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 June 22, 2022)
| 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), Advisor of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
| 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 August 1, 2022)
President and CEO
| Yoshimi Ogawa | Responsible for Research Center Responsible for Advanced Materials & Packaging Institute Responsible for Life Sciences Business Division 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 |
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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 President and CEO, Polyplastics Co., Ltd. |
Managing Executive Officers
| Akihisa Takabe | General Manager, Assessment Headquarters Responsible for Intellectual Property Center |
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| Naotaka Kawaguchi | General Manager, Production Management Headquarters Responsible for Innovation and Business Development Headquarters Responsible for Biomass Innovation Center Responsible for Monozukuri Production Innovation Center Responsible for Chain Production Company and Multiple Production Company |
| Masamichi Mitsuuchi | Responsible for Engineering Center |
| Takashi Miyamoto | Responsible for Material SBU Head of Material SBU Responsible for Smart SBU |
Executive Officers
| Hitoshi Hayashi | Division Manager, Assessment Promotion, Assessment Headquarters Deputy General Manager, Assessment Headquarters |
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| Masaaki Fujio | Division Manager, Responsible Care, Assessment Headquarters |
| Akio Kojima | Head of Smart SBU |
| Haruyoshi Tashika | Plant General Manager, Ohtake Plant, Chain Production Company Head of Chain Production Company |
| Seiji Yamakado | President, Daicel Miraizu Ltd. Chairperson, Shanghai Daicel Polymers,Ltd. |
| Nobuhiko Ikeda | Plant General Manager, Harima Plant, Multiple Production Company Head of Multiple Production Company |
| Kazuya Kurosawa | Representative Director, Polyplastics Co., Ltd. Vice-President Executive Officer Deputy General Manager, Performance Materials Headquarters, Daicel Corporation |
| Kei Yamane | Head of Research Center |
| Takaharu Takikawa | Head of Engineering Center |
| Yoichi Nemoto | Deputy General Manager, Corporate Support Headquarters |
| Seiji Sakano | General Manager, Life Sciences Business Division |
| 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 Head of Biomass Innovation Center |
| Ryohei Yamada | Head of Safety SBU Chairperson, Daicel Safety Systems (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. Chairperson, Daicel Safety Technologies (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. Chairperson, Daicel Safety Systems Americas, Inc. |