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May 9, 2025
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Changes in Board of Directors and Executive Officers

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo, CEO: Naoki Shibutani) announced today that at the Board of Directors meeting held May 8, 2025, the following changes in board of directors and executive officers were resolved. These changes will be officially approved at the shareholders? meeting and the board of directors meeting scheduled to be held on June 16, 2025.

(1) Candidates for Senior Vice President

Kei Ikeda (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Executive Vice President, Head of Technology Planning)
Shingo Ishida (NTT East, Executive Officer, Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Network Business Headquarters, Executive Manager, Maintenance and Service Operation Department, Network Business Headquarters)
Seika Kidokoro (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Vice President of Corporate Strategy Planning Department)

(2) Candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Full-Time Auditor Yasufumi Tsubaki (Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Full-time Counselor to the President)

(3) Senior Vice Presidents Scheduled to Resign from Office

Senior Executive Vice President,
Representative Director
Riaki Hoshino (scheduled to join Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
Senior Vice President, Yusaku Shima (scheduled to join EXEO Group, Inc.)

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

Full-Time Auditor Tetsuya Kitagawa

(5) Candidates for Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director

Kei Ikeda

(6) Candidates for Executive Officers

Senior Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer
Kei Ikeda (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Executive Vice President, Head of Technology Planning)
Managing Executive Officer Takashi Abe (NTT East, Executive Officer, Senior Executive Manager, Business Innovation Headquarters)
Executive Officer Seika Kidokoro (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Vice President, Corporate Strategy Planning Department)
Executive Officer Hiroko Shigetani (NTT East, General Manager, Nagano Branch, Saitama Division)
Executive Officer Tadahiro Yonesawa (NTT East, General Manager, Tokyominami Branch, Tokyo Division)
Executive Officer Hiroki Okuda (NTT East, Executive Manager, Government Solution Department, Business Innovation Headquarters)
Executive Officer Tetsuya Koike (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Vice President, Corporate Strategy Planning Department)
Executive Officer Takuro Hanaki (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Head of Investor Relations Office, Finance and Accounting Department)
Executive Officer Tomonao Ihara (NTT East, General Manager, Gunma Branch, Saitama Division)
Executive Officer Yumiko Takuma (NTT East, General Manager, Procurement and Supply Center, Digital Transformation Headquarters)
Executive Officer Motoi Yamana (NTT East, Executive Manager, Digital Design Department, Digital Transformation Headquarters)

(7) Executive Officers Scheduled to Resign from Office

Senior Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer
Riaki Hoshino (scheduled to join Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
Managing Executive Officer Takashi Ebihara (scheduled to join Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
Executive Officer Yasushi Shimazu (scheduled to join NTT EAST PROPERTIES, INC.)
Executive Officer Taigo Ichikawa (scheduled to join NTT HumanEX)
Executive Officer Katsunori Shigehara (scheduled to join NTT BUSINESS ASSOCIE EAST Co., Ltd.)
Executive Officer Yusaku Shima (scheduled to join EXEO Group, Inc.)
Executive Officer Sakiko Kato (scheduled to join MIRAIT ONE Corporation)
Executive Officer Chinatsu Kataoka (scheduled to join NTT East ? Minami Kanto)
Executive Officer Shinya Momose (scheduled to join NTT DOCOMO, INC.)

(8) Officer Structure

Scheduled Appointment Date: June 16, 2025

Position Title Name Appointment/ Responsibilities
President, Executive Director
President, Executive Officer
CEO*1
Naoki Shibutani  
Senior Executive Vice President,
Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer
CDAIO*2
CISO*3
Kei Ikeda  
Senior Executive Vice President,
Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer
CCO*4
CCXO*5
Toshimasa Kumagai Executive Manager, Internal Audit Department
Senior Vice President,
Executive Officer
Shingo Ishida Senior Executive Manager, 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
Executive Officer
Seika Kidokoro Executive Manager, Corporate Strategy Planning Department
Senior Vice President Yoshinori Kanehana
Senior Vice President Makiko Sekine
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kosuke Nagano
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Machiko Sakai
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Yasufumi Tsubaki
Managing Executive Officer Takashi Abe Senior Executive Manager, Business Innovation Headquarters
Executive Officer Tomoko Aihara General Manager, Kanagawa Division
General Manager, Kanagawa Branch, Kanagawa Division
Executive Officer Hiroshi Sudo General Manager, Miyagi Division
General Manager, Miyagi Branch, Miyagi Division
Executive Officer Akinobu Matsui Senior Executive Manager, Sales Promotion Headquarters
Executive Officer Kenichi Suzuki General Manager, Tokyo Division
Executive Officer Takaharu Kitajima Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Business Innovation Headquarters
Executive Manager, Core Business Development Department, Business Innovation Headquarters
Executive Officer
CTO*6
Tadayuki Yamaguchi Senior Executive Manager, New Business Development Headquarters
Executive Officer Hiroko Shigeya General Manager, Hokkaido Division
General Manager, Hokkaido Branch, Hokkaido Division
Executive Officer Tadahiro Yonesawa Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Network Business Headquarters
Executive Manager, Maintenance and Service Operation Department, Network Business Headquarters
Executive Officer Hiroki Okuda Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Business Innovation Headquarters
Executive Manager, Social Innovation Department, Business Innovation Headquarters
General Manager, International Horticultural Expo 2027 Promotion Office
Executive Officer Tetsuya Koike General Manager, Saitama Division
General Manager, Saitama Branch, Saitama Division
Executive Officer
CFO*7
Takuro Hanaki Executive Manager, Accounts and Finance Department
Executive Officer
CHRO*8
Tomonao Ihara Executive Manager, General Affairs and Personnel Department
Executive Officer Yumiko Takuma Executive Manager, Maintenance and Service Operation Department, Network Business Headquarters
Executive Officer
CIO*9
Motoi Yamana Senior Executive Manager, Digital Transformation Headquarters
Executive Manager, Digital Design Department, Digital Transformation Headquarters
    Notes:
  • Kei Ikeda is in charge of the Interconnection Promotion Department, Innovation and Technology Department, New Business Development Headquarters, Network Business Headquarters and Digital Transformation Headquarters.
  • Toshimasa Kumagai is in charge of the Corporate Strategy Planning Department, General Affairs and Personnel Department, Accounting and Finance Department, Information Security Department, Sales Promotion Headquarters, Business Innovation Headquarters and International Horticultural Expo 2027 Promotion Office.
  • Yasufumi Tsubaki is a candidate for an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
  • Takuro Hanaki is scheduled to take office on June 20, 2025.
  • *1CEO: Chief Executive Officer
  • *2CDAIO: Chief Digital and AI Officer
  • *3CISO: Chief Information Security Officer
  • *4CCO: Chief Compliance Officer
  • *5CCXO: Chief Customer Experience Officer
  • *6CTO: Chief Technology Officer
  • *7CFO: Chief Financial Officer
  • *8CHRO: Chief Human Resource Officer
  • *9CIO: Chief Information Officer

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