MOL announces new Chairman, President and Vice Presidents

TOKYO : Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that at the Board of Directors meeting on December 19, the following appointments were approved, effective April 1, 2026: Chairman, President, and Vice Presidents.

Junichiro Ikeda: Director

Takeshi Hashimoto: Representative Director, Chairman of the Board

Jotaro Tamura: President (Chief Executive Officer)

Hisashi Umemura: Executive Vice President Executive Officer (Chief Operating Officer)

Kazuya Hamazaki: Representative Director, Executive Vice President Executive Officer (Chief Financial Officer).

Junichiro Ikeda will retire as Director upon the expiration of his term at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 25, 2026(planned), and will assume the position of Corporate Advisor. Takeshi Hashimoto will be appointed as Chairman of the Board, without representative authority on June 25, 2026(planned).

Furthermore, Jotaro Tamura and Hisashi Umemura will be appointed as Representative Directors following resolutions at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 25, 2026(planned), and the subsequent Board of Directors meeting.