Board of Directors

Directors

Activities of Outside Directors

Classification	Name	2023 Activity status(attendance rate)
Outside Director	Yuichi Sato	Attended all 19 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year. He has fulfilled his role properly, making appropriate remarks based on his wealth of experience as an executive director and vice president of Saitama University, especially in regard to research and development.
Outside Director	Harumi Katagiri	Attended all 19 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year. She has fulfilled her role properly, making appropriate remarks based on her professional knowledge and experience as a certified public accountant, especially in regard to finance and accounting.
Outside Director	Eriko Ishii	Attended all 19 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year. She has fulfilled her role properly, making appropriate remarks based on her professional knowledge and experience as a lawyer and her knowledge and experience as a director and corporate auditor of other companies, especially in regard to corporate legal affairs in general and M&A.
Outside Director	Fumio Suzuki	Attended all 19 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year. He has fulfilled his role properly, making appropriate remarks based on his experience in corporate management and his wide knowledge and experience in the healthcare industry.
Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee member	Takashi Hirayama	Attended all 19 Board of Directors meetings and all 15 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings held during the fiscal year. He has made appropriate remarks based on his wealth of business experience at financial institutions and the knowledge and experience of auditors and audit departments of other companies.
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member	Masaya Nara	Attended all 19 Board of Directors meetings and all 15 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings held during the fiscal year. He has made appropriate remarks based on his professional knowledge and experience as a lawyer and his knowledge and experience as directors and corporate auditors of other companies.
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member	Takashi Ueda	Attended all 15 Board of Directors meetings and all 10 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings held during the fiscal year since taking office. He has made appropriate remarks based on his wealth of business experience at financial institutions and the knowledge and experience as a corporate executive of other companies.