Management Team

Directors

Hiroyuki Horiuchi
President and Representative Director

Career Background

Date of Birth March 21, 1962
Apr. 1984 Joined the Company
Oct. 2010 General Manager of Hiroshima Branch
Apr. 2014 General Manager of Osaka Branch
Jul. 2015 Corporate Officer
Apr. 2016 General Manager of Marketing & Sales Department
Jun. 2016 Director
Apr. 2017 Chief Officer of Marketing & Sales Division
Jun. 2018 Managing Director
Jun. 2020 President and Representative Director (to present)

Masahiro Matsuura
Director

Career Background

Date of Birth August 19, 1969
Apr. 1994 Joined the Company
Apr. 2016 General Manager of Corporate Planning & Coordination Department
Jul. 2018 Corporate Officer
Jun. 2020 Director (to present)

Minoru Ohta
Director

Career Background

Date of Birth December 19, 1958
Apr. 1982 Joined The Norinchukin Bank
Jun. 2007 General Manager of Nagoya Branch, The Norinchukin Bank
Jul. 2009 General Manager of JA Bank System Management Division, The Norinchukin Bank
Jun. 2010 Representative Director and President of Kyodo Housing Loan Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2012 Managing Director of The Norinchukin Bank
Jun. 2014 Advisor of Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Aug. 2014 Managing Director of Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
Aug. 2017 Representative Director and President of Nochu Business Support, Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2020 Director of the Company (to present)

Masashi Suzudo
Director

Career Background

Date of Birth August 12, 1962
Apr. 1985 Joined The Fuji Bank, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Sep. 2009 President of ZAO Mizuho Corporate Bank (Moscow)
Apr. 2014 General Manager, Global Career Management Division, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Apr. 2016 Joined the Company
Apr. 2018 General Manager of General Affairs Department
Jul. 2019 Corporate Officer
Apr. 2020 General Manager of Corporate Planning & Coordination Department (to present)
Jun. 2021 Director (to present)

Mitsuru Watanuki
Director

Career Background

Date of Birth September 4, 1964
Apr. 1989 Joined the Company
Apr. 2015 General Manager of Clinical Development Department
Apr. 2017 General Manager of R&D Planning & Project Management Department
Apr. 2020 Deputy Chief Officer of R&D Division
Jul. 2021 Chief Officer of R&D Divisio (to present)
Jul. 2022 Corporate Officer
Jun. 2023 Director (to present)

Kiyoko Kamibeppu,
Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Outside Director

Career Background

Date of Birth April 12, 1955
Apr. 2001 Associate Professor of Nihonbashi Gakkan University (currently Kaichi International University)
Apr. 2002 Associate Professor of Division of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo
Dec. 2012 Professor of Division of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo
Jun. 2019 Outside Director of the Company (to present)
May 2020 President of QOL Research Center for Children and Family (to present)
Apr. 2022 Professor of Graduate School of Health and Welfare Science, Master's & Doctoral Program in Family Nursing, International University of Health and Welfare (to present)

Shoichiro Takagi
Outside Director

Career Background

Date of Birth January 13, 1961
Apr. 1983 >Joined the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (currently Japan Tobacco Inc.)
Nov. 2002 Representative Director and President of Iipingshang Foods Corporation
Mar. 2007 Representative Director and President of Saint-Germain Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2011 Member of the Board, Director, Deputy Leader of Pharmaceutical Marketing & Promotion Group, TORII PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Jun. 2013 Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of TORII PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Mar. 2019 Part-time Advisor of Pharmaceutical Business, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Jun. 2020 Outside Director of the Company (to present)

Yasutomo Inoue
Outside Director

Career Background

Date of Birth July 14, 1960
Apr. 1999 Registered as attorney at law
Apr. 1999 Joined Takahashi Sogo Law Office
Oct. 2011 Established Nagahama, Mizuno & Inoue Partner of Nagahama, Mizuno & Inoue (to present)
Jun. 2012 Dispute Resolution Center Committee Member, the General Insurance Association of Japan (to present)
Sep. 2015 Outside Auditor of Synchro Food Co., Ltd. (to present)
Jun. 2021 Outside Director of the Company (to present)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Kazumori Ishiguro
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Standing)

Career Background

Date of Birth February 8, 1963
Apr. 1986 Joined the Company
Jul. 2011 General Manager of Sendai Branch
Apr. 2014 General Manager of Tokyo Branch
Apr. 2016 General Manager of Osaka Branch
Apr. 2019 Deputy General Manager of General Affairs Department in charge of Secretary Team
Jun. 2022 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)

Naoyuki Ishida
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Standing)

Career Background

Date of Birth October 18, 1964
Apr. 1993 Joined the Company
Apr. 2013 Manager of Marketing Planning &Coordination Department
Apr. 2016 General Manager of Human Resources Department
Jul. 2018 Corporate Officer
Jun. 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present)

Hiroaki Matsumoto
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Career Background

Date of Birth October 7, 1958
Apr. 1981 Joined Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
Jul. 2006 District Director of Chichibu Tax Office
Jul. 2016 Chief Internal Inspector, Commissioner's Secretariat of National Tax Agency
Jul. 2018 Regional Commissioner of Kumamoto Regional Taxation Bureau
Sep. 2019 Registered as certified tax accountant
Established Hiroaki Matsumoto Certified Tax Accountant Office (to present)
Sep. 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yazaki Corporation (to present)
Jun. 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to present)

Masahiro Koyama
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Career Background

Date of Birth August 18, 1961
Apr. 1984 Joined The Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company (currently Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company)
Apr. 2009 General Manager of Morioka Regional Office of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2013 General Manager of Utsunomiya Regional Office of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2015 Associate Officer and General Manager of Utsunomiya Regional Office of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2016 Associate Officer and General Manager of Agency Department of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2017 Operating Officer and General Manager of Agency Department of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2019 Managing Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive of Corporate Marketing Division of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Apr. 2022 Chairman of the Board of Meiji Yasuda Business Plus Co., Ltd. (to present)
Jun. 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to present)

執行役員

Masanao Shimano
Chief Officer of Production Division, Chief of Shizuoka Factory

Tatsuhiro Harada
Deputy Chief Officer of R&D Division, Chief of Drug Research Center

Masaru Ogawa
Chief Officer of Regulatory Affairs Division

Tomoyuki Koseki
Chief Officer of Marketing & Sales Division

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