Management

Directors

President Toshiaki Takatsu

Career summary
  1. Apr. 1990
    Joined the Company
  2. June 2015
    General Manager of Purchase Department, Business Management Division
  3. Apr. 2017
    General Manager of Middle Japan Sales Department, Industrial Product Sales Management Department
  4. Apr. 2018
    Operating Officer and General Manager of Medical Specialty Sales Department
  5. Apr. 2019
    Senior Operating Officer, Assistant to President
  6. June 2019
    President, responsible for overall corporate management (current position)
Significant concurrent positions
None
Number of shares of the Company held
19,500 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)

Executive Director Hironori Sakai

Career summary
  1. Apr. 1985
    Joined the Company
  2. Apr. 2008
    Operating Officer and General Manager of Administration Department
  3. June 2009
    Director, Operating Officer, and General Manager of Administration Department
  4. June 2015
    Managing Director, responsible for CSR and corporate management
  5. Oct. 2016
    Managing Director, responsible for CSR and corporate management, and Director and Advisor, responsible for corporate management of Daito Chemical Co., Ltd.
  6. June 2019
    Executive Director, responsible for Promotion Unit and CSR, and General Manager of Public Relations Department of the Company
  7. Apr. 2020
    Executive Director, responsible for administration and CSR (current position)
Significant concurrent positions
None
Number of shares of the Company held
30,000 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)

Director, Managing Officer Hideaki Hara

Career summary
  1. Apr. 1984
    Joined the Company
  2. Apr. 2011
    Operating Officer and General Manager of Management Department, Tape Business Division
  3. Apr. 2012
    Operating Officer and General Manager of Tape Business Division
  4. June 2012
    Director, Operating Officer, and General Manager of Tape Business Division
  5. Apr. 2020
    Director, Managing Officer, responsible for sales, and General Manager of Business Management Division
  6. Apr. 2022
    Director, Managing Officer, responsible for sales and development, and General Manager of Domestic Business Division 
  7. Apr. 2024
    Director, Managing Officer, responsible for sales and development, and General Manager of Business Strategy Division (current position) 
Significant concurrent positions
None
Number of shares of the Company held
16,100 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)

Director, Managing Officer Yasuhiko Takahashi

Career summary
  1. Apr. 1986
    Joined the Company
  2. Apr. 2011
    Operating Officer and General Manager of Anjo Factory
  3. June 2013
    President of Nichiban Techno Co., Ltd.
  4. Apr. 2016
    Senior Operating Officer and General Manager of Administration Division of the Company
  5. Apr. 2020
    Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division and Public Relations Department
  6. June 2021
    Director, Managing Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division (current position)
Significant concurrent positions
None
Number of shares of the Company held
11,200 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)

Outside Independent Director Yoji Shimizu

Career summary
  1. Apr. 1970
    Joined the ASATSU INC.*
  2. Mar. 2005
    Director, Operating Officer of ASATSU-DK INC.*
  3. Mar. 2010
    Representative Director, President of ASATSU-DK INC.*
  4. Mar. 2013
    Director, Advisor of ASATSU-DK INC.*
  5. June 2014
    Outside Director of the Company (current position)
  • *
    Current ADK Marketing Solutions Inc.
Significant concurrent positions
None
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)

Outside Independent Director Tatsuo Ishihara

Career summary
  1. Oct. 1977
    Passed the National Bar Examination
  2. Apr. 1980
    Appointed as Public Prosecutor of Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
  3. Apr. 1987
    Registered as an attorney-at-law
  4. Jan. 1989
    Established Okinobu & Ishihara Law Office* (current position)
  5. June 2016
    Outside Director of the Company (current position)
  • *
    Currently renamed to Spring Partners
Significant concurrent positions
Representative of Spring Partners
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)

Outside Independent Director Akihiro Sato

Career summary
  1. Oct. 1987
    Passed the National Bar Examination
  2. Apr. 1990
    Registered as an attorney-at-law
  3. Apr. 1990
    Joined Marunouchi Kyoritsu Law Firm
  4. May 1995
    Established Akihiro Sato Law Office Representative of Akihiro Sato Law Office
  5. Dec. 2016
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
  6. June 2019
    Outside Director of the Company (current position)
  7. June 2023
    Partner at Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices (current position)
Significant concurrent positions
Partner at Shinwa Sohgoh Law Office
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)

Outside Independent Director Hiromi Sanada

Career summary
  1. Apr. 1979
    Internal Medicine Ward, St. Luke’s International Hospital 
  2. Apr. 1980
    Surgical Ward, Kanazawa University Hospital 
  3. Apr. 1981
    Assistant and Associate Professor of Department of Nursing, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University 
  4. Apr. 1987
    Research Student of Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University (March 1997 - Doctor of Medicine) 
  5. Apr. 1988
    Graduate School of Nursing, University of Illinois, U.S.A. (Special Training) (- March 1990) 
  6. Nov. 1998
    Professor of the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University 
  7. Apr. 2004
    Division of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo 
  8. Apr. 2017
    Director of Global Nursing Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo 
  9. Apr. 2022
    President of Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University (current position) 
  10. June 2022
    Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo (current position) 
  11. June 2022
    Outside Director of the Company (current position) 
Significant concurrent positions
President of Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kazunori Takahashi

Career summary
  1. Apr. 1985
    Joined the Company
  2. July 2012
    Operating Officer, responsible for overseas business and General Manager of Purchase Department, Business Management Division
  3. Apr. 2014
    Operating Officer and General Manager of Purchase Department, Business Management Division
  4. June 2015
    Operating Officer and General Manager of Saitama Factory, Tape Business Division
  5. June 2017
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
Significant concurrent positions
None
Number of shares of the Company held
16,800 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)
Attendance at the Audit & Supervisory meetings
15/15 (100%)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member Osamu Sakamoto

Career summary
  1. Apr. 1990
    Joined the Company
  2. Apr. 2020
    General Manager of Internal Audit Division
  3. Apr. 2022
    Operating Officer and General Manager of General Affairs Department, Administration Division, responsible for internal control
  4. Apr. 2024
    Operating Officer, Assistant to Audit & Supervisory Board
  5. June 2024
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
Significant concurrent positions
None
Number of shares of the Company held
1,000 shares

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Yasushi Kodama

Career summary
  1. Oct. 1988
    Passed the National Bar Examination
  2. Apr. 1991
    Intern at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka
  3. May 1991
    Passed the National Medical Practitioners Qualifying Examination
  4. Apr. 1992
    Legal Apprentice at The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan, Supreme Court of Japan
  5. Apr. 1994
    Joined T. HASEGAWA & CO., LAW OFFICES
  6. Sep. 1995
    Joined Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago)
  7. Aug. 1996
    Joined Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP (London)
  8. Nov. 1996
    Passed the New York State Bar Examination, U.S.
  9. June 2004
    Specially-appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Tokyo
  10. Apr. 2012
    Established Shinsei Sogo Law Offices, Representative (current position)
  11. Apr. 2015
    Director of National Cancer Center Japan (- March 2023)
  12. Dec. 2018
    Regent at Tokyo Medical University (current position)
  13. June 2019
    Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Significant concurrent positions
Representative of Shinsei Sogo Law Offices, Regent at Tokyo Medical University
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)
Attendance at the Audit & Supervisory meetings
15/15 (100%)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Atsushi Fukuda

Career summary
  1. Oct. 1985
    Joined Asahi Shinwa & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
  2. Apr. 1989
    Registered as a certified public accountant
  3. May 2006
    Appointed as Representative Partner (currently Partner) of KPMG AZSA LLC
  4. June 2021
    Retired from KPMG AZSA LLC
  5. May 2022
    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of SANYO SHOKAI LTD. (current position)
  6. June 2022
    Outside Director of the Company (current position)
  7. May 2024
    Auditor at Saitama Medical University (current position)
Significant concurrent positions
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of SANYO SHOKAI LTD.
Number of shares of the Company held
0 shares
Attendance at the Board of Directors meetings
15/15 (100%)
Attendance at the Audit & Supervisory meetings
15/15 (100%)

Skills Matrix of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Name Positions and responsibilities at the Company Nomination and Remuneration Committee Skill
Corporate management Finance/Accounting Legal/Risk management R&D Manufacturing/ Technology Marketing/Sales Internationality
Toshiaki Takatsu President
Hironori Sakai Executive Director
Hideaki Hara Director, Managing Officer
Yasuhiko Takahashi Director, Managing Officer
Yoji Shimizu Outside Director
Tatsuo Ishihara Outside Director
Akihiro Sato Outside Director
Hiromi Sanada Outside Director
Kazunori Takahashi Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Osamu Sakamoto Audit & Supervisory Board Member            
Yasushi Kodama Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Atsushi Fukuda Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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    The “•” symbol in the skills matrix are listed based on past knowledge and experience, and do not represent all the knowledge and experience possessed by the subject.

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