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Lead Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit CommitteeMitsudo Urano
Biography
- Apr. 1971
Joined Nippon Reizo Kabushiki Kaisha (present Nichirei Corporation)
- Jun. 1999
Director and General Manager, Strategic Planning Division of Nichirei Corporation
- Jun. 2001
Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation
- Jan. 2005
Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation, and Representative Director and President of Nichirei Foods Inc.
- Apr. 2007
Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation, and Director and Chairman of Nichirei Foods Inc.
- Jun. 2007
Representative Director and Chairman of Nichirei Corporation, and Director and Chairman of Nichirei Foods Inc.
- Jun. 2013
Advisor of Nichirei Corporation (retired in March 2018)
- Jun. 2013
Director of the Company (present post)
Important positions of other companies concurrently held
Outside Director of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd.
Reason for the selection for Director
Mr. Urano focused on capital efficiency from the early stage in Nichirei Corporation, a leading Japanese frozen food manufacturer, and developed efficient management through company split-ups and informatization. He particularly has extensive experience and solid achievements on management informatization. In addition to the achievements in Nichirei Corporation, the Company’s Nomination Committee expects that he will make a great contribution to enhance management efficiency and transparency through giving advice and proposals on overall company management with his deep insight and extensive experience as management having served as an outside director and outside corporate auditor in other companies listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Audit CommitteeShuzo Kaihori
Biography
- Apr. 1973
Joined Yokogawa Electric Works Ltd. (present Yokogawa Electric Corporation)
- Apr. 2005
Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Apr. 2006
Senior Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Jun. 2006
Director and Senior Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Apr. 2007
Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Apr. 2013
Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Apr. 2015
Director, Chairman of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Jun. 2015
Director of the Company (present post)
- Jun. 2016
Director and Chairman of the Board of Yokogawa Electric Corporation (retired in June 2018)
Important positions of other companies concurrently held
Outside Director of Eisai Co., Ltd.
Reason for the selection for Director
Mr. Kaihori assumed the presidency of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, which operates a test and measurement business and industrial automation and control business, in 2007 when the company faced difficult business conditions, then was committed to turning around the company and achieved a surplus by changing the business model from hardware to software and promoting globalization. The Company’s Nomination Committee expects that he will contribute greatly to the Company’s management from his performance that he boldly responded to changes in the business environment and achieved results and by giving advice on strengthening of software business, which is a challenge for the Life Care segment, an area expected to grow, based on his extensive experience.
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Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Chairperson of the Healthcare Compliance CommitteeHiroaki Yoshihara
Biography
- Nov. 1978
Joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.
- Jul. 1996
National Managing Partner, the Pacific Rim Practice of KPMG LLP
- Oct. 1997
Board Member of KPMG LLP
- Oct. 2003
Vice Chairman and Global Managing Partner of KPMG International (retired in April 2007)
- Jun. 2018
Director of the Company (present post)
Important positions of other companies concurrently held
Outside Director of Hitachi, Ltd.
Reason for the selection for Director
Mr. Yoshihara has long-term experience as an expert in finance and accounting as well as management experience gained as Global Managing Partner of an international accounting firm. He also has a track record of participating in the M&A of many companies from a professional standpoint. The Company’s Nomination Committee has judged that he will contribute to the enhancing the supervisory function of the Board of Directors of the Company and at the same time provide plenty of advice in regard to M&A, an important measure in the Company’s business strategy.
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Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Healthcare Compliance CommitteeYasuyuki Abe
Biography
- Apr. 1977
Joined Sumitomo Corporation
- Jun. 2002
Representative Director and President of Sumisho Electronics Co., Ltd. (present SCSK Corporation)
- Apr. 2005
Representative Director and President of Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation (present SCSK Corporation)
- Jun. 2009
Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Financial & Logistics Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation
- Apr. 2010
Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, New Industry Development & Cross-function Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation
- Apr. 2011
Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, New Industry Development & Cross-function Business Unit, General Manager, Financial Service Division of Sumitomo Corporation
- Apr. 2013
Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Group of Sumitomo Corporation
- Jun. 2015
Advisor of Sumitomo Corporation (retired in June 2018)
- Jun. 2021
Director of the Company (present post)
Important positions of other companies concurrently held
Advisor of ORANGE AND PARTNERS CO., LTD.
Outside Director of SUBARU CORPORATIONReason for the selection for Director
Mr. Abe was primarily engaged in the electric power, machinery, and information fields at Sumitomo Corporation, a general trading company. After stationed twice in the United States, he served as representative director and president of the company’s electronics and information related subsidiaries. Subsequently, as a representative director of Sumitomo Corporation, he was engaged in the company’s financial, logistics and new business development. The Company’s Nomination Committee has judged that he will contribute to the Board of Directors of the Company through his wide-ranging experience at the general trading company, his global mindset cultivated over the years of stay in the United States, his business experience nurtured as a representative director and president, and his experience as an independent director gained at other companies after leaving Sumitomo Corporation.
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Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit CommitteeTakayo Hasegawa
Biography
- Apr. 1984
Joined SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD. (present SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.)
- Jun. 2005
Deputy Director of Technical Development Center and Manager of Superconducting Project of SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO.
- Apr. 2006
Director, Director of Technical Development Center of SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
- Apr. 2010
Managing Director of SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., and Corporate Officer, General Manager of The Technology Planning Office of SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD.
- Jun. 2013
Director, General Manager of The Technology Planning Office of SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD.
- Apr. 2017
Director of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
- Jun. 2018
President and Director of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
- Apr. 2019
President and Representative Director, Group CEO of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
- Apr. 2020
President and Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Director, Group CEO of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (present post)
- Jun. 2022
Director of the Company (present post)
Important positions of other companies concurrently held
President and Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Director, Group CEO of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD
Reason for the selection for Director
Ms. Hasegawa was engaged for many years as a researcher in the R&D divisions of the SWCC Group, which was originally established in the electric wire and cable industry and expanded widely into the Energy / Infrastructure, Communications/Industrial Devices, and Electrical Equipment/Components businesses, promoting the technological development of the SWCC Group. Since taking office as the first female President and Representative Director from the R&D divisions in the SWCC Group in 2018, she has implemented rapid reform of governance by dividing the business of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. into segments, helping to ensure stable profitability. The Company’s Nomination Committee expects that she will contribute significantly to the Company’s management based on her experience as a manager backed by expertise as an engineer and with regard to initiatives for new business and transformation.
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Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Healthcare Compliance CommitteeMika Nishimura
Biography
- Jun. 1985
Joined BAIN & COMPANY
- Aug. 1989
Joined LEK PARTNERSHIP
- Jan. 1992
Director, Global Marketing of GUIDANT CORPORATION
- Sep. 1999
Managing Partner of THE BLG GROUP
- Oct. 2002
Vice President International Sales, Operations and Marketing of EV3
- Jan. 2007
Managing Partner of THE BLG GROUP
- Jan. 2011
Operational Partner of GILDE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS (present post)
- Apr. 2011
Vice President, Commercial Development of AUXOGYN (present PROGYNY)
- Nov. 2015
Vice President, Commercialization of NVISION MEDICAL CORPORATION (present BOSTON SCIENTIFIC)
- Jun. 2022
Director of the Company (present post)
Important positions of other companies concurrently held
Operational Partner of GILDE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS
Reason for the selection for Director
Ms. Nishimura has over 30 years of experience in the medical technology sector and was engaged in commercialization strategy on a global scale (50 markets in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Central and South America). Through leadership positions, including Director, Global Marketing, she has been involved in clinical and business strategies and has a proven track record in helping to launch franchises that contribute to stable revenue growth. In addition, her experience as a partner in a life science venture fund has given her a broad global perspective on the latest technologies and companies. Based on her past experience, the Company believes that she will contribute to strengthening the supervisory function, primarily in the life science business, and at the same time provide a great deal of advice on business strategy of the Company.
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Internal Director
Eiichiro Ikeda
Biography
- Apr. 1992
Joined the Company
- Feb. 2010
Co-CEO, Memory Disk Division of the Company
- Sep. 2010
Head of Optical Lens of the Company
- Jun. 2013
Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company
- Jun. 2015
Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer (COO), Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company
- Mar. 2020
Executive Officer & Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company
- Mar. 2022
Representative Executive Officer President & CEO, and Chief Representative of Singapore Branch of the Company (present post)
- Jun. 2022
Director of the Company (present post)
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Internal Director
Ryo Hirooka
Biography
- Apr. 1996
Joined The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited (present Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited)
- Sep. 2002
Joined the Company
- Aug. 2004
Financial Manager of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V. (Netherlands)
- Feb. 2007
Director of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V.
- Jul. 2007
Director of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V., and President of HOYA HOLDINGS (Asia) B.V.
- Jul. 2009
Deputy CFO of Netherlands Branch of the Company
- Jun. 2013
Executive Officer & CFO of the Company
- Jun. 2014
Representative Executive Officer & CFO (present post)
- Jun. 2022
Director of the Company (present post)
