotion Headquarters, and Executive Manager, Sales Department, Sales Promotion Headquarters)

(4) Executive Officers Scheduled to Resign from Office

Executive Officer Masahiro Takizawa (scheduled to join NTT e-Drone Technology Corporation)
Executive Officer Kazuya Murata (scheduled to join NTT TownPage Corporation)
Executive Officer Hironobu Nakanishi (scheduled to join MIRAIT ONE Corporation)

(5) Officer Structure

Scheduled Appointment Date: June 16, 2023

Position Title Name Appointment/ Responsibilities
President, Executive Director
President, Executive Officer
Naoki Shibutani CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer
Ryota Kitamura CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
CCO (Chief Compliance Officer)
CHRO (Chief Human Resource Officer)
Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer
Riaki Hoshino CDO(Chief Digital Officer)
CIO(Chief Information Officer)
CISO(Chief Information Security Officer)
Senior Vice President,
Executive Officer
Kenichi Yamamoto Executive Manager, Corporate Strategy Planning Department
Executive Manager, Corporate Strategy Planning Department Yusaku Shima Senior Executive Manager, Network Business Headquarters;
Executive Manager of the Strategic Plant Planning Department, Network Business 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 Yoshinori Kanehana
Senior Vice President Makiko Sekine
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 Machiko Sakai General Manager, Chiba Division; and
General Manager, Chiba Branch, Chiba Division
Executive Officer Takashi Ebihara Senior Executive Manager, Digital Transformation Headquarters
CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
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 General Manager, Hokkaido Division; and
General Manager, Hokkaido Branch, Hokkaido Division
Executive Officer Taigo Ichikawa General Manager, Saitama Division; and
General Manager, Saitama Branch, Saitama Division
Executive Officer Takashi Abe Deputy Senior Executive Manager,
Business Innovation Headquarters
Executive Officer Katsunori Shigehara Executive Manager, General Affairs and Personnel Department
Executive Officer Sakiko Kato Deputy Senior Executive Manager,
Business Innovation Headquarters
Executive Officer Tomoko Aihara General Manager, Kanagawa Division; and
General Manager, Kanagawa Branch, Kanagawa Division
Executive Officer Chinatsu Kataoka Senior Executive Manager, Internal Audit Department
Executive Officer Hirofumi Suto General Manager, Miyagi Division; and
General Manager, Miyagi Branch, Miyagi Division
Executive Officer Akinobu Matsui Senior Executive Manager, Sales Promotion Headquarters
    (Notes)
  • *Ryota Kitamura is in charge of the Corporate Strategy Planning Department, General Affairs and Personnel Department, Accounting and Finance Department; Information Security Department, Sales Promotion Headquarters and Business Innovation Headquarters.
  • *Riaki Hoshino is in charge of the Interconnection Promotion Department, New Business Development Headquarters, Network Business Headquarters and Digital Transformation Headquarters.
  • *Tetsuya Kitagawa, an Audit & Supervisory Board Member who is scheduled to be reappointed by NTT East, is a candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
  • *New candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board Member appointments are to be announced at a later date.

(6) New Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities

Scheduled Appointment Date: July 1, 2023

New Position(s) and Appointments Name Current Position(s) and Organizational Responsibilities
Executive Officer
Senior Executive Manager, New Business Development Headquarters
Shigeharu Kato Executive Officer
Senior Executive Manager, New Business Development Headquarters; and
Executive Manager, Business Strategy Promotion Office, Corporate Strategy Planning Department

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