Apr 1983 Joined the Company Apr 2008 General Manager, Flavor Research Institute, Research and Development Headquarters Jul 2012 Executive Officer, General Manager, Research and Development Headquarters Jun 2013 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Research and Development Headquarters May 2014 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, General Manager, Research and Development Headquarters and General Manager, Safety Management Headquarters Jun 2014 Representative Director, President, Takasago Nishi-Nihon Factory Co., Ltd. Jun 2016 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, General Manager, Safety Management Headquarters; in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters Jun 2017 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, General Manager, Safety Management Headquarters; in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters and Internal Audit Department Jun 2018 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, General Manager, Safety Management Headquarters Jun 2025 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, General Manager, Safety Management Headquarters; in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters and Administration Headquarters Jun 2026 Representative Director, Chairman (current)

Feb 1985 Joined the Company Apr 2007 General Manager, Fragrance Sales Department Jun 2014 Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Fragrance and Aroma Chemicals Business, and General Manager, Fragrance Sales Department Jul 2015 Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Fragrance and Aroma Ingredients Business, and General Manager, Fragrance Sales Department Jun 2016 Executive Officer; General Manager, Fragrance and Aroma Ingredients Business Jun 2017 Representative Director, President, Takasago Aromas Co., Ltd. Jun 2018 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Procurement Headquarters; in charge of Production Headquarters Apr 2020 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Procurement Headquarters and General Manager, Supply Chain Headquarters; in charge of Production Headquarters Jul 2024 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Supply Chain Management Headquarters; in charge of Procurement Headquarters Apr 2025 Chairman, Takasago (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2026 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer; General Manager, Safety Management Headquarters and General Manager, Supply Chain Management Headquarters (current)

Aug 1972 Professor, School of Science, Nagoya University Jan 1997 Dean, Graduate School of Science and School of Science, Nagoya University (concurrent) Jun 2001 Director of the Company (current) Dec 2001 Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Oct 2003 Specially Appointed Professor, Nagoya University Oct 2003 President, RIKEN Oct 2004 Distinguished Professor, Nagoya University (current) Jun 2015 Director, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency Jun 2015 Outside Director, Toray Industries, Inc. Nov 2025 President, Japan Academy (current)

Apr 1986 Joined the Company Apr 2003 President, Takasago Europe G.m.b.H. Jul 2008 General Manager, Flavor GSPC Office, International Business Headquarters; General Manager, Coffee Business Promotion Department, Flavor Business Headquarters Jul 2010 General Manager, Shanghai Takasago Jianchen Flavors & Fragrances Co., Ltd. Jun 2013 Executive Officer of the Company Jun 2015 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Planning and Development Headquarters; Deputy General Manager, Safety Management Jun 2017 President, Takasago International Corporation Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2018 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Headquarters; Deputy General Manager, Safety Management; General Manager, Global Quality Assurance Division; in charge of Information Systems Department and Quality Assurance Department Apr 2025 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Headquarters; Deputy General Manager, Safety Management; General Manager, Global SAP Management Department; in charge of Information Systems Department, Quality Assurance Department and Global Quality Assurance Division (current)

Apr 1987 Joined the Company Apr 2003 General Manager, Flavor Sales Department No. 4 Jul 2008 President, Takasago Europe G.m.b.H. Jun 2013 Executive Officer of the Company Jun 2014 Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Flavor Business Headquarters Jun 2015 President, Takasago Food Products Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Flavor Business Headquarters; in charge of Branches Jul 2023 Chairman, Takasago (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (current) Oct 2023 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Flavor Business Headquarters and General Manager, Flavor Sales Department; in charge of Branches Jun 2024 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Flavor Business Headquarters; in charge of Branches (current)

Apr 1985 Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) Jan 2006 Deputy General Manager, Information Sales Office, Second Corporate Banking Department, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Jun 2006 Branch Manager, Hirabari Branch, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Apr 2008 Deputy General Manager, Corporate Banking Department, the Bank Apr 2011 General Manager, Transaction Banking Department, the Bank May 2013 General Manager, Credit Audit Office, Internal Audit Department, the Bank Jun 2014 Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company Jun 2017 Executive Officer; General Manager, Legal and Intellectual Property Headquarters; in charge of Internal Audit Department Jun 2018 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Planning and Development Headquarters, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department and General Manager, Legal and Intellectual Property Headquarters; in charge of Internal Audit Department Jul 2019 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Strategy Headquarters, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department and General Manager, Legal and Intellectual Property Headquarters; in charge of Internal Audit Department Oct 2024 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Strategy Headquarters, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department and General Manager, Legal Department; in charge of Internal Audit Department Apr 2026 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Strategy Headquarters and General Manager, Corporate Planning Department; in charge of Legal Department and Internal Audit Department (current)

Apr 1986 Joined the Ministry of Finance (now Ministry of Finance) Aug 2012 General Manager, General Affairs Department, Tokyo Customs Jun 2013 Minister, Embassy of Japan in Germany Jun 2016 Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; in charge of Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau and Overseas Strategy Jul 2018 Director, International Coordination Office, Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan Jul 2019 Director-General, Fukuoka Regional Finance Bureau Jul 2020 Director-General, Osaka Customs Jan 2023 Advisor, Nippon Life Insurance Company Jun 2024 Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)

Apr 1985 Joined the Company Apr 2004 Deputy General Manager, Fragrance Sales Department Jun 2006 General Manager, General Affairs Department Jul 2008 Executive Vice President, Takasago International Corporation (U.S.A.) Jul 2013 General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department; General Manager, International Human Resources Office Jul 2014 Deputy General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters Jun 2016 Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters Jun 2018 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters, General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department and General Manager, International Human Resources Office Jun 2020 Director, Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters, General Manager, Human Resources and General Affairs Department and General Manager, International Human Resources Office; in charge of Administration Headquarters Jun 2025 Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)

Apr 1970 Joined Marubeni-Iida Co., Ltd. (now Marubeni Corporation) Sep 1987 Joined Nakae Sangyo Co., Ltd. May 1990 Director, Nakae Sangyo Co., Ltd. May 1992 Managing Director, Nakae Sangyo Co., Ltd. Dec 1994 Representative Director and Senior Managing Director, Nakae Sangyo Co., Ltd. Apr 1995 Representative Director, President, Nakae Sangyo Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 1997 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)

Apr 1993 Admitted to the bar (45th Class) Aug 1997 Established Matsuda Law Office Oct 2006 Partner Attorney, Resorte Sogo Law Office Apr 2008 Lecturer, Keio University Law School Apr 2011 Instructor in Civil Advocacy, Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court Apr 2016 Lecturer, Seikei University Law School Jun 2017 Director of the Company (current) Jan 2020 Partner Attorney, Toranomon Daiichi Law Office (current)

Apr 1985 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd. Jul 1997 Seconded to Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) Aug 1999 Returned to IBM Japan, Ltd., Government Affairs Apr 2003 Asia Pacific Leader, Governmental Programs, Intellectual Property & Standard Policy Team, IBM Corporation; Executive, Government Affairs, IBM Japan, Ltd. Oct 2008 Member, Governmental Programs Global Leadership Team, IBM Corporation; General Manager, Government Affairs, IBM Japan, Ltd. Nov 2015 Executive Officer; General Manager, Government and Public Relations Office, Caterpillar Japan Ltd. Dec 2017 Representative Executive Officer; General Manager, Government and Public Relations Office, Caterpillar Japan LLC Apr 2020 Executive Director, Niigata University (current) Mar 2022 Representative Director, Digital Society Forum (current) Mar 2023 Outside Director, Aucnet, Inc. (current) Jun 2023 Director of the Company (current) Mar 2026 Outside Director, artience Co., Ltd. (current)

Apr 1976 Joined Sony Corporation Feb 1979 Joined The Asahi Shimbun Company Sep 1989 Knight Science Journalism Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jan 2004 Reuters Fellow, University of Oxford Apr 2014 Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo Oct 2016 Specially Appointed Professor, Nagoya University Jun 2020 Specially Appointed Professor, URA Organization, Chubu University Sep 2020 Auditor, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization Jun 2022 Auditor, Engineering Academy of Japan Sep 2022 Advisory Board Member, Nara National Universities Corporation (current) Jun 2024 Director of the Company (current)