Board Members

As of July 1, 2024

Members of the Board

Shigeru Uehara

Chief Executive OfficerShigeru Uehara

Biographyopen
Apr. 2000
Joined Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
May 2000
Joined Abbott Laboratories
Aug. 2006
Corporate Planning Division of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2006
Director, Assistant to Officer in charge of Prescription Pharmaceutical Operation Group of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2006
Deputy Head of Sales Headquarters of Taisho Toyama Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2007
Member of the Board of Taisho Toyama Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2007
Member of the Board of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2008
Managing Member of the Board
Apr. 2009
Executive Vice President
Oct. 2011
Executive Vice President of the Company
Jun. 2012
Chief Executive Officer (Representative) of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (present)
Jun. 2013
Member of the Board of the Company
Jun. 2015
Executive Vice President of the Company
Jul. 2024
Chief Executive Officer of the Company(present)
Takeshi Kunibe

Member of the Board (outside)Takeshi Kunibe

Biographyopen
Apr. 1976
Joined The Sumitomo Bank, Limited
Jun. 2003
Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Oct. 2006
Managing Executive Officer
Jun. 2007
Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Apr. 2009
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Apr. 2011
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jun. 2011
Outside Director of NEC Corporation
Apr. 2017
President of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Jun. 2017
Director President
Apr. 2019
Chairman of the Board (present)
Jun. 2019
Member of the Board (Outside) of the Company (present)
Jun. 2020
Outside Director of Komatsu Ltd. (present)
Jun. 2020
Outside Auditor of Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2021
Outside Director/Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (present)
                    
Makoto Matsuo

Member of the Board (outside)Makoto Matsuo

Biographyopen
Apr. 1975
Admitted to the bar (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)Joined Ozaki & Momo-o
May. 1978
Graduated from Columbia University, Law School
Aug. 1978
Joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York
Mar. 1979
Admitted to the New York Bar
Apr. 1989
Founded Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba
Partner of Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba (present)
Apr. 1997
Lecturer at Nihon University, College of Law: International Transaction Law
Jun. 1999
External Corporate Auditor of Victor Company of Japan, Limited
Jun. 2000
External Corporate Auditor of Billing System Corporation
Jun. 2003
External Corporate Auditor of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2004
External Director of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2005
Lecturer at Hitotsubashi University, Faculty and Graduate School of Law: World Business Law
Jun. 2007
External Director of CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Oct. 2008
External Director of JVC KENWOOD Holdings, Inc.
Jun. 2009
Outside Corporate Auditor of Toray Industries, Inc.
Mar. 2014
External Corporate Auditor of Solasia Pharma K.K.
Mar. 2015
Outside Director of TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.
Jun. 2016
External Director [Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee] of CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Jun. 2018
Outside Statutory Auditor of Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. (present)
Apr. 2020
Provisional Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
Jun. 2020
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) of the Company
Aug. 2022
Outside Director of Rapidus Corporation
Mar. 2023
Director (present)
Jul. 2024
Member of the Board (Outside) of the Company (present)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Kazuya Kameo

Audit & Supervisory Board MemberKazuya Kameo

Biographyopen
Apr. 1976
Joined Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Nov. 2000
Manager of First Research Office for Pharmaceutical Development
Apr. 2001
Manager of Research Office for Medicinal Chemistry
Feb. 2003
Manager of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Promotion Office
Apr. 2004
Director and Head of Quality Assurance Headquarters
Apr. 2008
Corporate Officer and Head of Pharmaceutical and Chemicals Research Center
Jul. 2008
Deputy Head of Research Headquarters
Apr. 2010
Head of Quality Assurance Headquarters
Apr. 2015
Corporate Officer of the Company
Jun. 2015
Member of the Board of the Company
Jun. 2015
Member of the Board of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2016
Member of the Board, Executive Officer of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2019
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present)
Jun. 2019
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (present)
Takeshi Ikoma

Audit & Supervisory Board MemberTakeshi Ikoma

Biographyopen
Apr. 1981
Joined NEC Corporation
Sep. 1995
Joined Sofmap Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1998
Joined Taikisha Ltd.
Jan. 2005
Joined Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2019
General Manager of Corporate Auditors' Office of the Company
Apr. 2019
General Manager of Corporate Auditors' Office of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2021
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present)
Jun. 2021
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (present)
Chushiro Aoi

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)Chushiro Aoi

Biographyopen
Mar. 1974
Executive Director and General Manager of Products Division
Jan. 1982
Managing Director and Head of Products Headquarters
Oct. 1984
Managing Director and Head of Central Sales Headquarters
Jan. 1994
President (Representative) of AIM CREATE Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1997
President (Representative) of MOVING CO., LTD.
Apr. 2006
Adviser
Jan. 2010
President (Representative) of Toyoshima Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current: A-TOM Co., Ltd.)
Jun. 2015
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) of the Company (present)
May. 2019
Chairman (Representative) of A-TOM Co., Ltd. (present)
Tsutomu Miyano

Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)Tsutomu Miyano

Biographyopen
Apr. 1988
Completed the Supreme Court Judicial Training Institute (40th class)
Joined Tomotsune Kimura Mitomi Law Office
Jun. 1993
Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
Jun. 1993
Worked for Bechtel Corporation in Mr./Ms., USA
Sep. 1993
Worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, USA
Sep. 1994
Returned to Tomotsune Kimura Mitomi Law Office
Jan. 1996
Appointed as a partner of the firm
2004
Standing Committee Member of the Study Group on Domestic Legislative Issues Concerning the Collective Action Clause
Jan. 2005
Became a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Office (currently Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Office Foreign Law Joint Venture)(present)
Jul. 2005
Adjunct Lecturer, Chuo University Law School (Part-time Lecturer)
Apr. 2007
Visiting Lecturer, Chuo University Law School
Apr. 2013
Visiting Professor, Chuo University Law School
Jul. 2024
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside) of the Company (present)