Company Info
Biography: Masami Iijima
As of June 28, 2023
Biography
External Board Director, Independent Officer
Masami Iijima
Date of birth: September 23, 1950
| Apr. 1974 | Joined MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
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| Apr. 2006 | Managing Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Iron & Steel Raw Materials and Non-Ferrous Metals Business Unit, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| Apr. 2007 | Managing Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Mineral & Metal Resources Business Unit, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| Apr. 2008 | Executive Managing Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| June 2008 | Representative Director, Executive Managing Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| Oct. 2008 | Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| Apr. 2009 | Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| Apr. 2015 | Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| June 2016 | Director, Ricoh Company, Ltd. |
| June 2018 | External Board Director, SoftBank Group Corp. (to present) |
| June 2019 | Director, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. |
| June 2019 | Counsellor, Bank of Japan (to present) |
| Apr. 2021 | Director, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| June 2021 | Counselor, MITSUI & CO., LTD. (to present) |
| June 2021 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member), Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited |
| June 2022 | Director, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (to present) |
| June 2023 | Director, KAJIMA CORPORATION (to present) |
Number of shares held
Mr. Masami Iijima satisfies the qualifications of external directors as provided in Article 2, item 15 of the Corporate Laws.
Reason for nomination and expected role
After assuming the position of Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of MITSUI & CO., LTD. in April 2009, Mr. Masami Iijima led the company’s management for six years and played a major role in its growth. In April 2015, he became Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MITSUI & CO., LTD. He has extensive knowledge and experience related to corporate management
and corporate governance, including contributions to management oversight and improvement of the effectiveness of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Iijima has offered advice on the Group’s long-term strategies and played a vital role in business judgments and decision-making processes at the Board.
He has also expressed views from the standpoint of minority shareholders of SBG, and has led development of objective discussions from an independent perspective as Chairperson of the voluntary Nominating & Compensation Committee, and thus the Board recognizes that he has made significant contributions to the improvement of enterprise value of SBG through the supervisory function.
SBG expects that Mr. Iijima will use his wealth of knowledge and experience to supervise SBG and offer advice, and has elected him as an External Board Director for the further growth of the Group.
