Print（PDF/28KB） Feb. 24, 2017 Corporate

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma announces Changes of Representative Directorsand Executive Officers

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; President: Masayo Tada) today announced that at its meeting held on February 24, 2017, the Board of Directors decided to change the following Representative Directors and Executive Officers.

Ⅰ. Representative Directors (effective April 1, 2017)

1. (1) Reason
   

   With the retirement of one of the current Representative Directors, Hiroshi Noguchi, from Executive Officer and Representative Director, a new Representative Director will be appointed.

2. (2) Changes of Representative Directors

   Newly appointed

   Name	New Position	Current position
   Hiroshi Nomura	Representative Director, Executive Vice President	Member, Board of Directors, Executive Vice President

   To be retired

   Name	New Position	Current position
   Hiroshi Noguchi	Member, Board of Directors	Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President

Ⅱ. Changes in Executive Officers

(1) New Executive Officers (effective April 1, 2017)
Mitsuyuki Taniguchi (currently Deputy Executive Director, Sales & Marketing Division)
Atsuko Higuchi (currently Senior Communication Officer)
Shigeyuki Nishinaka (currently Senior Director, Global Business Development)

(2) Retiring Executive Officers (effective March 31, 2017)
Hiroshi Noguchi (currently Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President)
Masaru Ishidahara (currently Member, Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer)
Yoshinori Oh-e (currently Senior Executive Officer)

Ⅲ. Brief Personal History of New Representative Director

Name:

Hiroshi Nomura (Mr.)

Birthplace:

Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Education:

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo.

Birthdate:

August 31, 1957

Business Career:

April 1981

Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Dec. 2007

Retired from Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Jan. 2008

Joined Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.

June 2008

Appointed Executive Officer

June 2012

Appointed Member, Board of Directors

April 2014

Appointed Member, Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer

April 2016

Appointed Member, Board of Directors, Executive Vice President

Company shares owned:

27,800