Corporate Officers

Board of Directors
Audit & Supervisory Board
Executive Officers

Board of Directors

Chairman & Representative DirectorHideki Kobori

Biography
President & Representative DirectorKoshiro Kudo

Biography
DirectorShigeki Takayama
DirectorHiroshi Yoshida
DirectorShuichi Sakamoto
DirectorFumitoshi Kawabata
Outside DirectorTsuneyoshi Tatsuoka
Outside DirectorTsuyoshi Okamoto
Outside DirectorYuko Maeda

Audit & Supervisory Board

Audit & Supervisory Board MemberMasafumi Nakao
Audit & Supervisory Board MemberYutaka Shibata

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberAkio Makabe
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberTetsuo Ito
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberAkemi Mochizuki

Hideki KoboriChairman & Representative Director

Convener and Chair of Board of Directors Meetings

April 1978	Joined Asahi Kasei
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.
April 2022	Chairman & Representative Director

Koshiro KudoPresident & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer

Convener and Chair of General Meetings of Shareholders, Management Council Meetings
Executive Officer for Material Business Sector
Oversight: Sustainability Strategy Planning

April 1982	Joined Asahi Kasei
May 2008	General Manager, Roica Division, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp.
April 2013	Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp. General Manager, Planning & Control Division, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp.
April 2016	Lead Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp. Senior General Manager, Planning & Coordination, Fibers & Textiles SBU, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2017	Lead Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp. President, Fibers & Textiles SBU, Asahi Kasei Corp. Senior General Manager, Osaka Office, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2019	Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp. President, Performance Products SBU, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2021	Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
June 2021	Director and Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2022	President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.

Executive Officers

Presidential Executive Officer	Koshiro Kudo
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)
	Hideyuki Yamagishi	President, Life Innovation SBU
	Yoshihiro Ono	President, Environmental Solutions SBU
	Kazushi Kuse	Senior General Manager, Digital Value Co-Creation
Senior Executive Officer	John W. Moyer	Deputy Oversight: Material Business Sector (Executive Officer for North America) CEO, Polypore International, LP
	Jonathan A. Rennert	CEO, ZOLL Medical Corporation
	Hideki Tsutsumi	Executive Officer for Procurement & Logistics
	Minoru Suetsugu	Senior General Manager, Nobeoka Office
	Hiroki Ideguchi	Executive Officer for General Affairs, Legal, Communications Risk Management & Compliance, HR
	Toshiyasu Horie	Executive Officer for Strategy, Accounting & Finance, IR
Lead Executive Officer	Yukifumi Kuwaba	President, Mobility & Industrial SBU
	Masami Takenaka	Executive Officer for R&D Senior General Manager, Corporate Research & Development
	Hiroyoshi Matsuyama	Senior General Manager, Separator Business Management Division
	Masatsugu Kawase	Executive Officer for Regional Offices, Production Technology, Health & Productivity Management, Carbon Neutrality
	Dirk R. Pieper	Deputy Oversight: Mobility & Industrial SBU
	Akira Nishizawa	President, Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH
	Satoshi Nishikawa	Senior General Manager, Human Resources
	Tatsuya Koike	Senior General Manager, Corporate Strategy
	Shinichiro Haga	Deputy Oversight: Life Innovation SBU (Comfort Life Domain)
Executive Officer	Hajime Okamura	Deputy Oversight: Life Innovation SBU (Comfort Life Technology) Senior General Manager, Osaka Office
	Yasuhiro Murozono	President & Representative Director, PS Japan Corp.
	Yoshihito Itani	Deputy Oversight: Environmental Solutions SBU (Technology)
	Masanori Yagami	President & Representative Director, Asahi Kasei Advance Corp.
	Shinichi Okada	Senior General Manager, Corporate Production Technology
	Motomichi Kishino	Senior General Manager, Corporate Accounting & Finance
	Nobuko Uetake	Senior General Manager, Green Solution Project
	Shuji Kondoh	General Representative for China Chairman, Asahi Kasei (China) Co. Ltd.
	Kazuya Noda	Senior General Manager, Sustainable Polymers Laboratory Senior General Manager, R&D Planning and Business Development, Mobility & Industrial SBU
	Noriaki Harada	Senior General Manager, Digital Strategy Initiative
	Kazumitsu Sakurai	Senior General Manager, Mizushima Works
	Hiromi Nakafutami	Executive Officer for QA Senior General Manager, Corporate Quality Ensurance
	Kazunori Nakajima	Executive Officer for Manufacturing, ESH Senior General Manager, Production Center
	Elijah A. White	President, ZOLL Resuscitation
	Jason T. Whiting	President, ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions

(as of April 1, 2022)