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Directors & Auditors

Directors

President and CEO
Mitsuyuki Kanamori

  Resume
April 1966 Joined the Company
June 1998 Director of the Company
June 2002 Managing Director of the Company
June 2002 General Manager of Corporate Planning Division of the Company
June 2004 Senior Managing Director of the Company
April 2007 In charge of Corporate Planning Division of the Company
April 2008 President and CEO of the Company (present)

Senior Managing Director
Geberak Manager of R&D Division, Officer in charge of Corporate Planning Division, Accounting Division, Intellectual Property Department
Toshio Koga

  Resume
April 1967 Joined the Company
June 2000 Director of Citizen Trading Co., Ltd.
June 2002 President and CEO of Citizen Trading Co., Ltd.
May 2004 President and CEO of Citizen Financial Service Co., Ltd. (present)
June 2004 Managing Director of the Company
June 2004 General Manager of Accounting Division of the Company
April 2007 In charge of Accounting Division of the Company (present)
April 2008 In charge of Corporate Planning Division of the Company (present)
April 2008 Senior Managing Director of the Company (present)
June 2008 In charge of Intellectual Property Department of the Company (present)
March 2009 General Manager of R&D Division of the Company (present)

Managing Director
Officer in charge of IR & Public Relations Department
Osamu Yamada

  Resume
April 1969 Joined the Company
May 2001 General Manager of Accounting Division of the Company
June 2001 Director of the Company
June 2002 General Manager of General Affairs Division of the Company
May 2003 Outside Corporate Auditor of Star Micronics Co., Ltd. (present)
December 2003 President of Aquablue Insurance Co., Inc.
June 2004 Managing Director of the Company (present)
April 2009 In charge of IR & Public Relations Department of the Company (present)

Director
Officer in charge of General Affairs Division
Takeshi Kakishima

  Resume
April 1970 Joined the Company
June 2007 Managing Director of Citizen Fine Tech Co., Ltd.
June 2008 President and CEO of Citizen Business Expert Co., Ltd. (present)
June 2008 Director of the Company (present)
June 2008 In charge of General Affairs Division of the Company (present)

Director
Tsuneo Nagai

  Resume
April 1966 Joined the Company
June 1996 Director of the Company
June 2002 Managing Director of the Company
June 2002 Senior General Manager of Watch Business Center of the Company
June 2004 Senior Managing Director of the Company
April 2007 President and CEO of Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (present)
April 2007 Director of the Company (present)
July 2007 Chairman of Japan Clock & Watch Association

Director
Kenji Sugimoto

  Resume
April 1970 Joined the Company
June 2000 General Manager of Precision Machinery Division of the Company
June 2001 Director of the Company
June 2005 Managing Director of the Company
April 2008 Director of the Company (present)
June 2008 President and CEO of Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd. (present)

Director
Katsuhiko Noguchi

  Resume
April 1983 Joined Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
June 2005 Senior Managing Director of Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
April 2007 Director of Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
June 2007 Director of the Company (present)
June 2008 President and CEO of Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. (present)

Outside Director
Kazumoto Yamamoto

  Resume
June 1983 Director of Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Currently Asahi Kasei Corporation)
June 2003 Full-time Advisor of Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (present)
June 2005 Outside Director of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (present)
June 2006 Outside Director of Toto Kiki Co., Ltd. (Currently TOTO LTD.) (present)
June 2007 Outside Director of the Company (present)

Outside Director
Teruaki Aoki

  Resume
April 1998 President & COO of Sony Electronics Inc. (US corporation)
May 2000 Senior Executive Vice President of Sony Corporation
June 2003 Cheif Operating Officer of Sony Corporation
February 2006 Outside Director of Micron Technology, Inc. (US corporation) (present)
April 2006 Executive Alumnus of Sony Corporation (present)
June 2007 Outside Director of the Company (present)
July 2008 President of Sony University of Sony Corporation (present)

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Auditors

Outside Corporate Auditor (Full-time)
Takeshi Hayasaka

  Resume
April 1969 Joined the Dai-Ichi Bank, Ltd.
March 1994 General Manager of Shinjuku-Nishiguchi Branch
April 1996 General Manager of Corporate Banking Division V
May 1998 General Manager of Marunouchi Branch
June 1998 Director and General Manager of Marunouchi Branch
June 1999 President of Dai-Ichi Kangin Factoring Co., Ltd.
October 2001 President of Mizuho Factors, Ltd. (present)
June 2006 Corporate Auditor (Full-time) (present)

Corporate Auditor (Full-time)
Hisato Hiraishi

  Resume
April 1979 Joined the Company
June 2003 Director of the Company
April 2007 Managing Director of Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. (present)
May 2008 President and CEO of Citizen Electronics Funehiki Japan Co., Ltd.

Outside Corporate Auditor
Masaomi Suizu

  Resume
April 1973 Registered as an attorney-at-law
April 1995 Vice President of the Tokyo Bar Association
April 1997 Standing Director of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
June 2008 Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company