Corporate Officers
Board of Directors
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Chairman & Representative DirectorHideki Kobori
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President & Representative DirectorKoshiro Kudo
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DirectorShuichi Sakamoto
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DirectorFumitoshi Kawabata
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DirectorKazushi Kuse
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DirectorToshiyasu Horie
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Outside DirectorTsuneyoshi Tatsuoka
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Outside DirectorTsuyoshi Okamoto
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Outside DirectorYuko Maeda
Audit & Supervisory Board
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Audit & Supervisory Board MemberMasafumi Nakao
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Audit & Supervisory Board MemberYutaka Shibata
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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberTetsuo Ito
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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberAkemi Mochizuki
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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberHaruyuki Urata
Hideki KoboriChairman & Representative Director
Convener and Chair of Board of Directors Meetings
| 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. |
| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Kazuya Noda | Senior General Manager, Sustainable Polymers Laboratory Senior General Manager, R&D Planning and Business Development, Mobility & Industrial SBU |
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| 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 |
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| Kazunori Nakajima | Executive Officer for Manufacturing, ESH Senior General Manager, Production Center |
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| Elijah A. White | President, ZOLL Resuscitation | |
| Jason T. Whiting | President, ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions |
(as of June 24, 2022)