Board of Directors

Directors

President & CEOShogo Sakuraba

April 1981	Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
January 2005	Executive Officer, General Manager, Optical Design & Engineering R & D Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
January 2008	Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Optical Design & Engineering R & D Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2014	Director, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2016	Corporate Vice President, Tamron Co., Ltd.
August 2023	President & CEO, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Managing DirectorShenghai Zhang

January 1997	Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2010	Executive Officer, Tamron Co., Ltd., Managing Director, TAMRON OPTICAL (FOSHAN) CO., LTD.
April 2014	Senior Executive Officer, Tamron Co., Ltd., Managing Director, TAMRON OPTICAL (FOSHAN) CO., LTD.
March 2016	Director, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2020	Managing Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Managing DirectorMakoto Otani

April 1984	Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2012	Executive Officer, General Manager, OEM Component Business Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2015	Executive Officer, General Manager, Industrial Optics Business Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2016	Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Industrial Optics Business Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2018	Director, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2023	Managing Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Managing DirectorTomohide Okayasu

December 2000	Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2012	Executive Officer, General Manager, Product Development Management & Administration Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
January 2014	Executive Officer, General Manager, Imaging Products Business Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2016	Senior Executive Officer, Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2017	Senior Executive Officer, Tamron Co., Ltd. Vice Chairman, TAMRON USA, INC.
March 2018	Director, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2023	Managing Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Director (Outside)Yuichi Sato

April 1978	Joined Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. (now Toshiba Corporation)
January 1980	Assistant, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
April 1983	Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University
April 1994	Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University
April 2010	Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University
April 2013	Dean, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University
April 2014	Executive Director, Vice President, Saitama University National University Corporation
March 2018	Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Director (Outside)Harumi Katagiri

November 1993	Joined Asahi & Co. (now KPMG AZSA LLC)
April 1998	Registered as a certified public accountant in Japan
March 2000	Joined Century Audit Corporation (now Ernst & Young Shin Nihon LLC)
July 2009	Member of Shin Nihon LLC (now Ernst & Young Shin Nihon LLC)
July 2017	Opened the Harumi Katagiri certified public accountants’ office (current post)
March 2018	Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
June 2019	Supervisory Director, Mori Trust Sogo Reit, Inc. (current post)
June 2019	Outside Director, Japan Asia Investment Company, Limited (current post)

Director (Outside)Eriko Ishii

October 2004	Registered as an attorney
October 2004	Joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC
February 2011	Registered as an attorney in the State of New York (current post)
April 2016	Part-time lecturer of Keio University Law School (current post)
July 2016	Partner of Shin Saiwai Law Office (current post)
June 2018	Outside director of Sophia Holdings Co., Ltd. (current post)
December 2018	Outside Corporate Auditor of SmartDrive Inc. (current post)
May 2019	Supervisory Director of Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (current post)
June 2019	Outside Corporate Auditor of ALMAD, INC. (current post)
March 2021	Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
March 2021	Outside Director of Sun Asterisk Inc. (current post)
October 2022	Executive Director of Ichigo Hotel REIT Investment Corporation (current post)

Director (Outside)Fumio Suzuki

April 1973	Joined NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
April 1994	Director and President Nihon Kohden America, Inc.
April 1998	General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
April 1999	General Manager of Human Resources Department, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 1999	Director, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 2003	Managing Director, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 2007	Corporate Director and Executive Operating Officer, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 2008	Representative Director and President, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 2015	Chairman and CEO, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
March 2022	Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Audit & Supervisory Board

Full-Time Corporate AuditorTakahiro Yamaguchi

March 1982	Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2015	General Manager, Internal Audit & Supervision Board, Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2022	Meister, Internal Audit & Supervision Board, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2023	Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Full-Time Corporate Auditor (Outside)Takashi Hirayama

April 1980	Joined the Saitama Bank, Ltd. (the present Saitama Resona Bank, Ltd.)
June 2005	Executive Officer, Saitama Resona Bank, Ltd.
January 2008	Managing Executive Officer in charge of finance and IPO preparation of AGS Corporation
June 2010	Corporate Auditor of AGS Business Computer Corporation
May 2011	General Manager of Information Processing Division, Managing Executive Officer of AGS Corporation
October 2015	Managing Executive Officer in charge of operational audits of AGS Corporation
March 2019	Outside Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Corporate Auditor (Outside)Masaya Nara

September 1990	Joined Yasuda Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (the present Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.)
April 2009	Executive officer, General Manager of Investment Planning Division of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
June 2011	Full-time corporate auditor of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
April 2014	Senior managing director of Mizuho Realty Co., Ltd.
January 2017	Registered as an attorney
March 2019	Outside Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
January 2020	Partner of Torikai Law Office (current post)
June 2021	Outside Auditor of RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION (current post)
June 2022	Outside Director of Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd. (current post)

Corporate Auditor（Outside）Takashi Ueda

April 1981	Joined the Saitama Bank, Ltd (the present Saitama Resona Bank, Limited)
May 1997	General Manager of Isogo Branch of Asahi Bank, Ltd. (the present Resona Bank, Limited and Saitama Resona Bank, Limited)
June 2003	General Manager of Tokyo Sales Department 3 of Resona Bank, Limited
April 2008	General Manager of Saitama Sales Department of Saitama Resona Bank, Limited
June 2009	Executive Officer in charge of the Tokyo metropolitan area (Block) of Resona Bank, Limited
June 2011	Senior Managing Director of Resona Card Co., Ltd.
June 2017	Executive Officer In charge of Administration General Affairs & Human Resources Dept., Administrative Management Unit and Overseas Business Department of FUJISASH CO.,LTD.
April 2020	Executive Officer in charge of Group Internal Control and Audit Department of FUJISASH CO.,LTD.
June 2020	Director of FUJISASH CO.,LTD. (current post)
May 2021	Executive Officer in charge of Group Internal Control and Business Administrations Dept., Business Management Unit of FUJISASH CO.,LTD.
June 2021	Managing Executive Officer In charge of Group Internal Control and Business Administrations Dept., Business Management Unit of FUJISASH CO.,LTD. (current post)
March 2023	Outside Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)

Activities of outside officers

Classification	Name	2022 Activity status(attendance rate)
Director	Yuichi Sato	Attended all 18 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year. He has fulfilled his role properly, making appropriate remarks based on his wealth of experience as an executive director and vice president of Saitama University, especially in regard to research and development.
Director	Harumi Katagiri	Attended all 18 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year. She has fulfilled her role properly, making appropriate remarks based on her professional knowledge and experience as a certified public accountant, especially in regard to finance and accounting.
Director	Eriko Ishii	Attended all 18 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year. She has fulfilled her role properly, making appropriate remarks based on her professional knowledge and experience as a lawyer and her knowledge and experience as a director and corporate auditor of other companies, especially in regard to corporate legal affairs in general and M&A.
Director	Fumio Suzuki	He attended all 14 Board of Directors meetings held since taking office. He has fulfilled his role properly, making appropriate remarks based on his experience in corporate management and his wide knowledge and experience in the healthcare industry.
Corporate Auditor	Takashi Hirayama	He attended all 18 Board of Directors meetings and all 15 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings held during the fiscal year. He has made appropriate remarks based on his wealth of business experience at financial institutions and the knowledge and experience of auditors and audit departments of other companies.
Corporate Auditor	Masaya Nara	He attended all 18 Board of Directors meetings and all 15 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings held during the fiscal year. He has made appropriate remarks based on his professional knowledge and experience as a lawyer and his knowledge and experience as directors and corporate auditors of other companies.