Management

As of July 1, 2023

  • Director, President

    Katsutaro Inabata

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1959

    Jan. 1989 Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 1995 Director
    Apr. 1996 General Manager, Plastics Div. Ⅱ
    Jun. 1997 Managing Director
    Jul. 2000 General Manager, IT Business Planning & Services, Corporate Communications
    Jul. 2001 General Manager, Corporate Planning
    Apr. 2002 General Manager, Global Environment
    Jun. 2003 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Global Strategy
    Apr. 2005 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
    Dec. 2005 Director, President (present)

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  • Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer

    Toyohiro Akao

    Information & Electronics, Life Industry, the Americas, Europe

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1959

    Apr. 1982 Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2004 General Manager, Display & Imaging Div.
    Jun. 2005 Executive Officer
    Jun. 2010 Director, Executive Officer
    Apr. 2011 General Manager, Electronics Materials & Equipment Div.
    Apr. 2012 General Manager, Information & Electronics Div. I, Information & Electronics Div. II and Information & Electronics Div. III
    Apr. 2013 In charge of Information & Electronics Div. I, Information & Electronics Div. II and Information & Electronics Div. III
    Jun. 2013 Director, Managing Executive Officer
    Jun. 2014 In charge of Chemicals Div. and Life Industry Div.
    Jun. 2015 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (present)
    Apr. 2016 In charge of Information & Electronics, Life Industry segments, the Americas and Europe (present), in charge of Chemicals segment

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  • Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer

    Kenichi Yokota

    Administrative Affairs

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1962

    Jul. 1996 Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
    Jul. 2004 General Manager, Finance
    Jun. 2005 Executive Officer
    Jun. 2008 Director, Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning
    May 2009 In charge of Internal Audit Office
    Jun. 2009 General Manager, Financial Management Dpet.
    Apr. 2011 Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept.
    Apr. 2013 In charge of Financial Management Office,
    Deputy General Manager, International Affiliate Management Office
    Jun. 2013 In charge of Risk Management Office
    Jun. 2014 Director, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Business Process Management Office
    Apr. 2016 In charge of Financial Management, Investor Relations, Business Process Management, Risk Management, International Affiliate Management
    Jun. 2016 In charge of General Affairs, Information Technology
    Jun. 2017 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (present)
    Jun. 2021 In charge of Administrative Affairs (present)

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  • Director, Managing Executive Officer

    Masahiro Sugiyama

    Chemicals, Information & Electronics (assisting), Northeast Asia

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1958

    Jul. 2002 Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2010 Executive Officer, General Manager, Plastics Div. Ⅱ
    Apr. 2014 General Manager, Information & Electronics Div. I
    Jun. 2016 Director, Executive Officer
    Jun. 2018 Director, Managing Executive Officer (present), in charge of Information & Electronics segment (assisting)(present), Northeast Asia (present)
    Jun. 2021 In charge of Chemicals segment (present)

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  • Director

    Takashi Shigemori

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1958

    Apr. 1983 Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2012 Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2016 Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2019 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2019 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2021 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Director, Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co, Ltd. (Non-Executive Director)(present)
    Apr. 2023 Advisor, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (present)
    Jun. 2023 Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)

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  • Director

    Takako Hagiwara*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1961

    Apr. 1984 Joined Sony Corp. (now Sony Group Corp.)
    Apr. 2002 General Manager, Human Resources Div., NACS, Sony Corp.
    Apr. 2006 General Manager, Human Resources Development Div., Ccorporate Human Resources, Sony Corp.
    Apr. 2008 General Manager, Diversity Development Div., Corporate Human Resources, Sony Corp.
    Apr. 2014 Representative Director, Sony Hikari Corp. and Sony Kibou Corp. (now Sony Kibou/Hikari Corp.)
    Feb. 2015 Director, Chief Health Officer, Green House Co., Ltd.
    Jul. 2020 Representative Director, DDD Corp. (present)
    May 2021 Outside Director, Twinbird Corp. (present)
    Jun. 2021 Outside Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)
    Jun. 2021 Outside Director, NEC Capital Solutions Ltd. (present)

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  • Director

    Osamu Chonan*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1956

    Apr. 1980 Joined Kewpie Corporation
    Sep. 2008 Corporate Officer, Branch Manager, Osaka Branch Office, Kewpie Corporation
    Jul. 2012 Corporate Officer, Branch Manager, Tokyo Branch Office, Kewpie Corporation
    Feb. 2014 Director, Branch Manager, Tokyo Branch Office, Kewpie Corporation
    Feb. 2016 Director, Executive Corporate Officer, Kewpie Corporation
    Feb. 2017 Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Corporate Officer, Kewpie Corporation
    May. 2021 Chairman, Kewpie Mirai Tamago Foundation (present)
    Feb. 2022 Advisor, Kewpie Corporation
    Jun. 2023 Outside Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)

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  • Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Kenji Hamashima*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1959

    Apr. 1982 Joined Ushio Inc.
    Apr. 1999 President and Chief Executive Officer, Ushio America, Inc.
    Nov. 2000 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc.
    Apr. 2004 Group Senior Executive Officer, Ushio Inc.
    Apr. 2007 Group Managing Executive Officer, Ushio Inc.
    Jun. 2010 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Ushio Inc.
    Apr. 2014 Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President, Ushio Inc.
    Oct. 2014 President and Chief Executive Officer, Ushio Inc.
    Apr. 2019 Corporate Adviser, Ushio Inc.
    Apr. 2020 Special Adviser, Ushio Inc. (present)
    Jun. 2020 Outside Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2022 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)
    Outside Director, Nichirei Corp. (present)

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  • Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Satoshi Tamai*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1960

    Apr. 1984 Joined Sumitomo Corp.
    Oct. 1991 Joined Century Auditing Corp.(now Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
    Mar. 1995 Registered as certified public accountant
    May 2007 Representative Partner, Shinnihon Audit Corp.(now Ernst & Young Shinnihon LLC)
    Jul. 2017 Representative of Satoshi Tamai Certified Public Accountant Office (present)
    Oct. 2017 Senior Advisor, accrea Inc. (present)
    Mar. 2018 Outside Auditor, Toho Lamac Co., Ltd. (present)
    Jun. 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2020 Outside Auditor, PC Depot Corp.(present)
    Jun. 2022 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)

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  • Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Minoru Sanari*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1958

    Apr. 1983 Joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 1995 Bar admission (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
    Apr. 2008 General Counsel, Legal section,
    General Administration Department, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2017 Executive Officer, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2019 Senior Advisor, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.(present)
    Jun. 2022 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)

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  • Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Tomokazu Fujisawa*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1958

    Jul. 1984 Joined Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (present Astellas Pharma Inc.)
    Apr. 1999 Director of Planning, Medical Supply Business, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2003 Assistant to CEO, Fujisawa Healthcare Inc. (present Astellas US LLC)
    Apr. 2013 Vice President of Internal Auditing, Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Jun. 2014 Full-Time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Jun. 2018 Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Jun. 2022 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)

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  • Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Noriya Yokota*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1961

    Apr. 1984 Joined Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (now Kirin Holdings Company, Limited)
    Mar. 2011 General Manager, Sendai Plant, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
    Mar. 2014 Executive Officer, General Manager, Production & Quality Control Department, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
    Apr. 2015 Director of Group Personnel & General Affairs, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
    Executive Officer, General Manager, Personnel & General Affairs Department,
    Kirin Company, Limited (now Kirin Holdings Company, Limited)
    Mar. 2017 Senior Executive Officer, Director of Corporate Strategy, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
    Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Kirin Company, Limited
    Director of the Board, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Company (now Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.)
    Mar. 2018 Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
    Senior Executive Officer, Kirin Company, Limited
    Director of the Board, Kirin Business System Company, Limited
    Mar. 2022 Director of the Board, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
    Jun. 2023 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)

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(*) Outside directors meet the independence criteria set out in the Company's Criteria for Independence of Outside Directors and the requirements for independent officers stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Criteria for Independence of Outside Directors

  • Managing Executive Officer

    Koji Nakano

    Plastics, Southeast Asia, General Manager, Southeast Asia

  • Executive Officer

    Kazuhiro Hanaki

    General Manager, Nagoya Branch

  • Executive Officer

    Shinya Kawai

    Plastics (assisting), General Manager,
    Plastics Division I, Plastics Compound Business Office

  • Executive Officer

    Yutaka Takahashi

    Life Industry (assisting), General Manager, Chemicals Division

  • Executive Officer

    Katsutoshi Tanaka

    (President, Inabata Fine Tech Co., Ltd.)

  • Executive Officer

    Tsuyoshi Maruta

    General Manager, Information & Electronics Division I

  • Executive Officer

    Koichi Noda

    General Manager, Financial Management Office

  • Executive Officer

    Takaharu Okura

    General Manager, Northeast Asia

  • Executive Officer

    Masato Tsunoda

    General Manager, Risk Management Office

  • Audit and Supervisory Officer

    Nobukazu Kuboi

    Audit and Supervisory Committee Office, General Manager

Organization

As of July 1, 2023

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