Board of Directors
Directors
President & CEOShogo Sakuraba
| April 1981 | Joined Tamron Co., Ltd. |
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| 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) |
Corporate Vice President Tomohide Okayasu
| December 2000 | Joined Tamron Co., Ltd. |
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| 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. |
| March 2025 | Corporate Vice President , Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
Senior Managing DirectorShenghai Zhang
| January 1997 | Joined Tamron Co., Ltd. |
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| 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. |
| March 2025 | Senior Managing Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
Senior Managing DirectorMakoto Otani
| April 1984 | Joined Tamron Co., Ltd. |
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| 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. |
| March 2025 | Senior Managing Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
DirectorAkira Okabe
| April 1989 | Joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
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| March 2009 | Director and General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division, PT Mitsui & Co. Indonesia |
| December 2012 | General Manager, Chemicals Accounting Department, Financial Management Division No. 3, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
| May 2017 | Representative Director and CFO, Kaset Phol Sugar Ltd. |
| March 2022 | Director, Executive Vice President, CFO & CCO, and Head of Financial Management Division, Mitsui Bussan Agro-Business Co., Ltd. |
| January 2025 | Joined Tamron Co., Ltd. as Executive Officer, Assistant to the President |
| March 2026 | Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
Outside DirectorEriko Ishii
| October 2004 | Registered as an attorney |
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| October 2004 | Joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC |
| February 2011 | Registered as an attorney in the State of New York |
| July 2016 | Partner of Shin Saiwai Law Office (current post) |
| December 2018 | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, SmartDrive Inc. (current post) |
| May 2019 | Supervisory Auditor, Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (current post) |
| June 2019 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ALMAD, INC. (current post) |
| March 2021 | Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
| March 2021 | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Sun Asterisk Inc. (current post) |
| October 2022 | Executive Director, Ichigo Hotel REIT Investment Corporation (current post) |
| June 2023 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, erex Co., Ltd (current post) |
Outside DirectorYasuhiro Shirakawa
| April 1986 | Joined National Police Agency (NPA) |
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| January 2010 | Director, International Affairs Division, Commissioner-General’s Secretariat, NPA |
| April 2013 | Chief, Miyazaki Prefectural Police |
| September 2014 | Director, General Affairs Division, Commissioner-General’s Secretariat, NPA |
| August 2015 | Deputy Director-General in charge of International Affairs and Cybersecurity, NPA |
| September 2016 | Deputy Director-General, Security Bureau and in charge of 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, NPA |
| August 2017 | Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department, NPA |
| July 2018 | Director-General, Community Safety Bureau, NPA |
| July 2020 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, JR West Real Estate & Development Company (current post) |
| July 2022 | Special Advisor, West Japan Railway Company (current post) |
| July 2022 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, JR West Real Estate Investment Advisors Co., Ltd. (current post) |
| March 2025 | Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
Outside DirectorHironari Nozaki
| April 1986 | Joined Saitama Bank, Ltd. (currently Saitama Resona Bank, Ltd.) |
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| June 2000 | Resigned from Asahi Bank, Ltd. (currently Resona Bank, Ltd.) |
| July 2000 | Senior Analyst, Equity Research Department, ABN AMRO Securities (Japan) |
| October 2001 | Head of Equity Research and Senior Analyst, HSBC Securities (Japan) |
| May 2004 | Managing Director, Equity Research Department, Citigroup Global Markets Japan |
| April 2013 | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Policy and Information Studies, Chiba University of Commerce |
| April 2015 | Professor, Faculty of Integrated Social Studies, Kyoto Bunkyo University |
| April 2018 | Professor, Faculty of Global Regional Studies, Toyo University (current post) |
| December 2025 | Member, “Asset Management for Growth Strategy Development” Subcommittee, Cabinet Secretariat (current post) |
| March 2026 | Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee MemberKayoko Nishimura
| July 1991 | Vice President, Head of Equity and Fixed Income Management Accounting, Finance Department, Credit Suisse Financial Products Securities Japan (currently UBS Securities Co., Ltd.) |
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| July 2000 | Director, Head of Equity Division Management Accounting, Barclays Capital Securities Japan (currently Barclays Securities Japan Limited) |
| June 2001 | Executive Director, Head of Equity Division Management Accounting, Asia-Pacific, Lehman Brothers Securities Japan Inc. |
| June 2006 | Head of Accounting Department, Asia-Pacific, Lehman Brothers Securities Japan Inc. |
| October 2008 | Chief Administration Officer, Global Finance Division, Nomura Holdings, Inc. |
| January 2018 | Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Board (CGMJ), Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch |
| March 2026 | Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee member, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee memberTakashi Ueda
| April 1981 | Joined the Saitama Bank, Ltd (the present Saitama Resona Bank, Limited) |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| March 2023 | Outside Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd. |
| July 2023 | President & CEO, Management Support Consulting Ltd.(current post) |
| March 2024 | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee MemberAkira Yokota
| April 1985 | Joined Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited) |
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| October 2007 | General Manager, Human Resources Department, The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited) |
| July 2011 | Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Department, The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited |
| April 2012 | Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited |
| April 2015 | Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited |
| April 2017 | Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited |
| April 2021 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited |
| June 2024 | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance Co., Ltd. (current post) |
| March 2026 | Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post) |
| Classification | Name | Summary of Activities |
| Outside Director | Eriko Ishii | Attended all 17 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year. She has appropriately fulfilled her role by providing appropriate remarks based on her professional knowledge and experience as a lawyerawyer, as well as her expertise as a director and corporate auditor at other companies, particularly regarding general corporate legal affairs and M&A. |
| Outside Director | Yasuhiro Shirakawa | Attended all 13 Board of Directors meetings held during the fiscal year since assuming his position on March 26, 2025. He has appropriately fulfilled his role by providing appropriate remarks based on his experience as a corporate auditor at another company and his specialized knowledge of risk management and compliance. |
| Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member |
Takashi Ueda | Attended all 17 Board of Directors meetings and all 15 Audit & Supervisory Committee meetings held during the fiscal year. He has appropriately fulfilled his role by providing appropriate remarks based on his extensive business experience at financial institutions and his knowledge and experience as a corporate executive at other companies. |