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Yoshihiko Hatanaka
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1980: Joined Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
April 2003: Director, Corporate Planning, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
April 2005: Vice President, Corporate Planning, Corporate Strategy Division, the Company
June 2005: Corporate Executive, Vice President, Corporate Planning, Corporate Strategy Division, the Company
April 2006: Corporate Executive of the Company and President & CEO, Astellas US LLC and President & CEO, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
June 2008: Senior Corporate Executive of the Company and President & CEO, Astellas US LLC and President & CEO, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
April 2009: Senior Corporate Executive, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer (CSTO & CFO), the Company
June 2011: Representative Director, President and CEO, the Company
April 2018: Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, the Company (present post)
June 2019: Outside Director, Sony Corporation (present post)Close
Kenji Yasukawa
Representative Director, President and CEO
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1986: Joined the Company
April 2005: Vice President, Project Management, Urology, the Company
June 2010: Corporate Executive of the Company and Therapeutic Area Head, Urology, Astellas Pharma Europe B.V.
October 2010: Corporate Executive of the Company and Therapeutic Area Head, Urology, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.
April 2011: Corporate Executive, Vice President, Product & Portfolio Strategy, the Company
April 2012: Corporate Executive, Chief Strategy Officer (CSTO), the Company
June 2012: Senior Corporate Executive, Chief Strategy Officer (CSTO), the Company
April 2017: Senior Corporate Executive, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Commercial Officer (CSTO & CCO), the Company
June 2017: Representative Director, Executive Vice President, the Company
April 2018: Representative Director, President and CEO, the Company (present post)Close
Naoki Okamura
Representative Director, Executive Vice President
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1986: Joined the Company
October 2010: President & CEO, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
April 2012: Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.
July 2014: Vice President, Licensing & Alliances, the Company
April 2016: Vice President, Corporate Planning, the Company
June 2016: Corporate Executive, Vice President, Corporate Planning, the Company
April 2018: Corporate Executive, Chief Strategy Officer (CSTO), the Company
April 2019: Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer (CStO), the Company
June 2019: Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer (CStO), the Company
October 2019: Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer (CStO & CFO), the Company (present post)Close
Mamoru Sekiyama
Outside Director
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1974: Joined Marubeni Corporation
April 1997: General Manager, Power Project Dept.-I, Marubeni Corporation
April 1998: General Manager, Power Project Dept.-III, Marubeni Corporation
April 1999: Deputy General Manager, Power Project Div.; General Manager, Power Project Dept. I, Marubeni Corporation
April 2001: Senior Operating Officer, Utility Infrastructure Div.; General Manager, Overseas Power Project Dept., Marubeni Corporation
April 2002: Corporate Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Plant, Power & Infrastructure Div., Marubeni Corporation
April 2005: Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Plant, Power & Infrastructure Projects Div., Marubeni Corporation
June 2006: Corporate Senior Vice President, Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation
April 2007: Corporate Executive Vice President, Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation
April 2009: Senior Executive Vice President, Member of the Board, Marubeni Corporation
April 2013: Vice Chairman, Marubeni Corporation
April 2015: Corporate Adviser, Marubeni Corporation; Chairman, Marubeni Power Systems Corporation
June 2017: Director, the Company (present post)
April 2020: Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, A.D.Works Group Co., Ltd. (present post)Close
Keiko Yamagami
Outside Director
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1987: Public Prosecutor, Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office
April 2002: Coordinator, the Legislative Division, Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
January 2005: Counselor, the Legislative Division, Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
August 2005: Public Prosecutor, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
August 2007: Deputy Director of Public Peace Department, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
July 2008: Deputy Director of Trial Department, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
April 2009: Trial Director, Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office
April 2010: Registered as an attorney-at-law (Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association); Lawyer honorary member, Tokyo Seiwa Law Office (present post)
June 2017: Director, the Company (present post)
June 2019: External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Denyo Co., Ltd. (present post)Close
Hiroshi Kawabe
Outside Director
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
May 1979: Assistant, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine
April 1990: Assistant Professor, Health Center, Keio University
April 1991: Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine
April 1996: Associate Professor, Health Center, Keio University; Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine
April 2002: Professor, Health Center, Keio University; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine
October 2003: Vice President, Health Center, Keio University
October 2011: President, Health Center, Keio University
June 2013: Trustee, Japan University Health Association
March 2017: Trustee, Daiwa Securities Health Foundation (present post)
March 2018: President, Foundation for Promotion of Medical Training (present post)
April 2018: Professor Emeritus, Keio University (present post)
June 2019: Director, the Company (present post)Close
Tatsuro Ishizuka
Outside Director
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1978: Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
April 2009: Corporate Officer and General Manager, Hitachi Works, Hitachi, Ltd.
April 2011: Vice President and Executive Officer, and President & CEO, Power Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.
April 2013: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.
April 2014: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.
April 2015: Deputy Chairman, Hitachi Europe Ltd.
July 2016: Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Research Institute
April 2017: Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
June 2017: Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, Executive Officer and Director, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
April 2019: Director, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.; Advisor, Hitachi, Ltd. (present post)
June 2019: Director, the Company (present post)
March 2020: Outside Director, K&O Energy Group Inc. (present post)Close
Toru Yoshimitsu
Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1987: Joined the Company
April 2013: Senior Vice President, Product & Portfolio Strategy, the Company
June 2015: Corporate Executive, Senior Vice President, Product & Portfolio Strategy, the Company
April 2017: Corporate Executive, Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance & Control, the Company
April 2019: Corporate Executive, Senior Vice President, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis, the Company
October 2019: Corporate Executive, Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis, the Company
April 2020: Report to CEO, the Company
June 2020: Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (present post)Close
Hiroo Sasaki
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1987: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University
April 1990: Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University
April 1993: Associate Professor, School of Commerce, Waseda University
April 1996: Professor, School of Commerce, Waseda University
July 1997: Senior Research Officer, Ministry of Finance, Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy (current Policy Research Institute); Special Officer for Research, Minister’s Secretariat
July 1999: Professor, School of Commerce, Waseda University
April 2005: Professor, School of Commerce, Waseda University; Professor, Graduate School of Accountancy, Waseda University
September 2010: Professor, School of Commerce, Waseda University; Dean, Graduate School of Accountancy, Waseda University
April 2013: Dean, Graduate School of Accountancy, Waseda University
September 2016: Professor, Graduate School of Accountancy, Waseda University (present post)
June 2018: Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (present post)Close
Haruko Shibumura
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
April 1987: Joined Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Company
August 1987: Joined Kyushu University Press
April 1994: Registered as an attorney-at-law (Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association); Joined Law Offices of Honma & Komatsu (current Homma & Partners)
April 1999: Partner Lawyer, Homma & Partners (present post)
October 2006: Committee member, Compliance Committee, TAMURA Corporation
June 2015: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, NICHIREKI CO., LTD.
April 2016: Committee member, Compliance Special Committee, TAMURA Corporation
June 2018: Outside Director, TAMURA Corporation (present post)
June 2019: Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (present post); Outside Director, NICHIREKI CO., LTD. (present post)Close
Raita Takahashi
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Resume, position and responsibilities at the Company
October 1986: Joined Sanwa･Tohmatsu Aoki Audit Corporation (current Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
August 1995: Joined Chuo Audit Corporation
May 1997: Established TAKAHASHI Accounting & Tax office (present post)
April 1999: Representative Partner, ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers
December 2000: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Alpha Group Inc. (present post)
March 2001: Representative Director, Yoshida Management Co. Ltd. (present post)
June 2011: Trustee, Japan Association of Healthcare Management Consultants (present post)
January 2018: Section President, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Minami-Kyushu Chapter, Kagoshima Subcommittee
June 2020: Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (present post)Close
