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Board of Directors

Directors

Atsuhiro Wakumoto

Member of the Board
President
Representative Director

Atsuhiro Wakumoto

Profile
Date of Birth
March 15, 1957
1979
Joined the Company
2008
General Manager of Global Business Division, Safety Systems Group
2010
General Manager of Marketing Division, Safety Systems Group
2012
Director
2016
Member of the Board
2018
Member of the Board, Head of Safety Systems Group
2019
President, Representative Director (current)
Tomoo Shibuya

Member of the Board
Representative Executive Vice President

Tomoo Shibuya

Profile
Date of Birth
December 15, 1957
1980
Joined the Company
2005
General Manager of Public Relations & Investor Relations Division, Strategic Corporate Planning Group
2006
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, Strategic Corporate Planning Group
2007
Vice President of LifeSpark Inc.
2010
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, Strategic Corporate Planning Group
2013
Director
2017
Member of the Board, Head of Strategic Corporate Planning Group, Head of Research & Development Group, Head of Agrochemicals Division
2018
Member of the Board, Head of Financial Group, General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division
2019
Member of the Board, Head of Financial Group
2021
Representative Director, Head of Strategic Corporate Planning Group, Head of Agrochemicals Division
2023
Representative Director, In charge of Human Resources Division, Purchasing Division, Legal Affairs Division, General Affairs Division, and Secretarial Division (current)
Yoshimi Inoue

Member of the Board
Senior Managing Director

Yoshimi Inoue

Profile
Date of Birth
January 2, 1958
1980
Joined the Company
2007
General Manager of R&D Planning Division, Research & Development Group
2011
General Manager of Functional Chemicals R&D Laboratories, Research & Development Group
2016
Director
General Manager of Functional Chemicals R&D Laboratories, Functional Chemicals Group
2017
General Manager of Planning & Coordination Division, Functional Chemicals Group
2019
Managing Director
Head of Technical Operation Group
2020
Head of Research & Development Group
2021
Senior Managing Director
2023
Member of the Board, In charge of Technology Unit (current)
Yoshitsugu Ishida

Member of the Board Senior Managing Director

Yoshitsugu Ishida

Profile
Date of Birth
September 8, 1958
1981
Joined the Company
2010
General Manager of Planning & Coordination Division, Safety Systems Group
2016
Director
2018
General Manager of Strategic Planning Division, Safety Systems Group
2019
Member of the Board, Head of Safety Systems Group
2021
Member of the Board, Head of Financial Group, Executive Lead of Safety Systems Group
2021
Member of the Board, Head of Financial Group
2023
Member of the Board, In charge of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Communications Division, Finance & Accounting Division, and Information Systems Division (current)
Masatomi Akezuma

Member of the Board Managing Director

Masatomi Akezuma

Profile
Date of Birth
March 17, 1961
1986
Joined the Company
2010
Chairman & General Manager of KAYAKU CHEMICAL (WUXI) CO.,LTD.
2014
General Manager of Functional Materials Division, Functional Chemicals Group
2017
Director
2020
President & General Manager of Development Division of Polatechno Co.,Ltd.
General Manager of Polatechno Division, Functional Chemicals Group
2021
Member of the Board, Head of Functional Chemicals Group
2023
Member of the Board, In charge of Fine Chemicals Business Unit (current)
Shigeyuki Kawamura

Member of the Board Managing Director

Shigeyuki Kawamura

Profile
Date of Birth
June 30, 1963
1987
Joined the Company
2016
Chairman & General Manager of Kayaku Safety Systems (Huzhou) Co., Ltd.
2020
Director
General Manager of Strategic Planning Division, Safety Systems Group
2021
Deputy Director, General Manager of Strategic Planning Division, Safety Systems Group
2021
Senior Director
Head of Safety Systems Group
2022
Managing Director
2023
Member of the Board, In charge of Mobility & Imaging Business Unit, Head of Safety Systems Group (current)
Yo Ota

Member of the Board Outside Director

Yo Ota

Profile
Date of Birth
October 3, 1967
1993
Registered lawyer. Joined Nishimura Tokiwa Law office
2001
Registered lawyer in New York State, USA
2004
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
2005
Outside Director, Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
2007
Partner of Nishimura ＆ Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) (current)
2016
Member of the Board, Outside Director (current)
2017
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board , Ricoh Co.,Ltd. (current)
Yasuyuki Fujishima

Member of the Board Outside Director

Yasuyuki Fujishima

Profile
Date of Birth
March 25, 1947
1969
Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
1997
Representative of the Economic Planning Agency to the Policy Board of Bank of Japan
1998
Japan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Panama, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002
Outside Director, Wacom Co., Ltd.
2005
Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sojitz Corp.
2008
Executive Vice President, Sojitz Corp.
2010
President & Representative Director, Mutual Service Aid Guarantee Corporation
2016
Member of the Board, Outside Director (current)
2017
President & Representative Director, Ceremonial Occasions Research Institute, Inc.
2018
Director, Human Resources Development & Employment Organization (current)
Seiichi Fusamura

Member of the Board Outside Director

Seiichi Fusamura

Profile
Date of Birth
March 18, 1947
1971
Assistant judge of Kyoto District Court
1998
General Manager of Judicial Research Department, Ministry of Justice
2001
Director-General of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
2006
Chief of Saitama District Court
2009
Chief of Sendai High Court
2011
Chief of Nagoya High Court
2012
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Lawyer registration
2013
Chairman of Public Security Examination Commission
Chairman of Tokyo Metropolitan Labor Relations Commission
2016
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board, The Bank of Yokohama,Ltd.
2020
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board, Concordia Financial Group, Ltd. (current)
Member of the Board, Outside Director (current)
Ikuko Akamatsu

Member of the Board Outside Director

Ikuko Akamatsu

Profile
Date of Birth
February 27, 1968
1995
Joined Showa Ota & Co. (presently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) (Left in October 2010)
1997
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
2008
Registered as Certified Fraud Examiner
2010
Chief Researcher, Management Training and Consulting Division, Institute of Management, SANNO University
2019
Senior Researcher, Management Training and Consulting Division, Institute of Management, SANNO University
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Shinsei Bank, Limited (presently SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited) (current)
Board Director, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (current)
2020
Outside Director of CAWACHI LIMITED
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (current)
2022
Outside Director of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co.,Ltd.(current)
2023
Member of the Board, Outside Director (current)

Audit & Supervisory Board
Members

Megumi Machida

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Megumi Machida

Profile
Date of Birth
March 26, 1961
1985
Joined the Company
2015
Manager of Development Management Department, Pharmaceuticals Group
2018
Manager of R&D Management Department, Pharmaceuticals Group
2020
General Manager of Regional Administration Division, Administration Group
General Manager of Tokyo Research Administration Office
2021
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
Yoichiro Wada

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yoichiro Wada

Profile
Date of Birth
February 18, 1962
1984
Joined the Company
2017
Managing Director of Kayaku Safety Systems Malaysia Sdn.Bhd.
2019
General Manager of Purchasing Division, Administration Group
2022
General Manager of Audit Division
2023
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current)
Katsuji Higashi

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Katsuji Higashi

Profile
Date of Birth
November 27, 1952
1981
Registered as certified public accountant and joined Ohta Tetsuzo Auditing Company Office
2001
Representative Partner of Shinnihon Auditing Company (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC.)
2014
Established accounting firm (current)
2016
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
2019
Auditor of Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (current)
Yasuhiro Osaki

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yasuhiro Osaki

Profile
Date of Birth
September 14, 1954
1985
Assistant Professor, School of Law, Waseda University
1992
Professor, School of Law, Waseda University (current)
2010
Outside Director, NBC Meshtec Inc.
2016
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)
Ichiro Wakasa

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Ichiro Wakasa

Profile
Date of Birth
January 1, 1955
1977
Joined Meiji Life Insurance Company (currently Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company)
2014
Member of the Board and Deputy President of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
2018
Outside Director of The Hyakugo Bank,Ltd.
2021
Representative Director and Chairman of Meiji Yasuda System Technology Company Limited
2022
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current)

Executive Directors

  • President

    Atsuhiro Wakumoto

  • Executive Vice President　
    In charge of Human Resources Division, Purchasing Division, Legal Affairs Division, General Affairs Division, and Secretarial Division

    Tomoo Shibuya

  • Senior Managing Director　
    In charge of Technology Unit

    Yoshimi Inoue

  • Senior Managing Director　
    In charge of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Communications Division, Finance & Accounting Division, and Information Systems Division

    Yoshitsugu Ishida

  • Managing Director　
    In charge of Fine Chemicals Business Unit

    Masatomi Akezuma

  • Managing Director　
    In charge of Mobility & Imaging Business Unit, Head of Safety Systems Group

    Shigeyuki Kawamura

  • Managing Director　
    In charge of Life Science Business Unit, Head of Pharmaceuticals Group

    Hiroshi Shimada

  • Senior Director　
    Head of Functional Materials Group, Fine Chemicals Business Unit

    Shinji Inoue

  • Senior Director　
    General Manager of Human Resources Division

    Makoto Takeda

  • Senior Director　
    Head of Agrochemicals Group, Life Science Business Unit

    Yasuhito Kato

  • Director　
    General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division

    Tsutomu Kawamura

  • Director　
    ＫＡＭ President & CEO

    Kenichiro Yoshioka

  • Director　
    Chairman & General Manager of Kayaku Safety Systems (Huzhou) Co., Ltd.

    Takumi Fujita

  • Director　
    Head of Polatechno Group, Mobility & Imaging Business Unit

    Hideyuki Yuya

  • Director　
    General Manager of Environmental Protection & Safety Division, Technology Unit

    Yoshinori Kato

  • Director　
    Head of Color Materials Group, Fine Chemicals Business Unit

    Tadayuki Kiyoyanagi

  • Director　
    General Manager of Agrochemicals Laboratories, Manager of Biology Group, Agrochemicals Group, Life Science Business Unit

    Seiichiro Kodama

  • Director　
    General Manager of Tokyo Plant

    Yoshiki Akatani

  • Director　
    General Manager of Quality & Pharmacovigilance Division, Manager of Regulatory Affairs Department, Pharmaceuticals Group, Life Science Business Unit

    Yuko Nagai

  • Director　
    General Manager of Pharmaceuticals Technical Operations Division, Pharmaceuticals Group, Life Science Business Unit

    Atsurou Inubushi

  • Director　
    General Manager of Planning & Coordination Division, Mobility & Imaging Business Unit

    Shigeru Maeda

  • Director　
    General Manager of Catalysts Group, Fine Chemicals Business Unit

    Shigehide Kagaya

  • Director　
    General Manager of Corporate Planning Division

    Masako Aono

  • Director　
    General Manager of Business Development Division, Pharmaceuticals Group, Life Science Business Unit

    Tsuyoshi Kuboyama

  • Director　
    General Manager of Specialty Chemicals, International & IVD Division, Pharmaceuticals Group, Life Science Business Unit

    Atsuya Saimoto

  • Director　
    General Manager of Fine Chemicals R & D Laboratories, Fine Chemicals Business Unit

    Kazuhiko Ishii

  • Director　
    General Manager of Information Systems Division

    Hajime Suetsugu

  • Director　
    General Manager of Fukuyama Plant, Fine Chemicals Business Unit

    Shuichi Kobayashi

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