Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

(as of June 30, 2023)

Director

Representative Director and Chairman
Michio Miyahara
Area of Responsibilities :
General Management

Career Summary

April 1975 Joined the Company
April 2001 General Manager of Morioka Plant
June 2003 Managing Officer and General Manager of Engineering Section, Production Department
June 2005 Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Production Department
February 2006 Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Manufacturing Division
June 2007 Senior Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Manufacturing Division
June 2007 Senior Managing Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Manufacturing Division
June 2009 Director and Executive Vice President
February 2010 Director, Executive Vice President, Managing Officer and General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division 2
June 2011 Representative Director and Executive Vice President
June 2012 Representative Director and President
June 2021 Representative Director and Chairman (present)
Representative Director and President
Yohichi Ohnuki
Area of Responsibilities : General Management, Sustainability

Career Summary

April 1983 Joined the Company
May 2008 General Manager of Sales & Marketing Administration Office, Sales & Marketing Division
February 2010 General Manager of Sales & Marketing Administration Office
June 2011 Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Department and General Manager of Public Relations Department
November 2014 Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Department
June 2015 Director, Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Department
April 2016 Director
June 2017 Managing Director
June 2018 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Strategic Planning Division
June 2019 Senior Managing Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Strategic Planning Division
June 2021 Representative Director and President (present)
Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Teiichiro Okawa
Area of Responsibilities :
General Management, Assistant of President and R&D

Career Summary

April 1982 Joined the Company
June 2012 General Manager of Food Research & Development Institute
June 2013 Managing Officer and General Manager of Food Research & Development Institute
June 2015 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Food Research & Development Institute
November 2015 Managing Director
June 2016 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of R&D Division
June 2017 Senior Managing Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of R&D Division
June 2020 Representative Director and Executive Vice President(present)
Director
Tsuyoshi Minato
Area of Responsibilities :
Special Affairs, Dairy Farm Services and Procurement

Career Summary

April 1988 Joined the Company
November 2007 General Manager of Special Affairs Department
June 2010 Managing Officer and General Manager of Special Affairs Department
June 2015 Director, Executive Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of Special Affairs Division and General Manager of Special Affairs Department
June 2016 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Special Affairs Division
June 2018 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Division and General Manager of Special Affairs Division
June 2020 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Special Affairs Division
April 2022 Managing Director
June 2023 Director and Executive Managing Officer (present)
Director
Yasuhiko Yanagida
Area of Responsibilities :
Quality Assurance, Manufacturing and Distribution

Career Summary

April 1984 Joined the Company
February 2010 General Manager of Cost Engineering Office, Manufacturing Division
June 2011 General Manager of Morioka Plant
June 2013 General Manager of Chukyo Plant
July 2015 Managing Officer, General Manager of Chukyo Plant
November 2015 Managing Officer, General Manager of Tokyo Tama Plant
April 2019 Manageng Officer, General Manager of Manufacturing Department, Manufacturing Division
June 2020 Exective Manageng Officer, General Manager of Manufacturing Division
June 2021 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Manufacturing Division
June 2023 Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Manufacturing Division (present)
Director
Hitoshi Hyodo
Area of Responsibilities :
Sales and Marketing

Career Summary

April 1989 Joined the Company
May 2009 General Manager of Tohoku Branch
April 2013 General Manager of Tokai Branch
June 2014 General Manager of Central Japan Regional Office
June 2016 General Manager of Ice Cream Department, Sales & Marketing Division 1
June 2017 General Manager of Ice Cream Business Department, Sales & Marketing Division
June 2018 Managing Officer and Deputy General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division
June 2020 Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division
June 2021 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division
June 2023 Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division (present)
Director
Akihiro Nozaki
Area of Responsibilities :
Strategic Planning, Finances, IT, Human Resources and General Affairs

Career Summary

April 1988 Joined the Company
April 2016 General Manager of Finance & Accounting Department
June 2018 General Manager of Finance & Accounting Department, Strategic Planning Division
June 2019 Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of Manufacturing Division
June 2020 Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of Strategic Planning Division
June 2021 Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Strategic Planning Division
April 2022 Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Division
June 2022 Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Division
June 2023 Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning Division (present)
Director
Takahiro Yanagida
Area of Responsibilities :
Overseas

Career Summary

April 1985 Joined the Company
June 2017 President and Representative Director of MILEI GmbH
January 2020 Managing Officer of the Company; President and Representative Director of MILEI GmbH
June 2020 Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of International Division of the Company; President and Representative Director of MILEI GmbH
November 2020 Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of International Division of the Company
June 2021 Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of International Division
June 2023 Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of International Division (present)
External Director
Yukari Tominaga
Area of Responsibilities :
General Management

Career Summary

April 1981 Joined Hitachi Computer, Consultant Ltd. (current Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.)
April 2007 General Manager, Application Systems Department, Business Group No.2. of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
October 2010 Operating Officer; General Manager, Application Systems Department, Industrial and Retail Solutions Systems Business Department No.1, Industrial and Retail Solutions Systems Business Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
April 2011 Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Retail Solutions Business Division, Industrial and Retail Solutions Systems Business Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
April 2012 Executive Officer; General Manager, Retail Solutions Business Division, Industrial and Retail Solutions Systems Business Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
April 2013 Executive Officer; General Manager, Financial Systems Business Division, Financial Systems Business Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
April 2014 Vice President and Executive Officer; Chief Officer, Financial Systems Business Group; Fellow, Group Management Foundation Reinforcement Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
April 2015 Vice President and Executive Officer; Chief Officer, Social Innovation Promotion Group; Deputy Chief Officer, Sales Operations; Fellow, Technical Reform and Management Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
October 2015 Vice President and Executive Officer; Fellow, Technical Reform and Management Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
October 2016 Vice President and Executive Officer; Chief Officer, Quality Assurance Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
December 2016 Vice President and Executive Officer; Chief Officer, Quality Assurance Group; Chief Officer, Procurement Management Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
October 2018 October 2018 Vice President and Executive Officer; Chief Officer, Quality Assurance Group of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
April 2019 Chief Diversity Officer of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
April 2020 Fellow of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. (until March 2021)
  April 2020 Advisor of TODA CORPORATION (until March 2022)
June 2020 External Director of the Company (present)
July 2020 Advisor of ROHM Co., Ltd. (until June 2021)
October 2020 Advisor of COMTURE CORPORATION (until September 2021)
June 2021 External Director of Yashima & Co.,Ltd. (present)
July 2021 Advisor of SB Technology Corp. (until May 2022)
June 2022 External Member of the Board of SB Technology Corp. (present)
June 2022 External Director of FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (present)
External Director
Hiroshi Nakamura
Area of Responsibilities :
General Management

Career Summary

April 1981 Joined TOMEN Corporation (until March 2000)
June 1993 President and Representative Director of Casio Germany
April 2000  Joined CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
October 2000 Senior General Manager, European Sales Division of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
April 2002 President and Representative Director of CASIO Europe GmbH
June 2007 Executive Officer of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.; President and Representative Director of CASIO Europe
April 2009 Executive Officer; Senior General Manager, Global Marketing Headquarters; Senior General Manager, Overseas Sales Division, Global Marketing Headquarters of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.; President and Representative Director of CASIO Europe
June 2009 Managing Director; Senior General Manager, Global Marketing Headquarters; Senior General Manager, Overseas Sales Division, Global Marketing Headquarters of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
April 2013 Managing Director; Senior General Manager, Global Marketing Headquarters; Senior General Manager, Strategy Division; Senior General Manager, Overseas Sales Division of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
May 2014 Director; Senior Executive Managing Officer; Senior General Manager, Global Marketing Headquarters of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
January 2016 Director; Vice President; Executive Managing Officer of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
January 2018 Director; Vice President; Executive Managing Officer; Senior General Manager, Business Administration Division of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
April 2018 Director; Vice President; Executive Managing Officer; Senior General Manager, Global Marketing Headquarters of CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. (until June 2019)
June 2021 Outside Director of Cool Japan Fund Inc. (present)
July 2021 Advisor of Ushio Inc. (until June 2022)
June 2022 External Director of the Company (present)
External Director
Takayuki Ikeda
Area of Responsibilities :
General Management

Career Summary

April 1981 Joined TOSHIBA CORPORATION
April 2003 Vice President of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
April 2007 General Manager, Electronic Storage Device Division of TOSHIBA CORPORATION
April 2010 General Manager, Corporate Innovation Promotion Department of TOSHIBA CORPORATION
June 2011 Senior Vice President and Director of Toshiba Tec Corporation
June 2014 President and Chief Executive Officer; Chief Risk Compliance Management Officer (CRO) of Toshiba Tec Corporation
June 2020 Advisor of Toshiba Tec Corporation (until September 2022 )
June 2021 Outside Director of JSP Corporation (present)
June 2022 External Director of the Company (present)
External Director
Yasuyuki Yoshinaga
Area of Responsibilities :
General Management

Career Summary

April 1977 Joined Fuji Heavy industries Ltd. (FHI) (current SUBARU CORPORATION)
October 1999 General Manager of Sales Planning Department, Domestic Sales Division of FHI
April 2005 Vice President, Senior General Manager of Strategy Development Division and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of FHI
June 2006 Vice President, Chief General Manager of Strategy Development Division of FHI
April 2007 Vice President, Chief General Manager of Subaru Japan Sales & Marketing Division and General Manager of Sales Promotion Department of FHI
June 2007 Senior Vice President, Chief General Manager of Subaru Japan Sales & Marketing Division of FHI
June 2009 Director of the Board and Executive Vice President, Chief General Manager of Subaru Japan Sales & Marketing Division of FHI
June 2011 Representative Director of the Board, President of FHI
June 2018 Director of the Board, Chairman of SUBARU CORPORATION
June 2021 Special Advisor of SUBARU CORPORATION (present)
June 2023 External Director of the Company (present)

Auditor

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Keiki Hirota

Career Summary

April 1978 Joined the Company
June 2005 Managing Officer and General Manager of Beverage & Dessert Division
February 2006 Managing Officer and General Manager of Tohoku Branch
June 2007 Managing Officer and Deputy General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division
May 2008 Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division and General Manager of Advertising Department
May 2009 Managing Officer and Deputy General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division
February 2010 Managing Officer and Deputy General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division 1
June 2012 Seconded to Daily Foods Corporation. (Representative Director and Executive Vice President)
June 2014 President and Representative Director of Daily Foods Corporation
June 2018 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present)
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mitsumasa Saito

Career Summary

April 1980 Joined the Company
June 2008 General Manager of General Affairs Department
May 2009 General Manager of Purchasing Department, Manufacturing Division
June 2011 Managing Officer and General Manager of Purchasing Department, Manufacturing Division
June 2012 Managing Officer and General Manager of Human Resources Department
June 2016 Director
June 2018 Director, Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of Corporate Communication Divisions
June 2020 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (present)
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Masahiko Ikaga

Career Summary

October 1979 Joined Tohmatsu Aoki Audit Corporation (current Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
May 1988 Director of Tohmatsu Touche & Ross Consulting Co., Ltd. (current ABeam Consulting Ltd.)
May 1990 Partner of Tohmatsu Aoki Audit Corporation
April 1993 Director of Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (current Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC)
March 2000 Representative Director and President of Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd.
October 2010 Director and Chairman of Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (until November 2013)
November 2013 Chief Strategy Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC (until November 2015)
March 2016 Retired from Partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
April 2016 Established Masahiko Ikaga Certified Public Accountant Office
May 2016 Representative Director of PrajnaLink Co., Ltd. (present)
June 2016 External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present)
March 2017 Outside Corporate Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (until March 2021)
June 2017 Outside Director of RYOBI LIMITED (present)
June 2022 Outside Auditor of Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (present)
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Mayumi Yamamoto

Career Summary

April 1984 Registered as an Attorney at law (Tokyo Bar Association) Joined Takeo Ishiguro law firm
September 1990 Established Ginza Shin Sogo law firm (until December 2004)
January 2005 Established Ginza Shin Meiwa law firm (present)
June 2019 External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present)
June 2020 Outside Director of MIRAIT Holdings Corporation (current MIRAIT ONE Corporation) (present)
June 2021 External Director of JCU CORPORATION (present)

Skills Matrix

Name Items
(Director) Management Experience Sales & Marketing

Quality, Production, Procurement, and R&D

Finance & Accounting Genaral Affairs, Human Resources, and Legal Affairs IT Global, and M&A
Michio Miyahara        
Yohichi Ohnuki      
Teiichiro Okawa        
Tsuyoshi Minato        
Yasuhiko Yanagida        
Hitoshi Hyodo          
Akihiro Nozaki    
Takahiro Yanagida            
Yukari Tominaga        
Hiroshi
Nakamura
       
Takayuki
Ikeda
       
Yasuyuki
Yoshinaga
     
(Auditor)              
Keiki Hirota          
Mitsumasa Saito        
Masahiko Ikaga      
Mayumi Yamamoto            
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