Apr 1993 Joined the Company Apr 2015 Deputy General Manager, Sales Division Apr 2018 Division Manager (Special Assignment), Sales Division Apr 2019 Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2020 Director, General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2021 Managing Director, General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2022 Representative Director, President (current)

Apr 1978 Joined the Company Oct 2003 Division Manager (Special Assignment), Sales Division Jun 2004 Director Apr 2005 General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2006 Managing Director Jun 2008 Senior Managing Director Jan 2012 Director, Vice President Jun 2012 (position not specified in source) Apr 2014 Representative Director, President; Representative Director, President and General Manager, Sales Headquarters Dec 2015 Representative Director, President Jun 2022 Director, Chairman Jun 2026 Director, Honorary Chairman (current)

Apr 1994 Joined the Company Dec 2016 Branch Manager, Osaka Branch Apr 2017 Deputy General Manager, Sales Division and Branch Manager, Osaka Branch Apr 2019 Executive Officer, Division Manager, Sales Division Jun 2021 Director, Division Manager, Sales Division Jun 2022 Director, General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2024 Managing Director, General Manager, Sales Division Jun 2026 Senior Managing Director, General Manager, Sales Division (current)

Apr 1993 Joined Ohsue Construction Co., Ltd. Oct 2012 Joined the Company Oct 2016 Branch Manager, Nagoya Branch Jun 2020 Executive Officer, Branch Manager, Nagoya Branch Jun 2022 Director, Branch Manager, Nagoya Branch Jun 2025 Managing Director, Branch Manager, Nagoya Branch (current)

Apr 1995 Joined the Company Apr 2014 Section Manager, Building Division Apr 2019 Deputy General Manager, Nagoya Branch Apr 2020 Deputy General Manager, Building Division Jun 2020 Executive Officer, General Manager, Building Division Apr 2022 Executive Officer, General Manager, Construction Division and General Manager, Engineering Division Jun 2022 Director, General Manager, Construction Division and General Manager, Engineering Division Apr 2025 Director, General Manager, Management Administration Division Apr 2026 Director, General Manager, Construction Division and in charge of Management Administration Division (current)

Apr 1982 Joined the Company Apr 2013 Section Manager, Management Administration Division Apr 2016 Deputy General Manager, Management Administration Division Oct 2019 Senior Manager, Management Administration Division Jun 2026 Full-time Corporate Auditor (current)

Apr 1975 Joined Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. Feb 2003 Head of Social Affairs Department, Editorial Division, Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. Feb 2006 General Manager, Editorial Division, Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. Feb 2008 Director, Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. Feb 2010 Representative Director, President, Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd.; Chairman, Group Management Meeting Feb 2019 Representative Director, Chairman, Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Chairman, Hyogo Tourism Headquarters (Public Interest Incorporated Association) (current) Feb 2021 Director, Chairman, Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. Feb 2022 Senior Advisor, Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2022 Director of the Company (current) Nov 2023 Representative Director, Kobe University City Industry-Government-Academia Platform (General Incorporated Association) (current)

Apr 1980 Joined Kobe Steel, Ltd. Apr 2001 General Manager, Construction Department, Power Plant Construction Headquarters, Kobe Works, Iron & Steel Division Production Headquarters, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Apr 2006 Deputy Plant Manager, Kakogawa Works, Iron & Steel Division, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Apr 2007 Executive Officer, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Apr 2010 Managing Executive Officer, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Jun 2012 Senior Managing Director, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Apr 2013 Representative Director, President, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Jun 2016 Representative Director, Chairman and President, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Apr 2018 Director, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Jun 2018 Special Advisor, Kobe Steel, Ltd. (current) May 2019 Vice Chairman, Japan Industrial Machinery Association (General Incorporated Association) Jun 2022 Director of the Company (current) Nov 2022 Chairman, Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry (current)

Apr 1982 Joined Hyogo Sogo Bank, Ltd. (now Minato Bank, Ltd.) Apr 2009 General Manager, Operations Division, Minato Bank, Ltd. Apr 2010 General Manager, Operations Promotion Division, Minato Bank, Ltd. Apr 2011 Executive Officer, General Manager, Operations Management Division, Minato Bank, Ltd. Apr 2013 Managing Executive Officer, Minato Bank, Ltd. Apr 2015 Advisor, Minato Business Service Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Representative Director, President, Minato Business Service Co., Ltd. Jun 2016 Representative Director, President, Minato Card Co., Ltd. Jun 2023 Corporate Auditor of the Company (current) Jun 2024 Corporate Auditor, Minato Lease Co., Ltd.

Jun 1989 Began career as a novelist after winning the Kobe Literary Award (award-winning work: “Blue Goodbye of the Dream-Eating Fish”) Apr 2008 Professor, Graduate School, Osaka University of Arts (current) Oct 2009 Winner, Oda Sakunosuke Prize (award-winning work: “Oiesan”) Apr 2012 Member, Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education Apr 2014 Visiting Professor, Kansai University (current) Apr 2016 Director, Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Association (General Incorporated Foundation) (current) Apr 2017 Director, Sakata Memorial Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism (Public Interest Foundation) (current) Apr 2018 Director, Osaka Museum Organization (Local Independent Administrative Institution) (current) Apr 2021 Director, Rengo Co., Ltd. (current) 2022 Winner, Nitta Jiro Literary Award (Apr) and Funabashi Seiichi Literary Award (Nov) (award-winning work: “Hogami: The Man Who Sailed the Kitamaebune”) Jun 2023 Director, Honorary Chairman, Hankyu Culture Foundation (Public Interest Foundation) (current) Jun 2024 Corporate Auditor of the Company (current)