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Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma announces Changes in Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. announced today that in its meeting held on May 11, 2017, the Board of Directors appointed the following candidates for new members of the Board of Directors as well as the Audit & Supervisory Board.

I. Changes in the Members of the Board of Directors (as of June 22, 2017)

  1. New Members of the Board of Directors

    Nobuyuki Hara (currently Executive Officer)
    Yutaka Atomi (currently Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

    Note: The new members of the Board of Directors who will take office as of June 22, 2017 subject to the approval at the general shareholders' meeting scheduled for the same date.
    Yutaka Atomi is a candidate for Outside Director.

  2. Retiring Members of the Board of Directors

    Hiroshi Noguchi (currently Member, Board of Directors)
    Masaru Ishidahara (currently Member, Board of Directors)

II. Changes in the Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board (as of June 22, 2017)

  1. New Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

    Yoshinori Oh-e (former Senior Executive Officer)
    Junsuke Fujii (currently Director, Chairman of the Japan Research Institute, Limited)

    Note: The new members of the Audit & Supervisory Board who will take office as of June 22, 2017 subject to the approval at the general shareholders' meeting scheduled for the same date.
    Junsuke Fujii is a candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.

  2. Retiring Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

    Yasuji Furutani (currently Member, Audit & Supervisory Board)
    Yutaka Atomi (currently Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member)

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Brief Personal History of candidates for new members of the Board of Directors and the Audit & Supervisory Board

I. Brief Personal History of candidates for new members of the Board of Directors

  1. Nobuyuki Hara (Mr.)  Birthdate: December 2, 1955

    April 1981Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Oct. 1984Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    June 2007Director, Product Strategy & Promotion Planning II, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
    June 2008Senior Director, Tokyo Branch II ,Capital Region
    June 2009Director, Product Management & Promotion Planning
    April 2012Executive Officer (up to the present)
    April 2013Executive Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division
    April 2014Executive Director, Drug Development Division
    April 2017Executive Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division; Regulatory Affairs; Medical Information; Medical Affairs; Drug Development Division (up to the present)

  2. Yutaka Atomi (Mr.)  Birthdate: December 5, 1944

    April 1970Intern Doctor at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
    April 1971Intern Doctor at the Department of Surgery of Tokyo Hitachi Hospital
    April 1972Intern Doctor at the Department of Surgery of Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Hospital
    April 1976Research Assistant at the Department of Radiology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
    April 1977Intern Doctor at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
    April 1982Chief of the Medical Staff at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
    June 1988Visiting Researcher at the Department of Surgery of the University of California, San Francisco
    Feb. 1989Research Assistant at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
    July 1992Lecturer at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
    Oct. 1992Professor at the First Department of Surgery of the School of Medicine of Kyorin University
    April 1998Vice Director of Kyorin University Hospital
    April 2004Dean of the School of Medicine of Kyorin University
    April 2010President of Kyorin University (up to the present)
    June 2013Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (up to the present)

II. Brief Personal History of candidates for new members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

  1. Yoshinori Oh-e (Mr.)  Birthdate: November 23, 1957

    April 1982Joined the Company
    June 2007Director, Development Management
    June 2009Director, Strategic Planning & Management
    June 2010Executive Officer
    June 2010Director, Business Development
    April 2014Senior Executive Officer
    April 2014Executive Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division
    April 2017Corporate Advisor (up to the present)

  2. Junsuke Fujii (Mr.)  Birthdate: December 22, 1952

    April 1976Joined Sumitomo Bank (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
    June 2003Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
    April 2006Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
    April 2008Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
    Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
    June 2008Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
    Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
    April 2009Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
    Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
    April 2011Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
    Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
    April 2012Representative Director, President and CEO, The Japan Research Institute, Limited
    May 2015Director, Chairman, The Japan Research Institute, Limited (up to the present)
    June 2016Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, House Foods Group Inc. (up to the present)
    June 2016Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, The Royal Hotel, Ltd. (up to the present)