Corporate Officers
Board of Directors
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Chairman & DirectorHideki Kobori
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President & Representative DirectorKoshiro Kudo
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DirectorKazushi Kuse
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Representative DirectorToshiyasu Horie
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DirectorHiroki Ideguchi
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DirectorMasatsugu Kawase
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Outside DirectorTsuneyoshi Tatsuoka
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Outside DirectorTsuyoshi Okamoto
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Outside DirectorYuko Maeda
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Outside DirectorChieko Matsuda
Audit & Supervisory Board
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Audit & Supervisory Board MemberYutaka Shibata
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Audit & Supervisory Board MemberTakuya Magara
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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberAkemi Mochizuki
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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberHaruyuki Urata
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Outside Audit & Supervisory Board MemberYoshikazu Ochiai
Hideki KoboriChairman & Director
Convener and Chair of Board of Directors Meetings
| April 1978 | Joined Asahi Kasei |
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| 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
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. |
Toshiyasu HorieRepresentative Director, Senior Executive Officer
Executive Officer for Strategy, Accounting & Finance, IR, Internal Control
Deputy Oversight: Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH
Oversight: Asahi Kasei America, Inc., Asahi Kasei (China) Co., Ltd.
| April 1985 | Joined Asahi Kasei |
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| 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. |
Toshiyasu HorieRepresentative Director, Senior Executive Officer
Executive Officer for Strategy, Accounting & Finance, IR, Internal Control
Deputy Oversight: Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH
Oversight: Asahi Kasei America, Inc., Asahi Kasei (China) Co., Ltd.
| April 1985 | Joined Asahi Kasei |
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| 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. |
Executive Officers
| Presidential Executive Officer | Koshiro Kudo | Executive Officer for Material Business Sector |
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| Vice-Presidential Executive Officer | Fumitoshi Kawabata | Executive Officer for Homes Business Sector |
| Primary Executive Officer | Kazushi Kuse | Senior General Manager, Digital Value Co-Creation |
| Richard A. Packer | Executive Officer for Health Care Business Sector | |
| Hideyuki Yamagishi | President, Life Innovation SBU | |
| Yoshihiro Ono | Special Assignment | |
| Senior Executive Officer | Toshiyasu Horie | Executive Officer for Strategy, Accounting & Finance, IR, Internal Control |
| Hiroki Ideguchi | Executive Officer for General Affairs, Legal, Communications, Risk Management & Compliance | |
| Masatsugu Kawase | Executive Officer for Health & Productivity Management, Energy Policy & Carbon Neutrality | |
| John W. Moyer | Deputy Oversight: Material Business Sector (Executive Officer for North America) CEO, Polypore International, LP |
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| Jonathan A. Rennert | CEO, ZOLL Medical Corporation | |
| Minoru Suetsugu | Senior General Manager, Nobeoka Office | |
| Hiroyoshi Matsuyama | President, Environmental Solutions SBU | |
| Lead Executive Officer | Yukifumi Kuwaba | President, Mobility & Industrial SBU |
| Masami Takenaka | Senior General Manager, Corporate Research & Development | |
| Dirk R. Pieper | Deputy Oversight: Mobility & Industrial SBU | |
| Akira Nishizawa | President, Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH | |
| Satoshi Nishikawa | Executive Officer for HR | |
| Tatsuya Koike | Senior General Manager, Corporate Strategy | |
| Shinichiro Haga | Deputy Oversight: Life Innovation SBU (Comfort Life Domain) | |
| Shinichi Okada | Senior General Manager, Corporate Production Technology | |
| Noriaki Harada | Senior General Manager, Digital Strategy Initiative | |
| Nobuko Uetake | Senior General Manager, Green Solution Project | |
| Kazuya Noda | Senior General Manager, Technology Policy Center, Corporate Research & Development | |
| 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. |
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| Kazumitsu Sakurai | Senior General Manager, Production Infrastructure Center, Life Innovation SBU | |
| Hiromi Nakafutami | Senior General Manager, Corporate Quality Ensurance | |
| Kazunori Nakajima | Executive Officer for Manufacturing, ESH, Regional Offices Senior General Manager, Production Center |
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| Elijah A. White | President, ZOLL Resuscitation | |
| Jason T. Whiting | President, ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions | |
| Kiyoshi Sawae | Executive Officer for Procurement & Logistics | |
| Ippei Araya | Deputy Oversight: Environmental Solutions SBU | |
| Akio Terada | Senior General Manager, Corporate IT Management, Digital Value Co-Creation | |
| Tatsuhiko Tokunaga | Senior General Manager, Sustainability Strategy Planning Dept. | |
| Naoki Koyama | Deputy Oversight: Environmental Solutions SBU (Basic Chemicals Business) | |
| Ryu Taniguchi | Deputy Oversight: Environmental Solutions SBU (Battery Materials) | |
| Mark E. Hensley | CEO, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
(as of October 1, 2023)