Board Members and Executive Officers
Directors
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Toru Kimura
Representative Director, President and CEO
Career
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April 1989
Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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October 1992
Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
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June 2009
Vice President, Head of Genomic Science Laboratories of the Company
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June 2010
Vice President, Head of Research Planning & Management of the Company
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April 2012
Vice President, Head of Global Strategy of the Company
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September 2013
Vice President, Head of the Regenerative & Cellular Medicine Office of the Company
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April 2015
Executive Officer of the Company
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June 2016
Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Officer of the Company
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April 2019
Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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April 2021
Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
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June 2024
Representative Director and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (to the present)
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Motoyuki Sakai
Representative Director, Executive Vice President
Global Corporate Strategy; Corporate Governance; Human Resources; Global Finance AdministrationCareer
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April 1985
Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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June 2007
General Manager, Finance & Accounting Office (Accounting) of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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July 2010
General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Office (Corporate Planning) of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2013
General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Office (Business Development) of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2014
Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2018
Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2018
President and Representative Director of Sumitomo Chemical Asia Pte Ltd
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April 2023
Senior Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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June 2023
Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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June 2024
Joined the Company
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June 2024
Representative Director and Executive Vice President of the Company (to the present)
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Tsutomu Nakagawa
Member, Board of Directors, Executive Officer
President and CEO, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Career
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April 1993
Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
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April 2016
Senior Officer of Global Oncology of the Company
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April 2017
Senior Officer of Global Oncology (Development Strategy) of the Company
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April 2019
Vice President, Head of the Global Oncology Office of the Company
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April 2020
Vice President, Head of Global Corporate Strategy of the Company
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April 2022
Executive Officer of the Company
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July 2023
Chief Strategy Officer of Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
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April 2024
President and CEO of Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (to the present)
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June 2024
Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Officer of the Company (to the present)
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Hiroshi Niinuma
Member, Board of Directors
Career
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April 1981
Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2006
General Manager, Personnel Office of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2007
General Manager, Human Resources Department of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2009
General Manager, General Affairs Department of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2010
Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2013
Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2018
Senior Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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June 2018
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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April 2022
Director and Executive Vice President of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (to the present)
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June 2024
Member of the Board of Directors of the Company (to the present)
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Saeko Arai
Member, Board of Directors (Outside)
Career
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November 2002
President of Gratia, Inc. (currently, Acuray, Inc.) (to the present)
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January 2017
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of teamS Inc. (to the present)
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June 2018
Member of the Board of Directors of the Company (to the present)
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June 2018
Outside Director of Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation (to the present)
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April 2019
Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration of Hakuoh University (to the present)
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June 2023
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of YKK Corporation (to the present)
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March 2024
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kao Corporation (to the present)
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Nobuhiro Endo
Member, Board of Directors (Outside)
Career
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April 2010
President (Representative Director) of NEC Corporation
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June 2018
Outside Director of Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (to the present)
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June 2019
Member of the Board of Directors of the Company (to the present)
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June 2019
Chairman of the Board of NEC Corporation
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June 2019
Outside Director of Tokyo Marine Holdings, Inc. (to the present)
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June 2022
Executive Advisor of NEC Corporation (to the present)
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June 2022
Outside Director of Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (to the present)
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June 2024
Outside Director of Kikkoman Corporation (to the present)
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Minoru Usui
Member, Board of Directors (Outside)
Career
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June 2008
President and Representative Director of Seiko Epson Corporation, Chief Executive Officer of Seiko Epson Corporation
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April 2020
Chairman and Director of Seiko Epson Corporation
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June 2021
Member of the Board of Directors of the Company (to the present)
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June 2021
Outside Director of IHI Corporation (to the present)
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June 2024
Advisor of Seiko Epson Corporation (to the present)
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Koji Fujimoto
Member, Board of Directors (Outside)
Career
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April 1987
Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
(currently the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)) -
July 2008
Director, Service Industries Division of METI (Director, Healthcare Industries Division after organizational revision in July 2011)
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July 2015
Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat (Assistant Director, Office of Healthcare Policy)
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August 2019
Specially Appointed Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (to the present)
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August 2019
Senior URA, Research University Promotion Organization, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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August 2019
Deputy Director, Research Center for Industry Alliances, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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June 2022
Member of the Board of Directors of the Company (to the present)
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March 2023
Deputy Director / Senior URA, Open Innovation Center, Institute of Research Innovation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (to the present)
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March 2023
Director, Emergency Assistance Japan Co., Ltd. (to the present)
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Audit & Supervisory Board Members
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Takashi Kutsunai
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Career
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April 1981
Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
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October 1984
Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
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April 2012
Vice President, Head of Internal Auditing of the Company
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April 2013
Administration Officer of the Company
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June 2018
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to the present)
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Hisayoshi Kashima
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Career
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April 1985
Joined the former Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
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June 2007
Vice President, Head of Finance & Accounting of the Company
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April 2012
Member, Board of Directors of Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (currently Sumitomo Pharma (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.)
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April 2014
Vice President, Head of Finance & Accounting of the Company
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June 2023
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to the present)
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Yoshio Iteya
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Career
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January 1992
Partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
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April 2004
Specially Appointed Professor at Hitotsubashi University School of Law (to the present)
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June 2018
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to the present)
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January 2021
Partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (to the present)
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Mayumi Mochizuki
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Career
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April 2019
Professor Emeritus at Keio University (to the present)
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April 2019
Project Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Keio University
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April 2019
Adviser of the International Medical Information Center (to the present)
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April 2020
Special Adviser of the International University of Health and Welfare
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October 2020
Vice President of Science Council of Japan
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June 2021
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to the present)
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Daishiro Michimori
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside)
Career
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April 1979
Joined the Ministry of Finance
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October 2010
Councillor, the Cabinet Secretariat (National Policy Unit)
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August 2012
Regional Commissioner, the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
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April 2016
Advisor Attorney, TMI Associates
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June 2016
Outside Member of the Board, World Co., Ltd.
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April 2018
Senior Managing Director, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.
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April 2021
Visiting Lawyer, Shimada Hamba & Osajima (up to the present)
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April 2022
Senior Advisor, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.
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June 2022
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to the present)
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Executive Officers
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Yoshiharu Ikeda
Managing Executive Officer
Drug Research Division
Head of Japan Business Unit -
Hiroyuki Baba
Managing Executive Officer
Global Data Design Office; Legal Affairs; Intellectual Property;
IT Management & Digital Transformation -
Shigeyuki Nishinaka
Managing Executive Officer
Business Development & Management
Vice President, Head of Business Development & Management -
Hideyuki Harada
Managing Executive Officer
Technology Research & Development Division;
Manufacturing Division
Deputy Head of Japan Business Unit -
Atsuko Higuchi
Managing Executive Officer
External Affairs; Corporate Secretariat; Human Resources -
Koichi Kozuki
Executive Officer
Regulatory Affairs; Medical Science; Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance Division
Deputy Head of Japan Business Unit -
Isao Shimizu
Executive Officer
Senior Vice President, Head of Drug Research Division
Senior Executive Research Director -
Yumi Sato
Executive Officer
Drug Development Division
Senior Vice President, Head of Drug Development Division
Chief Development Officer, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. -
Kenji Ueno
Executive Officer
Senior Vice President, Head of Technology Research & Development Division -
Naoki Noguchi
Executive Officer
Corporate Governance; Corporate Communications
Vice President, Head of Corporate Communications -
Yutaka Wakemi
Executive Officer
Global Corporate Strategy; Global Finance
Vice President, Head of Global Corporate Strategy -
Adele Gulfo
Executive Officer
CEO of Biopharma Commercial Unit, Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.