Note: This document has been translated from the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.
April, 23, 2026
Listed company name: NIPPN CORPORATION
Representative: Toshiya Maezuru, President and CEO
Listing: The Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Code number: 2001
Contact: Hideaki Kataoka, General Manager of Corporate Communications Div. TEL: +81-3-3511-5307
Notice of Appointment of New Representative DirectorNIPPN CORPORATION is pleased to announce that a meeting of the Board of Directors held today approved the appointment of the new representative director as follows:
１．Reason for the change
To further strengthen the Company's management structure.
２．Details of the change
Name | New position | Current position |
Toshiya Maezuru | Representative Director, Chairman and CEO | Representative Director, President and CEO |
Toru Otao | Representative Director, President and COO | Director, Managing Director |
Tomio Kimura | Senior Adviser | Representative Director, Senior Managing Director |
３．Scheduled appointment date June 26, 2026
４．Profile of the new Representative Director
Name | Toru Otao | |
Date of birth | November 26, 1963 | |
Background | March 1987 | Graduated from the Saga University, Faculty of Economics |
April 1987 | Joined Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd. (now NIPPN CORPORATION) | |
June 2013 | Appointed General Manager; Secretariat Office, General Administration Div | |
July 2017 | Appointed Vice General Manager; General Administration Div.; General Manager; Secretariat Office, General Administration Div | |
February 2020 | Appointed General Manager,; Accounting & Finance Div | |
June 2022 | Appointed Executive Officer; General Manager, Accounting & Finance Div | |
June 2024 | Appointed Director; Executive Officer | |
June 2025 | Director; Managing Director | |
Number of shares held | 5,500 shares (as of March 31, 2026) | |