OREANDA-NEWS. May 30, 2011. NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) today announced its new board of 14 continuing directors and four new directors, who will take office immediately following their pending approval at the Twelfth Annual Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled on June 17, 2011.

The four new candidates are indicated with an asterisk and their current positions in parentheses.

President and CEO
 Akira Arima

Senior Executive Vice Presidents
 Shinobu Umino
 Sadao Maki

Executive Vice Presidents
 *Jun Sawada (Senior Vice President)
 *Takao Maezawa (Senior Vice President)

Senior Vice Presidents
 Toshiharu Hasebe
 Koichi Furukawa
 Masahiro Wakai
 Ryuichi Hara
 Tetsuya Funabashi
 Katsumi Nakata
 Atsushi Ichihoshi
 *Masayoshi Hosokawa (General Manager, Enterprise Sales Division II)
 Hiromi Wasai
 *Kouji Ito (Head of IR, Finance and Accounting Department, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
Statutory Auditors1
 Tetsuo Nakayama
 Koji Kainuma
 Hideaki Sato

 The outgoing board members2 are as follows:
Outgoing Executive Vice President
 Toshimune Okihara (scheduled to join NTT ComTechnology Corporation)
Outgoing Senior Vice President
 Hirotaka Sato

Note 1: Statutory Auditors concurrently will serve as external board members of NTT Communications.

Note 2: Outgoing board members will resign at the end of the Twelfth Annual General Shareholders' Meeting on June 17, 2011.