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June 18, 2026

NTT, Inc.

NTT Announces New Management Team

Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities as of June 18, 2026

[Members of the Board]

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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*1 Ken Sakamura
Member of the Board*1 Koichiro Watanabe
Member of the Board*1 Noriko Endo
Member of the Board*1, *3 Natsuko Takei
Member of the Board*1 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*2 Kensuke Koshiyama
Member of the Board, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Takashi Nakamura
Member of the Board, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member*2 Hideki Kanda
Member of the Board, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member*2 Kaoru Kashima

(Notes)

*1Ken Sakamura, Koichiro Watanabe, Noriko Endo, Natsuko Takei and Miho Hanafusa are Outside / Independent Members of the Board (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee Members).

*2Kensuke Koshiyama, Hideki Kanda, and Kaoru Kashima are Outside / Independent Members of the Board who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.

*3Natsuko 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]

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Position Name Organizational Responsibilities
Representative Member of the Board
President
CEO
Akira Shimada  
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
CTO*4
Riaki Hoshino Responsible for technical strategy
Representative Member of the Board
Senior Executive Vice President
CFO*5
Yutaka Sasaki Responsible for business strategy
Senior Executive Vice President
CBDO*6
Tadao Yanase Head of Business Strategy
Head of Business Development
Responsible for economic security
Executive Member of the Board
Executive Vice President
CCXO*7 Co-CAIO*8
Sachiko Oonishi Head of Research and Development Market Strategy
Executive Vice President
CIO*9 Co-CAIO*8
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*10
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*11 CCO*12
Kayoko Kosugi Head of General Affairs

*4Chief Technology Officer

*5Chief Financial Officer

*6Chief Business Development Officer

*7Chief Customer Experience Officer

*8Co-Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

*9Chief Information Officer

*10Chief Global Business Officer

*11Chief Human Resource Officer

*12Chief Compliance Officer

[Executive Officers [R&D]]

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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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NTT, Inc.
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