Company

Leadership

Director

Satoru Takashima

 

(Sataru Takashima)

President and Representative Director, Group CEO

Born on April 18, 1960

Reason for selection

Since taking office at the Company's President and Representative Director, he has demonstrated strong leadership and has been responsible for the execution and supervision of the entire Group. He was appointed as a Director with the expectation that he will lead the improvement of the Group's corporate value.

April 1984 Joined our company
Mar. 2003 President and Representative Director of Toyo Ink (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
April 2011 Our President's Office Manager
June 2012 Our Operating Officers
June 2013 Our Director
April 2014 President and Representative Director of Toyochem Co., Ltd.
June 2016 Our Managing Director Director
March 2019 Our Senior Managing Director
March 2020 Our President and Representative Director (to date)
Group COO
March 2022 CEO of the Group (to date)

Hiroyuki Hamada

 

(Still Hiroyuki)

Director Vice President, General Management, Corporate Division

Born on July 19, 1958

Reason for selection

Since assuming the position of Director of the Company, he has carried out business execution and supervised the management of the Company with a high level of ability and expertise in management strategy. He was appointed as Director in the hope that he would be able to utilize his extensive experience and insight in this field in the Company's management oversight function.

April 1981 Joined our company
September 2005 General Manager of Business Administration
July 2010 Toyo Ink Europe (Paris) S.A.S (now Toyo Ink Europe Specialty Chemicals SAS)
Chairman and Representative Director
June 2013 Our Operating Officers
June 2015 Our Managing Director Operating Officers
June 2016 Our Director
Our Corporate Planning Division Head
March 2019 Our Managing Director Director
March 2023 Our Senior Managing Director
March 2025 Vice President Director Company
In charge of general management, corporate division (to date)

Tomoko Adachi

 

(Tomoko Adachi)

Outside Director

Born on March 10, 1954

Expected role

In addition to having experience in hospital management, he has advanced knowledge and expertise in pharmaceuticals, health management, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. He was appointed as Outside Director in the hope that he would make use of this knowledge and fulfill his management supervisory function from a fair standpoint.

November 1995 Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Women's Medical University
April 2004 Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Maternal and Child Health Center, Aiku Hospital (hereinafter referred to as Aiku Hospital)
June 2006 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University
April 2013 Deputy Director, Aiiku Hospital
December 2017 Director of the Onshi Foundation Mother and Child Love and Education Association (to date)
December 2017 Director, Aiku Hospital
April 2022 Honorary Director of Aiiku Hospital (to date)
March 2023 Our Outside Director (to date)
June 2024 Vice President, Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (to present)

Yoshinobu Fujimoto

 

(Yoshinobu Fujimoto)

Outside Director

Born on November 5, 1965

Expected role

He is a qualified lawyer with a high level of expertise and extensive insight, especially in M&A transactions and overseas transactions. He was appointed as Outside Director in the hope that he would make use of this knowledge and fulfill his management supervisory function from a fair standpoint.

April 1991 Registered with the Daini Tokyo Bar Association
April 1991 Joined Masuda Ejiri Law Office (currently Nishimura & Asahi Law Office, Foreign Law Joint Venture)
February 1996 Registered with New York State Bar Association
January 1999 Nishimura & Asahi & Co., Partners of Foreign Law Joint Ventures (to date)
June 2008 Mita Securities Co., Ltd. Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to date)
March 2024 Our Outside Director (to date)

Yukihiro Tachihuji

 

(Yukihiro Tachifuji)

Outside Director

Date of birth: October 12, 1960

Expected role

He has rich experience and high insight as a manager of a listed company, and is familiar with technology and production management operations in the manufacturing industry. I was appointed as a Outside Director in the hope that you will utilize this knowledge and perform the management supervision function from a fair standpoint.

April 1985 Joined Mitsubishi Paper Corporation
June 2013 The company Operating Officers
January 2018 Managing Director of the company Operating Officers
June 2019 The company President and Representative Director
June 2022 Consultant of the company
June 2023 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Outside Director (to date)
June 2023 JNC Corporation Outside Director (to date)
March 2025 Our Outside Director (to date)

Megumi Tsukamoto

 

(Megumi Tsukamoto)

Outside Director

Born on June 9, 1962

Reason for selection

In addition to having many years of practical experience in global companies, we have experience in management as a Operating Officers and experience in promoting diversity management. I was appointed as a Outside Director with the expectation that you will utilize these knowledge and perform the management supervision function from a fair standpoint.

April 1985 Joined IBM Japan Corporation
July 1997 Seconded to the Keizai Doyukai
August 1999 IBM Japan Co., Ltd. Returned to Policy Relations
April 2003 IBM Corporation Governmental Programs, Intellectual Propert y & Standard Policy Team, Asia Pacific Leader
IBM Japan Co., Ltd. Policy Relations Executive
October 2008 IBM Corporation Governmental Programs, Global Leadership Team Member
Director of Policy Relations, IBM Japan Co., Ltd.
November 2015 Caterpillar Japan K.K. Operating Officers Director of External Relations and Public Relations Office
December 2017 Caterpillar Japan LLC Representative Operating Officers Director of External Relations and Public Relations Office
April 2020 Director, Niigata University (to date)
March 2023 Oaknet Co., Ltd. Outside Director (to date)
June 2023 Takasago Fragrance Industry Co., Ltd. Outside Director (to date)
March 2026 Our Outside Director (to date)

Yumoto Nakajima

 

(Yoshimoto Nakajima)

Director In charge of quality assurance, production, environment, sustainability, purchasing, and logistics

June 4, 1968

Reason for Dedicated Appointment

After his experience in the technical department, he held key positions in the sales and marketing departments, and since joining the company's Operating Officers, he has been executing tasks with high competence and expertise in the field of production and production management. He was appointed as a Director with the expectation that he would utilize his knowledge in this field to the Company's management supervision function.

April 1992 Joined our company
April 2014 TOYOCHEM CO., LTD. Technical Division, Technical Division, 1st General Manager
April 2016 TOYOCHEM CO., LTD. General Manager of Coating Technology, Engineering Division
April 2020 TOYOCHEM CO., LTD. General Manager of Packaging & Industrial Materials Sales Division
March 2021 Our Operating Officers
March 2022 TOYOCHEM CO., LTD. Director Director of Kawagoe Works
March 2026 Our Director in charge of quality assurance, production, environment, sustainability, purchasing, and logistics
(Up to the present)

Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Members

Masayuki Kano

 

(Masayuki Kano)

Directors and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (full-time)

Born on March 30, 1962

Reason for selection

Since taking office as the Operating Officers of the Company, he has been executing operations with high competence and expertise in human resources strategy, corporate governance, risk management, etc., and is familiar with the overall management of the Group. With the expectation that the Company will use these knowledge to properly audit and supervise the execution of the Company's business, I was appointed as a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Director.

April 1984 Joined our company
July 2009 Our Human Resources Manager
April 2011 Our Human Resources Department Head
June 2013 Our Operating Officers
April 2019 Our General Affairs Department Head
January 2024 Our Advisors
March 2024 Our Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee member (full-time) (to date)

Yutaka Yokoi

 

(Yokoi Yutaka)

Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Born on January 10, 1955

Expected role

He has held important positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for many years, and has a broad understanding of international awareness and world affairs cultivated through diplomacy. With the expectation that he will utilize this knowledge and perform his management supervision and audit functions from a fair standpoint, he was appointed as a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Outside Director.

April 1979 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
September 2006 Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
July 2008 Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai
August 2010 Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the People's Republic of China
August 2013 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Turkey
March 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the People's Republic of China
December 2020 Retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
March 2021 Our Outside Director
October 2021 Chiba Institute of Technology Councillor (to date)
January 2022 Distinguished Professor of the same school (to date)
March 2022 Company Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (to date)
June 2022 Hokuhoku Financial Group Co., Ltd. Outside Director (to date)

Minoru Matsumoto

 

(Minoru Matsumoto)

Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Born on February 16, 1957

Expected role

As a certified public accountant, he has extensive experience in accounting auditing and considerable knowledge of finance and accounting. He was appointed as a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee as a member of the Outside Director Audit and Supervisory Committee, with the expectation that he would utilize this knowledge and fulfill his management supervisory and auditing functions from a fair standpoint.

October 1983 Joined Tohmatsu & Aoki Audit Corp. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
March 1987 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
September 2012 Retired from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
October 2013 Established Minoru Matsumoto CPA Office
June 2014 Sanshin Electric Co., Ltd. Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
June 2015 Foster Electric Co., Ltd. Outside Director (to date)
February 2016 Justec Co., Ltd. Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
March 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company
March 2022 Company Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (to date)
October 2022 Representative employee of Terada Accounting Tax Corporation (to date)

Noriko Kosugi

 

(Noriko Kotoo)

Outside Director and Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Date of birth: June 29, 1966

Expected role

In addition to his extensive experience in finance and accounting at various companies in Japan and overseas, he is also well-versed in corporate planning and IR, and has a considerable degree of knowledge in finance and accounting. I was appointed as an Audit and Supervisory Committee member Outside Director with the expectation that he would utilize these knowledge to perform management supervision and supervisory functions from a fair standpoint.

Apr. 1990 Joined Kawasaki Steel Corporation (now JFE Steel Corporation)
April 2005 General Manager, Finance & Investor Relations Department, JFE Holdings Corporation
October, 2011 General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Japan Molex Corporation (currently Japan Molex LLC)
April 2018 UNIZO Holdings Co., Ltd. Managing Director Operating Officers
June 2019 UNIZO Holdings Co., Ltd. Managing Director Director and Managing Director Operating Officers
August 2020 Director of Finance, British School in Tokyo (to date)
April 2023 CEC Co., Ltd. Outside Director (to date)
March 2025 Our Outside Director
March 2026 Company Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (to date)

Director' expertise and experience (skills matrix)

Regarding the composition of Board of Directors, in order to obtain useful supervision and advice regarding management issues, we have established areas in which we are particularly expected based on a skill matrix, and we have decided to make Director comprised of diverse directors with extensive experience and specialized knowledge. Masu.

Director' expertise and experience (skills matrix)
Name Main expertise/experience
management Technology/R&D
production
sales
marketing
global Financial accounting Human Resources & DE&I ESG
compliance
Risk management
Satoru Takashima
Hiroyuki Hamada
Tomoko Adachi
Yoshinobu Fujimoto
Yukihiro Tachihuji
Megumi Tsukamoto
Yumoto Nakajima
Masayuki Kano
Yutaka Yokoi
Minoru Matsumoto
Noriko Kosugi

* The above matrix is not indicative of the full expertise and experience of each Director.

Contents of each skill and reason for selection
Item Reason for selection
Company foundation and growth
Matters related to
management In order to formulate and implement sustainable growth strategies over the medium to long term, comprehensive judgment is required in corporate management, and experience in business management or organizational management without bias to individual expertise is required. It is selected as.
Technology/R&D
production
In order to further advance and develop the technology that we have cultivated and to bring about various innovations, we have selected solid knowledge and experience in each field of technology, research and development, quality, and production as necessary items.
sales
marketing
In order to steadily increase sales and profits in the market and continue to grow over the medium to long term, we have selected a wealth of knowledge and experience in sales and marketing as necessary.
global As our company is expanding its business globally, we have selected candidates to have overseas management experience, a wide range of knowledge and experience regarding overseas living cultures and business environments, geopolitics, and regional strategies.
Achieving company growth
Matters to be guaranteed
Financial accounting In order to maximize our corporate value through the efficient management of our capital, we need to achieve accurate financial reporting and build a strong financial foundation, promote growth investments to continuously increase corporate value, and increase shareholder returns. Certainty that will strengthen
Human Resources & DE&I The Company's most important management resource is human resources, and we have selected experience, insight, and expertise in the human resources field (including human resource development and DE&I) for the diverse human resources who support the Group's value creation as necessary items.
ESG
compliance
Risk management
In order to promote sustainable management, realize our sustainability vision ASV2050/2030, and solve the social issues indicated in our materiality, we have selected a wide range of experience, insight, and expertise in ESG, compliance, and risk management as important items.