PROFILE

Claire is Managing Executive Officer of ITOCHU Corporation(“Itochu”), a Fortune Global 500 company headquartered in Japan, and President & CEO of ITOCHU International Inc., a subsidiary of Itochu in New York, overseeing North America. Before assuming her position in New York, she was General
Counsel of Itochu, and prior to that, a partner with an international law firm.

In 2013, she became the first female executive officer of any major trading company in Japan. Claire has received several recognitions, including from the World Economic Forum (Young Global Leader), Yale University(Yale World Fellow), Asia Society(Asia 21) and the U.S. Japan Foundation (USJLP Fellow). She has also been recognized in legal community as a “Top 25 InHouse Counsel in Asia” (Asia
Legal Business), “Asia Pacific’s Innovative Lawyer” (Financial Times), and “FT Global General Counsel 30 (Financial Times), and has received a “Transformative Leader” award(Inside Counsel). Most recently,
the California Lawyers Association recognized her as the 8th Annual Warren M.Christopher International Lawyer of the Year (2018).

She is a graduate of Smith College (B.A. cum laude) and Cornell Law School (J.D.), where she serves on the advisory board. She is a classically trained singer and gives solo performances from time to time.