Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers

Board of Directors

As of June 27, 2008

Motoki Ozaki*	Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Takuo Goto*	Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, Global Production & Engineering, Global Environment and Safety
Hiroshi Kanda*	Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Global Consumer Products, Global Marketing Development
Norihiko Takagi*	Executive Vice President, President, International Business – Consumer Products
Shunichi Nakagawa*	Executive Vice President, Global Legal & Compliance, Global Corporate Communications, Global Information Systems
Tatsuo Takahashi*	Executive Vice President, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kao Customer Marketing Co., Ltd.
Toshiharu Numata*	Executive Vice President, Global R&D, Product Quality Management
Toshihide Saito*	President, Global Chemical Business
Shinichi Mita*	Vice President, Global Accounting & Finance
Masato Hirota*	President, Global Beauty Care Business
Shinichiro Hiramine*	Chairman of Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Kao (China) Holding Co., Ltd.
Ken Hashimoto*	Vice President, Global Procurement
Michitaka Sawada*	Vice President, Global R&D (Human Health Care)
Atsushi Takahashi**	Representative Director Chairman of the Board, The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Osamu Shoda**	Representative Director Chairman of the Board, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

* Holds the post of Executive Officer concurrently
** Outside Director

Corporate Auditors

Shoichi Otake	Full-time Corporate Auditor
Takashi Matsuzaka	Full-time Corporate Auditor
Tadashi Oe***	Corporate Auditor, Attorney at Law
Yutaka Yogo***	Corporate Auditor, Certified Public Accountant

*** Outside Corporate Auditor

Executive Officers

Yoshitaka Nakatani	Vice President, Global Production & Engineering (Beauty Care and Human Health Care SCM)
Hisao Mitsui	Vice President, Global Production & Engineering (Fabric & Home Care and Chemical SCM)
Shigeru Koshiba	President, Global Fabric & Home Care Business
Shoji Kobayashi	Vice President, Global Chemical Business
Takuji Yasukawa	President, Global Food & Beverage
Yasushi Aoki	Vice President, Global Human Capital Development
Masumi Natsusaka	President, Global Prestige Cosmetics & Global Premium Skin Care
William J. Gentner	President and Chief Executive Officer, Kao Brands Company
Katsuhiko Yoshida	President, Global Human Health Care Business
Naohisa Kure	Vice President, Global R&D (Beauty)
Mikio Nakano	Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, Kao Customer Marketing Co., Ltd. (Prestige Cosmetics)
Akira Yoshimatsu	Vice President, Global R&D (Fabric & Home Care and Chemical)