Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors comprises six outside directors and two internal directors, totaling eight directors. In principle, the Board holds 10 regular Board meetings per year. Each meeting of the Board of Directors involves lively discussions and deliberations in a solemn atmosphere, where globally-minded outside directors with a wealth of management experience ask questions and give advice on the execution of operations by executive officers from various angles. The Board of Directors also works to obtain necessary information as appropriate on the developments in significant legal revisions and trends in corporate governance through lectures given by outside experts and other means.

In fiscal 2021, the Board of Directors was comprised of five independent directors—including one female independent director— and one internal director. Board of Directors’ meetings were convened nine times, with 100% attendance by all directors.

Based on the Board of Directors Regulations, the Board of Directors not only addresses statutory matters but also approves quarterly budgets and quarterly earnings reports, deliberates on M&A projects and the executive organization, and receives reports on the activity status and medium- to long-term plans of each business division. Self-assessment is conducted annually in the form of a questionnaire survey on the management and effectiveness of the Board of Directors and the three committees; however, due to the change of the CEO in March 2022, their effectiveness was evaluated by a third party, including interviews with directors and executive officers. Due to the timing of the change, the results of this evaluation wil be included in the Corporate Governance Report to be issued at the end of September.

Board Member Profiles

Lead Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee

Mitsudo Urano
(Born on Mar. 20, 1948)

  • Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
    9 years
  • Number of shares of the Company held
    5,000 shares
  • Number of attendances to the Board meetings
    9/9 times (100%)
Apr. 1971Joined Nippon Reizo Kabushiki Kaisha (present Nichirei Corporation)
Jun. 1999Director and General Manager, Strategic Planning Division of Nichirei Corporation
Jun. 2001Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation
Jan. 2005Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation, and Representative Director and President of Nichirei Foods Inc.
Apr. 2007Representative Director and President of Nichirei Corporation, and Director and Chairman of Nichirei Foods Inc.
Jun. 2007Representative Director and Chairman of Nichirei Corporation, and Director and Chairman of Nichirei Foods Inc.
Jun. 2013Advisor of Nichirei Corporation (retired in March 2018)
Jun. 2013Director 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.
海堀 周造

Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee

Shuzo Kaihori
(Born on Jan. 31, 1948)

  • Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
    7 years
  • Number of shares of the Company held
    1,000 shares
  • Number of attendances to the Board meetings
    9/9 times (100%)
Apr. 1973Joined Yokogawa Electric Works Ltd. (present Yokogawa Electric Corporation)
Apr. 2005Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Apr. 2006Senior Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Jun. 2006Director and Senior Vice President, Head of IA Business Headquarters of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Apr. 2007Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Apr. 2013Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Apr. 2015Director, Chairman of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Jun. 2015Director of the Company (present post)
Jun. 2016Director 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.
吉原 寛章

Independent Director,
Chairperson of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Chairperson of the Healthcare Compliance Committee

Hiroaki Yoshihara
(Born on Feb. 9, 1957)

  • Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
    4 years
  • Number of shares of the Company held
    0 shares
  • Number of attendances to the Board meetings
    9/9 times (100%)
Nov. 1978Joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.
Jul. 1996National Managing Partner, the Pacific Rim Practice of KPMG LLP
Oct. 1997Board Member of KPMG LLP
Oct. 2003Vice Chairman and Global Managing Partner of KPMG International (retired in April 2007)
Jun. 2018Director 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 expects that he will contribute to the improvement of 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,
阿部 康行

Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Healthcare Compliance Committee

Yasuyuki Abe
(Born on Apr. 17, 1952)

  • Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
    1 year
  • Number of shares of the Company held
    0 shares
  • Number of attendances to the Board meetings
    7/7 times
Apr. 1977Joined Sumitomo Corporation
Jun. 2002Representative Director and President of Sumisho Electronics Co., Ltd. (present SCSK Corporation)
Apr. 2005Representative Director and President of Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation (present SCSK Corporation)
Jun. 2009Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Financial & Logistics Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation
Apr. 2010Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, New Industry Development & Cross-function Business Unit of Sumitomo Corporation
Apr. 2011Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, New Industry Development & Cross-function Business Unit, General Manager, Financial Service Division of Sumitomo Corporation
Apr. 2013Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Group of Sumitomo Corporation
Jun. 2015Advisor of Sumitomo Corporation (retired in June 2018)
Jun. 2021Director of the Company (present post)
Important Positions of Other Companies Concurrently Held
Advisor of ORANGE AND PARTNERS CO., LTD.
Outside Director of SUBARU CORPORATION
Reason 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 being 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.
長谷川 隆代

Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee

Takayo Hasegawa
(Born on Oct. 15, 1959)

  • Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
    New
  • Number of shares of the Company held
    0 shares
  • Number of attendances to the Board meetings
    —
Apr. 1984Joined SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD. (present SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.)
Jun. 2005Deputy Director of Technical Development Center and Manager of Superconducting Project of SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD.
Apr. 2006Director, Director of Technical Development Center of SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Apr. 2010Managing 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. 2013Director, General Manager of the Technology Planning Office of SHOWA ELECTRIC WIRE AND CABLE CO., LTD.
Apr. 2017Director of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Jun. 2018President and Director of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Apr. 2019President and Representative Director, Group CEO of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Apr. 2020President and Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Director, Group CEO of SWCC SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (present post)
Jun. 2022Director 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.
西村 美香

Independent Director,
Member of the Nomination Committee,
Member of the Compensation Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Healthcare Compliance Committee

Mika Nishimura
(Born on Aug. 14, 1963)

  • Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
    New
  • Number of shares of the Company held
    0 shares
  • Number of attendances to the Board meetings
    —
Jun. 1985Joined BAIN & COMPANY
Aug. 1989Joined LEK PARTNERSHIP
Jan. 1992Director, Global Marketing of GUIDANT CORPORATION
Sep. 1999Managing Partner of THE BLG GROUP
Oct. 2002Vice President International Sales, Operations and Marketing of EV3
Jan. 2007Managing Partner of THE BLG GROUP
Jan. 2011Operational Partner of GILDE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS (present post)
Apr. 2011Vice President, Commercial Development of AUXOGYN (present PROGYNY)
Nov. 2015Vice President, Commercialization of NVISION MEDICAL CORPORATION (present BOSTON SCIENTIFIC)
Jun. 2022Director 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.
池田 英一郎

Director, Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO
Chairperson of the Board of Directors

Eiichiro Ikeda
(Born on Mar. 17, 1970)

  • Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
    New
  • Number of shares of the Company held
    1,400 shares
  • Number of attendances to the Board meetings
    —
Apr. 1992Joined the Company
Sep. 2010Co-CEO, Memory Disk Division of the Company
Sep. 2010Head of Optical Lens of the Company
Jun. 2013Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company
Jun. 2015Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer (COO), Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company
Mar. 2020Executive Officer & Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Company
Mar. 2022Representative Executive Officer President & CEO, and Chief Representative of Singapore Branch of the Company (present post)
Jun. 2022Director of the Company (present post)
Important Positions of Other Companies Concurrently Held
None
Reason for the Selection for Director
Mr. Ikeda has played an important role in management as Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer for the Information Technology business and Chief Technology Officer for the entire HOYA Group prior to taking office as Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO in March this year. Since March, he has led the Group as CEO and gives appropriate explanations and reports on strategies based on portfolio management at meetings of the Board of Directors. He also supervises the execution of operations by other Executive Officers and strives to enhance the corporate value of the Group. The Company’s Nomination Committee believes that he will contribute to important management matters while fulfilling his accountability to the Board of Directors as a Director of the Company, taking into consideration his past performance as an Executive Officer, so it has nominated him as a new candidate for Director.

Director, Representative Executive Officer & CFO

Ryo Hirooka
(Born on Jan. 14, 1974)

  • Number of years in office of the Director of the Company
    New
  • Number of shares of the Company held
    8,000 shares
  • Number of attendances to the Board meetings
    —
Apr. 1996Joined The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited (present Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited)
Sep. 2002Joined the Company
Aug. 2004Financial Manager of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V. (Netherlands)
Feb. 2007Director of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V.
Jul. 2007Director of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V., and President of HOYA HOLDINGS (Asia) B.V.
Jul. 2009Deputy CFO of Netherlands Branch of the Company
Jun. 2013Executive Officer & CFO of the Company
Jun. 2014Representative Executive Officer & CFO (present post)
Jun. 2022Director of the Company (present post)
Important Positions of Other Companies Concurrently Held
None
Reason for the Selection for Director
Mr. Hirooka has been leading the Group’s financial strategy as Representative Executive Officer & CFO, implementing proactive and flexible measures with a focus on capital efficiency. For several years, the focus on cash generation, including its efforts to promote cash conversion cycle (CCC) improvements, has been highly regarded by investors. In addition, he has been explaining and reporting financial matters, including financial results, appropriately at meetings of the Board of Directors and results briefing sessions, and has been fulfilling his role as an Executive Officer. The Company’s Nomination Committee believes that he will contribute to important management matters while fulfilling his accountability to the Board of Directors as a Director of the Company, taking into consideration his past performance as an Executive Officer, so it has nominated him as a new candidate for Director.