Directors
Director (Outside) Kunitaro Kitamura
![[Photo]Director (Outside) Kunitaro Kitamura](https://asset.fujifilm.com/holdings/files/2019-09/e5ce862d4c519d4f52d0c9083bdeb72c/pic_03.png)
Biography
Year | Month | Biography |
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2012 | Apr. | Representative Director and President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. Chairman (Representative Director) of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited |
2017 | Apr. |
Representative Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. Chairman (Director) of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited |
2017 | Jun. |
Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. Director (Outside Director) of the Company (to present) |
Significant Concurrent Positions
Outside Director of ASAGAMI CORPORATION
Reasons for Selection
Mr. Kunitaro Kitamura has served as representative director of financial institutions for many years, demonstrating strong leadership. He has ample experience and wide range of knowledge in the fields of finance and capital markets. By giving useful suggestions and expressing opinions on many aspects of the Company’s management, including M&A and capital policy, at the board of directors meetings based on this experience and knowledge, Mr. Kunitaro Kitamura has facilitated reasonable and adequate decision-making by the board of directors. In addition, as a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee, he has been contributing efforts to enhance transparency of the processes related to a succession plan of the CEO and to remuneration for directors. The Company believes that he is able to continue executing his duties as outside director, and deems that he will fulfill his duties in an appropriate and sufficient manner utilizing his ample experience and wide range of knowledge.
Attendance
Meetings of Board of Directors: 14/14(*1)
Director (Outside) Makiko Eda
![[Photo]Director (Outside) Makiko Eda](https://asset.fujifilm.com/holdings/files/2019-09/235021a3db30636b74a0b56ea904f8dd/pic_04.png)
Biography
Year | Month | Biography |
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2013 | Oct. | Representative Director and President of Intel K.K. |
2018 | Apr. | Chief Representative Officer of World Economic Forum Japan (to present) |
2018 | Jun. | Director (Outside Director) of the Company (to present) |
Significant Concurrent Positions
Chief Representative Officer of World Economic Forum Japan
Outside Director of Tokyo Electron Ltd.
Reasons for Selection
After being responsible for marketing in the overseas market for many years in a major U.S. semiconductor manufacturer, Ms. Makiko Eda served as representative director of a Japanese-incorporated subsidiary of the said company, and with her strong leadership, has achieved creation of a new market and development of global personnel. Currently in her role as Chief Representative Officer of the World Economic Forum Japan, she is working to bring leaders from various industries together to improve, on a global scale, wide range of issues such as regional and industrial issues. Based on such ample experience and wide range of knowledge, Ms. Makiko Eda has facilitated reasonable and adequate decision-making by the board of directors by giving useful suggestions and expressing opinions on many aspects of the Fujifilm Group’s management at the board of directors meetings, while she proactively provided advice on the Fujifilm Group’s measures concerning ESG (Environmental, social and governance). The Company expects her to continue executing her duties as outside director, and deems that she will fulfill her duties in an appropriate and sufficient manner utilizing her ample experience and wide range of knowledge.
Attendance
Meetings of Board of Directors: 14/14(*1)
Director (Outside) Tsuyoshi Nagano
![[Photo]Director (Outside) Tsuyoshi Nagano](https://asset.fujifilm.com/holdings/files/2022-06/86cb1b66128b30e7f0093439bcbd406e/pic_officers_03.png)
Biography
Year | Month | Biography |
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1975 | Apr. | Joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. |
2013 | Jun. | President & Chief Executive Officer (Representative Director) of Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. President & Chief Executive Officer (Representative Director) of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. |
2016 | Apr. | Chairman (Representative Director) of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. |
2019 | Jun. | Chairman (Director) of Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (to present) |
2022 | Jun. | Director (Outside Director) of the Company (to present) |
Significant Concurrent Positions
Chairman (Director) of Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
Outside Director of Seiko Holdings Corporation
Outside Director of Central Japan Railway Company
Reasons for Selection
Mr. Tsuyoshi Nagano has been engaged in insurance sales, corporate planning, and product planning operations both in Japan and overseas for many years at a major insurance company, where he also has experience in supervising the overseas business. Moreover, as a manager in a holding company and operating company, he has demonstrated strong leadership in his management of the group as a whole. By actively offering advice on important policies of the Fujifilm Group as well as giving useful suggestions and expressing opinions on many aspects of the Fujifilm Group’s management at board of directors meetings based on his ample experience and wide range of knowledge, the Company expects him to facilitate reasonable and adequate decision-making by the board of directors. The Company deems that his ample experience and wide range of knowledge will enable him to execute his expected duties in an appropriate and sufficient manner.
Director (Outside) Ikuro Sugawara
![[Photo]Director (Outside) Ikuro Sugawara](https://asset.fujifilm.com/holdings/files/2022-06/b88444eca2215560bf9e82357cd58a64/pic_officers_04.png)
Biography
Year | Month | Biography |
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1981 | Apr. | Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) |
2010 | Jul. | Director-General of Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
2012 | Sep. | Director-General of Manufacturing Industries Bureau of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
2013 | Jun. | Director-General of Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
2015 | Jul. | Vice-Minister of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
2017 | Aug. | Special Advisor to the Cabinet |
2022 | Jun. | Director (Outside Director) of the Company (to present) |
Significant Concurrent Positions
Outside Director of TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd.
Reasons for Selection
Mr. Ikuro Sugawara has served in a number of important posts, including Director-General of the Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Director-General of the Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Director-General of the Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, and Vice-Minister of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Through these and his involvement in global environmental problems and energy policy, he has ample experience in policy planning and organizational management. By actively offering advice on important policies of the Fujifilm Group as well as giving useful suggestions and expressing opinions on many aspects of the Fujifilm Group’s management at board of directors meetings based on his ample experience and wide range of knowledge, the Company expects him to facilitate reasonable and adequate decision-making by the board of directors. Although he has never been involved in corporate management in any way other than as an outside officer, the Company deems that in addition to his ample experience, he will be able to leverage his considerable expertise and wide-ranging network to execute his expected duties in an appropriate and sufficient manner.
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) Masataka Mitsuhashi
![[Photo]Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) Masataka Mitsuhashi](https://asset.fujifilm.com/holdings/files/2019-09/baf89adc557a775a084570584fe06b4a/pic_06.png)
Biography
Year | Biography |
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1983 | Registered as Certified Public Accountant (to present) |
2004 | Representative Director of ChuoAoyama PwC Transaction Services Corporation (current PwC Advisory LLC) |
2008 | Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (current PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC) |
2010 | Representative Director and Deputy President of PricewaterhouseCoopers Co., Ltd. |
2012 | Representative Director and President of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata Sustainability Certification Co., Ltd. (current PricewaterhouseCoopers Sustainability LLC) |
2018 | Executive Adviser of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Sustainability LLC |
2019 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) of the Company (to present) |
Significant Concurrent Positions
Outside Director of Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.
Outside Director of Skymark Airlines Inc.
Reasons for Selection
Mr. Masataka Mitsuhashi has been involved in audit and M&A related business for many years. He has also served in positions such as representative director in consulting companies, and has ample experience and wide range of knowledge as both a certified accountant and as a corporate executive. Furthermore, as a representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers Sustainability LLC, he has been suggesting to the society a creation of a new corporate value from a sustainability perspective. Given his objective viewpoint based on such experience and knowledge, the Company deems that he is capable of executing the duties expected of an outside audit & supervisory board member in an appropriate manner.
Attendance
Meetings of Board of Directors: 14/14(*1)
Meetings of Audit & Supervisory Board: 17/17
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) Tatsuya Inagawa
![[Photo]Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) Tatsuya Inagawa](https://asset.fujifilm.com/holdings/files/2022-06/b0be43a6bad729f493b2ff32d161cc5a/pic_officers_05.png)
Biography
Year | Biography |
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1983 | Public Prosecutor of Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office |
2016 | Director-General of the Public Security Department of Supreme Public Prosecutors Office |
2017 | Superintending Public Prosecutor of Takamatsu High Public Prosecutors Office |
2018 | Superintending Public Prosecutor of Hiroshima High Public Prosecutors Office |
2019 | Retired from Public Prosecutor Registered as Attorney at Law (to present) Attorney at Takahashi Sogo Law Office (to present) |
2020 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) of the Company (to present) |
Significant Concurrent Positions
Attorney at Takahashi Sogo Law Office
Outside Director of Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co.,Ltd.
Reasons for Selection
Mr. Tatsuya Inagawa has successively held important posts such as Superintending Public Prosecutor at the Takamatsu High Public Prosecutors Office and the Hiroshima High Public Prosecutors Office. He possesses extensive experience and deep insight in the areas of judicial affairs and compliance which were cultivated over many years as a public prosecutor. The Company believes that he is able to execute his duties as an outside audit & supervisory board member in an appropriate manner from an objective perspective based on this experience and insight.
Attendance
Meetings of Board of Directors: 14/14(*1)
Meetings of Audit & Supervisory Board: 17/17
- *1 The status of attendance at the board of directors meetings is for the board of directors meetings that were held in FY2021.
In addition to the above stated number of the board of directors meetings held, the Company passed two written resolutions in lieu of a resolution passed at the board of directors meetings.
Criteria for Independence of Outside Directors and Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Outside Directors and outside Audit & Supervisory Board members of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) are deemed to be independent when none of the following conditions apply:
- A person who conducts or has previously conducted business (*1) in the FUJIFILM Group (the “Group”).
- A person to whom any of the following conditions apply either currently or over the past three fiscal years:
(1) An entity in a major business partner relationship (*2) with the Group or a person who conducts business thereof.
(2) A major lender (*3) to the Group or a person who conducts business thereof.
(3) A major shareholder (*4) of the Company or a person who conducts business thereof.
(4) A legal expert, accounting expert or consultant who receives a large amount of money or other assets (*5) from the Group other than remuneration as a Director or Audit & Supervisory Board member (or if it is a corporation or organization that receives the assets, a member of such corporation or organization).
(5) A person who conducts the business of an entity which may have a Director or Audit & Supervisory Board member of the Group as an outside Director or outside Audit & Supervisory Board member.
(6) A recipient of a large donation (*6) from the Group or a person who conducts business thereof. - In the case of an important person to whom the above conditions 1. or 2. applies, that persons' spouse or second degree relative, (in the case of appointing an outside Audit & Supervisory Board member as an independent officer, including the spouse or second degree relative's relationship with non-executive Directors of the Company or its subsidiaries).
- *1 Refers to a person who conducts business as defined under Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 6 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act, in the case of the Company including the Representative Director, executive officer and employees.
- *2 A major business partner relationship refers to the case where the transactions with the 17 Group in the most recent fiscal year amount to 2% or greater of either party's consolidated net sales.
- *3 A major lender refers to the case where the balance of long-term debt at the end of the most recent fiscal year stands at 2% or greater of the Company's total assets on the consolidated balance sheet.
- *4 A major shareholder refers to an entity whose holding ratio of voting rights at the end of the most recent fiscal year is 10% or more of total voting rights.
- *5 A large amount of money or other assets refers to the sum of ¥10 million or greater for an individual, while for an organization, 2% or greater of the consolidated net sales of the organization, on average for the past three fiscal years.
- *6 A large donation refers to amounts of ¥100 million or greater on average for the past three fiscal years.