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Members of the Board

Representative Director, President Naoyuki Mochida

Naoyuki Mochida

Representative Director, President

Apr. 1981
Joined the Company
May 1986
Earned an MBA from Indiana University in the U.S.
Apr. 1988
Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Apr. 1991
Joined the Company
Apr. 1996
General Manager, Head of the Clinical Development Planning Department
Apr. 1997
General Manager, Head of the Finance Department
Jun. 1997
Member of the Board
Jan. 1998
Senior Executive Managing Officer, Head of the Corporate Planning Department
Jan. 1999
Representative Director, President (to the present)
Apr. 2010
Vice-chairman of Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
Jun. 2016
Chairman of Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research (to the present)
Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President Chu Sakata

Chu Sakata

Representative Director
Senior Executive Vice President

Apr. 1982
Joined the Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.
May 2007
General Manager of Syndicated Finance Division and the Global Head of Syndication at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU)
Feb. 2009
Regional Head for the Middle East at BTMU
Jun. 2011
Advisor of the Company
Jun. 2011
Member of the Board, Executive Officer and Assistant Officer, Planning & Administration
Apr. 2012
Executive Officer and Assistant Officer, Planning & Administration, Head of Planning & Administration Division
Jun. 2012
Executive Officer, Planning & Administration, Head of Planning & Administration Division
Jun. 2013
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer
Jun. 2016
Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer
Supervisor for Planning & Administration, Audits and Corporate Ethics
Jun. 2017
Senior Executive Managing Officer,
Assistant to President and Operations in general (to the present)
Jun. 2021
Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President (to the present)
Member of the Board, Senior Executive Managing Officer Keiichi Sagisaka

Keiichi Sagisaka

Member of the Board
Senior Executive Managing Officer

Apr. 1980
Joined the Company
Apr. 2003
Head of Metropolitan Branch Office
Apr. 2005
Head of Tokyo Branch Office
Jun. 2007
Executive Officer
Apr. 2008
Deputy Head of Pharmaceutical Business Division
Jun. 2009
Head of Pharmaceutical Business Division
Jun. 2010
Member of the Board, Executive Officer
Jun. 2013
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer
Pharmaceutical Business, Head of Pharmaceutical Business Division
Apr. 2015
Executive Managing Officer, Pharmaceutical Business
Jun. 2016
Member of the Board, Senior Executive Managing Officer (to the present)
Jun. 2021
Senior Executive Managing Officer, Pharmaceutical Business and Mochida Healthcare (to the present)
Member of the Board, Senior Executive Managing Officer Junichi Sakaki, Ph.D.

Junichi Sakaki, Ph.D.

Member of the Board
Senior Executive Managing Officer

Mar. 1993
Joined Ciba-Geigy AG
Jul. 2005
General Manager, Research Strategy and Alliances at Novartis Pharma K.K.
Dec. 2006
Joined Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Director, Chemistry Department, Tsukuba Research Laboratories
Jul. 2009
Joined the Company
General Manager, Head of Research Planning and Management Department
Apr. 2010
Head of Discovery Research
Jun. 2012
Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Business Development Division
Jun. 2014
Member of the Board, Executive Officer, Business Development
Jun. 2016
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer
Oct. 2018
Executive Managing Officer, Business Development and Biomaterials Business
Jun. 2021
Member of the Board, Senior Executive Managing Officer (to the present)
Jun. 2022
Senior Executive Managing Officer, Business Development, Supervisor for Biomaterials Business
Jan. 2023
Senior Executive Managing Officer, Business Development and Business Promotion, Supervisor for Biomaterials Business
Jun. 2023
Senior Executive Managing Officer, Business Development, Supervisor for Business Promotion and Biomaterials Business
Jun. 2024
Senior Executive Managing Officer, Supervisor for Business Development, Business Promotion and Biomaterials Business (to the present)
Member of the Board, Senior Executive Managing Officer Motoi Mitsuishi

Motoi Mitsuishi

Member of the Board
Senior Executive Managing Officer

Apr. 1987
Joined the Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.
May 2012
Regional Head for Thailand, Bangkok Branch Manager at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU)
Jun. 2013
Executive Officer, Regional Head for Thailand, Bangkok Branch Manager at BTMU
Jul. 2015
Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Asia & Oceania Group (in charge of special projects), General Manager of Asia & Oceania Sales Division, Singapore Branch Manager at BTMU
May 2017
Managing Executive Officer, Head of Transaction Banking Group at BTMU
Jun. 2019
Representative Director, Deputy President at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2020
Outside Corporate Auditor at the Nanto Bank, Ltd.
May 2023
Advisor of the Company
Jun. 2023
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer, Planning & Administration and Technonet, Head of Planning & Administration Division
Apr. 2024
Executive Managing Officer, Planning & Administration, Head of Planning & Administration Division (to the present)
Jun. 2024
Member of the Board, Senior Executive Managing Officer (to the present)
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer Yutaka Kawakami, Ph.D.

Yutaka Kawakami, Ph.D.

Member of the Board
Executive Managing Officer

Apr. 1985
Joined Eisai Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1998
Joined Pfizer Japan, Inc.
Oct. 2003
Transferred to Office of Pharmaceutical Industry Research of Japan
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Oct. 2005
Director of Clinical Submissions Department at Pfizer Japan Inc.
Dec. 2012
Joined the Company
Deputy Head of Clinical Research and Development Division
Jun. 2015
Executive Officer
Jun. 2017
Head of Clinical Research and Development Division
Apr. 2019
Head of RA, QA and PV Division
Jun. 2019
Member of the Board, Executive Officer, RA, QA and PV, Head of RA, QA and PV Division
Jun. 2022
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer (to the present)
Jun. 2024
Executive Managing Officer, RA, QA and PV, Supervisor for Mochida Pharmaceutical Plant (to the present)
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer Junichi Nezu, Ph.D.

Junichi Nezu, Ph.D.

Member of the Board
Executive Managing Officer

Apr. 1991
Joined Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jul. 2012
Research Head, Chugai Pharmabody Research (Singapore)
Apr. 2018
General Manager of Participatory Research Division and General Manager of Drug Discovery and Pharmacology Department at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2020
Executive Officer and General Manager of Research Division at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2021
Executive Officer and General Manager of Project Lifecyle Management Unit R&D Portfolio Department at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jul.2023
Joined the Company
Aug. 2023
Executive Managing Officer, Research
Jun. 2024
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer Research, Supervisor for Development (to the present)
    
Outside Director Tomoo Kugisawa

Tomoo Kugisawa

Outside Director

Apr. 1987
Registered as an attorney-at-law (to the present) Joined Tokyo Fuji Law Office
Apr. 1995
Partner at Tokyo Fuji Law Office
Apr. 2005
Professor at Omiya Law School
Jun. 2006
Outside Corporate Auditor at OG Corporation
Jun. 2012
Member of the Board of the Company (to the present)
Apr. 2019
Visiting professor at Chuo University Law School (to the present)
Jan. 2023
Representative at Tokyo Fuji Law Office (to the present)
Outside Director Tomoaki Sonoda

Tomoaki Sonoda

Outside Director

Apr. 2004
Certified public accountant (to the present)
Apr. 2006
Professor at Keio University Faculty of Business and Commerce (to the present)
Oct. 2009
Member of Contract Surveillance Committee, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (to the present)
Apr. 2018
Visiting Professor at Musashino University (to the present)
Jan. 2020
Member of Third Bidding Surveillance Commission, Ministry of Finance (to the present)
Jun. 2022
Member of the Board of the Company (to the present)
Outside Director Shigeaki Yoshikawa

Shigeaki Yoshikawa

Outside Director

Apr. 1977
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
Apr. 2008
Executive Officer, General Manager of Global Strategy & Coordination Department at Mitsubishi Corporation
Apr. 2010
Executive Officer, Chief Regional Officer for the Europe, Middle East and Africa CIS at Mitsubishi Corporation
Apr. 2013
Executive Vice President, Regional CEO, Middle East & Central Asia at Mitsubishi Corporation
Oct. 2016
Executive Vice President at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Dec. 2016
Executive Vice President, Representative Director at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Jun. 2017
Management Council Member at Fukushima Medical University (to the present)
Dec. 2020
Full-time Senior Corporate Advisor at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Apr. 2021
Visiting Professor in Department of Business Design; Research Fellow at Institute of Current Business Studies, Showa Women's University
Jan. 2022
Senior Corporate Adviser at Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Jun. 2022
Outside Director at Azbil Corporation (to the present)
Jun. 2023
Member of the Board of the Company (to the present)
Outside Director Mami Kobayashi

Mami Kobayashi

Outside Director

Apr. 1987
Joined Nikkeisha, Inc.
Sep. 1988
Joined The Asahi Shimbun Company
Oct. 1990
Joined McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Dec. 1994
Joined United Technologies Corporation (US)
Oct. 2002
Library Director of Cultural Business Department at Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2010
Library Advisor of Cultural Business Department at Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2024
Member of the Board of the Company (to the present)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member Yoshiharu Hashimoto

Yoshiharu Hashimoto

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr. 1985
Joined the Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.
Jan. 2009
General Manager of Yotsuya Commercial Banking Office at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU)
May 2011
General Manager of Osaka Corporate Banking Division No. 2 of Osaka Corporate Banking Group at BTMU
Jun. 2013
Vice President, Head of Business Development Unit at Sharp Corporation
Jun. 2016
Full-time Corporate Auditor at Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2017
Joined the Company
Jun. 2017
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Jun. 2019
Member of the Board, Executive Officer, Planning & Administration and Technonet, Head of Planning & Administration Division
Jun. 2022
Member of the Board, Executive Managing Officer
Jun. 2023
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to the present)
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member Masayoshi Takeda

Masayoshi Takeda

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr. 1985
Joined Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2008
Joined the Company
Apr. 2015
General Manager, Head of Finance & Accounting Department
Jun. 2016
Executive Officer
Jun. 2022
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to the present)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kyosuke Wagai

Kyosuke Wagai

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Oct. 1977
Joined Tohmatsu Awoki & Co
Sep. 1982
Registered as a certified public accountant (to the present)
Jul. 1991
Partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Jul. 2010
Executive Board Member of the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (JICPA)
Jun. 2016
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to the present)
Jul. 2016
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of JICPA
Jun. 2017
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Tokyo Electron Limited (to the present)
Jun. 2017
Representative Director and Chairman at XBRL Japan Inc. (to the present)
Jun. 2023
Auditor of Japan Federation of Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer's Associations (to the present)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Akiko Suzuki

Akiko Suzuki

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr. 1974
Registered as an attorney-at-law (to the present) Joined Anderson Mōri & Rabinowitz
Sep. 1990
Joined the Company
Sep. 1998
Joined Tokyo Eiwa Law Office
Sep. 2002
Joined Tokyo Office of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners Partner (Member of the LPC)
Jun. 2019
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to the present)
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Yoshifumi Miyata

Yoshifumi Miyata

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr. 2006
Executive Officer and General Manager of Financial Institution Relations Department at the Dai - ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Apr. 2009
Managing Executive Officer of the Dai - ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
Jun. 2010
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Tsugami Corporation
Jun. 2012
Representative Director and Vice-President of Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd.
Oct. 2018
Outside Director at Wellness Communications Corporation (to the present)
Jun. 2021
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (to the present)

Executive Officers

Executive Managing Officer
Biomaterials Business
Head of Biomaterials Business Division
Hitoshi Mizuno
Executive Managing Officer
Mochida Pharmaceutical Plant
Masaaki Naotsuka
Executive Managing Officer
Business Promotion
Head of Business Promotion Division and General Manager,
Head of Innovative Technology Department
Yoshitaka Hosaka, Ph.D.
Executive Managing Officer
Development
Head of Clinical Research and Development Division
Taiji Hayano
Executive Managing Officer
Business Development
Head of Business Development Division
Tomokazu Matsusue
Executive Officer
Head of Pharmaceutical Business Division
Kenji Miyajima
Executive Officer
Head of Research Division
Yasushi Taguchi
Executive Officer
Head of RA, QA and PV Division
Masato Tomomitsu
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Clinical Research and Development Division
Takeshi Mochida
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Business Development Division
Reiko Nakano
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Planning & Administration Division and General Manager, Head of Human Resources Department
Junichi Makino
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Pharmaceutical Business Division
Shinji Ninomiya
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Clinical Research and Development Division
Junko Ohata
Executive Officer
General Manager, Head of Legal & Compliance Department
Masaaki Yokosuka
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