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May 8, 2026
NTT, Inc.
NTT Announces New Management Team
Tokyo – May 8, 2026 – NTT, Inc. announced today that, a board of directors meeting held today resolved the following. These executive positions will be approved officially at the shareholders' meeting and the board of directors meeting, scheduled to be held on June 18, 2026.
1. Candidates for Member of the Board (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Yutaka Sasaki | Representative Member of the Board President and CEO NTT DATA Group Corporation |
| Miho Hanafusa | Former President and CEO of Mitsubishi Chemical Research Corporation |
2. Candidate for Member of the Board who is Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Takashi Nakamura | Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President NTT FINANCE CORPORATION |
3. Members of the Board (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) scheduled to resign from office
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Takashi Hiroi | Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President [scheduled to join NTT DOCOMO Financial Group, Inc. as Representative Member of the Board, President and CEO] |
| Yukako Uchinaga | Member of the Board |
4. Member of the Board who is Audit and Supervisory Committee Member scheduled to resign from office
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Keiichiro Yanagi | Member of the Board Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member [scheduled to join NTT DATA i CORPORATION as Audit and Supervisory Board Member; and InfoCom Research, Inc. as Special Advisor] |
5. Candidates for Chairman of the Board and Representative Member of the Board
| Name | New Position |
|---|---|
| Jun Sawada | Chairman and Member of the Board |
| Akira Shimada | Representative Member of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) |
| Riaki Hoshino | Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President |
| Yutaka Sasaki | Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President |
6. Candidates for Executive Officer
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Naoki Ichihashi | Senior Vice President | Head of New Value Co-Creation Office "MIRAI Office", Corporate Strategy Planning NTT WEST, Inc. |
| Kayoko Kosugi | Senior Vice President | Vice President, Hokuriku Branch NTT WEST, Inc. |
7. Executive Officers scheduled to resign from office
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Makiko Sekine | Senior Vice President [scheduled to join NTT Urban Solutions, Inc. as Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President] |
| Shuji Sakamoto | Senior Vice President [scheduled to join NTT DOCOMO, INC. as Executive Vice President] |
8. Candidates for Executive Officer [R&D]
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroshi Sakai | Senior Vice President of R&D | Representative Member of the Board President and CEO NTT sonority, Inc. |
| Hirokazu Takenouchi | Senior Vice President of R&D | Head of Device Technology Laboratories, Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group |
9. Executive Officers [R&D] scheduled to resign from office
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Hidehiro Tsukano※1 | Senior Vice President of R&D |
| Akira Okada | Senior Vice President of R&D [scheduled to join Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group / IOWN Integrated Innovation Center as Principal, Advanced Research and Technology Strategy] |
※1Hidehiro Tsukano is scheduled to continue as Representative Member of the Board, President and CEO, NTT Innovative Devices Corporation.
10. Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities, effective June 18, 2026
[Members of the Board]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Chairman and Member of the Board | Jun Sawada |
| Representative Member of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) |
Akira Shimada |
| Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President |
Riaki Hoshino |
| Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President |
Yutaka Sasaki |
| Executive Member of the Board Executive Vice President |
Sachiko Oonishi |
| Member of the Board | Patrizio Mapelli |
| Member of the Board※2 | Ken Sakamura |
| Member of the Board※2 | Koichiro Watanabe |
| Member of the Board※2 | Noriko Endo |
| Member of the Board※2,※4 | Natsuko Takei |
| Member of the Board※2 | Miho Hanafusa |
| Member of the Board, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member | Kanae Takahashi |
| Member of the Board, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member※3 | Kensuke Koshiyama |
| Member of the Board, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member | Takashi Nakamura |
| Member of the Board, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member※3 | Hideki Kanda |
| Member of the Board, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member※3 | Kaoru Kashima |
※2Ken Sakamura, Koichiro Watanabe, Noriko Endo, Natsuko Takei and Miho Hanafusa are candidates for Outside / Independent Members of the Board (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members).
※3Kensuke Koshiyama, Hideki Kanda, and Kaoru Kashima are Outside / Independent Members of the Board who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.
※4Natsuko Takei is an Outside / Independent Member of the Board, who will serve as a substitute Audit and Supervisory Committee Member in the event that the number of Members of the Board who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members falls below the legally required minimum.
[Executive Officers]
| Position | Name | Organizational Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Representative Member of the Board President CEO |
Akira Shimada | |
| Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President CTO※5 |
Riaki Hoshino | Responsible for technical strategy |
| Representative Member of the Board Senior Executive Vice President CFO※6 |
Yutaka Sasaki | Responsible for business strategy |
| Senior Executive Vice President CBDO※7 |
Tadao Yanase | Head of Business Strategy Head of Business Development Responsible for economic security |
| Executive Member of the Board Executive Vice President CCXO※8 Co-CAIO※9 |
Sachiko Oonishi | Head of Research and Development Market Strategy |
| Executive Vice President CIO※10 Co-CAIO※9 |
Takashi Ebihara | Head of Technology Planning |
| Senior Vice President | Kyoko Yamamoto | Head of Market Planning & Analysis |
| Senior Vice President | Shingo Kinoshita | Head of Research and Development Planning |
| Senior Vice President | Toshihiko Nakamura | Head of Finance and Accounting |
| Senior Vice President | Akitoshi Hattori | Head of Corporate Strategy Planning |
| Senior Vice President | Minako Tsumenaga | Head of Alliances |
| Senior Vice President CGBO※11 |
Ken Katsuyama | Head of Global Business |
| Senior Vice President | Kaoru Asakura | Head of Internal Audit |
| Senior Vice President General Counsel |
Mitsutaka Hibino | Head of Legal |
| Senior Vice President | Naoki Ichihashi | Head of Public Relations |
| Senior Vice President CHRO※12 CCO※13 |
Kayoko Kosugi | Head of General Affairs |
※5Chief Technology Officer
※6Chief Financial Officer
※7Chief Business Development Officer
※8Chief Customer Experience Officer
※9Co-Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
※10Chief Information Officer
※11Chief Global Business Officer
※12Chief Human Resource Officer
※13Chief Compliance Officer
[Executive Officers [R&D]]
| Position | Name | Organizational Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Vice President of R&D | Yukari Tsuji | Head of Information Network Laboratory Group |
| Senior Vice President of R&D | Tomoyuki Kanekiyo | Head of Service Innovation Laboratory Group |
| Senior Vice President of R&D | Hiroshi Sakai | Head of IOWN Integrated Innovation Center |
| Senior Vice President of R&D | Hirokazu Takenouchi | Head of Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group |
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