Management

As of October 1, 2024

  • 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 (assisting), Northeast Asia

    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 segment (present), in charge of Chemicals and Life Industry segments, the Americas and Europe
    Jun.2024 In charge of Life Industry segment (assisting)(present), Northeast Asia (present)

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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

    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)
    Jun. 2024 Outside Director, Lotte Co., Ltd. (present)

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  • Director

    Hisayuki Suekawa*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1959

    Apr. 1982 Joined Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2008 Corporate Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2009 Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2010 Director, Corporate Executive Officer and General Manager, Business Planning Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2011 Representative Director, President and CEO, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2013 Senior Advisor, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2014 Outside Director, Nitta Gelatin Inc.
    Jun. 2017 Outside Director, San Holdings, Inc.
    Jul. 2019 Advisor, Nippon Kanzai Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2020 Unaffiliated Director, Morishita Jintan Co., Ltd. (present)
    Apr. 2023 Member Board Trustees, Showa Women’s University (present)
    Apr. 2023 Advisor, Nippon Kanzai Holdings Co., Ltd. (present)
    Jun.2024 Outside Director, Inabata & Co., Ltd. (present)

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  • Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Nobukazu Kuboi

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1962

    Jul.2001 Joined Inabata & Co., Ltd.
    Apr.2013 General Manager, Financial Manegement Office
    Jun.2017 Exective Officer
    Jun.2020 Audit and Supervisory Board Member
    Jun.2022 Audit and Supervisory Officer
    General Manager, Audit and Supervisory Committee Office
    Jun.2024 Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (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, in charge of Governance Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
    Apr. 2019 Senior Advisor, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
    Jun. 2022 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)
    Apr. 2024 Special Counsel, Hayakawa Law Offices (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)
    Jan. 2024 Senior Advisor, Newton Investment Partners, Inc. (now Japan Activation Capital, Inc.) (present)

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  • Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    Shiho Ito*

    Biography

    Year of Birth: 1963

    Apr. 1987 Joined Toyo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp.)
    Oct. 1991 Joined Chuo Shinko Audit Corp. (later Misuzu Audit Corp.)
    Jul. 2005 Partner, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corp. (later Misuzu Audit Corp.)
    Aug. 2007 Joined Shin Nihon & Co. (now Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
    Jun. 2022 Outside Director, Japan Display Inc. (present)
    Jul. 2022 Established Shiho Ito certified public accountant’s office (present)
    Dec. 2023 Supervisory Director, Nomura Real Estate Private REIT, Inc. (present)
    Jun.2024 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Inabata & Co., Ltd.(present)

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(*) These directors meet the requirements for outside directors as defined in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act as well as Inabata’s criteria for independence for outside directors and the requirements for independent officers set by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Criteria for Independence of Outside Directors

  • Managing Executive Officer

    Koji Nakano

    Plastics, Southeast Asia, General Manager, Southeast Asia

  • Managing Executive Officer

    Yutaka Takahashi

    Chemicals, Life Industry, the Americas and Europe, General Manager, Chemicals Division

  • Executive Officer

    Shinya Kawai

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

  • Executive Officer

    Katsutoshi Tanaka

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

  • Executive Officer

    Tsuyoshi Maruta

    Northeast Asia (assisting), General Manager, Information & Electronics Division I

  • Executive Officer

    Koichi Noda

    General Manager, Financial Management Office

  • Executive Officer

    Takaharu Ookura

    General Manager, Northeast Asia

  • Executive Officer

    Masato Tsunoda

    General Manager, Risk Management Office

  • Executive Officer

    Hiroyuki Furubayashi

    General Manager, Human Resources Office

Organization

As of July 1, 2024

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