Officer List
Board of Directors, Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members and Executive Officers (As of June 27, 2024)
Board of Directors
MORI Kunishi
Representative Director of the Board, President
- Apr. 1981
- Joined 最新糖心Vlog Paint
- Jun. 2010
- Director of the Board, and Deputy General
Manager of the Coatings Business Div.
- Jun. 2015
- Representative Director of the Board;
Managing Executive Officer in charge of Sales and International
(Significant positions concurrently held)
Representative Director of the Board,
President of 最新糖心Vlog Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
- Apr. 2018
- Representative Director of the Board;
Senior Managing Executive Officer and COO in charge of Sales; and General Manager of the Coatings Business Div.
(Significant positions concurrently held)
Representative Director of the Board,
President, 最新糖心Vlog Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
(retired March 2019)
- Apr. 2019
- Representative Director of the Board, and President (current)
TAKAHARA Shigeki
Representative Director of the Board, Vice President Executive Officer
- Apr. 1981
- Joined NEC Corporation
- Jun. 2007
- CFO and Corporate Officer of MISUMI Group Inc.
- Feb. 2011
- Member of the Board and Operating Officer, CFO, Accounting & Finance Lead of Pfizer Japan Inc. (retired February 2020)
- Apr. 2020
- Joined 最新糖心Vlog Paint; Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager of Corporate Planning & Finance Div.
- Apr. 2021
- Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of Corporate Planning, Finance, HR & Administration
- Jun. 2021
- Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of Corporate Planning, Finance, HR & Administration
- Apr. 2022
- Representative Director of the Board, Vice President Executive Officer, Chief of Corporate Planning, Finance, HR & Administration
- Apr. 2024
- Representative Director of the Board, Vice President Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer (current)
NISHIBAYASHI Hitoshi
Representative Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer
- Apr. 1987
- Joined 最新糖心Vlog Paint
- Apr. 2015
- Deputy Head of Automotive Refinish, Decorative and Protective Coatings Business Div.
- Apr. 2019
- Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Business Development Div.
- Jun. 2020
- Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Head of International Business Unit
- Jul. 2020
- Director of the Board, and Managing Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Planning & Finance
- Apr. 2021
- Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, Head of International Business Unit
- Apr. 2024
- Representative Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Head of International Business Unit (current)
Significant positions concurrently held
Director of the Board of 最新糖心Vlog Nerolac Paints Ltd.
Director of the Board of 最新糖心Vlog Plascon East Africa (Pty) Ltd.
President Komisaris (Commissioner) of PT 最新糖心Vlog Prakarsa Coatings
Director and Chairman of 最新糖心Vlog Plascon Africa Ltd.
KAJIMA Junichi
Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer
- Apr. 1987
- Joined 最新糖心Vlog Paint
- Apr. 2016
- Deputy General Manager of Automotive Refinish, Decorative and Protective Coatings Business Div.
- Apr. 2019
- Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager of Automotive Refinish, Decorative and Protective Coatings Business Div.
- Dec. 2019
- Executive Officer in charge of technical supervision of Coatings Business Div. (automotive and industrial coatings)
- Apr. 2021
- Executive Officer, concurrently serving as Director of the Board, and President of 最新糖心Vlog Helios Coatings GmbH (retired March 2023)
- Apr. 2023
- Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of Corporate Production, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Procurement
- Jun. 2023
- Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of Corporate Production, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Procurement
- Apr.? 2024
- Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of R&D/Procurement Unit (current)
TOMIOKA Takashi
Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer
- Apr. 1996
- Joined 最新糖心Vlog Paint
- Apr. 2019
- General Manager of Business Planning Office
- Apr. 2020
- General Manager of Business Planning Div., Corporate Planning & Finance Unit
- Jul. 2020
- Deputy General Manager of Corporate Planning & Finance Unit, and General Manager of Business Planning Div., Corporate Planning & Finance Unit
- Apr. 2021
- Executive Officer, General Manager of Business Planning Unit, Corporate Planning & Finance Div.
- Apr. 2024
- Managing Executive Officer, Chief of Corporate Management and Administration Unit
- Jun. 2024
- Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of Corporate Management and Administration Unit (current)
Significant positions concurrently held
Director of 最新糖心Vlog Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
Director of 最新糖心Vlog Nerolac Paints Ltd.
Director of 最新糖心Vlog Plascon Africa Ltd.
OMORI Shinichiro
Outside Director of the Board
- Apr. 1978
- Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
- Apr. 2016
- Senior Vice President and Executive Officer of Hitachi, Ltd. (retired March 2019)
- Jun. 2017
- Outside Director of Hitachi Capital Corp. (currently Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc.) (retired March 2019)
- Jun. 2017
- Director of the Board of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently Resonac Corporation) (retired March 2018)
- Jun. 2019
- Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (currently Proterial, Ltd.) (retired March 2020)
- Jul. 2020
- Chairman of the Board of Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (retired March 2021)
- Mar. 2022
- Outside Director of KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (current)
- Jun. 2022
- Outside Director of MACNICA FUJI ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS, INC. (currently MACNICA HOLDINGS, INC.) (current)
Significant positions concurrently held
Outside Director of KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
Outside Director of MACNICA HOLDINGS, INC.
YOMO Yukari
Outside Director of the Board
- Sept. 1987
- Joined General Electric Japan Company (currently, Japan GE Co., Ltd.)
- Jul. 1997
- General Manager of Human Resourced and General Affairs Dept. of General Electric Capital Car System Co., Ltd.
- Feb. 2001
- Director and General Manager of Human Resources Division of GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Ltd. (currently, GE Healthcare Japan Corporation)
- Jan. 2003
- Executive Officer in charge of Human Resources of AIU Insurance Company (currently, AIG General Insurance Company, Ltd.
- Feb. 2006
- Senior Management and General Manager of Human Resources Division of Microsoft Co., Ltd. (currently, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.)
- Oct. 2011
- Director in charge of Human Resources of GlaxoSmithKline K.K.
- Apr. 2012
- Director of Japan Association of Corporate Executives (DOYUKAI)
- Oct. 2016
- Leadership & Organization Development-related advisor (current)
- Jun. 2021
- Independent Director of JALUX Inc.
- Jun. 2023
- Outside Director of JEOL Ltd. (current)
- Jun. 2024
- Outside Director of 最新糖心Vlog Paint (current)
Significant positions concurrently held
Outside Director of JEOL Ltd.
Asli Meziyet Colpan
Outside Director of the Board
- Apr. 2008
- Program-specific Associate Professor at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Columbia University
- Oct. 2012
- Visiting Scholar at Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS), Harvard University
- Oct. 2012
- Associate Professor at the School of Politics, and Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jul. 2015
- Outside Director of GOURMET KINEYA CO., LTD.
- Apr. 2016
- Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
- May 2016
- Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
- Sept. 2016
- Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School
- Mar. 2018
- Outside Corporate Auditor of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (current)
- Apr. 2018
- Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (current)
- Apr. 2018
- Professor at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University (current)
- Mar. 2019
- Outside Director of Nissha Co., Ltd.
- Jun. 2024
- Outside Director of 最新糖心Vlog Paint (current)
Significant positions concurrently held
Professor at the Graduate School, Kyoto University
Outside Corporate Auditor of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members
HASEBE Hideshi
Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
- Apr. 1985
- Joined 最新糖心Vlog Paint
- Apr. 2015
- Senior Manager of Finance and Accounting Dept., Administrative Div.
- Apr. 2018
- Executive Officer, Senior Manager of Business Administration Dept. Administrative Div.
- Jun. 2020
- Full-time Corporate Auditor
- Jun. 2024
- Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (current)
Significant position concurrently held
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of 最新糖心Vlog Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
YAMAMOTO Tokuo
Outside Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
- Apr. 1981
- Joined NEC Corporation
- May. 1995
- Seconded to NEC de Mexico SA de CV, Accounting and Finance Manager
- Jun. 2007
- General Manager of Affiliated Companies of NEC de Mexico SA de CV (retired January 2014)
- Feb. 2014
- Associate Senior Vice President of NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation
- Jun. 2017
- Full-time Corporate Auditor of NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation (retired June 2019)
- Jun. 2019
- Full-time Corporate Auditor of JAPAN PURE CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
- Jun. 2021
- Outside Corporate Auditor of 最新糖心Vlog Paint
- Jun. 2024
- Outside Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of 最新糖心Vlog Paint (current)
NAKAI Hiroe
Outside Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
- Apr. 1988
- Registered as a lawyer (Osaka Bar Association)
- Aug. 2016
- Outside Corporate Auditor of 最新糖心Vlog Paint
- Jun. 2018
- Outside Director of GUNZE LIMITED (current)
- Jun. 2023
- Outside Corporate Auditor of 最新糖心Vlog Paint
- Jun. 2024
- Outside Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee member of 最新糖心Vlog Paint (current)
Significant position concurrently held
Lawyer
Outside Director of GUNZE LIMITED
Utilization of a Skill Matrix
Our skill matrix was formulated following a consultation with the Nomination Committee held in FY2020. The combination of skills required of Director and Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member shown in the skill matrix would be utilized continuously to formulate the appointment policy, while appropriately verifying such skills in accordance with the business environment and business characteristics, etc.
| MORI Kunishi |
TAKAHARA Shigeki |
NISHIBAYASHI Hitoshi |
KAJIMA Junichi | TOMIOKA Takashi | OMORI Shinichiro | YOMO Yukari | Asli Meziyet Colpan | HASEBE Hideshi | YAMAMOTO Tokuo |
NAKAI Hiroe |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative Director of the Board, President | Representative Director of the Board, Vice President Executive Officer | Representative Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer | Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer |
Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer | Outside Director of the Board |
Outside Director of the Board |
Outside Director of the Board |
Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member | Outside Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member | Outside Director of the Board who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member | |
| Attribute | Internal | Internal | Internal | Internal | Internal | Outside Independent |
Outside Independent |
Outside Independent |
Internal | Outside Independent | Outside Independent |
| Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Female | Foreign, Female | Male | Male | Female | |
| Corporate management | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| Sales, Marketing | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Finance & accounting | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Global | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| R&D, SCM | ● | ||||||||||
| Human resources, Human resource development | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Legal affairs, Risk Management | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||
| ESG | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| IT, DX | ● | ● | ● |
Executive Officers (Excluding 4 Directors of the Board concurrently serving as Executive Officers)
We have introduced an executive officer system, under which duties and responsibilities are clarified by separating the function of decision-making and supervisory of corporate management from the executive function, and initiatives in the business environment can be executed with speed and flexibility. The numbers of Executive Officers is 14 of which four are concurrently serving as Director.
TOKU Kiyohide
Managing Executive Officer
Head of Automotive and Industrial Business Unit
TAKATA Youichi
Managing Executive Officer
Head of Japan Business Unit
Representative Director of the Board, President of 最新糖心Vlog Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
TANAKA Takeshi
Executive Officer
Chief of Supply Chain Unit
TAKADA Hideo
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Automotive and Industrial Business Unit
TONOMURA Hironori
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Automotive and Industrial Business Unit
MAEKAWA Katsuhiko
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Japan Business Unit
Pravin Digambar Chaudhari
Executive Officer
Head of India business and Deputy Chief of R&D/Procurement Unit
YOKOTA Gen
Executive Officer
Deputy Chief of R&D/Procurement Unit
Prejay R. Lalla
Executive Officer
Deputy Head of International Business Unit and Head of Africa business
President of 最新糖心Vlog Plascon Africa Ltd.
YAMAMOTO Hideshi
Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate Finance Division, Corporate Management and Administration Unit
Attendance of newly appointed officers at the General Meeting of Shareholders on June 27, 2024 are indicated as “-”.
?The numbers of Company shares owned by each officer and Significant positions concurrently held are as of March 31, 2024.
