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Notice of Nominees for Directors and Corporate Officers

Listed Company Name: Ãå±±½ûµØ. 
Representative: Haruo Naito 
Representative Corporate Officer and CEO 
Securities Code: 4523

Stock Exchange Listings: Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Inquiries: Sayoko Sasaki
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Phone +81-3-3817-5120

 

 

Ãå±±½ûµØ. announced today that the Nomination Committee has selected candidates for directors to be proposed at Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on June 14, 2024, and the Board of Directors has nominated candidates for corporate officers.

 

1. Proposed Changes in Directors (effective June 14, 2024)

 

1) Nominees for New Directors 

NameCurrent Position
Takuji Kanai External newly appointed

Certified Public Accountant,
Representative Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC

KPMG Asia Pacific, Head of Audit & Assurance
Kenta Takahashi Internal newly appointed Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Internal Control, Internal Audit, and Intellectual Property
 
2) Retiring Directors
NameCurrent positions
Hideyo Uchiyama

Outside Director,
Certified Public Accountant,
Executive Advisor, ASAHI Tax Corporation
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), OMRON Corporation

Hideki Hayashi Director

 

3) Nominees for Directors

NameCurrent Position
Haruo Naito Internal reappointed

Director,
Representative Corporate Officer and CEO

Chair, The Naito Foundation
Yumiko Miwa External reappointed

Director,
Professor, School of Commerce, Meiji University
Member, Fund Management Committee, National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel
Member, Pension Asset Management Review Committee, The Mutual Aid Association of Prefectural Government Personnel

Outside Director, Pigeon Corporation
Fumihiko Ike External reappointed

Chair of the Board of Directors,
Outside Director, NTT DATA GROUP

Outside Director, Resona Holdings, Inc.
Yoshiteru Kato Internal reappointed Director
Ryota Miura External reappointed

Director,
Partner, Miura & Partners Profession Corporation
Outside Director and Corporate Auditor, TechMatrix Corporation

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo Electron Limited
Hiroyuki Kato Internal reappointed Director
Richard Thornley External reappointed

Director,

Chief Executive Officer, Thornley International
Toru Moriyama External reappointed Director
Yuko Yasuda External reappointed

Director,
Executive Vice President, Board Advisors Japan, Inc.

Outside Director, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Takuji Kanai External newly appointed

Certified Public Accountant,
Representative Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC

KPMG Asia Pacific, Head of Audit & Assurance
Kenta Takahashi Internal newly appointed Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Internal Control, Internal Audit, and Intellectual Property

NOTE: Yumiko Miwa, Fumihiko Ike, Ryota Miura, Richard Thornley, Toru Moriyama, Yuko Yasuda and Takuji Kanai are nominees who meet the requirements of an Outside Director as specified in Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 7 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act of Japan.

 

   

4) Nominees for Chair of Board of Directors and Committee Members (The 〇 mark indicates the chair)

Chair of the Board of DirectorsFumihiko Ike
Nomination Committee 〇Toru Moriyama, Richard Thornley, Yuko Yasuda
Audit Committee 〇Takuji Kanai, Yumiko Miwa, Yoshiteru Kato, Ryota Miura, Kenta Takahashi
Compensation Committee 〇Richard Thornley, Toru Moriyama, Yuko Yasuda

The hhc Governance Committee is composed entirely of Outside Directors, and the Chair shall be selected by a vote of the Committee.

 

  

1)    Career Summary of New Nominees for Directors

Takuji Kanai (March 5, 1959)

   Apr. 1981         Joined Tokyo office, Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)

   Mar. 1984        Registered as Certified Public Accountant

   Sep. 1985        Worked in the New York office, KPMG AZSA LLC (-August 1990).

   Aug. 1996        Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC

   Aug. 2001        Representative Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC (current)

   Jun. 2008         Board Member, KPMG AZSA LLC

   Sep. 2009        Chairman of the Senior Review Board, KPMG AZSA LLC

   Jul. 2011          Head of Division 4, Tokyo Office, KPMG AZSA LLC

   Jul. 2015          Senior Executive Board Member, KPMG AZSA LLC

                           KPMG Japan, Head of Audit & Assurance

   Apr. 2016         KPMG Asia Pacific, Head of Audit & Assurance (current)

   Jun. 2019         Deputy Managing Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC

 

Kenta Takahashi (September 22, 1959)

   Apr. 1983        Joined the Company

   Jun. 2001        Executive Director, Legal Department of the Company

   Jun. 2007        Vice President of the Company

   Jun. 2007        General Council of the Company (current)

   Jun. 2009        Assigned to Intellectual Property of the Company (current)

   Jun. 2011        Senior Vice President of the Company

   Apr. 2016        President, Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd., (current)

   Jun. 2019        Executive Vice President of the Company (current)

   Jun. 2021        Assigned to Internal Audit of the Company (current)

   Jun. 2023        Chief Compliance Officer of the Company (current)

   Jun. 2023        Assigned to Internal Control of the Company (current)

   

  

  1. 2. Changes in Corporate Officers (Effective on June 14, 2024)

  

1) Changes in Representative Corporate Officers

New PositionNameCurrent Responsibility
Representative Corporate Officer and Executive Vice President Keisuke Naito Senior Vice President
Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Chief Ecosystem Officer, Global Alzheimer's Disease Officer

 

2) Nominees for New Corporate Officers

New PositionNameCurrent Responsibility
Vice President Shin Kato Officer, Head of Legal Department

 

3) Retiring Corporate Officer

NameCurrent Responsibility
Kenta Takahashi Executive Vice President
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Internal Control, Internal Audit, Intellectual Property

NOTE: Kenta Takahashi is to be appointed as a Director of the company.

 

  

4) Nominees for Corporate Officers

NameCurrent Responsibility
Haruo Naito Representative Corporate Officer and CEO
Yasushi Okada

Representative Corporate Officer and COO

Industry Affairs, China Business, Data Integrity
Keisuke Naito

Senior Vice President

Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Chief Ecosystem Officer, Global Alzheimer's Disease Officer
Terushige Iike

Executive Vice President

Japan Business
Gary Hendler

Senior Vice President

President, EMEA Region

Chairman & CEO, Eisai Europe Ltd.
Tatsuyuki Yasuno

Senior Vice President

President, Americas Region

Chairman & CEO, Eisai Inc.
Yanhui Feng

Senior Vice President

President, Eisai China Holdings Ltd.
Masatomi Akana

Senior Vice President

Chief Government Relations Officer, Chief IR Officer,

Global Value & Access, General Affairs, Environmental and Safety Affairs, Japan Subsidiaries
Takashi Owa

Senior Vice President

Chief Scientific Officer, Japan and Asia Medical, Safety
Lynn Kramer

Vice President

Chief Clinical Officer
Sayoko Sasaki

Vice President

Corporate Communications, ESG
Shohei Kanazawa

Vice President

President, Asia and Latin America Region, API Solutions
Akiko Nakahama

Vice President
Chief Portfolio Officer, Japan/Asia Filing and Registration,

Chief Quality Officer, Japan Regulatory Affairs
Kazuhiko Tamura

Vice President

President, Eisai Demand Chain Systems
Teruyuki Masaka

Vice President

Chief HR Officer
Mitsuo Kosaka

Vice President

New Supply Chain Strategy
Shin Ujiie

Vice President

Corporate Strategy
Toshitaka Asano

Vice President

Head of Corporate Planning and Business Development HQs
Mitsuru Shomon

Vice President

Chief Financial Officer
Makoto Hoketsu

Vice President
Chief Information Officer

Shin Kato

Officer, Head of Legal Department

NOTE: Representative Corporate Officer and CEO Haruo Naito will also serve concurrently as the Director.