Leadership

Executive Officers

(As of July 1, 2024)

Title Name Position(s)
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; President, Consumer Products - Life Care Business, 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 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.;
Senior Executive Officer Yoshio Nakao Representative Director, President, Kao Group Customer Marketing Co., Ltd.
Senior Executive Officer Naohiko Uramoto Vice President, DX Strategy - Data Intelligence Strategy, Global
Executive Officer Ryoichi Harada Senior Vice President, Enterprise Information Solutions, Global
Executive Officer Shigeo Nakai Vice President, Corporate Strategy - New Business Development, Global
Executive Officer Masaru Takeyasu Chairperson of the Board and President, Kao (China) Holding Co., Ltd.; Chairperson of the Board, 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 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; Responsible for Research and Development -Global Products Technology
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 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 Hideo Makino Senior Vice President, Accounting and Finance, Global; President, Kao America Inc.
Executive Officer Toshiteru Komatsu Vice President, Supply Chain Management - Manufacturing Plant Center, Global; Responsible for Strategic Innovative Technology, SCM, Global
Executive Officer Yasuo Toyoshima Vice President, Research and Development - Sanitary Products Research, Global; Responsible for Research and Development - Healthcare Business, Global
Executive Officer Daisuke Hamada President, Chemical Business, Global; Chairperson of the Board, Fatty Chemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; Chairperson of the Board, Pilipinas Kao, Incorporated; Commissioner, PT. Kao Indonesia Chemicals; Member of the Board, Kao Chemical Corporation Shanghai; Member of the Board, Kao (Shanghai) Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.; Chairperson of the Board, Kao Chemicals Europe, S.L.
Executive Officer Akiko Hasegawa Senior Vice President, Legal, Global

Corporate Executive Fellows

(As of April 1, 2024)

Title Name
Corporate Executive Fellow Hiroshi Maruyama
Corporate Executive Fellow Lisa MacCallum
Corporate Executive Fellow Takuzo Aida
Corporate Executive Fellow Chiaki Mukai

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