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Sustainability > Governance Initiatives > List of Directors and Officers

Governance Initiatives

List of Directors and Officers (as of April 1, 2023)

Directors

  • Shoji Miyazaki

    Shoji Miyazaki

    Representative Director, President and CEO

    Date of Birth July 12, 1967

    April 1990
    Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Co., Ltd.
    April 2009
    Head of BU, Bio diagnostics BU, Panasonic Shikoku Electronics Co., Ltd.
    April 2014
    Director, Corporate Officer and General Manager of Diagnostics
    Business Division, Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. (currently PHC Corporation)
    April 2015
    Director, Associate Senior Corporate Officer and General Manager of Diagnostics
    Business Division, Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    June 2018
    Managing Executive Officer, PHC Holdings Corporation
    June 2018
    Representative Director, President and CEO, PHC Holdings Corporation
    June 2018
    Director, PT PHC Indonesia
    April 2019
    Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, COO, PHC Holdings Corporation
    April 2020
    Director, PHC Holdings Corporation
    April 2020
    Director, LSI Medience Corporation
    April 2022
    Representative Director, President and CEO, PHC Holdings Corporation (incumbent)
  • Koichiro Sato

    Koichiro Sato

    Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, COO

    Date of Birth May 25, 1973

    April 1997
    MITSUI & CO., LTD.
    February 2007
    Vice President of Planning, Secondment to Novus International, Inc. (USA)
    June 2011
    Assistant to Representative Corporate Officer, President, Die and Mold Business
    Company, MISUMI Corporation
    May 2012
    Director in charge of Die and Mold Business for India, MISUMI Corporation (India)
    April 2014
    Deputy General Manager, Die and Mold Business for China, MISUMI Corporation (China)
    November 2015
    MITSUI & CO., LTD.
    April 2016
    General Manager, Healthcare Business 1st Department, Healthcare Business
    Division, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
    March 2017
    Outside Director, PHC Holdings Corporation
    April 2017
    General Manager, Healthcare Business 3rd Department, Healthcare Business
    Division, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
    April 2018
    DaVita Care Pte. Ltd, Director
    April 2021
    General Manager, Asia Business Department, Healthcare Business MITSUI & CO., LTD.
    June 2021
    MBK HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD., Hong Kong Branch Chief Executive Officer
    June 2021
    Director, ALM Inc. (incumbent)
    July 2022
    Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, COO, PHC Holdings
    Corporation (incumbent)

External Directors

  • Hirofumi Hirano

    Hirofumi Hirano

    External Director

    Date of Birth March 14, 1961

    April 1983
    Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. (Currently: SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.)
    October 1998
    President, Nikko Europe PLC (Currently: Citigroup Capital Partners Japan Ltd.)
    (concurrent assignment as) General Manager of Asset Management Department,
    Nikko Cordial Corporation
    April 1999
    CEO and Chairman, Nikko Principal Investments Ltd.
    June 2003
    Member of Board, Nikko Cordial Corporation
    April 2008
    AlixPartners Asia LLC
    January 2010
    Representative of Japan, AlixPartners Asia LLC
    October 2010
    Head of Financial Services of Asia, AlixPartners Asia LLC
    April 2013
    Chief Executive Officer, KKR Japan Ltd. (incumbent)
    August 2013
    Outside Director, Orion Investment Co., Ltd. (Currently: PHC Holdings Corporation) (incumbent)
    March 2015
    Outside Director, Pioneer DJ Corporation (Currently: AlphaTheta Corporation)
    May 2017
    CK Holdings Corporation (Currently: Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd.) (incumbent)
    October 2017
    Outside Director, Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (Currently: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.) (incumbent)
    June 2019
    Outside Director, Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    September 2019
    Chief Executive Officer, KKR Japan Ltd. (concurrent assignment as)
    Co-Head of Private Equity for KKR Asia Pacific (incumbent)
    March 2021
    Outside Director, KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (incumbent)
    April 2022
    Director, KJR Management (incumbent)
    March 2023
    Outside Director, Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. (currently Logisteed, Ltd.) (incumbent)
  • Eiji Yatagawa

    Eiji Yatagawa

    External Director

    Date of Birth January 20, 1978

    April 2002
    Goldman Sachs Japan
    August 2006
    KKR Japan Ltd. (incumbent)
    August 2013
    Outside Director, Orion Investment Co., Ltd.
    (Currently: PHC Holdings Corporation) (incumbent)
    March 2015
    Outside Director, Pioneer DJ Corporation (Currently: AlphaTheta Corporation)
    June 2015
    Transphorm Inc. Board Director (incumbent)
    September 2015
    Outside Director, Transphorm Japan Inc. (incumbent)
    October 2016
    Outside Director, CK Holdings Co., Ltd. (Currently: Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd.)
    June 2017
    Outside Director, Transphorm Japan Aizu Co., Ltd.
    October 2017
    Outside Director, Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (Currently: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.) (incumbent)
    June 2018
    Outside Director, KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    August 2019
    Outside Director, From Scratch Corporation (Currently: dataX Inc.) (incumbent)
    December 2020
    Director, GANOVATION, PTE. LTD. (incumbent)
    March 2021
    Director, Seiyu Holdings Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
    April 2021
    Director, NETSTARS Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
    June 2021
    Outside Director, PHC Holdings Corporation (incumbent)
    March 2022
    Outside Director, Yayoi Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
    March 2022
    Director, Altoa, Inc. (incumbent)
    June 2022
    Outside Director, PHC Holdings Corporation (incumbent)
    March 2023
    Outside Director, Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. (currently Logisteed, Ltd.) (incumbent)
  • Sen Sakaguchi

    Sen Sakaguchi

    External Director

    Date of Birth October 31, 1969

    April 1992
    MITSUI & CO., LTD.
    June 1995
    Medical Equipment Dept., Health Industry Div.
    February 2002
    Rossignol Co., Ltd. (seconded)
    August 2003
    Bussan Marketing Service Co., Ltd. (seconded)
    April 2004
    Kansai Lifestyle Dept., Lifestyle Business Unit
    November 2006
    Manager, Mitsui & Co. Italia S.p.A.
    December 2011
    General Manager, Global Service Business Dept., Service Div., Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
    April 2016
    General Manager, Strategic Planning Dept., Healthcare & Service Business Unit,
    Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
    June 2019
    General Manager, Pharmaceutical Business Division, Healthcare & Service Business
    Unit, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
    April 2021
    General Manager, Wellness Business Division, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
    April 2021
    Director, HOKENDOHJINSHA Inc, (Currently HOKENDOHJIN-FRONTIER Inc.) (incumbent)
    April 2022
    Director, HUMAN ASSOCIATES HOLDINGS, Inc.
    (Currently: MBK Wellness Holdings & Co., Ltd.) (incumbent)
    April 2022
    Director, Raxi Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
    June 2022
    Outside Director, PHC Holdings Corporation (incumbent)
    October 2022
    THINKIE Inc. Director (incumbent)
    April 2023
    General Manager, Wellness Solution Business Division, MITSUI & CO., LTD. (incumbent)
  • Kyoko Deguchi

    Kyoko Deguchi

    External DirectorIndependent

    Date of Birth December 12, 1965

    April 1989
    Bain & Company Japan Inc.
    February 1998
    Planning Senior Director, Disney Store Japan Ltd.
    (Currently: The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.)
    February 1999
    Senior Finance Director, Disney Store Japan Ltd.
    (Currently: The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.)
    March 2001
    Director and CFO, GE Plastics Japan Ltd.
    April 2004
    Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Currently: Ortho Neurologics Inc.) (USA) Product Director
    September 2005
    General Manager, Gastroenterology, Pain and OTC Business Division,
    Janssen-Cilag Pty Ltd. (Australia)
    January 2007
    Deputy General Manager, Marketing Headquarters, Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.
    August 2009
    Director and Vice President, Global Marketing, Stryker Japan K.K.
    January 2012
    President, Stryker Japan K.K.
    March 2013
    General Manager, Senior Corporate Officer and President's Office
    (concurrent assignment as) Head of Accounting and Finance Headquarters,
    BELLSYSTEM24, Inc.
    March 2014
    President, AbbVie GK
    July 2014
    Outside Director, Nippon Ski Resort Development Co., Ltd
    February 2015
    Chief Operating Officer, Shikikuukai Medical Corporation
    April 2015
    Professor, Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School, BBT University (incumbent)
    March 2016
    Outside Director, Cookpad Inc.
    June 2016
    Outside Director, T-Gaia Corporation (incumbent)
    August 2017
    Vice President, Shikikuukai Medical Corporation
    June 2019
    Outside Director, NHK Technologies, Inc. (incumbent)
    January 2020
    Outside Director, Heartseed Inc. (incumbent)
    June 2021
    Outside Director, PHC Holdings Corporation (incumbent)
    September 2022
    Vice Director, Doya Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Clinic (incumbent)
  • Ivan Tornos

    Ivan Tornos

    External DirectorIndependent

    Date of Birth July 29, 1975

    June 1995
    CEO, Operating Partner, Audibest Bausch and Lomb Group Iberia
    (Currently: Bausch Health Companies Inc.)
    July 1997
    Johnson & Johnson
    May 2008
    Vice President, General Manager, Cordis, Johnson & Johnson
    August 2008
    Head Strategy & Business Development Renal/Life Sciences/
    Medication Delivery Businesses AMERICAS, Baxter International Inc.
    August 2011
    Head of Emerging Markets /South Group, Becton Dickinson and Company
    January 2017
    Group President of Urology/Ischemic Tech/ Critical Care/Medical Group,
    Becton Dickinson and Company
    November 2018
    Group President, Zimmer Biomet Group
    February 2021
    Chief Operating Officer, Zimmer Biomet Group (incumbent)
    September 2021
    Outside Director, PHC Holdings Corporation (incumbent)
  • David Sneider

    David Sneider

    External DirectorIndependent

    Date of Birth July 25, 1957

    July 1984
    Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
    December 1987
    Director and Counsel, Legal Department, Salomon Brothers Inc.
    December 1992
    Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
    December 1994
    Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
    June 2022
    Outside Director, PHC Holdings Corporation (incumbent)

Audit and Supervisory Board Members

  • Koichi Ikeuchi

    Koichi Ikeuchi

    Audit and Supervisory Board Member

    Date of Birth December 3, 1963

    April 1986
    Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Co., Ltd. (currently PHC Corporation)
    January 2010
    Director, ODD Technology Center, Optical Device Company, Panasonic System
    Networks Co., Ltd. (currently Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co., Ltd.)
    January 2012
    Director, Panasonic Precision Devices Co., Ltd. (liquidated), Planning/
    New Business Oversight
    April 2013
    Director, Incubation Center, Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    (Currently: PHC Corporation)
    June 2016
    Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.
    (Currently: PHC Holdings Corporation) Audit & Supervisory Board Member
    (incumbent), Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. (Currently: PHC Corporation)

External Audit and Supervisory Board Members

  • Shannon Hansen

    Shannon Hansen

    External Audit and Supervisory Board MemberIndependent

    Date of Birth May 27, 1965

    July 1987
    E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO
    December 1994
    Kirkland & Ellis
    January 1997
    Foreign Legal Specialist, Mori Sogo Law Firm (Currently: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
    June 1998
    Kirkland & Ellis, Associate
    October 2000
    Kirkland & Ellis, Partner
    August 2006
    Associate Solicitor, United States Patent & Trademark Office
    May 2009
    Division Counsel, Patents, Diabetes Division, Abbott Laboratories
    January 2013
    Division Counsel, Commercial and Patents, Diabetes Division, Abbott Laboratories
    June 2015
    Division Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Medical Devices,
    Abbott Laboratories
    June 2017
    Division Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Patents, Abbott Laboratories
    April 2020
    General Counsel & Corporate, Secretary & Chief Privacy Officer, Alto Pharmacy (incumbent)
    August 2021
    External Audit and Supervisory Board Member,
    (Currently: PHC Holdings Corporation) (incumbent)
  • Tetsuo Kitagawa

    Tetsuo Kitagawa

    External Audit and Supervisory Board MemberIndependent

    Date of Birth August 17, 1961

    September 1985
    Aoyoma Audit Corporation
    March 1989
    Received CPA license
    July 2002
    Representative Employee, Chuo-Aoyama Audit Corporation
    September 2006
    Representative Employee, Arata Audit Corporation
    (Currently: PricewaterhouseCoopers Arata LLC),
    Group Leader of Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, and Industrial Products Sector
    July 2013
    Group Leader of Risk Management and Compliance Division, Arata Audit
    Corporation (Currently: PricewaterhouseCoopers Arata LLC)
    August 2014
    Vice Chairperson of the Ethics Committee of the Japanese Institute of CPA
    June 2016
    Resigned from Arata Audit Corporation (Currently: PricewaterhouseCoopers Arata LLC)
    July 2016
    Representative, Tetsuo Kitagawa Certified Accountant Office (incumbent)
    June 2017
    External Auditor, T-Gaia Corporation (incumbent)
    December 2017
    Member of the Committee for CPA Examination at the Financial Services Agency
    June 2019
    External and Independent Director, Daio Paper Corporation
    June 2022
    External Audit and Supervisory Board Member, PHC Holdings Corporation (incumbent)

Corporate Officers

  • Shoji Miyazaki
  • Robert Schumm
  • Koichiro Sato
  • Nobuaki Nakamura
  • Ryuichi Hirashima
  • Takayuki Otsuka
  • Frederick Reidenbach
  • Haruo Watanabe
  • Kaiju Yamaguchi
  • Steven Lynum

Skill Matrix

Name Position Independence Expertise and Experience
Medical device industry Life science industry Pharmaceutical industry Finance/accounting M&A Production/supply chain management R&D Legal & risk management
Shoji Miyazaki Director ○ ○ ○
Koichiro Sato Director ○ ○ ○
Hirofumi Hirano Director ○ ○
Eiji Yatagawa Director ○ ○ ○
Sen Sakaguchi Director ○ ○ ○ ○
Kyoko Deguchi Director ○ ○ ○ ○
Ivan Tornos Director ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
David Sneider Director ○ ○ ○ ○
Koichi Ikeuchi Audit and Supervisory Board Members ○ ○ ○
Shannon Hansen Audit and Supervisory Board Members ○ ○ ○ ○
Tetsuo Kitagawa Audit and Supervisory Board Members ○ ○ ○

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