About DAICELDirectors & Senior Management
Directors
(As of June 21, 2019)
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
| April 1979 | Joined Daicel Corporation |
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| June 2006 | Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation Deputy Head of Corporate Support Center, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2008 | Head of Raw Material Purchasing Center, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2010 | President, Daicel Corporation President and CEO, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2019 | Chairman of Board of Directors, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
- Chairman of the Management Advisory 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 (incumbent) |
| 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
- Member of the Management Advisory 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 (incumbent) |
| June 2019 | Representative Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Management Advisory Committee
| April 1982 | Joined Daicel Corporation |
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| June 2012 | President of Cellulose Company, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2014 | Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation Head of Raw Material Purchasing Center, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2017 | Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| June 2019 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Member of the Management Advisory Committee
| April 1984 | Joined Daicel Corporation |
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| February 2015 | Deputy General Manager of R&D Headquarters, Daicel Corporation |
| June 2015 | Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| June 2019 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
- Chairman 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
| April 2005 | President of Nippon Life Insurance Company |
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| June 2010 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Daicel Corporation |
| April 2011 | Chairman of Nippon Life Insurance Company |
| April 2018 | Director and Consultant of Nippon Life Insurance Company |
| June 2018 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
| July 2018 | Consultant of Nippon Life Insurance Company (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 (incumbent) |
| 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. (incumbent) |
| June 2019 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
(As of June 21, 2019)
| Yuji Iguchi | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
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| Shinji Fujita | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| Toshio Takano | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Attorney at Law, Takano Law Office |
| Ryo Ichida | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Certified Public Accountant, Tax Accountant, Ryo Ichida Certified Public Accountant Office |
| Junichi Mizuo | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member President of MIZUO Compliance & Governance Research Office, Honorary Professor of Surugadai University |
Executive Officers
(As of April 1, 2020)
President and CEO
Yoshimi Ogawa
Senior Managing Executive Officer
| Yasuhiro Sakaki | General Manager, Strategic Planning Headquarters Responsible for Safety SBU and Healthcare SBU Chairman, Daicel Safety Systems Americas, Inc. |
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Managing Executive Officers
| Kotaro Sugimoto | General Manager, Corporate Support Headquarters Responsible for Corporate Compliance Program |
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| Hisanori Imanaka | Responsible for Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Sustainability Responsible for Raw Material Purchasing Center |
| Dieter Heckmann | Company President, CPI Company Chairman & President, Chiral Technologies Europe S.A.S. Chairman, Chiral Technologies, Inc. Chairman, Daicel Chiral Technologies (China) Co., Ltd Chairman, Daicel Chiral Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. |
| Hidekage Kojima | Responsible for Material SBU and Smart SBU |
| Takashi Ueno | General Manager, Production Management Headquarters Company President, Chain Production Company |
| Naohide Hakushi | General Manager, Himeji Production Sector, Chain Production Company General Manager, Aboshi Plant, Himeji Production Sector President, Kyodo Sakusan Co., Ltd. Responsible for MAC-C plant and 1,3BG plant construction projects |
Executive Officers
| Akihisa Takabe | General Manager, Innovation and Business Development Headquarters Responsible for Intellectual Property Center Responsible for Quality Management Division |
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| Satoshi Sakamoto | Assistant General Manager, Innovation and Business Development Headquarters Invited Professor, Osaka University |
| Yukio Yoshino | President, Daicel Value Coating Ltd. |
| Yasuo Tsuji | General Manager, Arai Plant, Chain Production Company President, Daicel Arai Chemical Ltd. |
| Mikio Yagi | Responsible for Aerospace & Defense Systems, Safety SBU |
| Naotaka Kawaguchi | Head, Safety SBU Chairman, Daicel Safety Systems (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. Chairman, Daicel Safety Technologies (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. |
| Kouichi Maruyama | President, Daicel Polymer Ltd. Chairman, Shanghai Daicel Polymer Ltd. |
| Hitoshi Hayashi | Head, Material SBU Chairman, Daicel Nanning Food Ingredients Co., Ltd. |
| Ikuo Takahashi | Head, Innovation Park Deputy General Manager, Innovation and Business Development Headquarters Head, Corporate Research Center, Innovation and Business Development Headquarters |
| Masaaki Fujio | General Manager, Kanzaki Plant, Multiple Production Company |
| Takashi Iiyama | Responsible for Digital Strategy Division Responsible for Responsible Care Responsible for Engineering Center Deputy General Manager, Production Management Headquarters Assistant General Manager, Innovation and Business Development Headquarters |
| Akio Kojima | Head, Smart SBU |
| Haruyoshi Tashika | General Manager, Ohtake Plant, Chain Production Company |