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MOL Establish Chief Country Representative of the Netherlands
- Aiming to Enhance Ties within MOL Group -

July 16, 2021

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced to establish "Chief Country Representative of the Netherlands" under the "Chief Executive Representatives of Europe, Africa", effective July 16, 2021.

[Nation and Name of Chief Country Representative]

Nation City Chief Country Representative
The Netherlands Tilburg Hiroki Sakaya

Duties of the new Chief Country Representative of the Netherlands will include analyzing social and economic situations in the EU area, which is taking the lead in responding to environmental issues, and enhancing MOL's information-gathering capabilities with the aim of pioneering and expanding businesses in the area based on the company's regional strategy and promoting the environmental strategy set forth in Rolling Plan 2021.

Sakaya concurrently serves as Chief Country Representative of the Netherlands and Managing Director of MOL Group company MOL Logistics Holding (Europe) B.V., and will work to pioneer businesses outside the realm of transport by developing group-wide, comprehensive capabilities in which are not limited to transport, by making the group's comprehensive capabilities in cooperation with the Chief Country Representative of Germany. The MOL Group will respond to new customers' needs in line with the times by drawing upon its broad-ranging regional network.

The organization chart of chief executive representatives, chief country representatives, and assistants to chief country representatives (effective July 16, 2021) is shown below (changes from July 16, 2021 are marked with (*)). In addition, the company continually enhances its regional operating structure.

North America/Central America/Caribbean
Executive Officer Hirotoshi Ushioku
Chief Executive Representative Katsumi Nagata
United States of America Katsumi Nagata
(Assistant) Giacomo Cassaro
Mexico Yasuhiro Mochizuki
South America
Executive Officer Hirotoshi Ushioku
Chief Executive Representative Toshitake Daigo
Brazil Toshitake Daigo
(Assistant) Ana Carolina Siniscalchi
Chile Takuya Fuchikami
Europe/Africa
Executive Officer Kenta Matsuzaka
Chief Executive Representative Tatsuro Watanabe
Germany Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
The Netherlands Hiroki Sakaya (*)
Turkey Satoshi Katada
(Assistant) Cem Kaya
Mozambique/South Africa Mitsuru Fukushima
Russia Kenji Yokoi 
Asia/Middle East/Oceania
Executive Officer Nobuo Shiotsu
Chief Executive Representative Masahiko Okubo
Singapore Masahiko Okubo
(Assistant) Terence Wong
Malaysia Ryuichiro Kijima
Myanmar Yutaka Sakanishi
Vietnam Yutaka Sakanishi
China/Taiwan Senji Tokumoto
Hong Kong Ryokichi Asai
South Korea Toru Fujii
(Assistant) Youngdeok Park
The Philippines Teiichiro Shinoda
Thailand Satoshi Yamaguchi
Indonesia Yo Ishizaki
India Koji Wada
(Assistant) Anand Jayaraman
U.A.E. Yutaka Ikeda
(Assistant) Sanjay Barodawala
Australia Hideyuki Irisawa