1. Change of representative directors (effective from 27 March 2009)
(a) Intended retirement of representative director
Present : Chairman and Representative Director, Haruyuki Niimi
(Intended to retire as Chairman Emeritus)
(b) Change of representative director
Chairman and Representative Director, Shigeya Kato
(Present : Vice Chairman and Representative Director)
The particulars of Shigeya Kato :
Name
(Date of birth) |
Personal History |
Shigeya Kato
(2 August, 1947) |
| April 1970 |
Joined Shell Sekiyu K.K.(Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. at present) |
| April 1998 |
General Manager, Change Promotion Center |
| March 1999 |
Executive Officer / General Manager, Change Promotion Center |
| March 2001 |
Director |
| March 2003 |
Managing Director |
| March 2005 |
Senior Managing Director |
| March 2006 |
Vice Chairman, Representative Director (present) |
|
There will be no change in the position of Jun Arai.
(c) Reason for the change
The appointments are intended to change management's generation in order for Showa Shell Sekiyu Group to achieve sustainable development, and to promote separation of execution and monitoring by decreasing the number of directors from ten to eight, making half of the Board members outside directors and thereby strengthening management monitoring function.
2. Change of other executives (effective from 27 March 2009)
(a) Candidates for new directors
| Outside Director | Yukio Masuda |
| (Present: Advisor of Mitsubishi Corporation) |
| Outside Director | Khalid D. Al-Faddagh |
| (Present : Long Range Planning Manager of Saudi Arabian Oil Company) |
* The particulars of Yukio Masuda and Khalid D. Al-Faddagh are listed in the table below.
(b) Intended retirement of directors
| Outside Director | Khalid H. Al-Dabbagh |
| (Present: Business Analysis Manager of Saudi Arabian Oil Company) |
| Director | Tomoyuki Egami |
| (To be appointed as an executive member of an affiliate company) |
| Director | Atsuhiko Hirano |
| (To be appointed as senior executive officer of Showa Shell Sekiyu) |
Name
(Date of birth) |
Personal History |
Yukio Masuda
(22 March 1941) |
| April 1964 |
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation |
| June 1996 |
Director, Mitsubishi Corporation |
| April 1999 |
Managing Director, Mitsubishi Corporation |
| June 2001 |
Representative Director / Senior Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation |
| April 2002 |
Representative Director / Vice President Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation |
| June 2006 |
Fulltime Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation |
| June 2008 |
Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation |
| June 2008 |
Outside Auditor, Tokyo Gas K.K. |
|
Khalid D. Al-Faddagh
(6 May 1955) |
| September 1983 |
Joined Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Arabia) |
| August 2003 |
President & Chief Executive Officer, Petron Corporation (Philippines) |
| September 2007 |
Manager, Long Range Planning, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Arabia) |
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