Apr 1983 Joined the Company Apr 2003 General Manager, Processed Food Sales Department No. 4 Jul 2006 Executive Officer Apr 2008 General Manager, Natural Extract Seasoning Business Promotion Department Jun 2010 Director; Head of Commercial Food Sales Headquarters Jun 2014 Managing Director Jun 2016 Representative Director, President Jun 2025 Director and Chairman of the Board (current)

Apr 1985 Joined the Company Jan 2004 President, RIKEN VITAMIN EUROPE GmbH Jul 2010 General Manager, International Business Division Jun 2014 Head of International Business Headquarters Jul 2014 Executive Officer Apr 2018 Head of No. 2 Production Headquarters Jun 2019 Managing Executive Officer Jul 2020 General Manager, Processed Food Global Marketing Department Oct 2021 General Manager, International Sales Management Division Jun 2022 Director Jun 2023 Managing Director Jun 2025 Representative Director, President (current)

Apr 1985 Joined the Company Jun 2009 General Manager, Food Improver Development Department Jul 2014 Executive Officer Jun 2019 Managing Executive Officer Jun 2022 Director Jun 2023 Managing Director Jun 2025 Representative Director, Senior Managing Director (current)

Apr 1988 Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. Apr 2009 Shinkawa Branch Manager, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Apr 2012 Osaka Chuo Branch Manager, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Apr 2014 General Manager, Eighth Branch Operations Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Apr 2017 Managing Executive Officer; Fukuoka Branch Manager and General Manager, Fukuoka First and Second Departments, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Apr 2019 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Research Institute Ltd. Apr 2021 Joined the Company Jun 2021 Director Jun 2025 Managing Director (current) Apr 2026 General Manager, Corporate Planning Department (current)

Apr 1987 Joined the Company Jul 2006 General Manager, Processed Food Sales Department No. 1, Processed Food Sales Headquarters Jun 2014 General Manager, Sales Promotion Department, Processed Food Sales Headquarters Oct 2014 General Manager, Processed Food Global Marketing Department Jul 2020 Executive Officer; Head of Processed Food Sales Headquarters Jun 2022 Managing Executive Officer Jun 2025 Director (current)

Apr 1988 Joined the Company Jun 2014 Head of Kita-Kanto Branch Apr 2017 Head of Sendai Branch Apr 2019 Head of Commercial Food Sales Headquarters Jul 2019 Executive Officer Jun 2022 Managing Executive Officer Jun 2026 Director (current)

Apr 1979 Joined Asahi Breweries, Ltd. (now Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.) Jul 2011 Managing Director, Head of Sales Headquarters, Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Mar 2013 Senior Managing Director, Head of Sales Headquarters, Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Mar 2015 Vice President and Director, Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Mar 2016 Representative Director, President, Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Jan 2020 Outside Director, GigWorks, Inc. (current) Jun 2020 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Shinko Kogyo Co., Ltd. Jun 2021 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, Shinko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current)

Apr 1986 Joined the Company Apr 2015 Plant Manager, Chiba Plant Jun 2019 Head of No. 2 Production Headquarters Jul 2019 Executive Officer Apr 2022 Head of Production Promotion Headquarters Apr 2024 Head of Quality Assurance Headquarters Jun 2025 Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current)

Apr 1985 Joined Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Oct 2002 Product Manager, Product Management Department, Global Pharmaceutical Operations, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Jan 2009 Vice President, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Asia Pte. Ltd. Apr 2012 Vice President, Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd. Apr 2015 Principal Staff, Corporate Planning Department, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Jun 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Jun 2017 Outside Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (current)

Oct 2001 Registered as attorney-at-law Oct 2001 Joined Sakura Sogo Law Office Oct 2014 Civil Mediation Officer, Chiba Summary Court Jun 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company Apr 2016 Joined Mukai Law Office (current) Jun 2017 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the Company (current) Jul 2022 Public Interest Member, Chiba Prefectural Labor Relations Commission (current)

Apr 1983 Registered as attorney-at-law; joined Mori Sogo Law Office (now Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) Apr 2007 Opened Suezoe Sogo Law Office (now Shiomizaka Sogo Law Office); Partner Jul 2014 Member, Copyright Subcommittee, Council for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Jun 2016 Outside Director, Hitachi Capital Corporation (now Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc.) Jan 2020 Opened KTS Law Office; Partner (current) Jun 2021 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the Company (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (current)

Apr 1984 Joined Brother Industries, Ltd. Mar 1994 Joined Ito Accounting Office Audit Corporation Apr 2000 Joined Tokai Local Finance Bureau as Financial Securities Inspector Jul 2003 Joined Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation Aug 2006 Joined Arata Audit Corporation (now PwC Japan LLC) Jul 2015 Partner, Arata Audit Corporation (now PwC Japan LLC) Jul 2022 Head, Ayumi Ujihara Certified Public Accountant Office (current) Mar 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (current) May 2023 Partner, Kagayaki Audit Corporation (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the Company (current) Jun 2023 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Makita Corporation (current)