VIII. Changes in NTT Communications Directors
(Subject to Shareholders’ Approval)

1. Candidates scheduled to take office as Directors

Hidemune Sugahara Head of Applications and Content
Tetsutaro Nakamura Head of Finance
Takanobu Maeda President & CEO, NTT Com Asia Limited

2. Candidate scheduled to take office as Statutory Auditor

Satoshi Shinoda Executive Vice President, NTT URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

3. Directors scheduled to resign

Kazuhiko Aramoto Executive Vice President
(scheduled to transfer to NTT Com Engineering Corporation)
Akihiko Higashi Senior Vice President
(scheduled to transfer to NTT LOGISCO Inc.)
Motoo Tanaka Senior Vice President
(scheduled to transfer to NTT PC Communications Incorporated)

4. Statutory Auditor scheduled to resign

Akio Oshima Statutory Auditor

5. Candidates scheduled to take office as Representative Directors

i. Candidate scheduled to be re-elected as President and CEO

Tetsuya Shoji President and CEO

ii. Candidates scheduled to be re-elected as Senior Executive Vice Presidents

Tetsuya Funabashi Senior Executive Vice President
Katsumi Nakata Senior Executive Vice President

iii. Candidates scheduled to be re-elected as Executive Vice Presidents

Toru Maruoka Executive Vice President
Eiichi Tanaka Executive Vice President

6. New Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities

New Position(s) and
Organizational Responsibilities

 Name Current Position(s) and
Organizational Responsibilities
Senior Executive Vice President
In charge of technology
In charge of operations
In charge of information security
In charge of corporate

 Tetsuya Funabashi
 Senior Executive Vice President
In charge of technology
In charge of operations
In charge of information security
In charge of corporate
Senior Executive Vice President
In charge of sales
In charge of global business

 Katsumi Nakata
 Senior Executive Vice President
In charge of sales
In charge of global business
Head of Global Business
Executive Vice President
Head of Voice and Video
 Toru Maruoka
 Executive Vice President
Head of Voice and Video
Executive Vice President
In charge of CSR
 Eiichi Tanaka
 Executive Vice President
In charge of CSR
Senior Vice President
President and CEO of NTT America, Inc.

 Kazuhiro Gomi
 Senior Vice President
President and CEO of NTT America, Inc.
Senior Vice President
Head of Fourth Sales Division

 Denji Sakurai
 Senior Vice President
Head of Fourth Sales Division
Senior Vice President
Head of Network Services

 Takashi Ooi
 Senior Vice President
Head of Network Services
Senior Vice President
Head of Cloud Services
 Masaaki Moribayashi
 Senior Vice President
Managing Director of NTT Europe Ltd.
Senior Vice President
Head of Third Sales Division

 Ken Kusunoki
 Senior Vice President
Head of Third Sales Division
Senior Vice President
Head of Customer Services

 Hiroatsu Matsumoto
 Senior Vice President
Head of Customer Services
Senior Vice President
Head of Second Sales Division

 Hidemune Sugahara
 Head of Applications and Content
Senior Vice President
Head of West Japan Sales Division

 Tetsutaro Nakamura
 Head of Finance
Senior Vice President
Head of Global Business

 Takanobu Maeda
 President & CEO, NTT Com Asia Limited
Senior Vice President
NTT Communications Corporate Advisor

 Akira Arima
 Senior Vice President
NTT Communications Corporate Advisor
Senior Vice President
 Masanori Ozawa
 Senior Vice President

(Note)

  • Among the Directors scheduled to resign from office, Kazuhiko Aramoto will resign on June 14, 2016, Motoo Tanaka will resign on June 15, 2016, and Akihiko Higashi will resign at the close of the 17th Annual General Shareholders' Meeting (to be held on June 17, 2016).
  • The Statutory Auditor scheduled to resign from office will resign on June 21, 2016.
  • The new candidate for Statutory Auditor, Satoshi Shinoda, is a candidate for Outside Statutory Auditor.
  • The new candidate for Statutory Auditor is scheduled to take office on June 22, 2016.