About DAICELDirectors & Senior Management
Directors
(As of July 5, 2022)
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| April 1983 | Joined Daicel Corporation |
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| April 2002 | Head of Business Process Innovation, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2006 | Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation Vice President of Aerospace & Defense Systems/Safety Systems Company, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2009 | Head of Production Technology, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2011 | Director, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2013 | Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2017 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2019 | President, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) President and CEO, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| April 1984 | Joined Daicel Corporation |
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| June 2011 | Head of Raw Material Purchasing Center, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2014 | Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation Representative Director and President of Daicel Logistics Service Co., Ltd. |
| June 2017 | Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2019 | Representative Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| June 2020 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| April 1984 | Joined Daicel Corporation |
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| June 2012 | President of Organic Chemical Products Company, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2014 | Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2016 | President of Aerospace & Defense Systems/Safety Systems Company, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2017 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2019 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| June 2020 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| April 1984 | Joined Daicel Corporation |
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| June 2008 | Representative Director and President, Daicel Safety Systems Inc. |
| April 2014 | Head, Central Research Center of Daicel Corporation Head, Corporate Research Center of R&D Headquarters of Daicel Corporation |
| February 2015 | Deputy General Manager of R&D Headquarters, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2015 | Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2019 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| June 2020 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Chairperson of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| April 2005 | Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Astellas Pharma Inc. |
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| June 2006 | President & CEO and Representative Director of Astellas Pharma Inc. |
| June 2011 | Chairman and Representative Director of Astellas Pharma Inc. |
| June 2016 | Retired from Chairman and Representative Director of Astellas Pharma Inc. |
| June 2017 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| June 2005 | Director President (Representative Director) of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. Chairman of the Board (Representative Director) of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
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| April 2017 | Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| June 2017 | Advisor of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| June 2018 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| October 2018 | Honorary Advisor of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| November 1993 | Director and Vice President of IBJ International Plc., U.K. securities subsidiary of The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited |
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| March 2002 | Executive Officer of IBJ Leasing Company, Limited |
| January 2006 | Director (General Manager of Administration Division) of Yuki Management & Research Co., Ltd. |
| March 2011 | Managing Director and Managing Executive Officer of FUJITA KANKO INC. (Chief of Planning Group and Deputy Chief of Business Operations Division) |
| April 2017 | Special Advisor to the President (Chief Strategy Officer) of Tsuda University |
| June 2019 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| April 2010 | President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer of Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. |
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| April 2014 | Presidential Executive Officer of Asahi Kasei Corp. |
| June 2014 | President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer of Asahi Kasei Corp. |
| April 2016 | Director and Standing Advisor of Asahi Kasei Corp. |
| June 2016 | Standing Advisor of Asahi Kasei Corp. |
| June 2019 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| March 2010 | Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Nippon Life Insurance Company |
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| March 2012 | Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Nippon Life Insurance Company |
| July 2016 | Representative Director and Vice Chairman of Nippon Life Insurance Company |
| June 2020 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| April 1988 | Assistant Portfolio Manager of Credit Suisse Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. |
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| April 1990 | Senior Analyst of SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (currently SPARX Group Co., Ltd.) |
| May 1996 | Senior Research Analyst of The Dreyfus Corporation |
| December 1999 | Vice President of Fiduciary Trust Company International |
| September 2000 | Partner of INTELLASSET, INC. |
| November 2004 | Partner of Worldeye Capital Inc. |
| June 2006 | Vice President of Olympus Capital Holdings Asia |
| July 2010 | Managing Director of Daiwa Quantum Capital Limited |
| October 2014 | Member of the Board of KADOKAWA DWANGO Corporation (currently KADOKAWA Corporation) Member of the Board of DWANGO Co., Ltd. |
| July 2020 | Outside Director of NTN Corporation (incumbent) |
| June 2021 | Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of DREAM INCUBATOR INC. (incumbent) |
| September 2021 | Managing Director of IA Partners Inc. (incumbent) |
| June 2022 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
(As of March 1, 2023)
| Shinji Fujita | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
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| Hisanori Imanaka | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| Junichi Mizuo | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Representative Director and Chairperson of the Japan Compliance & Governance Institute Honorary Professor of Surugadai University Executive Director of Japan Society of Business Ethics |
| Hideo Makuta | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Registered as attorney (Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association), Lawyer of Ginza chuo Law Office |
| Hisae Kitayama | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Representative of Kitayama Public Accounting Office, Certified Public Accountant Outside Director of Tsubakimoto Chain Co. Outside Director of EBARA CORPORATION (Member of the Audit Committee) |
Executive Officers
(As of April 1, 2023)
President and CEO
| Yoshimi Ogawa | Responsible for Research Center Responsible for Advanced Materials & Packaging Institute Executive Consultant, Polyplastics Co., Ltd. |
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Senior Managing Executive Officers
| Yasuhiro Sakaki | General Manager, Corporate Planning & Strategy Headquarters General Manager, SCM Headquarters Responsible for Safety SBU Responsible for Healthcare SBU Responsible for Material SBU |
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| Kotaro Sugimoto | General Manager, Corporate Support Headquarters Responsible for Corporate Compliance Program Responsible for Corporate Sustainability Responsible for Digital Strategy Division |
| Toshio Shiwaku | General Manager, Performance Materials Headquarters Responsible for Innovation and Business Development Headquarters |
| Akihisa Takabe | General Manager, Assessment Headquarters Responsible for Safety and Quality Assurance Headquarters Responsible for Intellectual Property Center |
| Naotaka Kawaguchi | General Manager, Production Management Headquarters Head of Biomass Innovation Center Responsible for Engineering Center Responsible for Monozukuri Production Innovation Center |
Managing Executive Officers
| Takashi Miyamoto | President and CEO, Polyplastics Co., Ltd. |
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| Kei Yamane | Head of Research Center Responsible for Smart SBU Responsible for Life Sciences SBU |
Executive Officers
| Hitoshi Hayashi | Division Manager, Assessment Promotion, Assessment Headquarters Deputy General Manager, Assessment Headquarters |
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| Akio Kojima | Head of Smart SBU |
| Haruyoshi Tashika | General Manager, Safety and Quality Assurance Headquarters |
| Seiji Yamakado | President, Daicel Miraizu Ltd. Chairperson, Shanghai Daicel Polymers,Ltd. |
| Nobuhiko Ikeda | Plant General Manager, Arai Plant President, Daicel Arai Chemical Ltd. |
| Kazuya Kurosawa | Division Manager, Business Strategy, Material SBU Head of Material SBU |
| Takaharu Takikawa | Head of Engineering Center |
| Yoichi Nemoto | Deputy General Manager, Corporate Support Headquarters |
| Seiji Sakano | Head of Life Sciences SBU |
| Masahiko Hirokawa | Division Manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, Corporate Support Headquarters Deputy General Manager, Corporate Support Headquarters |
| Mitsuteru Mutsuda | General Manager, Innovation and Business Development Headquarters Assistant Head of Biomass Innovation Center |
| Ryohei Yamada | Division Manager, Medical Device Division, Life Sciences SBU Deputy Head of Life Sciences SBU |
| Hiroshi Iwase | Deputy Head of Smart SBU |