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Leadership
As of March 24, 2023
Directors
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Director, Chair
Michitaka Sawada
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Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yoshihiro Hasebe
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Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Masakazu Negoro
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Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Toru Nishiguchi
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Director, Managing Executive Officer
David J. Muenz
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Outside Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Osamu Shinobe
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Outside Director
Chiaki Mukai
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Outside Director
Nobuhide Hayashi
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Outside Director
Eriko Sakurai
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Outside Director
Takaaki Nishii
Executive Officers
| Title | Name | Position(s) |
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| President and CEO | Yoshihiro Hasebe | Responsible for DX Strategy |
| Senior Managing Executive Officer | Masakazu Negoro | Responsible for Management Finance (Accounting and Finance, Business Structure Reforms, Procurement, Human Capital Strategy) |
| Senior Managing Executive Officer | Toru Nishiguchi | Responsible for Consumer Products, Global; Responsible for Kao Professional Services Co., Ltd. |
| Managing Executive Officer | David J. Muenz | Senior Vice President, ESG, Global; Responsible for Strategic Public Relations |
| Managing Executive Officer | Osamu Tabata | Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Global; Responsible for TCR Promotion |
| Managing Executive Officer | Yoshihiro Murakami | Senior Vice President, DX Strategy, Global |
| Managing Executive Officer | Hideaki Kubo | Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Global |
| Managing Executive Officer | Satoru Tanaka | Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Global; Responsible for Product Quality Management; Responsible for Legal |
| Senior Executive Officer | Masahiro Katayose | President, Chemical Business, Global; Chairperson of the Board, Fatty Chemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; Chairperson of the Board, Pilipinas Kao, Inc.; Chairperson of the Board, Kao Chemicals Europe, S.L. |
| Senior Executive Officer | Hiroaki Yamaguchi | Vice President, Supply Chain Management - Manufacturing Plant Center, Global; Responsible for Strategic Innovative Technology, SCM, Global |
| Senior Executive Officer | Kotaro Nuriya | President, Consumer Products - Health & Beauty Care Business, Global |
| Senior Executive Officer | Natsumi Hotta | President, Consumer Products - Hygiene & Living Care Business, Global |
| Senior Executive Officer | Hideki Mamiya | Senior Vice President, Human Capital Strategy, Global; President, Kao Group Corporate Pension Fund; Chairperson of the Board, Kao America Inc. |
| Senior Executive Officer | Yosuke Maezawa | President, Consumer Products - Cosmetics Business, Global; Representative Director, President, Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.; Chairperson of the Board, Molton Brown Limited |
| Executive Officer | Kenichi Yamauchi | Senior Vice President, Accounting and Finance, Global; President, Kao America Inc. |
| Executive Officer | Ryoichi Harada | Senior Vice President, Enterprise Information Solutions, Global |
| Executive Officer | Shigeo Nakai | Vice President, Research and Development - Performance Chemicals Research, Global; Responsible for Research and Development - Environmental New Business |
| Executive Officer | Masaru Takeyasu | Chairperson of the Board and President, Kao (China) Holding Co., Ltd.; Chairperson of the Board and President, Kao Corporation Shanghai; Chairperson of the Board, Kao Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Chairperson of the Board, Kanebo Cosmetics (China) Co., Ltd.; Chairperson of the Board and President, Kao (Hefei) Co., Ltd. |
| Executive Officer | Motomitsu Hasumi | Senior Vice President, Product Quality Management, Global |
| Executive Officer | Mami Murata | Senior Vice President, Strategic Public Relations, Global |
| Executive Officer | Akira Shimotoyodome | President, Consumer Products - Life Care Business, Global |
| Executive Officer | Karen B. Frank | President, Consumer Products - Consumer Care Business, Americas and EMEA; Chairperson of the Board & President, Kao USA Inc. |
| Executive Officer | Yoji Matsumoto | Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kao Group Customer Marketing Co., Ltd. |
| Executive Officer | Hiroyuki Terazaki | Vice President, Research and Development, Global; Vice President, Research and Development - Strategy, Global |
| Executive Officer | Dominic M. Pratt | President, Consumer Products - Salon Business, Global; Chairperson of the Board, Oribe Hair Care, LLC; President, Kao Germany GmbH |
| Executive Officer | Yoshio Nakao | Representative Director, President, Kao Group Customer Marketing Co., Ltd. |
| Executive Officer | Naoshi Nakamoto | Senior Vice President, Procurement, Global |
| Executive Officer | Mark Johnson | President, Consumer Products - Cosmetics Business, Americas and EMEA; President, Molton Brown Limited |
| Executive Officer | Yasuhiro Ishikura | Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Global; Vice President, Corporate Strategy - AK Project, Global |
| Executive Officer | Akiko Hasegawa | Senior Vice President, Legal, Global |
Corporate Executive Fellows
| Title | Name |
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| Corporate Executive Fellow | Hiroshi Maruyama |
| Corporate Executive Fellow | Lisa MacCallum |
| Corporate Executive Fellow | Takuzo Aida |
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