- For Print
- March 7, 2025
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
Name | Current 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) |