JPX's Subsidiary Nominates Two New Candidates for Directors

・Directors (effective on June 14, 2022)

New Candidates for Directors

• Hirano Takeshi

• Kimura Gen

Retiring Director

Izawa Nobuhiko

​(Note) New candidate for director Hirano Takeshi was announced as such on February 22, 2022.

Brief Biography of New Candidates

Name: Hirano Takeshi

Date of Birth: Dec. 16, 1966

Brief Biography and Positions Held:

Apr. 1989 Joined Tokyo Stock Exchange

Jun. 2011 Director, Strategic Planning Department, Japan Securities Clearing Corporation

Jul. 2013 Director, Strategic Planning Department & OTC Derivatives Clearing Service

Department, Japan Securities Clearing Corporation

Jun. 2014 Director, Corporate Strategy Department, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

Jun. 2015 Executive Officer, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

Apr. 2017 Standing Governor, Japan Exchange Regulation

Apr. 2021 Managing Governor, Japan Exchange Regulation

Apr. 2022 Senior Executive Officer, Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (current position)

Name: Kimura Gen

Date of Birth: Apr. 24, 1972

Brief Biography and Positions Held:

Apr. 1997 JP Morgan Securities Inc.

Aug.2010 Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.(now BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)

Oct. 2012 Named Head of Japan Rates and Currencies Trading

Mar. 2019 Named Member of the Board (current position)

Jun. 2019 Named Co-Head of Japan Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (current position)

Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (new management in place from June 14, 2022)

• President & CEO Shizuka Masaki

• Director Hirano Takeshi

• Director* Asai Kunihiro

• Director* Ohashi Kazuhiko

• Director* Kimura Gen

• Director* Sakata Hideki

• Director Futagi Satoshi

• Director* Yoshihara Masatoshi

• Standing Statutory Auditor* Suzuki Yoshihiko

• Statutory Auditor* Morishita Kunihiko

• ​Statutory Auditor* Yanaga Masao

(Note) Directors and auditors marked "*" are outside directors and auditors