Daiwa Securities Group Inc.TSE: 8601

Announcement of Changes in Representative Corporate Executive Officers [PDF: 87KB]

· Issued by Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

February 26, 2026

Press Release

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Announcement of Changes in Representative Corporate Executive Officers

Attention

This document is an unofficial translation of the press release announced on February 26, 2026 by Daiwa Securities Group Inc. The original press release is in Japanese.

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ("Company") hereby announces the following changes of Representative Corporate Executive Officers in accordance with a resolution passed by a meeting of the Board of Directors held today.

  1. Reason for the Changes

    Changes in Representative Corporate Executive Officers due to changes in Executive Officers.

    New Position

    Current Position

    Shinsuke Niizuma

    Director, Member of the Board and Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy President

    Director, Member of the Board and Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy

    President

  2. Changes in Representative Corporate Executive Officers Date of Changes: March 31, 2026

    Date of Changes: April 1, 2026

    New Position

    Current Position

    Eiji Sato

    Director, Member of the Board and Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy

    President

    Director, Member of the Board and Senior Executive Managing Director, Corporate Executive

    Officer

  3. Biography of New Representative Corporate Executive Officer

New Title : Director, Member of the Board and Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy President

Name : Eiji Sato

Date of Birth : February 14, 1969

Education : Graduated from School of Engineering of Nagoya University Share Ownership : 181,400 shares

Biography :

Apr. 1991 Joined the Company

Oct. 2005 Transferred to Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd. Oct. 2014 Head of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company

Apr. 2017 Senior Managing Director, Deputy Head of Corporate Planning and Head of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company; and

Senior Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

Apr. 2019 Corporate Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Deputy Head of Corporate Planning and Overseas Operations of the Company

Apr. 2020 Executive Managing Director, Corporate Executive Officer of the Company; and Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

Apr. 2022 Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Head of Corporate Planning and Deputy Head of Overseas Operations of the Company

Executive Managing Director, Member of the Board of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

Apr. 2023 Senior Executive Managing Director, Corporate Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Head of Corporate Planning of the Company Senior Executive Managing Director, Member of the Board of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

Apr. 2024 Head of Corporate Planning of the Company

June. 2024 Member of the Board, Senior Executive Managing Director, Corporate Executive Officer of the Company

Apr. 2025 Head of Corporate Planning and Deputy Head of Overseas Operations of the Company

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