Executive Members
Board Directors
Chairman & Representative Director
Takayuki Iwai
Biography
| Apr. 1986 | Joined MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| Jun. 1991 | Mitsui & Co. Italia S.p.A. |
| Jun. 1995 | Office of Pharmaceutical and Medical Businesses, Life Science Business Department, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| Feb. 2003 | General Manager, Specialty Chemical Products Department, Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH |
| Dec. 2006 | Seconded to the Company Director and Group Manager, Corporate Planning Office |
| Jul. 2008 | Office of European Businesses, Agricultural Science Business Department, MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| Jul. 2011 | General Manager, Medical and Healthcare Business Div. II, Consumer Services Business Unit |
| Jul. 2017 | General Manager, the Americans Business Unit, the Consumer Service Business Goods Division, Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. |
| Oct. 2019 | Joined the Company Vice President & COO, General Manager of Research & Development Division |
| Oct. 2019 | President, General Manager of Research & Development Division |
| Dec. 2019 | President & CEO, General Manager of Research & Development Division |
| Jan. 2021 | Director, OLIC (Thailand) Limited (current position) |
| Oct. 2024 | Chairman & Representative Director (current position) |
President & CEO
Shuhei Morita
Biography
| Apr. 1998 | Joined Fujisawa-Fisons Co., Ltd. (Currently Sanofi K.K.) |
| Jun. 2003 | Joined GlaxoSmithKline plc. |
| Jul. 2009 | Joined Meiyu Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Sep. 2010 | Joined the Company |
| Oct. 2016 | Corporate Officer Senior Manager of Sales Department |
| Oct. 2018 | General Manager of Sales Division |
| Oct. 2019 | General Manager of Sales Division and General Manager of Strategic Marketing Planning Department |
| Oct. 2021 | Executive Corporate Officer |
| Oct. 2023 | General Manager, Corporate Planning Department |
| Oct. 2024 | President & CEO (current position) |
Director and Vice President
Toyoyuki Kamide
Biography
| Apr. 1987 | Joined Nomura Trading Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2000 | Joined the Company |
| Oct. 2000 | Group Manager, Corporate Planning Office |
| Dec. 2003 | Director |
| Oct. 2006 | Group Manager, Administration Department |
| Oct. 2010 | Senior Manager, Administration Department |
| Oct. 2012 | Director, OLIC (Thailand) Limited |
| Oct. 2013 | Seconded to OLIC (Thailand) Limited, Managing Director |
| Mar. 2015 | Corporate Officer, the Company |
| Oct. 2016 | Executive Corporate Officer |
| Oct. 2017 | General Manager of Corporate Headquarters Division, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department |
| Dec. 2017 | Director (current position) |
| Oct. 2019 | General Manager, Corporate Business Management Department |
| Oct. 2020 | General Manager, Supply Chain Management Department |
| Oct. 2021 | Vice President, Plant Manager of the Toyama Plant (current position) |
| Nov. 2021 | Director, OLIC (Thailand) Limited (current position) |
Director and Vice President
Satoshi Suzuki
Biography
| Apr. 1989 | Joined Eisai Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2002 | Director of Europe, Eisai Ltd. (currently Eisai Europe Ltd.) |
| Jun. 2004 | President, General Manager, Eisai S.A.S |
| Jun. 2010 | Head of Strategic Planning, Asia Division, Eisai China Inc. |
| Apr. 2011 | Vice President President, Eisai (Suzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. |
| Oct. 2012 | Head of Global Planning Department, Eisai Co., Ltd. |
| Dec. 2012 | Head of Management, Human Development Division, Talent Management Department |
| Jul. 2013 | Joined Irom Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (currently neo CritiCare Pharma Co., Ltd.) |
| Jan. 2014 | President and Representative Director |
| Apr. 2014 | Representative Director, YL Biologics Limited |
| Mar. 2016 | Joined Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Corporate Officer, Head of Asia Division |
| Apr. 2017 | Corporate Officer, Head of Corporate Development Division |
| Oct. 2017 | Senior Corporate Officer, Head of Corporate Development Division |
| Aug. 2022 | Joined the Company Vice President, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division (current position) |
| Dec. 2022 | Director (current position) |
Outside Director
Keiji Hirai
Biography
| Apr. 1972 | Joined KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2002 | Director, General Manager of Drug Discovery Research Headquarters Department |
| Jun. 2002 | Director, ActivX Biosciences, Inc. (SanDiego) |
| Jun. 2005 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Drug Discovery Research Headquarters Department, KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| Jan. 2006 | Director in charge of Intellectual Property, KYORIN Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2007 | Director, Senior Executive Officer in charge of Intellectual Property Director, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Research Headquarters, in charge of Intellectual Property, KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2008 | Director, Senior Executive Officer in charge of Research and Development and Intellectual Property, KYORIN Co., Ltd. Director, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Research Headquarters, in charge of Development Headquarters and Intellectual Property, KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2009 | Director, KYORIN Co., Ltd. Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters, in charge of Business Development, KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2012 | Director, Corporate Advisor, KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2013 | Corporate Advisor |
| Dec. 2016 | Outside Director, the Company (current position) |
| Jan. 2018 | Outside Director, Trans Chromosomics, Inc. |
| Jun. 2018 | Program Officer of Research Program on Emerging and Re- emerging Infectious Diseases, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) (current position) |
| May 2019 | Evaluation Committee Member, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) (current position) |
| Nov. 2022 | Visiting Professor, Omura Satoshi Memorial Institute, The Kitasato Institute, Kitasato University (current position) |
| Jun. 2023 | Visiting Professor, Organization for the Promotion of Research and Social Collaboration, University of Yamanashi, Organization for the Promotion of Research and Social Collaboration (current position) |
| Jun. 2024 | Advisor, Omura Memorial Research Flotilla for Microbial Resources (current position) |
Outside Director
Keiko Kiyama
Biography
| Apr. 1982 | Joined Trade Department of Sankosha Corporation |
| May 1986 | Joined Kosan Trading Co., Ltd. |
| May 1992 | Joined Uniscope Corporation (currently Uniscope Research and Development Corporation) |
| May 1993 | Joined GLOBAL LINK MANAGEMENT INC. |
| May 1994 | Co-founded Japan Emergency NGO (JEN) Regional Representative of the former Yugoslavia business |
| Apr. 2000 | Trustee |
| Jul. 2000 | Trustee and Secretary General |
| Apr. 2007 | Trustee, AKARUISHAKAIDUKURIUNDOU |
| Jun. 2007 | Trustee, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation |
| Apr. 2011 | Co-Chairperson and Executive Director, Japan Platform |
| Feb. 2014 | Board of Councilor, Global Fund for Education Assistance |
| Apr. 2016 | President of the board of Trustees, Japan Emergency NGO (JEN) |
| Apr. 2016 | Councilor, NHK International Broadcast Council |
| May 2016 | Director, Rikkyo Educational Corporation |
| Sept. 2016 | Advisory member, the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund |
| Sept. 2018 | Trustee and Secretary General, Trustees Japan Emergency NGO (JEN) (current position) |
| Jun. 2020 | Trustee, Global Fund for Education Assistance |
| Dec. 2020 | Outside Director, the Company (current position) |
Outside Director
Minoru Ozawa
Biography
| Apr. 1984 | Joined The Taiyo Kobe Bank Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) |
| Aug. 1994 | Chief Dealer of Spot USD/JPY Desk (in charge of Bank of Japan), Foreign Exchange and International Treasury Division (Tokyo), The Sakura Bank, Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) |
| Jan. 1995 | Member of Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market Practices Committee (currently Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market Committee) |
| Jul. 1997 | Head of Option Desk (Joint Head of Trading Group), Foreign Exchange and International Treasury Division (London), The Sakura Bank, Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) |
| Oct. 1997 | Head of Trading Group, Global Markets Trading Division (London), Investment Banking DC |
| Apr. 2001 | Head of Trading Group, Global Markets Trading Department (London), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| Jul. 2003 | Senior Manager, Financial Consulting Department |
| Oct. 2003 | Senior Manager, Private Banking Department |
| Jan. 2004 | Private Banker, Deputy General Manager, Private Banking Department |
| Jul. 2005 | Established Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialist Ozawa Legal Office Principal (current position) |
| Nov. 2007 | Joined UBS Wealth Management (UBS AG, Tokyo Branch) Director, Desk Head |
| Sept. 2010 | Joined FJ Planning Ltd. (currently FJP Ltd.) President and Chief Executive Officer (current position) |
| Jan. 2011 | Established Value Create Partners Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer (current position) |
| Apr. 2012 | Regular Member, General Incorporated Association Cosmos Institute of General Adult Guardianship Support Center (currently Public Interest Incorporated Association Cosmos Institute of General Adult Guardianship Support Center) (current position) |
| Oct. 2017 | Executive Partner, Takuwa (Japan) Corporation |
| Dec. 2019 | Joined The Seiichi Imai Memorial Foundation Managing Director and Secretary General (current position) |
| Mar. 2020 | Joined Image Plan Co., Ltd. President and CEO (current position) |
Outside Director
Kiyohisa Hirano
Biography
| Apr. 1986 | Joined Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2010 | President and CEO, Daiwa Quantum Capital Limited |
| Apr. 2013 | Director, Daiwa PI Partners Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2014 | Director, Daiwa Corporate Investment Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2020 | President and CEO |
| Oct. 2024 | Advisor, Link Partners Law Firm (current position) |
Outside Director
Reiko Kojima
Biography
| Mar. 2002 | Acquisition of physician's license, position in general hospital |
| May 2002 | Regular outpatient physician, department of psychosomatic medicine at general hospital, Company Physician, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. |
| Mar. 2010 | Doctor of Medicine |
| Apr. 2011 | Company Physician, MARUI GROUP CO., LTD. (current position) |
| Apr. 2014 | General Manager, Health Management Division |
| Apr. 2019 | Executive Officer |
| Apr. 2020 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Wellbeing Promotion Department |
| May 2021 | Executive Officer, General Manager and CWO (Chief Wellbeing Officer), Wellbeing Promotion Department |
| Jun. 2021 | Director, Executive Officer, and CWO, General Manager, Wellbeing Promotion Department |
| Apr. 2023 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, and CWO, General Manager, Wellbeing Promotion Department (current position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Full-Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Daiji Ojima
Biography
| Apr. 1987 | Joined The Hokuriku Bank, Ltd. |
| Jan. 2006 | Senior Deputy Branch Manager, Shinjuku Branch |
| Jun. 2007 | Branch Manager, Katsuyama Branch |
| Jan. 2009 | Senior Deputy Branch Manager, Takaoka Branch |
| Sep. 2010 | Branch Manager, Kanazawa Ekimae Branch |
| Apr. 2013 | Branch Manager, Fukumitsu Branch |
| Jan. 2015 | General Manager, Retail Promotion Office, Sales Promotion Department |
| Jun. 2016 | General Manager in charge of Retail Promotion Department |
| Jan. 2017 | Branch Manager, Takaoka Hirokoji Branch |
| Jun. 2019 | General Manager in charge of Regional Revitalization Department |
| Jun. 2020 | General Manager, Regional Revitalization Department |
| Aug. 2021 | Joined TOA Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. General Manager in charge of General Affairs, General Affairs Department, Management Division |
| Oct. 2021 | General Manager, General Affairs Department, Management Division |
| Oct. 2023 | Joined the Company |
| Dec. 2023 | ull-Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current position) |
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Fujiaki Mimura
Biography
| Apr. 1987 | Registered at the Tokyo Bar Association |
| Jun. 2000 | Established Sakai Mimura Law Office (Subsequently Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa Law Office (Foreign Law Joint Enterprise)) |
| Dec. 2003 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current position) |
| May 2009 | Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Fuji Electronics Co. |
| Apr. 2015 | Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Macnica- Fuji Electronics Co. Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Office (current position) |
| Sep. 2018 | Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, Sanko Marketing Foods Co., Ltd. (current position) |
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Miori Sagara
Biography
| Apr. 1992 | Joined the Sumitomo Corporation |
| 1995 | Enrolled as a temporary employee at Mitsubishi Corporation |
| 1999 | Joined IBJ Securities Co., Ltd. (Currently Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.) |
| Aug. 2003 | Joined Rheos Inc. (Currently Rheos Capital Works Inc.) |
| 2004 | Corporate Officer |
| Aug. 2007 | Director and Tokyo Branch Representative, Export Japan Inc. |
| Jul. 2010 | Established BAOBAB Inc. President & CEO (current position) |
| Apr. 2011 | Joined the National Institute Of Information and Communications Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency |
| Dec. 2019 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current position) |
Corporate Officers
| President | Shuhei Morita |
|---|---|
| Vice President/General Manager of the Corporate Management Division | Toyoyuki Kamide |
| Vice President/General Manager of the Corporate Strategy Division | Satoshi Suzuki |
| Managing Executive Officer/Manager of the Corporate Planning Department | Atsuya Mitsuhashi |
| Managing Executive Officer/General Manager of the Research & Development Division | Masayui Naganawa |
| Executive Officer/General Manager of the Production Division | Takahiro Nozaki |
| Executive Officer/Manager of the Corporate Business Management Department | Hiroshi Uji |
| Executive Officer/General Manager of the Regulatory Compliance Division | Kazuhisa Sakurai |
| Executive Officer/Manager of the Quality Control Department | Sachiko Matsuyama |
| Executive Officer/General Manager of the Medical Business Division | Hitoshi Yokoyama |
