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Notice of Nominees for Directors

Listed Company Name: ˶ Co., Ltd. 
Representative: Haruo Naito 
Representative Corporate Officer and CEO 
Securities Code: 4523

Stock Exchange Listings: Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Inquiries: Sayoko Sasaki
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Phone +81-3-3817-5120

 

˶ Co., Ltd. announced today that the Nomination Committee has selected candidates for directors to be proposed at Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on June 18, 2025.

 

1. Nominees for Directors

NameCurrent Position
Haruo Naito internal reappointed Director
Representative Corporate Officer and CEO
Chair, The Naito Foundation
Fumihiko Ike external reappointed Chair of the Board of Directors
Outside Director, NTT DATA GROUP
Outside Director, Resona Holdings, Inc.
Ryota Miura external reappointed Director
Partner, Miura & Partners Profession Corporation
Outside Director and Corporate Auditor, TechMatrix Corporation
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo Electron Limited
Hiroyuki Kato internal reappointed Director
Richard Thornley external reappointed Director
Chief Executive Officer, Thornley International
Toru Moriyama external reappointed Director
Yuko Yasuda external reappointed Director
Executive Vice President, Board Advisors Japan, Inc.
Outside Director, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Takuji Kanai external reappointed Director
Certified Public Accountant,
Outside Director, The Gunma Bank, Ltd.
Kenta Takahashi internal reappointed Director
Yasushi Okada internal newly appointed Representative Corporate Officer and Industry Affairs, China Business and Internal Audit
President, The Federation of Pharmaceutical manufacturers’ Association of Japan
Ryoko Ueda external newly appointed Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
Professor, SBI Graduate School
Senior Researcher, Japan Investor Relations and Investor Support, Inc.
Commissioner of Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board
Outside Director, Hirata Corporation
Outside Director, TOKAI Holdings Corporation
Outside Director, KOEI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED

NOTE: Fumihiko Ike, Ryota Miura, Richard Thornley, Toru Moriyama, Yuko Yasuda, Takuji Kanai and Ryoko Ueda are nominees who meet the requirements of an Outside Director set forth in Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 7 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act of Japan.

 

2. Nominees for Chair of Board of Directors and Committee Members (The 〇 mark indicates the chair)

Chair of the Board of Directors Fumihiko Ike
Nomination Committee 〇Toru Moriyama, Richard Thornley, Yuko Yasuda
Audit Committee 〇Takuji Kanai, Ryota Miura, Hiroyuki Kato, Kenta Takahashi, Ryoko Ueda
Compensation Committee 〇Richard Thornley, Toru Moriyama, Yuko Yasuda

The hhc Governance Committee will consist of seven outside directors and its chairperson will be the Chair of the Board of Directors.

 

3. Retiring Directors

Name Current Position
Yumiko Miwa Outside Director,
Professor, School of Commerce, Meiji University
Member, Fund Management Committee, National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel
Member, Pension Asset Management Review Committee, The Mutual Aid Association of Prefectural Government Personnel
Outside Director, Pigeon Corporation
Yoshiteru Kato Director

 

4. Career Summary of New Nominees for Directors

Yasushi Okada (September 26, 1958)

Apr. 1981

Joined the Company

Apr. 2005

Executive Director, Administration & Planning Department, Prescription Drug Division of the Company

Jun. 2005

Vice President of the Company

Jan. 2008

Senior Executive, Asia, Oceania and Middle East Business of the Company

Aug. 2008

President, ˶ Asia Regional Services Pvt. Ltd

Apr. 2009

Asia, Oceania, and Middle East Business of the Company

Jun. 2010

Senior Group Officer of the Company

Jun. 2010

Executive Director, Finance Strategy Department, Corporate Finance & Accounting Headquarters of the Company

Jun. 2011

Vice President of the Company

Jun. 2011

Chief Talent Officer of the Company

Jun. 2012

Senior Vice President of the Company

Jun. 2012

Chairman, ˶ Corporate Pension Fund

Jun. 2013

Executive Vice President of the Company

Jun. 2014

General Affairs and Environmental & Safety Affairs of the Company

Jun. 2017

Representative Corporate Officer of the Company (current)

Jun. 2017

Industry Affairs (Current) and China Business of the Company (current)

Jan. 2018

Data Integrity of the Company

Jun. 2019

Representative Corporate Officer and COO of the Company

May 2021

President, Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association

May 2023

President, The Federation of Pharmaceutical manufacturers’ Association of Japan(current)

Jun. 2024

Internal Audit of the Company (current)

 

Ryoko Ueda (February 25, 1973)

Oct. 2001

Joined Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.

Apr. 2002

Seconded to Japan Investor Relations and Investor Support, Inc.

Nov. 2013

Research Fellow, Financial Research Center, Financial Services Agency

Nov. 2017

Director, Mizuho International plc (London)

Nov. 2019

Senior Researcher, Japan Investor Relations and Investor Support, Inc. (current)

Feb. 2020

Outside Director, Money Forward, Inc.

Apr. 2022

Commissioner of Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board (current)

Jun. 2022

Professor, SBI Graduate School (current)

Jun. 2022

Outside Director, Hirata Corporation (current)

Oct. 2022

Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University (current)

Jun. 2023

Outside Director, TOKAI Holdings Corporation (current)

Jun. 2024

Outside Director, KOEI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED (current)