Corporate Officers

Board of Directors
Audit & Supervisory Board
Executive Officers
Core Operating Companies

Board of Directors

Chairman & Director

Hideki Kobori

Biography
President & Representative Director

Koshiro Kudo

Biography
Director

Kazushi Kuse
Representative Director

Toshiyasu Horie

Biography
Director

Hiroki Ideguchi
Director

Masatsugu Kawase
Outside Director

Tsuyoshi Okamoto
Outside Director

Yuko Maeda
Outside Director

Chieko Matsuda
Outside Director

Yoshinori Yamashita

Audit & Supervisory Board

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yutaka Shibata
Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Takuya Magara

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Akemi Mochizuki
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Haruyuki Urata
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Yoshikazu Ochiai

Hideki KoboriChairman & Director

Convener and Chair of Board of Directors Meetings

April 1978	Joined Asahi Kasei
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
April 2023	Chairman & 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

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.

Toshiyasu HorieRepresentative Director, Primary Executive Officer

Executive Officer for Strategy, Accounting & Finance, IR
Oversight: Internal Control
Oversight: Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH
Oversight: Asahi Kasei America, Inc.
Oversight: Asahi Kasei (China) Co., Ltd.
Oversight: Sustainability Strategy Planning

April 1985	Joined Asahi Kasei
April 2008	General Manager, Acrylonitrile Global Marketing Dept., Intermediate Products Division 1, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp.
April 2015	General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp.
April 2019	Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2020	Lead Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2022	Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
June 2022	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2023	Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2024	Representative Director, Primary Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corp.

Executive Officers

Presidential Executive Officer	Koshiro Kudo	Executive Officer for Material Business Sector
Vice-Presidential Executive Officer	Kazushi Kuse	Oversight: R&D, DX
	Fumitoshi Kawabata	Executive Officer for Homes Business Sector
	Richard A. Packer	Executive Officer for Health Care Business Sector
Primary Executive Officer	Toshiyasu Horie	Executive Officer for Strategy, Accounting & Finance, IR
Primary Executive Officer	Hideyuki Yamagishi	President, Life Innovation SBU
Senior Executive Officer	Hiroki Ideguchi	Oversight: General Affairs and HR Functions
	Masatsugu Kawase	Executive Officer for Health & Productivity Management, Energy Policy, Green Transformation
	Jonathan A. Rennert	CEO, ZOLL Medical Corporation
	Minoru Suetsugu	Senior General Manager, Nobeoka Office
	Osamu Matsuzaki	Senior General Manager, Corporate Research & Development
	Hiroyoshi Matsuyama	President, Environmental Solutions SBU
	Dirk R. Pieper	Deputy Oversight: Mobility & Industrial SBU, Environmental Solutions SBU
	Tatsuya Koike	Deputy Oversight: Material Business Sector (Structural Reform)
Lead Executive Officer	Yukifumi Kuwaba	President, Mobility & Industrial SBU
	Masami Takenaka	Senior General Manager, Green Solution Project
	Akira Nishizawa	Oversight: Asahi Kasei Advance Corp.
	Satoshi Nishikawa	Executive Officer for HR
	Shinichiro Haga	Senior General Manager, Corporate Strategy
	Noriaki Harada	Senior General Manager, Digital Value Co-Creation
	Nobuko Uetake	Senior General Manager, Digital Solutions Administration
	Kazuya Noda	Senior General Manager, Innovation Strategy Dept., Corporate Research & Development
	Hiromi Nakafutami	Senior General Manager, Corporate Quality Ensurance
	Ryu Taniguchi	Deputy Oversight: Environmental Solutions SBU (Battery Materials) President & Representative Director, Asahi Kasei Battery Separator Corp.
Executive Officer	Yoshihito Itani	Deputy Oversight: Environmental Solutions SBU (Technology)
	Masanori Yagami	President & Representative Director, Asahi Kasei Advance Corp.
	Motomichi Kishino	Senior General Manager, Corporate Accounting & Finance
	Shuji Kondoh	General Representative for China Chairman, Asahi Kasei (China) Co., Ltd.
	Kazunori Nakajima	Executive Officer for Manufacturing, ESH, Regional Offices Senior General Manager, Production Center
	Elijah A. White	President, ZOLL Acute Care Technology
	Kiyoshi Sawae	Executive Officer for Procurement & Logistics
	Ippei Araya	President & Representative Director, PS Japan Corp.
	Akio Terada	BT Project Advancement
	Tatsuhiko Tokunaga	Senior General Manager, Sustainability Strategy Planning Dept.
	Naoki Koyama	Deputy Oversight: Environmental Solutions SBU (Basic Chemicals Business)
	Hiroaki Tomita	Senior General Manager, Fuji Office
	Tatsuya Fukuda	Deputy Senior General Manager, Nobeoka Office
	Hiroyuki Igarashi	Senior General Manager, Planning & Coordination, Life Innovation SBU
	Takuya Takahashi	Deputy Oversight: Material Business Sector (Petrochemicals)
	Kenji Takeda	Executive Officer for Ion Exchange Membranes, Microza & Water Processing, Green Solution Project Business Development
	Hiroshi Uchizumi	Senior General Manager, Human Resources
	Kazuhito Takaki	Senior General Manager, Functional Materials Division
	Toshihiko Takizawa	Senior General Manager, Corporate Production Technology
	Nobuhiro Yamaguchi	Executive Officer for General Affairs, Legal, Communications, Risk Management & Compliance
	Rich Gallagher	CEO, Synergos Companies LLC
	Ken Suzuki	Executive Fellow Senior General Manager, Chemical & Process Research Laboratory Senior General Manager, R&D Planning and Business Development, Environmental Solutions SBU

(as of October 1, 2024)

Corporate Officers

Board of Directors

Audit & Supervisory Board

Executive Officers

Core Operating Companies