About DAICELDirectors & Senior Management
Directors
(As of June 19, 2020)

- 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 | Chairperson of Board of Directors, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |


- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
- Chairperson 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 |
June 2019 | Representative Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |
June 2020 | Managing Executive Officer, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |


- Member of the Management Advisory Committee
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) |


- Member of the Management Advisory Committee
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) |
April 2020 | Special Advisor to the President of Tsuda University (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) |


- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
March 2010 | Representative Director and Senior Managing Director 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 (incumbent) |
June 2020 | Director, Daicel Corporation (incumbent) |

Audit & Supervisory Board Members
(As of June 19, 2020)
Shinji Fujita | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
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Hisanori Imanaka | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
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 Representative Director and Chairperson of the Japan Compliance & Governance Institute |
Hideo Makuta | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Registered as attorney (Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association), Advisor of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
Executive Officers
(As of July 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 Responsible for Raw Material Purchasing Center |
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Kotaro Sugimoto | General Manager, Corporate Support Headquarters Responsible for Corporate Compliance Program |
Hidekage Kojima | Responsible for Material SBU and Smart SBU |
Managing Executive Officers
Dieter Heckmann | Company President, CPI Company Chairperson & President, Chiral Technologies Europe S.A.S. Chairperson, Chiral Technologies, Inc. Chairperson, Daicel Chiral Technologies (China) Co., Ltd Chairperson, Daicel Chiral Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. |
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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 |
Akihisa Takabe | General Manager, Innovation and Business Development Headquarters Responsible for Intellectual Property Center Responsible for Quality Management Division |
Naotaka Kawaguchi | Head, Safety SBU Chairperson, Daicel Safety Systems (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. Chairperson, Daicel Safety Technologies (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. Chairperson, Daicel Safety Systems Americas, Inc. |
Executive Officers
Yukio Yoshino | Responsible for Corporate Sustainability |
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Yasuo Tsuji | Plant General Manager, Arai Plant, Chain Production Company President, Daicel Arai Chemical Ltd. |
Mikio Yagi | Responsible for Aerospace & Defense Systems, Safety SBU |
Kouichi Maruyama | Assistant to Managing Executive Officer responsible for Material SBU Chairperson, Shanghai Daicel Polymers, Ltd. |
Hitoshi Hayashi | Head, Material SBU Chairperson, 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 | Head, Responsible Care |
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 | Plant General Manager, Ohtake Plant, Chain Production Company |
Seiji Yamakado | Head, Customer Center |
Hiroyasu Yamaguchi | Head, Engineering Center |
Nobuhiko Ikeda | Company President, Multiple Production Company Plant General Manager, Harima Plant, Multiple Production Company Division Manager, Global Operation Management, Mobility BU, Safety SBU |
Kazuya Kurosawa | President, Daicel Miraizu Ltd. General Manager, Business Strategy, Daicel Miraizu Ltd. |