Directors and auditors are appointed in accordance with Kurita's corporate governance system.
As of April 1, 2024
| Name | Michiya Kadota |
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| Position | Director and Chairman |
| Commissioned duties | - |
| Reasons for election | Mr. Michiya Kadota has a career mainly in the area of general affairs such as finance and accounting and has been serving as President and Representative Director since 2016. After the assumption of office, in order to build a solid earnings base, he engaged in a business process change and business model transformation by accelerating DX through the provision of social value, establishment of a global business foundation utilizing M&As, and promotion of corporate governance reforms, all toward enhancing corporate value. Based on his experience of leading the management of the Company, he is well-versed in the Group, and the Company believes that he is an individual capable of contributing to quality discussions at, and strengthening the supervisory function of, the Company's Board of Directors. |
| Name | Hirohiko Ejiri |
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| Position | Director President and Representative Executive Officer |
| Commissioned duties | - |
| Reasons for election | Mr. Hirohiko Ejiri has considerable insight in the market and onsite operations accumulated through his years of experience at the sales departments of the Water Treatment Chemicals business. After his assumption of office of Director in 2016, he led the initiative for expansion of the Kurita Group's business fields and transformation of revenue structure, as well as enhancement of production efficiency through utilization of DX in the production process, etc., improvement of product quality, and transformation of the production structure. Having a President well-versed in the Water Treatment Chemicals business double as a Director would contribute to strengthening the supervisory function of the Company's Board of Directors, while enabling the status of business execution to be shared in an appropriate manner. |
| Name | Shuji Shirode |
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| Position | Director Managing Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Corporate Control and Administration Division Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
| Commissioned duties | - |
| Reasons for election | Mr. Shuji Shirode has a wealth of experience at a corporate group with global operations, including time spent working overseas, as well as high expertise related to finance, tax affairs, and accounting. As the officer in charge of finance from 2020, he has focused on strengthening the foundations of the Group's finance and accounting functions. The Company believes that he can contribute to strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors by utilizing his high expertise from serving concurrently as the officer in charge of finance, where he played a central role in execution, and as Director. |
| Name | Yukihiko Mutou |
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| Position | Director |
| Commissioned duties | - |
| Reasons for election | Mr. Yukihiko Mutou has abundant knowledge and experience in the field of business management as he held important posts such as those at the finance, accounting and human resource departments. He assumed the post of Director of the Company in 2018 and a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board in 2019, and is well-versed in the fields of the Group's governance, internal audit and audits. The Company believes that he is an individual capable of utilizing his deep understanding of the Group and high expertise in the field of audit to strengthen the supervisory function of the Board of Directors. |
| Name | Kenjiro Kobayashi |
|---|---|
| Position | External Director |
| Commissioned duties | - |
| Reasons for election | Mr. Kenjiro Kobayashi has played an active role in different areas of the Kurita Group's businesses and has high expertise and a wealth of international experience in the areas of finance, corporate planning, new business development and M&A, etc. As he has conducted high quality audits based on this expertise and experience as an external member of the Audit & Supervisory Board of the Company since 2016. The Company believes that he is an individual capable of increasing the rationality and transparency in the Company's management from an outside perspective and strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors. |
| Name | Keiko Tanaka |
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| Position | External Director |
| Commissioned duties | - |
| Reasons for election | Ms. Keiko Tanaka has been active in business fields that differ from those of the Kurita Group and possesses a great deal of knowledge on public relations and marketing, as well as an experience of having held the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Uruguay. The Company believes that she is an individual capable of expressing opinions from an outside perspective to increase the rationality and transparency of the Company's management and utilizing her expansive knowledge and international experience for strengthening the supervisory function of the board of Directors. |
| Name | Masahiro Miyazaki |
|---|---|
| Position | External Director |
| Commissioned duties | Outside Director, Astellas Pharma Inc. |
| Reasons for election | Mr. Masahiro Miyazaki has experience of holding important positions such as a representative executive officer and president and chief executive officer at corporate groups with global operations mainly in the electronics industry, both in Japan and overseas. The Company believes that he is an individual capable of increasing the rationality and transparency of the Kurita Group's management and strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors from an outside perspective based on his extensive experience in corporate management and global business. |
| Name | Yoshiko Takayama |
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| Position | External Director |
| Commissioned duties |
Vice Chairperson, J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd. Representative Director, Japan Board Review Co., Ltd. External Member of the Governance Council, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC |
| Reasons for election | Ms. Yoshiko Takayama has abundant experience and skills in the field of Investor Relations accumulated through her career at international companies and high expertise related to corporate governance. The Company believes that she is an individual capable of increasing the rationality and transparency of the Kurita Group's management and strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors by expressing her opinions and proposals to the Group's governance, based on her broad insight backed by her management experience at multiple corporations. |