Print（PDF/55KB） May 11, 2017 Corporate

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 1981	Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
   Oct. 1984	Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
   June 2007	Director, Product Strategy & Promotion Planning II, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
   June 2008	Senior Director, Tokyo Branch II ,Capital Region
   June 2009	Director, Product Management & Promotion Planning
   April 2012	Executive Officer (up to the present)
   April 2013	Executive Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division
   April 2014	Executive Director, Drug Development Division
   April 2017	Executive 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 1970	Intern Doctor at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
   April 1971	Intern Doctor at the Department of Surgery of Tokyo Hitachi Hospital
   April 1972	Intern Doctor at the Department of Surgery of Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Hospital
   April 1976	Research Assistant at the Department of Radiology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
   April 1977	Intern Doctor at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
   April 1982	Chief of the Medical Staff at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
   June 1988	Visiting Researcher at the Department of Surgery of the University of California, San Francisco
   Feb. 1989	Research Assistant at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
   July 1992	Lecturer at the First Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
   Oct. 1992	Professor at the First Department of Surgery of the School of Medicine of Kyorin University
   April 1998	Vice Director of Kyorin University Hospital
   April 2004	Dean of the School of Medicine of Kyorin University
   April 2010	President of Kyorin University (up to the present)
   June 2013	Outside 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 1982	Joined the Company
   June 2007	Director, Development Management
   June 2009	Director, Strategic Planning & Management
   June 2010	Executive Officer
   June 2010	Director, Business Development
   April 2014	Senior Executive Officer
   April 2014	Executive Director, Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division
   April 2017	Corporate Advisor (up to the present)

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

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