Masaaki Tsuya

Mr. Masaaki Tsuya-San served as the Chief Executive Officer of Bridgestone Corp., since March 2012. Mr. Tsuya-San served as Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Human Rights Officer, Chief Risk-Management Officer, Vice President and Senior Officer of Bridgestone Corp. Mr. Tsuya-San has been Director of Division of International Relations & Licenses of Bridgestone Corporation Co., Ltd. since July 2004. Mr. Tsuya-San served as Director of Internal Auditing Office, Office of Group Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Bridgestone Corp. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Bridgestone Corp. He served as the Chairman of Bridgestone Americas, Inc. from January 1, 2011 to March 17, 2011 and serves as its Director. He serves as Director of Inoue Rubber Vietnam Co., Ltd. Mr. Tsuya-San served as an Independent Director of Inoue Rubber Thailand Public Co. Ltd. from January 2001 to November 2009. Mr. Tsuya-San holds a B.A. (Economics) Hitotsubashi University, Japan and M.B.A. (International Business) The University of Chicago