Print（PDF/55KB） Feb. 23, 2012 Corporate
Change of Representative Directors and Executive Officers
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (DSP) today announced that at its meeting held on February 23, 2012, the Board of Directors decided to change the Representative Directors and Executive Officers.
1. Change of Representative Directors (as of April 1, 2012)
With the retirement of Keiichi Ono, the current Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Hiroshi Noguchi, the current Member, Board of Directors, Executive Vice President will be appointed Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President. The new structure of representative directors is stated below.
| New Position | Name | Current Position |
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| Representative Director, President | Masayo Tada | Representative Director, President |
| Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President | Hiroshi Noguchi | Member, Board of Directors, Executive Vice President |
2. Change of Executive Officers
| (1) | Promoted Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2012) |
| Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President Hiroshi Noguchi (currently Member, Board of Directors, Executive Vice President) |
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| Executive Vice President Makoto Hara (currently Member, Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer) |
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| Senior Executive Officer Masaharu Kanaoka (currently Executive Officer) |
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| (2) | New Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2012) |
| Nobuyuki Hara (currently Director, Sales & Marketing, Product Management & Promotion Planning) | |
| Hitoshi Odagiri (currently Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.) | |
| Antony Loebel (currently Executive Vice President and CMO, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.) | |
| (3) | Retiring Executive Officers (as of March 31, 2012) |
| Keiichi Ono (currently Representative Director, Executive Vice President) | |
| Kazumi Okamura (currently Member, Board of Directors, Executive Vice President) |
3. Brief Personal History of Hiroshi Noguchi
| Name: | Hiroshi Noguchi (Mr.) | |
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| Birthplace: | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| Highest Qualification: | Graduated from the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo. | |
| Birthdate: | March 29, 1947 | |
| Educational and Business Career: | ||
| April 1971 | Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. | |
| Sep. 1992 | Retired from Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. | |
| Oct. 1992 | Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. | |
| June 2000 | Appointed Director of the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. | |
| June 2004 | Appointed Director and Executive Officer of the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. | |
| June 2005 | Retired from the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. | |
| Oct. 2005 | Appointed Executive Officer, DSP | |
| June 2007 | Appointed Member, Board of Directors, Executive Officer, DSP | |
| June 2009 | Appointed Member, Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer, DSP | |
| June 2011 | Appointed Member, Board of Directors, Executive Vice President, DSP | |
| Company shares owned: 36,200 | ||
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