Career Profiles of Directors and Executive Officers

• May 2018 Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
• April 2019 General Manager of International Finance Control Department, Corporate Control and Administration Division
• August 2019 General Manager of International Finance Control Department, Corporate Control and Administration Division and North America Integration Management Office
• April 2020 General Manager of International Finance Control Department, Corporate Control and Administration Division
• April 2021 General Manager of Corporate Finance Department, Corporate Control and Administration Division
• July 2021 Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Control and Administration Division and General Manager of Corporate Finance Department, Corporate Control and Administration Division
• April 2022 Corporate Officer, and Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Control and Administration Division of the Company
• June 2025 Director（to present）

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Mr. Norikazu Kachi has high expertise through job experience in the areas of finance, accounting, and auditing at business companies and audit corporations, as well as diverse experiences such as working overseas and managing subsidiaries. At the Company, as Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Control and Administration Division from 2021, he has managed the Group’s finance and accounting functions and formulated and steadily promoted financial strategies of the Group. In addition, as Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate Control and Administration Division and chairperson of the Investment Committee from 2022, he has strictly examined investment and financing matters. Since assuming office as Director in 2025, he has actively verified financial and growth strategies at Board of Directors meetings, while fully fulfilling his responsibilities as a member of the Audit Committee by leveraging his expertise. The Company believes that he can contribute to strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors as its chairperson by making objective and rational judgments from both internal and external perspectives.

• April 1985 Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
• April 2005 President of KURITA EUROPE GmbH
• April 2011 General Manager of Sales Dept. for Heavy Industries, Group II, Chemicals Division
• June 2013 General Manager of Business Management Dept., Chemicals Division
• April 2014 Corporate Officer
• June 2014 Senior General Manager of Sales Group I, Chemicals Division
• April 2016 Executive General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
• June 2016 Director（to present）
• April 2018 Executive General Manager of Engineering Division
• April 2019 Managing Director
• April 2020 Executive General Manager of Engineering Division and Chief Business Officer for Facilities Operation
• June 2021 Executive Senior Managing Director and Representative Director
• April 2022 Executive General Manager of Japan Sales Business Division and Chief Business Officer for Chemical Operation
• April 2023 President and Representative Director
• June 2023 President and Representative Executive Officer (to present)

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Mr. Hirohiko Ejiri has considerable insight in the market and onsite operations accumulated through his years of experience at the sales departments of the Water Treatment Chemicals business. After his assumption of office of Director in 2016, he led the initiative for expansion of the Kurita Group's business fields and transformation of revenue structure, as well as transformation of the production structure including utilization of DX. He assumed the office of President and Representative Executive Officer in 2023, and has led construction of a strong business foundation, and creation of solutions that generate shared value with society, and new businesses, toward the achievement of the medium-term management plan. Having the candidate, who is well-versed in the Water Treatment business, double as a Director would continue to contribute to strengthening the supervisory function of the Company's Board of Directors, while enabling the status of business execution to be shared in an appropriate manner, and he also fulfills his responsibilities adequately as the member of the Nominating and Compensation Committees.

• April 1992 Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
• April 2013 General Manager of Engineering Dept.Ⅱ, Engineering Group, Facilities Production Division
• April 2014 General Manager of Engineering Dept. I, Engineering Group, Facilities Production Division
• April 2015 Senior General Manager of Global Facilities Group, Facilities Division
• April 2017 Senior General Manager of Engineering Group, Global Business Division
• April 2018 Corporate Officer
• April 2018 Senior General Manager of Engineering Group, Engineering Division
• April 2022 Senior General Manager of Engineering Group I, Engineering Division
• April 2023 Executive General Manager of Engineering Division（to present）
• June 2023 Executive Officer
• April 2024 Chief Technology Officer (CTO) (to present)
• April 2025 Senior General Manager of Value Engineering Group
• April 2026 Representative Managing Executive Officer（to present）
• June 2026 Director（to present）
• October 2026 Senior General Manager, Supply Management Group, Engineering Division（to present）

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Mr. Kunihiro Kuse has a wealth of experience in the production division of the water treatment facilities business, as well as high expertise in the design of water treatment facilities in Japan and overseas. Since assuming office as Corporate Officer in 2018, he has worked to strengthen the production functions of the water treatment facilities business. Since 2023, as Executive General Manager of Engineering Division, he has been driving the reinforcement of the global production structure, including the supply chain. Furthermore, he assumed office as Executive Officer in 2023 and as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2024, and from 2026, he has taken on the role of Representative Managing Executive Officer, overseeing research and development, technology, and production across the entire Group. The Company believes that having the CTO, one of the key positions in the Kurita Group, concurrently serve as a Director will facilitate appropriate sharing of information regarding the execution of operations, and will contribute to high-quality discussions and the strengthening of the supervisory function of the Board of Directors.

• April 1977 Joined Nissei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (current Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)
• April 2007 Executive Officer, General Manager, Regional Branch Office for West Japan Area and Kansai Branch Office of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (current Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)
• April 2010 President & CEO of Hitachi High-Technologies America, Inc. (current Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc.)
• April 2014 Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Div. of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (current Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)
• April 2015 Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (current Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)
• June 2015 Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (current Hitachi High-Tech Corporation)
• April 2021 Advisor of Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
• June 2022 External Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (to present)
• June 2023 Outside Director, Astellas Pharma Inc.（to present）

Outside Director, Astellas Pharma Inc.

Mr. Masahiro Miyazaki has held important positions such as a Representative Executive Officer and President and Chief Executive Officer at corporate groups with global operations mainly in the electronics industry, both in Japan and overseas. Based on this experience, he has actively expressed his opinions at the Board of Directors on growth strategies, capital management policy, and employee engagement, considering appropriate risk-taking from a medium- to long-term perspective. He also has appropriately conducted discussions and deliberations on performance evaluation and remuneration details for Officers as a Chairperson of the Compensation Committee. The Company believes that by continuing to leverage his extensive experience in corporate management and global business, and by newly taking on the role of Lead Independent External Director and supporting the Board chairperson in managing meeting proceedings and facilitating dialogue with management and stakeholders such as shareholders, he is an individual capable of continuously increasing the rationality and transparency of the Kurita Group’s management and strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors from an outside perspective.

• April 1980 Joined Bank of America N.A.
• December 1990 Vice President, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
• December 1997 Senior manager, Thomson Financial Investor Relations
• December 1998 Asia-Pacific Regional Director, Thomson Financial Investor Relations
• June 2001 Managing Director, J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd.
• March 2003 Managing Director/Board Member, J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd.
• June 2010 Governor, International Corporate Governance Network
• October 2010 Director, Japan Corporate Governance Network (to present)
• June 2015 Outside Director, AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd.
• September 2015 Member of the Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code, Financial Services Agency and Tokyo Stock (to present)
• October 2015 Representative Director, Japan Board Review Co., Ltd.
• January 2022 Committee member representing Japan, ISO/PC 337, Guidelines for the promotion and implementation of gender equality, Japanese Standards Association
• April 2023 Vice Chairperson, J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd. (to present)
• April 2023 Director, Japan Board Review Co., Ltd.
• June 2023 External Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (to present)
• July 2023 Representative Director, Japan Board Review Co., Ltd.(to present)
• August 2023 External Member of the Governance Council, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC（to present）
• July 2025 Member of the "Committee for Studying Scoring Criteria for Selecting Enterprises as Nadeshiko Brands" operated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, FY2025 (From 2014 to present, appointed to the committee every fiscal year)

Director of Japan Corporate Governance Network
Vice Chairperson, J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Japan Board Review Co., Ltd.
External Member of the Governance Council, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC

Ms. Yoshiko Takayama has high expertise related to corporate governance, in addition to abundant experience and skills in the field of Investor Relations at international companies. She has actively expressed her opinions on engagement with capital markets, the role of governance, and growth strategy based on the latest trends of capital markets and corporate governance at the Board of Directors. She also identified issues for increasing corporate value and submitted reports to the Board of Directors, through appropriate discussions and deliberations on initiatives for materiality as a Chairperson of the Sustainability Advisory Council, while explaining sustainability management to stakeholders. The Company believes that she is an individual capable of continuously increasing the rationality and transparency of the Kurita Group’s management and strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors by utilizing her extensive insight backed by management experience at several companies.

• April 1987 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
• April 1997 Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (current Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
• March 2000 Joined Konami Hawaii Ltd. Chief Administrative Officer
• December 2001 Joined IBM Japan, Ltd.
• July 2009 Vice President, IBM Business Consulting Services KK
• April 2010 Partner of Global Business Services, IBM Japan, Ltd.
• January 2018 Vice President of Global Business Services, IBM Japan, Ltd.
• January 2019 Managing Partner of Asia Pacific Global Business Services, IBM Global Services Pte. Ltd.
• January 2021 Managing Partner of Global Business Services, IBM Japan, Ltd.
• April 2022 Managing Partner of IBM Consulting, IBM Japan, Ltd.
• October 2023 Audit and Supervisory Board Member, IBM Japan, Ltd.
• June 2024 Outside Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd. （to present)
• June 2025 External Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (to present)
  Outside Director, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (to present)
• July 2025 Representative Director of MG CORP Co.Ltd (to present)

Outside Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of MG CORP Co.Ltd

Ms. Mie Matsuo has qualifications in finance and accounting, as well as extensive experience globally in management and auditing at audit corporations, U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese companies, and a large foreign-affiliated information system company. At the Board of Directors, she has actively expressed her opinions, primarily in the areas of business strategy based on a medium- to long-term perspective, internal controls, and diversity. She also has appropriately expressed her opinions from a global perspective, mainly on corporate governance and internal controls as a Chairperson of the Audit Committee. The Company believes that by continuing to leverage her extensive knowledge, experience, and expertise in finance, accounting, and technology and by expressing her opinions from an outside perspective, she is an individual capable of increasing the rationality and transparency of the Kurita Group’s management and strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors.

• January 1982 Joined Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (current TDK Corporation)
• June 2014 Corporate Officer of TDK Corporation
• April 2015 CEO of Magnetic Heads and Sensors Business Company of TDK Corporation
• June 2015 Senior Vice President of TDK Corporation
• June 2016 President & Representative Director of TDK Corporation
• April 2022 Chairman & Representative Director of TDK Corporation
• June 2022 Chairman & Director of TDK Corporation
• June 2022 Outside Director of NTT DATA Group Corporation
• June 2023 Outside Director of Ricoh Company, Ltd. (to present)
• June 2026 External Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (to present)

Outside Director of Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Mr. Shigenao Ishiguro has management experience leading corporate growth at a listed company with global electronic components operations, drawing on his extensive experience working overseas as Company CEO and President & Representative Director, where he spearheaded the transformation of business structures, the development of new businesses, and the reform of personnel systems. He also possesses broad knowledge of global business backed by a track record in the Digital Transformation (DX) and Energy Transformation (EX) fields, as well as deep insight into corporate governance. The Company believes that by expressing his opinions from an outside perspective based on this knowledge and experience, he is an individual capable of increasing the rationality and transparency of the Kurita Group’s management and strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors.

• April 1993 Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• September 2000 Joined Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP (current Squire Patton Boggs LLP)
• November 2000 Registered as an attorney at law (California)
• January 2004 Joined Novartis Pharma K.K.
• November 2004 Joined Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (current Milbank LLP)
• November 2005 Joined Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP (current Squire Patton Boggs LLP)
• June 2008 Outside Corporate Auditor of RENAISSANCE INCORPORATED
• February 2010 Joined DIC Corporation
• January 2022 Executive Officer, Head of ESG Unit in charge of Diversity of DIC Corporation
• June 2022 Outside Director of RENAISSANCE INCORPORATED
• August 2024 Executive Officer, Head of ESG Unit, General Manager of Sustainability Strategy Department, in charge of Diversity of DIC Corporation(to present)
• June 2026 External Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (to present)

Executive Officer, Head of ESG Unit, General Manager of Sustainability Strategy Department, in charge of Diversity of DIC Corporation

Ms. Kuniko Torayama holds qualifications as an attorney in the State of California, USA, and has accumulated practical experience in legal and human resources matters at international law firms and globally operating companies. She currently holds an important position related to ESG at a company with global operations founded on chemical technology. The Company believes that by expressing her opinions from an outside perspective based on her extensive knowledge, experience, and expertise in legal affairs and sustainability, she is an individual capable of increasing the rationality and transparency of the Kurita Group’s management and strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors.

• April 1985 Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
• April 2005 President of KURITA EUROPE GmbH
• April 2011 General Manager of Sales Dept. for Heavy Industries, Group II, Chemicals Division
• June 2013 General Manager of Business Management Dept., Chemicals Division
• April 2014 Corporate Officer
• June 2014 Senior General Manager of Sales Group I, Chemicals Division
• April 2016 Executive General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
• June 2016 Director（to present）
• April 2018 Executive General Manager of Engineering Division
• April 2019 Managing Director
• April 2020 Executive General Manager of Engineering Division and Chief Business Officer for Facilities Operation
• June 2021 Executive Senior Managing Director and Representative Director
• April 2023 President and Representative Director
• June 2023 President and Representative Executive Officer (to present)

• April 1992 Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
• April 2013 General Manager of Engineering Dept.Ⅱ, Engineering Group, Facilities Production Division
• April 2014 General Manager of Engineering Dept. I, Engineering Group, Facilities Production Division
• April 2015 Senior General Manager of Global Facilities Group, Facilities Division
• April 2017 Senior General Manager of Engineering Group, Global Business Division
• April 2018 Corporate Officer
• April 2018 Senior General Manager of Engineering Group, Engineering Division
• April 2022 Senior General Manager of Engineering Group I, Engineering Division
• April 2023 Executive General Manager of Engineering Division（to present）
• June 2023 Executive Officer
• April 2024 Chief Technology Officer (CTO) (to present)
• April 2025 Senior General Manager of Value Engineering Group
• April 2026 Representative Managing Executive Officer（to present）
• June 2026 Director（to present）
• October 2026 Senior General Manager, Supply Management Group, Engineering Division（to present）

• April 1992 Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
• April 2014 General Manager of Sales Dept. II, Global Business Group, Facilities Division
• April 2019 Senior General Manager of Electronics Industries Group, Japan Sales Business Division
• April 2021 Corporate Officer
• April 2022 Executive General Manager of Engineering Division and Chief Business Officer for Facilities Operation
• June 2022 Director
• April 2023 Executive General Manager of Electronics Industry Division and Chief Business Officer for Electronics Industry（to present）
• June 2023 Executive Officer（to present）

• January 2015 Kurita Water Industries Ltd. implemented partial business acquisition of BK Giulini GmbH
  Vice President & Business Director of Kurita Europe APW GmbH
• April 2016 Integration of two German subsidiaries into Kurita Europe GmbH
  Vice President Business of Kurita Europe GmbH
• January 2017 Senior Vice President Business of Kurita Europe GmbH
• January 2018 Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Kurita Europe GmbH
• July 2019 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kurita Europe GmbH
• April 2023 Head of EMEA & Americas Region, Regional Management Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
• June 2023 Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.（to present）
• April 2024 Executive General Manager of West Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.（to present）
• April 2025 Chief Business Officer for General Industry (to present)

• September 2017 Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
• September 2017 Deputy Officer of Operation Group, Global Business Division
• April 2018 Senior General Manager of Marketing Group, Solution Business Division
• April 2020 Corporate Officer
• April 2022 Senior General Manager of Marketing Group, Innovation Division
• April 2023 Executive General Manager of Industrial & Social Infrastructure Division
• April 2024 Executive General Manager of Asian Regional Management Division and Chief Business Officer for General Industry
• April 2025 Executive General Manager of Asian Regional Management Division
• April 2026 Executive Officer（to present）
• April 2026 Executive General Manager of Group Corporate Control and Administration Division（to present）
• April 2026 Chief Financial Officer (CFO)（to present）