Ajinomoto Co., Inc. approved the following new structure for officers (Directors/Members of the Board and Executive Officers), which is to be inaugurated in late June 2021, at a Board of Directors meeting held on January 29, 2021, based on deliberation and reporting by its Nominating Advisory Committee, which is chaired by an Outside Director. The company announced the retiring directors and audit & supervisory board members, following are Masatoshi Ito - Chairman of the Board, Chairman of Member of the Board, Etsuhiro Takato - Member of the Board, Yasuo Saito - Outside Director, Yoichiro Togashi - Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Standing) and Shizuo Tanaka - Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Standing). The company announced the retiring corporate executive officers, following are Hiroyuki Kojima - Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), Management of R&D, General Manager, Research & Business Planning Dept., Haruo Kurata - Corporate Vice President, Hiroshi Motoyama - Corporate Vice President, Hiroharu Motohashi - Corporate Vice President, General Manager, ASEAN Division, Tatsuya Sato - Corporate Vice President, General Manager, North America Division, Masahiro Tani - Corporate Executive Officer, General Manager, Digital Transformation Dept. and Tadahiko Yokota - Corporate Executive Officer, General Manager, Specialty Chemicals Dept.