Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers

Motoki Ozaki *	Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Takuo Goto *	Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, Global Production & Engineering, Logistics
Hiroshi Kanda *	Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Global Consumer Products Business
Norihiko Takagi *	Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy
Shunichi Nakagawa *	Executive Vice President, Global Legal & Compliance, Global Corporate Communications, Global Information Systems
Tatsuo Takahashi *	Executive Vice President, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kao Customer Marketing Co., Ltd.
Toshiharu Numata *	Executive Vice President, Global R&D, Product Quality Management
Toshihide Saito *	President, Global Chemical Business
Shinichi Mita *	Vice President, Global Accounting & Finance
Masato Hirota *	Vice President, Global Media Planning
Shinichiro Hiramine *	Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Kao (China) Holding Co., Ltd.
Ken Hashimoto *	Vice President, Global Procurement
Michitaka Sawada *	Vice President, Global R&D (Human Health Care)
Atsushi Takahashi **	Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Osamu Shoda **	Honorary Chairman & Executive Adviser, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

* Holds the post of Executive Officer concurrently
** Outside Director

Takashi Matsuzaka	Full-time Corporate Auditor
Masanori Sunaga	Full-time Corporate Auditor
Tadashi Oe***	Corporate Auditor, Attorney at Law
Yutaka Yogo***	Corporate Auditor, Certified Public Accountant

*** Outside Corporate Auditor

Yoshitaka Nakatani	Vice President, Strategic Environment and Safety Management
Hisao Mitsui	Vice President, Global Production & Engineering
Shigeru Koshiba	Vice President, Corporate Strategy
Shoji Kobayashi	Vice President, Global Chemical Business
Takuji Yasukawa	President, Global Food & Beverage
Yasushi Aoki	Vice President, Global Human Capital Development
Masumi Natsusaka	President, Global Beauty Care Business, Global Prestige Cosmetics
William J. Gentner	President and Chief Executive Officer, Kao Brands Company
Katsuhiko Yoshida	President, Global Human Health Care Business
Naohisa Kure	Vice President, Global R&D (Beauty)
Mikio Nakano	Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, Kao Customer Marketing Co., Ltd. (Prestige Cosmetics)
Akira Yoshimatsu	Vice President, Global R&D (Fabric & Home Care and Chemical)