Akiko Ito*
Member of the Board
(February, 1962)
Career
| April 1984 | Joined Ministry of Construction |
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| September 2014 | Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat Deputy Director General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan |
| June 2016 | Deputy Director‐General, MLIT |
| July 2017 | Director‐General, Housing Bureau MLIT |
| July 2018 | Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat Director General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan |
| July 2019 | Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency |
| July 2022 | Retired from Consumer Affairs Agency |
| June 2023 | Outside Member of the Board of ITOCHU Corporation (current position) |
| March 2024 | Outside Member of the Board of Canon Inc. (current position) |
| May 2024 | Outside Member of the Board of WECARS Co., Ltd. (current position) |
- Indicates an outside director as provided in Paragraph 2, Clause 15 of the Corporate Law
Information of concurrent post
Outside Member of the Board of Canon Inc.
Reason for selection
ITOCHU appointed Ms. Ito as an Outside Director because it expects her to monitor and supervise ITOCHU's management from an independent perspective, drawing on her extensive experience and deep insight as a government official in consumer-oriented policy matters, including her service in key positions at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, such as Deputy Director-General and the ministry's first female bureau director (Director-General of the Housing Bureau), as well as her service as Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat, Director General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan, and subsequently as Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency. Ms. Ito satisfies the independence standards prescribed by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and ITOCHU's own Independence Criteria. Accordingly, ITOCHU believes that she is unlikely to have conflicts of interest with general shareholders and has designated her as an independent officer.
*Registered name: Akiko Noda.