Profile of Directors

The profile of directors of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd., as of July 1, 2024, are as follows:

Director, President and Representative Executive Officer Takayuki Kasama (Aug. 9, 1973)

Apr. 1996	Joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited (current SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited)
Dec. 1998	Joined IBJ Securities Co., Ltd. (current Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.)
Oct. 2000	Joined Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Jan. 2010	Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Jan. 2011	Managing Director, Head of Credit Trading, Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Jul. 2013	CEO, Senior Portfolio Manager, GOLVIS INVESTMENT PTE. LTD.
Nov. 2015	Managing Director (in charge of credit investments), Investment Division of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2016	Managing Director, General Manager of Global Credit Investment Department, Investment Division of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
May. 2018	Senior Managing Director, General Manager of Global Credit Investment Department, Investment Division of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jul. 2019	Concurrently serving as General Manager of Global Fund Investment Department, Investment Division of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2020	Executive Managing Director (supervising bonds and credit), Investment Division of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. Concurrently serving as General Manager of Rates and FX Investment Department, Investment Division of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2020	Senior Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2023	Director and Representative Executive Vice President of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2024	Director, President and Representative Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2024	Director of JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Director of JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.

Director and Representative Executive Vice President Susumu Tanaka (Aug. 23, 1959)

Apr. 1982	Joined the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Jul. 2000	General Manager of International Affairs Section, Postal Bureau of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Jan. 2001	General Manager of International Planning Office, Postal Planning Section, Postal Services Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Jul. 2001	General Manager of Savings and Management Planning Section, Postal Services Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Jan. 2003	General Manager of Fund Management, Savings Department of Postal Services Agency
Apr. 2003	General Manager of Business Planning Division, Postal Savings Business Headquarters of Japan Post Corporation
Jun. 2004	Director of Preparatory Office for Privatization of Postal Services of the Cabinet Secretariat
Sept. 2006	General Manager of Business Planning Division, Postal Savings Business Headquarters, Financial Business Headquarters of Japan Post Corporation
Oct. 2007	Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2009	Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2010	Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (current position)
Apr. 2012	Senior Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2013	Director and Executive Vice President of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2015	Director and Representative Executive Vice President of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.

Director and Representative Executive Vice President Harumi Yano (Dec. 23, 1961)

Apr. 1984	Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd.
Feb. 2008	Senior Manager, Administration Department, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Jul. 2009	Senior Manager, Strategic Research Office, General Planning Department, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2010	General Manager, Strategic Research Department, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2011	General Manager, Research Department, Corporate Administration Division of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2011	Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2015	General Manager, ALM Planning Department, Corporate Administration Division of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2016	Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019	Senior Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2023	Executive Vice President of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2024	Representative Executive Vice President of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2024	Director and Representative Executive Vice President of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

None

Director Hiroya Masuda (Dec. 20, 1951)

Apr. 1977	Joined the Ministry of Construction
Jul. 1994	Director for Construction Disputes Settlement, Construction Industry Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Construction
Apr. 1995	Governor of Iwate Prefecture
Aug. 2007	Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Special Missions
Apr. 2009	Advisor of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Jan. 2020	Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO of JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2020	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position) Director and Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO of JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (current position) Director of JAPAN POST Co., Ltd. (current position) Director of JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Director and Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO of JAPAN POST HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
Director of JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
Director of JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd.

Director Katsuyo Yamazaki (Oct. 3, 1961)

Apr. 1986	Joined the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Aug. 2003	Senior Manager, Business Marketing and Solutions Planning, Business Marketing and Solutions Division, Postal Business Headquarters of Japan Post Corporation
Apr. 2005	Senior Manager, The First Mail Business Division (Letter-post, Special Services, SASSHI-Parcels), Mail Business Department, Marketing Department, Postal Business Headquarters of Japan Post Corporation
Jul. 2006	General Manager, The First Mail Business Division (Letter-post, Special Services, SASSHI-Parcels), Mail Business Department, Marketing Department, Postal Business Headquarters of Japan Post Corporation
Oct. 2007	General Manager, Mail Business Division, Mail Business Headquarters, Domestic Marketing and Sales Management Headquarters of JAPAN POST SERVICE Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2012	President, Minami Kanto Regional Office of JAPAN POST SERVICE Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2012	Vice President, Minami Kanto Regional Office of JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2013	General Manager, Corporate Management Division, Postal Business Headquarters of JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2016	Executive Officer of JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2017	Executive Officer, President of Tokyo Regional Office of JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2019	Executive Officer, General Manager, Financial Operations Division of JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2021	Senior Executive Officer of JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2022	Managing Executive Officer of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2023	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

None

Outside Director Keisuke Takeuchi (Nov. 18, 1947)

Apr. 1970	Joined Japan Gasoline Co., Ltd (current JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
Jun. 2000	Director of JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Jun. 2001	Managing Director of JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Jun. 2002	Senior Managing Director of JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Jun. 2006	Director and Vice President of JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Mar. 2007	President and Representative Director of JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Jun. 2009	Chairman and Representative Director of JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Jun. 2014	Principal Corporate Advisor of JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Jun. 2019	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Outside Director of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.

Outside Director Makoto Kaiwa (Sept. 25, 1949)

Apr. 1973	Joined Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Jun. 2005	Director and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Jun. 2007	Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Niigata Branch Office of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Jun. 2009	Representative Director & Executive Vice President in charge of Investor Relations of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Jun. 2010	Representative Director & President of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Jun. 2015	Representative Director & Chairman of the Board of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Jun. 2019	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)
Apr. 2021	Director & Chairman Emeritus of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Jun. 2021	Chairman Emeritus of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Jun. 2022	Special Advisor of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Special Advisor of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

Outside Director Risa Aihara (Mar. 28, 1974)

Apr. 1996	Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (current NTT Communications Corporation)
May. 2000	Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2003	Representative Director and President of Ai-LAND Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2019	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Representative Director and President of Ai-LAND Co., Ltd.

Outside Director Hiroshi Kawamura (Jan. 16, 1952)

Apr. 1977	Appointed as Public Prosecutor of Tokyo District Prosecutors Office
Jul. 2008	Director-General, Trial Department of Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
Jan. 2009	Chief Prosecutor of Chiba District Public Prosecutors Office
Apr. 2010	Chief Prosecutor of Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office
Jan. 2012	Superintending Prosecutor of Sapporo High Public Prosecutors Office
Jan. 2014	Superintending Prosecutor of Nagoya High Prosecutors Office
Mar. 2015	Outside Corporate Auditor of Asahi Glass, Limited. (current AGC Inc.)
Apr. 2015	Professor, Faculty of Law of Doshisha University
Jun. 2015	Outside Auditor of ISHII IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
Jun. 2016	Outside Director of ISHII IRON WORKS CO., LTD. (current position)
Jun. 2020	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)
Apr. 2022	Registered as Attorney-at-law (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Attorney-at-law
Outside Director of ISHII IRON WORKS CO., LTD.

Outside Director Kenzo Yamamoto (Jan. 21, 1954)

Apr. 1976	Joined the Bank of Japan
Feb. 2002	Director-General, Financial Markets Department of the Bank of Japan
May. 2003	Associate Director-General, Representative Office in New York of the Bank of Japan
Dec. 2003	General Manager for the Americas and Chief Representative in New York of the Bank of Japan
Jul. 2005	Director-General, Payment and Settlement Systems Department of the Bank of Japan
Jul. 2006	Director-General, Financial System and Bank Examination Department of the Bank of Japan
May. 2008	Executive Director of the Bank of Japan
Jun. 2012	Chairman of NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc.
Mar. 2016	Member of the Board as Outside Director of Bridgestone Corporation (current position)
Jun. 2018	Representative of Office KY Initiative (current position)
Feb. 2019	Director of TOMIYAMA CULTURAL FOUNDATION (current position)
Jul. 2019	Outside Director of SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (current position)
Jun. 2020	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Representative of Office KY Initiative
Member of the Board as Outside Director of Bridgestone Corporation
Outside Director of SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Outside Director Keiji Nakazawa (Jan. 2, 1956)

Apr. 1978	Joined Sony Corporation
Apr. 2000	General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, Electronics Headquarters of Sony Corporation
Apr. 2003	Chief Financial Officer, Home Network Company of Sony Corporation
Jun. 2004	Group Executive Officer of Sony Corporation, and Representative Director and Chief Financial Officer of S-LCD Corporation
Jun. 2010	Executive Officer, Senior Vice President of Sony Corporation
Apr. 2015	Executive Officer of Sun Frontier Fudousan Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2015	Senior Adviser of McDonald’s Company (Japan), Ltd.
Aug. 2017	Vice President of McDonald’s Company (Japan), Ltd.
Jun. 2022	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

None

Outside Director Atsuko Sato (Jun. 7, 1966)

Apr. 1989	Joined Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Dec. 2000	Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Feb. 2002	Managing Director and Head of Capital Market Division, Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
Jul. 2005	Founded Ciel Bleu Co., Ltd. and became Representative Director and President
Aug. 2007	Director, Investor Relations, Unison Capital Inc.
Sep. 2013	Professor, School of Hospitality & Tourism Management of Meikai University
Apr. 2017	Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Economics of Takasaki City University of Economics (current position)
Apr. 2018	Adjunct Faculty, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Jun. 2019	Outside Corporate Auditor of DeNA Co., Ltd. (current position)
Feb. 2022	Outside Director of Japan Management Succession Support Co. Ltd.
Jun. 2022	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)
Jun. 2024	Outside Director of Yomeishu Seizo Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Economics of Takasaki City University of Economics
Outside Corporate Auditor of DeNA Co., Ltd.
Outside Director of Yomeishu Seizo Co., Ltd.

Outside Director Reiko Amano (Jan. 21, 1954)

Apr. 1980	Joined KAJIMA CORPORATION
Mar. 2004	Visiting Professor of International Center for Urban Safety Engineering, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2005	Senior Manager, Civil Engineering Technology Department, Civil Engineering Management Division of KAJIMA CORPORATION
Apr. 2011	General Manager, Intellectual Property and License Department of KAJIMA CORPORATION
Feb. 2014	Divisional Advisor, Intellectual Property and License Department of KAJIMA CORPORATION
Oct. 2014	Executive Director, Research Center for Reinforcement of Resilience Function, Independent Administrative Agency National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (current National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)
Apr. 2015	Auditor of the National Institute for Environmental Studies
Apr. 2016	Executive Director of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
Jun. 2016	Outside Director of East Japan Railway Company
Sept. 2019	Auditor of Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Jun. 2021	Outside Director of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp. (current position)
Jun. 2023	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Outside Director of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp.

Outside Director Akane Kato (Sept. 3, 1963)

Nov. 1984	Joined ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD.
Jul. 1994	Instructor, Inflight Services Training Department, Inflight Services Center of ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD.
Jul. 2007	Chief, Training Division of ANA Learning Co., Ltd. (current ANA Business Solutions Co., Ltd.)
Apr. 2012	Manager of VIP Service Department, Tokyo Airport Branch of ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. (current ANA AIRPORT SERVICES CO., LTD.)
Jul. 2014	Representative Director of AKANE IDENTITIES INC. (current position)
Jun. 2016	Outside Director of SAN-EI Corporation
Apr. 2018	Part-time Lecturer of Toho College of Music
Aug. 2019	Registered as a Career Consultant
Mar. 2020	Outside Director of SUMCO CORPORATION (current position)
Jun. 2023	Director of JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd. (current position)

Significant concurrent positions

Representative Director of AKANE IDENTITIES INC.
Outside Director of SUMCO CORPORATION