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Biography: Masami Iijima

As of June 21, 2024

Biography

External Board Director, Independent Officer

Masami Iijima

Date of birth: September 23, 1950

Apr. 1974Joined MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Apr. 2006Managing Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Iron & Steel Raw Materials and Non-Ferrous Metals Business Unit, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Apr. 2007Managing Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Mineral & Metal Resources Business Unit, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Apr. 2008Executive Managing Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
June 2008Representative Director, Executive Managing Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Oct. 2008Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Apr. 2009Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Apr. 2015Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
June 2016Director, Ricoh Company, Ltd.
June 2018External Board Director, SoftBank Group Corp. (to present)
June 2019Counsellor, Bank of Japan (to present)
June 2019Director, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
Apr. 2021Director, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
June 2021Counselor, MITSUI & CO., LTD. (to present)
June 2021Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member), Takeda
Pharmaceutical Company Limited
June 2022Director, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (to present)
June 2023Director, KAJIMA CORPORATION (to present)

Number of shares held

1,000 shares
As of June 21, 2024
  • 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.