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Board of Directors and Auditors

(As of July 1, 2007)

Representative Director, Chairman of the Board
Kunio Egashira
Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer
Norio Yamaguchi
Representative Director, Member of the Board & Corporate Executive Deputy President
Osamu Tosaka (Management of Production Technology & Engineering; Internal Auditing Dept.; Technology & Engineering Center)
Representative Directors, Members of the Board & Corporate Senior Vice Presidents
Masatoshi Ito (President, Food Products Company; Health Services Development Dept.; China Business Strategy & Planning Division; Medical & Nutrition Food Business Dept.;)
Yasufumi Yanagihara (President, Amino Acids Company)
Members of the Board & Corporate Vice Presidents
Namio Terashi (External Relations Dept.; General Affairs & Risk Management Dept.; Human Resources Dept.; Legal Dept.; Quality Assurance & External Scientific Affairs Dept.; Environment & Safety Dept.; CSR & Public Communications Dept.; Purchasing Dept.)
Yutaka Kunimoto (General Manager, Asean Division; President, Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd.)
Takashi Kurematsu (Corporate Planning Dept.; Finance Dept.)
Keiichi Yokoyama (Vice President, Food Products Company; Management of Domestic Sales of Food Products; Affiliates Business Management Dept.)
Tomoyasu Toyoda (President, Pharmaceutical Company)
Kiyoshi Miwa (Management of R&D; R&D Planning Dept.; Intellectual Property Dept.; HI Dept.; Institute of Life Sciences; Research Institute for Health Fundamentals)
Members of the Board
Tomoya Yoshizumi
Shozo Hashimoto (Senior Advisor, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)
Standing Corporate Auditors
Ryozo Nishio
Chikahiko Eguchi
Yutaka Naito
Corporate Auditors
Kazuhide Kondo (Certified Public Accountant)
Rieko Sato (Attorney- at-law)
Corporate Vice Presidents
Shigetoshi Suzuki (President, AJINOMOTO HEALTHY SUPPLY, INC.)
Kanji Mimoto (President, GABAN Co., Ltd.)
Hiroaki Nomura (General Manager, Europe & Africa Division, Amino Acids Company)
Koichi Maeda (General Manager, China Business Strategy & Planning Dept.)
Takashi Nagamachi (Vice President, Food Products Company)
Keisuke Nagai (Vice President, Food Products Company; General Manager, Kawasaki Administration & Coordination Office, Food Products Company)
Corporate Executive Officers
Harutoshi Oura (Amino Acids Company)
Tamotsu Iwamoto (General Manager, Human Resources Dept.)
Yasushi Akasaka (Vice President, Amino Acids Company)
Hiroyuki Sakurai (General Manager, Osaka Branch, Food Products Company)
Takahiro Kuratani (General Manager, Product Development & Production Planning Dept., Food Products Company)
Toshirou Kobaru (General Manager, Tokyo Branch, Food Products Company)
Hiroyuki Miyake (General Manager, Amino Acids Division, Amino Acids Company)
Osamu Kurahashi (General Manager, Fermentation & Biotechnology Laboratories, Amino Acids Company)
Teizo Murata (Vice President, Pharmaceutical Company)
Hiromi Yamada (Management of Information Technology)
Shinichi Kishimoto (General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept.)
Alain Vrillon (Vice President, AJINOMOTO EUROPE S.A.S.)
Jean Falgoux (President, AJINOMOTO EUROLYSINE S.A.S.)
Vitaly Paraskevov (President, ZAO “AJINOMOTO-GENETIKA RESEARCH INSTITUTE”)
Kiyoshi Ooya (Vice President, Pharmaceutical Company; President, Ajinomoto Pharma Co., Ltd.)
Kazuhiko Yasutake (General Manager, Seasonings Dept., Food Products Company)
Hiroyuki Tanaka (General Manager, Food Service Dept. Food Products Company; General Manager, Medical & Nutrition Food Business Dept.)
Toshihisa Kato (General Manager, Tokai Plant, Amino Acids Company)
Yoichiro Togashi (General Manager, Animal Nutrition Dept., Amino Acids Company)
Takashi Tsuji (General Manager, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Company)
Fumihiko Odashima (General Manager, Seasoning Development & Technology Center, and Processed Food Development & Technology Center, Food Products Company)
Hiromichi Oono (General Manager, Finance Dept.)
Koji Igarashi (Vice President, Amino Acids Company; General Manager, Production & Technology Administration Center, Amino Acids Company)