Toshiba board nominees risk criticism for activist tilt: director

Mariko Watahiki points to lack of balance among competing interests in rare public objection

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Mariko Watahiki said she wanted shareholders to know why she opposed the board nominees from Farallon Capital Management and Elliott Management. (Nikkei montage: Photos by Reuters, Manami Yamada)

TAKAYUKI YAO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- An outside director at troubled Japanese industrial group Toshiba said she opposed board nominees representing activist hedge funds because she feared that the body would be seen as biased in favor of a few big shareholders.

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