| Masayuki Takanashi |
Masayuki Takanashi currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Chief Sustainability Officer. |
| Teiko Kudo |
Teiko Kudo currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., as Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer from 2022 and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Director & Chief Compliance Officer from 2024. Ms. Kudo also formerly worked at Toyota Motor Corp., as Independent Outside Director from 2018 to 2023. Ms. Kudo received her undergraduate degree in 1987 from Keio University. |
| Kazuyuki Yasuchi |
Kazuyuki Yasuchi currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Group Chief Financial & Scientific Officer. |
| Samejima Natsuhiro |
Samejima Natsuhiro has been associated with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. since 2019. Currently, Mr. Natsuhiro holds the position of Group Chief Research Officer, starting in 2024. |
| Hideo Takamatsu |
Hideo Takamatsu currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Chief Investment, Data & Analytics Officer. |
| Daisuke Shirai |
Daisuke Shirai currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Chief Information Security Officer. |
| Hiroo Isowa |
Hiroo Isowa currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Chief Digital Information Officer from 2023. |
| Makoto Takashima |
Makoto Takashima currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (Investment Management), as President & Chief Executive Officer from 2017, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., as Chairman, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Chairman from 2025, and Kao Corp., as Independent Outside Director from 2024. Mr. Takashima also formerly worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Director. |
| Takeshi Kunibe |
Takeshi Kunibe currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Chairman from 2019, Komatsu Ltd., as Independent Outside Director from 2020, Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd., as Independent Outside Director from 2021, Nippon Venture Capital Corp., as Director, NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., as Director, Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd., as Independent Outside Director from 2019, and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. Ltd., as Director from 2016. Mr. Kunibe also formerly worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., as President, CEO & Representative Director from 2003 to 2022, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (Investment Management), as President, CEO & Representative Director from 2003 to 2017, and NEC Corp., as Outside Director. Mr. Kunibe received his undergraduate degree in 1976 from the University of Tokyo. |
| Toru Nakashima |
Toru Nakashima currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as President, CEO & Representative Director from 2023, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Co., Ltd., as Outside Director, and Jefferies Financial Group, Inc., as Director from 2024. Mr. Nakashima also formerly worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., as Director & Managing Executive Officer in 2019. |
| Katsuyoshi Shinbo |
Katsuyoshi Shinbo is currently an Independent Outside Director at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., an Outside Director at Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., and a Director at Shoei Chemical, Inc. He was previously an Auditor at Nidec Instruments Corp. |
| Shozo Yamazaki |
Mr. Shozo Yamazaki is an Independent Outside Director at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. Mr. Yamazaki was previously employed as an Independent Outside Director by Ebara Corp. and a Professor by Tohoku Iniversity Accounting School. |
| Eriko Sakurai |
Eriko Sakurai currently works at Dow Corning Toray Co. Ltd., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2009, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Independent Outside Director from 2015, Kao Corp., as Independent Outside Director from 2022, The U.S.-Japan Business Council, Inc., as Director from 2021, Dow Corning Holding Japan KK, as President & Representative Director from 2015, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., as Independent Outside Director from 2023, and Astellas Pharma, Inc., as Independent Outside Director from 2022. Ms. Sakurai also formerly worked at Sony Group Corp., as Independent Outside Director. |
| Yoshinobu Tsutsui |
Yoshinobu Tsutsui currently works at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., as Independent Outside Director from 2017, Imperial Hotel, Ltd., as Independent Outside Director from 2011, Nippon Venture Capital Corp., as Director, Nippon Life Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio), as President & Representative Director from 2013, The Geneva Association, as Director, Organization for Promoting Urban Development, as Director, and West Japan Railway Co., as Independent Outside Director from 2020. Mr. Tsutsui also formerly worked at Nippon Life Insurance Co., as Chairman from 2018 to 2025 and Panasonic Holdings Corp., as Independent Outside Director. |
