Governance Asahi Kasei Corporation

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Diversified Chemicals

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01-09	Zoll Strengthens Growth Trajectory for Asahi Kasei's Healthcare Sector with U.S. Launch of the Next-Generation Lifevest®? Wcd	CI
01-06	Tranche Update on Asahi Kasei Corporation's Equity Buyback Plan announced on November 5, 2025.	CI

Executive Committee: Asahi Kasei Corporation

Manager

Positions heldSince

Yutaka Shibata

70 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/06/2021

Koshiro Kudo

66 year

President

01/04/2022

Toshiyasu Horie

63 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/04/2023

Takuya Magara

68 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/06/2023

Hiroyuki Igarashi

Chief Administrative Officer

Composition of the Board of Directors: Asahi Kasei Corporation

Director

CommitteesSince

Hideki Kobori

70 year

Chairman

01/04/2022

Tsuyoshi Okamoto

78 year

Nominating Committee	01/06/2018
Compensation Committee Chair	01/06/2018
Compensation Committee	01/06/2019
Nominating Committee Chair	01/06/2019

Chieko Matsuda

61 year

Audit Committee	01/06/2020
Compensation Committee	01/06/2024
Nominating Committee	01/06/2024

Masatsugu Kawase

60 year

Director/Board Member

01/04/2020

Toshiyasu Horie

63 year

Director/Board Member

01/06/2022

Yoshinori Yamashita

68 year

Director/Board Member	01/06/2024
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/06/2024

Yuko Maeda

65 year

Director/Board Member	01/06/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/06/2021

Koshiro Kudo

66 year

Director/Board Member

01/06/2021

Latest Appointments: Asahi Kasei Corporation

11/06/25	Inventiva Announces the Appointment of Renée Aguiar-Lucander to Its Board of Directors	CI
08/03/23	Asahi Kasei Corporation Announces Changes in Representative Directors	CI
09/02/22	Asahi Kasei Corporation Announces Change in Representative Directors	CI
28/01/22	Asahi Kasei Corporation Announces Management Changes	CI
07/02/19	Asahi Kasei Corporation Announces Executive Changes	CI
07/03/17	Asahi Kasei Corp. Announces Executive Changes	CI
09/02/16	Asahi Kasei Corp. Announces Executive Changes, with Effect from April 1, 2016	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Asahi Kasei Corporation

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Shigeki Takayama

Director/Board Member	01/06/2019	01/06/2022
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/04/2016	01/06/2022

Soichiro Hashizume

Director/Board Member	01/06/2017	01/04/2022
Human Resources Officer	-	01/04/2022

Nobuyuki Kakizawa

Director/Board Member	01/06/2016	01/04/2022
Compliance Officer	01/06/2016	01/04/2018
General Counsel	01/06/2016	01/04/2018
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/04/2018	01/04/2022

Katsuhiko Yamazoe

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/04/2014

01/04/2017

Toshio Asano

Director/Board Member	01/04/2014	28/06/2016
Corporate Officer/Principal	06/07/2011	01/04/2014
President	01/04/2014	01/04/2016

Tsuneyoshi Tatsuoka

Director/Board Member	01/06/2016	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/06/2016	-

Yukiharu Kodama

Director/Board Member	14/01/2010	01/06/2014
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/06/2007	01/06/2014

Kenyu Adachi

Director/Board Member	01/06/2014	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/06/2014	-

Hiroshi Sawayama

Director/Board Member	01/06/2013	01/06/2014
General Counsel	01/04/1979	01/06/2014

Taketsugu Fujiwara

Director/Board Member	01/06/2000	01/06/2014
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/06/2003	01/04/2010
President	01/04/2010	01/04/2014

Masumi Shiraishi

Director/Board Member	01/06/2013	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/06/2013	-

Hiroshi Kakihira

Corporate Officer/Principal

30/11/2012

Masanori Mizunaga

Director/Board Member	20/09/2010	01/06/2012
General Counsel	10/02/2012	30/04/2012
Corporate Officer/Principal	14/01/2010	10/02/2012

Tsutomu Inada

Director/Board Member	20/09/2010	01/06/2012
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	10/02/2012	30/04/2012
Corporate Officer/Principal	20/09/2010	10/02/2012

Norio Ichino

Director/Board Member	01/06/2011	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/06/2011	-

Nobuo Yamaguchi

Chairman

14/01/2010

Shiro Hiruta

Director/Board Member	01/04/1964	-
President	01/04/1964	-

Morio Ikeda

Director/Board Member

14/01/2010

Kazumoto Yamamoto

Director/Board Member

01/06/2003

Shinsuke Kido

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

26/06/2015

Shuichi Sakamoto

Director/Board Member	01/06/2016	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/04/2019	-

Naoyuki Ono

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/06/2013

Yoshihiro Wada

Director/Board Member	01/06/2013	-
Human Resources Officer	30/04/2012	01/06/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/06/2013	-

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Director/Board Member	01/06/2012	28/06/2016
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	26/06/2015	28/06/2016
Corporate Officer/Principal	28/06/2016	-

Masafumi Nakao

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	01/06/2019	-
Director/Board Member	01/06/2016	01/06/2019
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	01/04/2014	01/04/2017
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/04/2017	01/04/2019

Hajime Nagahara

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/06/2013

Yuji Kobayashi

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	01/06/2017	-
Director/Board Member	01/06/2014	01/06/2017
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/04/2012	01/06/2017

Toshiyuki Kawasaki

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

06/07/2011

Masahito Hirai

Director/Board Member	01/06/2014	-
Human Resources Officer	26/06/2015	01/04/2016
General Counsel	26/06/2015	01/04/2016
Corporate Officer/Principal	20/09/2010	26/06/2015

Yuji Mizuno

Director/Board Member	14/01/2010	-
General Counsel	19/01/2010	26/11/2012
Corporate Officer/Principal	26/11/2012	-

Koji Fujiwara

Director/Board Member	20/09/2010	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	26/11/2012	-

Kenji Nakamae

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

20/09/2010

Yasuyuki Yoshida

Director/Board Member	08/07/2011	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	20/09/2010	-

Masayuki Nomura

Corporate Officer/Principal

Kiyoteru Kadokura

Public Communications Contact

Akira Fukuda

Corporate Officer/Principal

Shigehiro Horimoto

Corporate Officer/Principal

Tooru Tomioka

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Atsushi Nakamura

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/04/2014

Yozo Sato

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	-	-
Investor Relations Contact	-	01/04/2021
Public Communications Contact	01/04/2021	-

Shoichiro Tonomura

Corporate Officer/Principal

06/07/2011

Naoki Okada

Corporate Officer/Principal

Daichi Arima

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	-	30/04/2012
Investor Relations Contact	-	-
Public Communications Contact	-	-

Yoshio Hayashi

Director/Board Member	14/01/2010	-
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	14/01/2010	-

Masato Mikawa

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/05/2011

Haruyuki Yoneda

Corporate Officer/Principal

20/09/2010

Makoto Konosu

Corporate Officer/Principal

20/09/2010

Shinichiro Nei

Corporate Officer/Principal

Toshikatsu Sunami

Corporate Officer/Principal

14/01/2010

Kiyoshi Tsujita

Director/Board Member	14/01/2010	-
Human Resources Officer	14/01/2010	-

Ryo Matsui

Corporate Officer/Principal

14/01/2010

Yuji Tsuchiya

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

14/01/2010

Yuzo Seto

Director/Board Member

14/01/2010

Masaki Sakamoto

Corporate Officer/Principal

20/09/2010

Ichiro Itoh

Director/Board Member	01/06/2001	01/04/2010
Chairman	01/04/2010	-
Director of Finance/CFO	14/01/2010	20/09/2010

Kunio Ohno

Director/Board Member

21/03/2011

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	13
Female	1

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	0

Of which Directors

Male	7
Female	1

Revisions

Révisions CA 1 an

Révisions CA 4 mois

Révisions CA 1 mois

Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

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Asahi Kasei Corp is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the materials business, housing business and healthcare business. The Company operates through three business segments. The Materials segment provides styrene monomer, acrylonitrile, polyethylene, automotive-related fibers, electronic materials, mixed signal large scale integrated circuits (LSI), hall elements, deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs), pharmaceutical and food additives and others. The Housing segment provides construction contracting, renovation and other housing-related business, as well as lightweight aerated concrete (ALC), insulation materials and others. The Healthcare segment provides medical drugs, hemodialysis and apheresis related equipment, virus removal filters, cardiopulmonary resuscitation-related products and others. The Company also provides plant engineering, environmental engineering, various research and information provision businesses, and personnel dispatch and introduction services.

Employees

50,352

Sector

Diversified Chemicals

Calendar

02-04 - Q3 2025 Earnings Release

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