Kuraray Co., Ltd. announces the following changes executive personnel (Scheduled effective date: Date of this year's General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2009).
(1) Change in Director Positions
No changes will be made this year (all directors are expected to be reappointed)
(2) Corporate Auditors
| New Position | Name | Current Position | Remarks |
| Corporate Auditor | Mie Fujimoto | Attorney and Partner at Sakai Mimura & Aizawa Law Office | New Appointment |
| - | Toshimitsu Kitagawa | External Auditor | Resignation |
(3) Executive Officers
| New Position | Name | Current Position | Remarks |
| Executive Officer | Setsuo Yamashita | Associate Director | New Appointment |
| - | Shuichi Takemoto | Associate Director | New Appointment |
(4) Directors, Auditors and Executive Officers after Transfer
indicates a new appointment
No mark indicates either a continuation in office or reappointment to that office.
| | Representative Director and Chairman | Yasuaki Wakui |
| | Representative Director and President | Fumio Ito |
| | Director and Primary Executive Officer | Yoichi Ninagawa |
| | Director and Senior Executive Officer | Shiro Kataoka |
| | Director and Senior Executive Officer | Hiroaki Yoshino |
| | Director and Senior Executive Officer | Toshihide Sakai |
| | Director and Senior Executive Officer | Kenzo Sawada |
| | External Director | Kensaku Aomoto |
| | External Director | Takafusa Shioya |
| | Standing Corporate Auditor | Junsuke Tanaka |
| | Standing Corporate Auditor | Tadahiko Kujime |
| | Corporate Auditor | Hiroo Onodera |
| | Corporate Auditor | Hiroki Yamada |
| Corporate Auditor | Mie Fujimoto |
| | Senior Executive Officer | Takayoshi Ohsaki |
| | Senior Executive Officer | Mitsuaki Manabe |
| | Executive Officer | Noboru Yanagida |
| | Executive Officer | Katsuya Hashimoto |
| | Executive Officer | Mitsuo Matsumoto |
| | Executive Officer | Kohei Maeda |
| | Executive Officer | Yuichi Kawarasaki |
| | Executive Officer | Keiji Murakami |
| | Executive Officer | Shinzo Takemura |
| | Executive Officer | Noritsugu Nagatomo |
| | Executive Officer | Takaaki Fukumori |
| | Executive Officer | Kazuhiro Tenkumo |
| | Executive Officer | Yasuhiro Yamamoto |
| | Executive Officer | Matthias Gutweiler |
| | Executive Officer | Jean-Marie Baetens |
| | Executive Officer | Nobuya Tomita |
| | Executive Officer | Osamu Yamada |
| | Executive Officer | Takao Akagi |
| Executive Officer | Setsuo Yamashita |
| Executive Officer | Shuichi Takemoto |
(5) Career Summary of New Corporate Auditor
| Name | Mie Fujimoto |
| Date of Birth | August 17, 1967 |
| Education | March 1991 | Graduated from University of Tokyo Faculty of Law |
| May 2000 | Graduated with a LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
| Career Summary | April 1993 | Registered as an attorney-at-law (Daini Tokyo Bar Association) |
| April 1993 | Entered New Tokyo Sogoh Law Offices (currently Sakai Mimura & Aizawa Law Office |
| November 2000 | Passed the New York State Bar Examination |
| January 2003 | Became a partner of New Tokyo Sogoh Law Offices (currently Sakai Mimura & Aizawa Law Office (current position) |
