Directors and Executive Officers
As of January 1, 2025
Directors

President & CEO
Toshihiko Kai
- Brief bio
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March 2000 Joined the Company April 2001 Executive Officer April 2002 President, Medical Equipment Unit (currently Medical Division) June 2003 Director (present position) December 2004 President & CEO (present position)

Director, Managing Executive Officer
Masaru Yamamura
Head of Medical Unit, Head of Medical Division,
Head of Shizuoka office
- Brief bio
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November 1990 Joined the Company October 2009 General Manager of Business Promotion Department, Medical Division July 2012 Head of Osaka Branch April 2017 Head of Industrial Division January 2018 Executive Officer March 2019 Director (present position) October 2021 CEO, Managing Director, LEWA GmbH (in Germany) July 2022 Head of Medical Division (present position) February 2024 Managing Executive Officer (present position) October 2024 CEO, Director, Nikkiso Medical America, Inc. (the Company’s consolidated subsidiary in the U.S.A. ) (present position) January 2025 Head of Medical Unit, Head of Shizuoka office (present position)

Director, Managing Executive Officer
Koichi Kato
- Brief bio
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April 1995 Joined the Company October 2007 Corporate Planning Office February 2010 Seconded to LEWA GmbH (Staying in Germany) July 2013 General Manager of Business Transformation Promotion Office, Industrial Division April 2014 Deputy General Manager of Industrial Division July 2022 Executive Officer,
Head of Industrial DivisionMarch 2023 Director (present position) February 2024 Managing Executive Officer (present position)

Director, Managing Executive Officer
Kenji Saito
Head of Industrial Unit, Head of Industrial Division
- Brief bio
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April 2013 General Manager, Paris Branch, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. July 2016 Chief Executive Officer, Mizuho Bank Europe N.V. November 2020 Joined the Company January 2022 Executive Officer, Head of Aerospace Division March 2022 Director (present position),
Chairman, Nikkiso Vietnam, Inc. (the Company’s consolidated subsidiary in Vietnam) (present position)January 2025 Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Industrial Unit,
Head of Industrial Division (present position)

Director, Executive Officer
Yoshihiko Kinoshita
Head of Nikkiso Institute of Research and Technology,
Quality Assurance
- Brief bio
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April 1989 Joined the Company January 2016 Head of Medical Division January 2017 Executive Officer (present position) March 2017 Director (present position) October 2017 CEO and Managing Director of Nikkiso Europe GmbH (in Germany) July 2022 Quality Assurance (present position) January 2023 Head of Nikkiso Institute of Research and Technology(present position)

Director
Peter Wagner
Executive Chairman, Director, Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (the Company's consolidated subsidiary in the U.S.A.)
- Brief bio
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April 2003 Vice President, Business Development, Gas and Process Division, Atlas Copco Energas GmbH (Germany) August 2007 General Manager, Atlas Copco Comptec LLC (U.S.A.) January 2011 Divisional President and General Manager of Gas and Process Division, Atlas Copco Energas GmbH (Germany) January 2016 CEO, Managing Director, LEWA GmbH (Germany) June 2018 CEO and Director, Cryogenic Industries, Inc. March 2022 Director (present position) July 2023 Outside Director, Proton Green, LLC (U.S.A.) (present position) July 2024 Executive Chairman, Director, Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (present position)

Outside Director
Haruko Hirose
- Brief bio
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December 1968 Appointed to the National Personnel Authority of Japan January 1992 Director, Bureau of Human Resources Management of Headquarters, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) September 2002 Deputy to the Director General and Managing Director of Programme Coordination and Field Operations Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) November 2006 Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kingdom of Morocco May 2014 President, Japan Morocco Association (present position) June 2016 Outside Director, S&B Foods Inc. March 2018 Outside Director (present position) June 2020 Outside Director, MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. (present position)

Outside Director
Mitsuaki Nakakubo
- Brief bio
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April 1995 Registered as an attorney of Japan (affiliated with the Daini Tokyo Bar Association) (to present) January 2001 Partner, Asahi Law Offices (present position) June 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member June 2017 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nippon Kodo Holdings Co., Ltd. (present position) June 2019 Outside Director, FANCL CORPORATION March 2021 Outside Director (present position)

Outside Director
Junko Fukuda
- Brief bio
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April 1968 Joined Japan CIOS Association September 1970 Joined Distribution Industry Research Institute, The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. April 1994 Associate Professor, Josai International University April 1998 Professor, Josai International University March 2001 Director, Japan Center for Area Development Research July 2009 Director, Japan Industrial Association June 2014 Director, The Defense of Green Earth Foundation (present position) March 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member April 2022 Advisor, Nonprofit Organization Harmony (present position) March 2023 Outside Director (present position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Hisanao Amino
- Brief bio
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May 2010 General Manager of Americas Comprehensive Risk Management Department, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.) November 2014 Joined the Company January 2016 CFO, Managing Director, LEWA GmbH (in Germany) June 2018 Director, Executive Vice President, Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (the Company’s consolidated subsidiary in America) January 2020 Deputy General Manager of Medical Division September 2021 CEO, Director, Nikkiso Medical America, Inc. (the Company’s consolidated subsidiary in America) March 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (present position)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Motohiro Takeuchi
- Brief bio
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March 2011 General Manager of Quality Control Department, Philips Electronics Japan, Ltd. (currently Philips Japan, Ltd.) January 2014 General Manager of Service & Repair Department, Medicon Inc. January 2018 Joined the Company January 2019 General Manager of Biomedical Engineering Center, Medical Division January 2020 Executive Officer , General Manager of Research & Engineering Institute March 2021 Quality Assurance March 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (present position)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Naoshi Ogasawara
- Brief bio
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December 1991 Joined Taiyo Audit Corporation (currently Grant Thornton Taiyo LLC) August 1992 Registered as certified public accountant (to present) April 2007 Senior Partner, Grant Thornton Taiyo ASG (currently Grant Thornton Taiyo LLC) October 2008 President, Avantia GP (General Partnership) (present position) April 2010 Auditor, Center for National University Finance and Management (currently National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education) (present position) June 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TSUZUKI DENKI CO., LTD.
Outside Director, Topre Corporation (present position)March 2022 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (present position) June 2022 Outside Director, TSUZUKI DENKI CO., LTD. (present position)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Eiichiro Nakatani
- Brief bio
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April 1984 Registered as an attorney of Japan (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association) (to present) October 1991 Joined Allen & Overy LLP (U.K.) January 2002 Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune LPC (present position) April 2007 Part-time lecturer at Waseda University School of Law (International Tax Law) April 2015 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Computer Engineering & Consulting Ltd. April 2016 Member of the Japanese Law Translation Council, Ministry of Justice (present position) April 2022 Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Computer Engineering & Consulting Ltd. March 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (present position)
Executive Officers
Takeshi Iwaoka | Head of Aerospace Division |
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Kazuo Nakatsuru | Executive Assistant to Head of Industrial Division |
Masaharu Murakami | Head of Corporate Unit, Head of Corporate Division |
Kyosuke Watanabe | Responsible for Healthcare Business, UV-LED Business |
Kenji Tomura | Sales Head of Nishinihon Branch |
Naoki Yokota | Deputy Head of Aerospace Division |