Corporate Officers
Board of Directors
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President & Representative DirectorHideki Kobori
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Representative DirectorShigeki Takayama
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DirectorYutaka Shibata
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DirectorHiroshi Yoshida
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DirectorShuichi Sakamoto
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DirectorFumitoshi Kawabata
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Outside DirectorMasumi Shiraishi
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Outside DirectorTsuneyoshi Tatsuoka
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Outside DirectorTsuyoshi Okamoto
Corporate Auditors
| Corporate Auditor | Yuji Kobayashi |
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| Masafumi Nakao | |
| Outside Corporate Auditor | Akio Makabe |
| Tetsuo Ito |
Hideki KoboriPresident & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer
Convener and chair of Board of Directors Meetings, General Meetings of Shareholders, Management Council meetings Oversight: Sustainability Strategy Planning
| April 1978 | Joined Asahi Kasei |
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| July 2004 | General Manager, Planning & Control Dept., Asahi Kasei EMD Corp. September 2006 General Manager, Marketing & Sales Center, Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd. |
| April 2007 | General Manager, Electronics Devices Marketing & Sales Center, Asahi Kasei EMD Corp. |
| April 2008 | Director and Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei EMD Corp. General Manager, Electronics Devices Marketing & Sales Center, Asahi Kasei EMD Corp. |
| April 2009 | Director and Primary Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. |
| April 2010 | President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. |
| April 2012 | Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp. |
| June 2012 | Director and Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp. |
| April 2014 | Representative Director, Primary Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp. |
| April 2016 | President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp. |
Executive Officers
| Presidential Executive Officer | Hideki Kobori | |
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| Vice-Presidential Executive Officer | Shigeki Takayama | Technology Functions |
| Hiroshi Yoshida | Executive Officer for Material Business Sector | |
| Primary Executive Officer | Shuichi Sakamoto | Executive Officer for Health Care Business Sector (joint) |
| Fumitoshi Kawabata | Executive Officer for Homes Business Sector | |
| Richard A. Packer | Executive Officer for Health Care Business Sector (joint) | |
| Senior Executive Officer | Satoru Tamura | Senior General Manager, Marketing & Innovation Senior General Manager, Green Solution Project |
| Soichiro Hashizume | Executive Officer for HR | |
| Koshiro Kudo | Executive Officer for Strategy, Accounting & Finance, IR | |
| Hideyuki Yamagishi | President, Specialty Solutions SBU | |
| Yoshihiro Ono | President, Basic Materials SBU | |
| John W. Moyer | Deputy oversight: Material Sector (Executive Officer for North America) CEO, Polypore International, LP |
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| Jonathan A. Rennert | CEO, ZOLL Medical Corporation | |
| Hideki Tsutsumi | President, Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH | |
| Takashi Mukuno | General Representative for China Chairman, Asahi Kasei (China) Co. Ltd. |
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| Kazushi Kuse | Digital Transformation (DX) | |
| Lead Executive Officer | Takeshi Himeno | Executive Officer for QA |
| Minoru Suetsugu | Senior General Manager, Nobeoka Office | |
| Hiroki Ideguchi | Senior General Manager, Corporate Strategy | |
| Ryuji Kawano | Executive Officer for Production Technology | |
| Toshiyasu Horie | Executive Officer for General Affairs, Legal, Communications, Risk Management & Compliance | |
| Yukifumi Kuwaba | President, Performance Products SBU | |
| Masami Takenaka | Executive Officer for R&D | |
| Hiroyoshi Matsuyama | Deputy oversight: Specialty Solutions SBU (Separator business operations) |
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| Masatsugu Kawase | Executive Officer for Manufacturing, ESH | |
| Executive Officer | Takayuki Tanaka | VP Asia-Pacific Commercial Operation, ZOLL Medical Corporation |
| Naohiro Kuze | Executive Fellow (Compound semiconductors) |
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| Makoto Sakamoto | Executive Officer for Procurement & Logistics | |
| Hiroaki Sugiyama | Deputy oversight: Specialty Solutions SBU Senior General Manager, Planning & Coordination, Specialty Solutions SBU |
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| Hajime Okamura | Deputy oversight: Performance Products SBU Senior General Manager, Osaka Office |
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| Yasuhiro Murozono | President, PS Japan Corporation | |
| Kazusa Kawamoto | Deputy oversight: Marketing & Innovation | |
| Akira Nishizawa | President, Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation | |
| Yoshihito Itani | Senior General Manager, Mizushima Works | |
| Satoshi Nishikawa | Senior General Manager, Human Resources | |
| Dirk R. Pieper | CEO, Sage Automotive Interiors, Inc. |
(as of April 1, 2021)