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Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members,
and Corporate Officers Who Do Not Serve as Director
(As of April 1, 2018)

Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and Corporate Officers Who Do Not Serve as Director

Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and Corporate Officers Who Do Not Serve as Director
1

Masahiko Uotani

Representative Director, President & CEO

  • 1977  Joined the Lion Dentifrice Co., Ltd. (currently Lion Corporation)
  • 1988  Manager, Citibank, N.A.
  • 2001  Representative Director, President of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.(Global Officer)
  • 2007  Representative Director, Chief Executive Partner of BrandVision Inc.
  • 2013  Outside Chief Marketing Advisor of Shiseido
  • 2014  President & CEO [incumbent]
    Representative Director [incumbent]
2

Jun Aoki

Representative Director, Corporate Executive Officer

  • 1980  Joined Maki and Associates
  • 1991  Joined McKinsey & Company Inc. Japan Office Associate Consultant
  • 1999  CEO of BNP Paribas Cardif Japan
  • 2014  Corporate Advisor of Shiseido
  • 2015  Corporate Officer
    Chief People Officer [incumbent]
  • 2016  Chairman of Shiseido Liyuan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
  • 2017  Corporate Executive Officer [incumbent]
  • 2018  Representative Director [incumbent]
3

Yoichi Shimatani

Director, Corporate Executive Officer

  • 1979  Joined Shiseido
  • 2004  Director & President of Shiseido China Research Center Co., Ltd.
  • 2006  General Manager of Cosmetics Research & Development Center
  • 2007  General Manager of Skincare Development Center
  • 2010  Corporate Officer
  • 2015  Corporate Executive Officer, Chief Research & Development Officer [incumbent]
  • 2018  Representative Director [incumbent]
4

Yoko Ishikura

External Director1

  • 1985  Joined McKinsey & Company Inc. Japan Office
  • 1992  Professor, School of International Politics, Economics & Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University
  • 2000  Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University
  • 2010  Outside Director, Nissin Food Holdings Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
  • 2011  Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
  • 2012  Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University [incumbent]
  • 2014  Outside Director, Sojitz Corporation [incumbent]
  • 2015  External Director of Shiseido [incumbent]
5

Shinsaku Iwahara

External Director1

  • 1978  Associate professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo
  • 1991  Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, U.S.A. Professor, Graduate School of Law & Politics, The University of Tokyo
  • 2010  Member, Legislative Council, Ministry of Justice [incumbent]
  • 2013  Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University [incumbent]
  • 2015  Member & Chairman, Financial System Council, Financial Services Agency [incumbent]
  • 2017  Adviser to Mori Hamada & Matsumoto [incumbent]
  • 2018  External Director of Shiseido [incumbent]
6

Kanoko Oishi

External Director1

  • 1983  Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
  • 1987  Joined McKinsey & Company, Inc. New York Office
  • 2000  CEO, Mediva Inc. [incumbent]
    CEO, Seinan MEDIVA Co., Ltd. (currently Seeds 1 Co., Ltd.) [incumbent]
  • 2015  Outside Director, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
    External Board Member, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
    External Director, Suruga Bank Ltd. [incumbent]
  • 2016  External Director of Shiseido [incumbent]
7

Kyoko Okada

Audit & Supervisory Board Member1

  • 1982  Joined Shiseido
  • 2011  General Manager of Corporate Culture Department
  • 2015  Audit & Supervisory Board Member (standing) [incumbent]
8

Takeshi Yoshida

Audit & Supervisory Board Member1

  • 1985  Joined Okura Keiei Keiri Gakuin Co., Ltd.
  • 1992  Joined Shiseido
  • 2009  General Manager of Cosmetics Business Planning Department, General Manager of Business Administration Group, Cosmetics Business Planning Department
  • 2011  Executive Vice President, Shiseido Americas Corporation
  • 2014  Department Director, Internal Audit Department
  • 2016  Department Director, Business Planning Department, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
  • 2017  Director, Personal Care Planning Department, FT Shiseido Co., Ltd.
  • 2018  Audit & Supervisory Board Member (standing) [incumbent]
9

Hiroshi Ozu

External Audit & Supervisory Board Member1

  • 1974  Public prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
  • 2012  Prosecutor General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
  • 2015  External Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
    MITSUI & CO., LTD. [incumbent]
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION [incumbent]
  • 2016  Representative Director, Shimizu Scholarship Foundation, general incorporated foundation [incumbent]
    President of Criminal Justice Welfare Forum Oasis, general incorporated association [incumbent]
  • 2017  External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Shiseido [incumbent]
    President of Japan Criminal Policy Society [incumbent]
10

Eiko Tsujiyama

External Audit & Supervisory Board Member1

  • 1977  Lecturer, The College of Humanities, Ibaraki University
  • 1996  Dean of Economics, Musashi University
  • 2003  Professor, School of Commerce and the Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University
  • 2004  Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University
  • 2010  Outside Director of ORIX Corporation
    Dean of the Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University
  • 2011  Outside Corporate Auditor of LAWSON, INC. [incumbent]
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NTT DOCOMO, INC. [incumbent]
  • 2012  External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Shiseido [incumbent]
  • 2018  Professor Emeritus, Waseda University [incumbent]
11

Nobuo Otsuka

External Audit & Supervisory Board Member1

  • 1967  Assistant of classes in the Department of Neuropsychiatry at School of Medicine of Keio University
  • 1988  President & Director of Keiseikai Hospital
  • 2001  Full-time position of President of Keiseikai Hospital
  • 2007  External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Shiseido [incumbent]
  • 2010  Chairman of Keiseikai Hospital [incumbent]
  • • Directors retired as of March 27, 2018: Director: Tsunehiko Iwai (Retired from position of Executive Vice President as of December 31, 2017)
  • • External Directors: Shoichiro Iwata
    Tatsuo Uemura
  • • External Audit & Supervisory Board member retired as of March 27, 2018: Yoshinori Nishimura
  • Note: Independent Director provided in Rule 436-2 of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Securities Listing Regulations
  • For further details of career summaries, please refer to the Notice of Convocation for the 118th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders available at Shiseido's corporate website.

Corporate Officers Who Do Not Serve as Director(As of April 1, 2018)

Shigekazu Sugiyama

Shigekazu Sugiyama

Corporate Executive Officer
CEO, Japan Region
Representative Director,
President,
Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.

Norio Tadakawa

Norio Tadakawa

Corporate Executive Officer
Chief Finance Officer
Responsible for Finance,
Financial Management,
Investor Relations,
Supply Network Strategy,
Production Technology,
Supply & Purchasing,
Global Business Support,
Japan Business Support,
Factories*

Jean-Philippe Charrier

Jean-Philippe Charrier

CEO, Asia Pacific Region
President,
Shiseido Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

Kentaro Fujiwara

Kentaro Fujiwara

CEO, China Region
Chairman and President,
Shiseido China Co., Ltd.

Katharina Höhne

Katharina Höhne

Senior Vice President,
Global Professional Business
Responsible for Global Professional Business

Masaya Hosaka

Masaya Hosaka

Chief Supply Network Officer Responsible for Supply Network Strategy, Production Technology,
Supply & Purchasing,
Global Business Support,
Japan Business Support,
Factories,
Frontier Science Business

Mitsuru Kameyama

Mitsuru Kameyama

Chief Information Technology Officer,
Global Information and Communication Technology Department Director Responsible for Information and Communication Technology Strategy & Platform,
Global System

Yoshiaki Okabe

Yoshiaki Okabe

Chief Brand Officer
Responsible for SHISEIDO Brand Unit,
Global Prestige Brands

Yoshihiro Shiojima

Yoshihiro Shiojima

Chief Legal and Governance Officer,
Chief Quality Officer
Responsible for Legal & Governance,
Risk Management,
Sustainability Strategy,
Regulatory Strategy,
Quality Management,
Consumer Center (Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.)

Mikiko Soejima

Mikiko Soejima

Chief Beauty Officer
Responsible for Beauty Creation Chief Beauty Officer,
Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Beauty Consultation Planning,
Beauty Consultant Representative,
Consumer Center

Yukari Suzuki

Yukari Suzuki

Chief Brand Officer
Responsible for
Clé de Peau Beauté Brand,
Global Prestige Brands

Naomi Yamamoto

Naomi Yamamoto

Chief Creative Officer
Responsible for Creative

  • * Norio Tadakawa is responsible for "Supply Network Strategy, Production Technology, Supply & Purchasing, Global Business Support, Japan Business Support, and Factories" along with Masaya Hosaka.
  • • Corporate officer retired as of December 31, 2017: Yasushi Kushida