Selection of Director Candidates and Audit and Supervisory Board Member Candidate

  • May 15, 2026
  • Kioxia Holdings Corporation

Kioxia Holdings Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, today announced its director candidates and its audit and supervisory board member candidate to be proposed at its annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in June 25, 2026.

1. Director Candidates

Name

Current Position

Hiroo Ota

President and CEO

New election

Stacy J. Smith

Director
Executive Chairman

Reelection

Yuji Sugimoto

Director

Reelection

Masashi Suekane

Director

Reelection

Hiroshi Suzuki*1

Director

Reelection

Michael R. Splinter*1

Director

Reelection

Emiko Higashi*1

-

New election

*1: Independent Outside Director Candidate

2. Audit and Supervisory Board Member Candidate

Name

Current Position

Chizuko Yamamoto*2

-

New election

*2: Independent Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member Candidate
Isao Morita and Shunsuke Nakahama, who are Audit and Supervisory Board Members, are not in the election period.

 

3. Career Summary of New Candidates

Name

Hiroo Ota

Career Summary

Apr. 1985
Joined Toshiba Corporation

Mar. 1991
Temporary transfer to Toshiba Electronics U.K.  (- Sep. 1994)

Apr. 2008
Senior Manager, Memory Application Engineering Dept., Memory Division, Semiconductor Company, Toshiba Corporation

Jun. 2015
Technology Executive of Memory Application Engineering, Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, Toshiba Corporation

Apr. 2017
Joined Toshiba Memory Corporation (now Kioxia Corporation), Technology Executive of Memory Application Engineering

Jan. 2021
Vice President of Memory Division

Jun. 2021
Executive Officer, Vice President of Memory Division

Jun. 2022
Managing Executive Officer, Vice President of Memory Division

Jun. 2023
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Vice President of Memory Division

Jun. 2024
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Kioxia Corporation
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Kioxia Holdings Corporation

Apr. 2026
President and CEO, Kioxia Corporation
President and CEO, Kioxia Holdings Corporation

Name

Emiko Higashi

Career Summary

Apr. 1981
Joined Mobil Sekiyu K.K. (now ENEOS Corporation)

Jan. 1982
Joined McKinsey & Co.

Aug. 1985
Joined Lehman Brothers

Feb. 1988
Director of Wasserstein Perella & Co.

May 1994
Managing Director of Merrill Lynch & Co.

Apr. 2000
CEO of Gilo Ventures, LLC

Jan. 2003
Managing Director of Tohmon Capital Partners, LLC (currently serving)

Jun. 2016
External Director of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (currently serving)

Jul. 2017
Director of Rambus Inc. (currently serving)

Jul. 2025
Committee Member of the General Meeting of  the Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (currently serving)

Ms. Higashi will leave the office of External Director of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in June, 2026.

Name

Chizuko Yamamoto

Career Summary

Apr. 1988
Joined Hiroshima Prefectural Government

Oct. 1992
Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)

Apr. 1996
Registered as Certified Public Accountant

Jul. 2010
Partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC

Jul. 2019
Permanent Officer of Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Tokyo Chapter

Oct. 2019
Member of Regulations and Institutions Committee of Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Jun. 2020
Principal of Chizuko Yamamoto CPA Office (currently serving)

Aug. 2020
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Ozu Corporation (currently serving)

Jun. 2021
Director of TOKYO ROPE MFG. CO., LTD. (currently serving)

Jun. 2023
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of TDK Corporation (currently serving)

4. Leaving Director and Audit and Supervisory Board Member

Name

Current Position

Nobuo Hayasaka

Representative Director

Koichi Hatano

Audit and Supervisory Board Member

Please refer to the “ Notice Regarding Change in Representative DirectorPDF” for information on the change in the Representative Director.

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