Management
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Corporate Management | CSV / ESG | Finance / Accounting | HR / Organization Development | Legal / Risk Management | Manufacture / Quality Assurance | Brand Strategy / Marketing | Overseas Business | R&D / Health Science / Pharmaceutical | ICT DX | |
Yoshinori Isozaki Representative Director of the Board & CEO |
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Takeshi Minakata Representative Director of the board, President COO |
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Junko Tsuboi Director of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President |
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Toru Yoshimura Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer and President |
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Shinjiro Akieda Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer |
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Masakatsu Mori Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Hiroyuki Yanagi Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Noriko Shiono Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Rod Eddington Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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George Olcott Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Shinya Katanozaka Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Yoshiko Ando Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Corporate Management | CSV / ESG | Finance / Accounting | HR / Organization Development | Legal / Risk Management | Manufacture / Quality Assurance | Brand Strategy / Marketing | Overseas Business | R&D / Health Science / Pharmaceutical | ICT DX | |
Mitsuharu Yamagata Senior Executive Officer |
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Hiroshi Fujikawa Senior Executive Officer |
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Akiyoshi Iwasaki Senior Executive Officer |
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Akihito Yokoyama Senior Executive Officer |
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Kazufumi Nagashima Senior Executive Officer |
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Hideki Mitsuhashi Senior Executive Officer |
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Hideki Horiguchi Senior Executive Officer |
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Kazuhiro Inoue Senior Executive Officer |
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Koji Fukada Senior Executive Officer |
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Corporate Management | CSV / ESG | Finance / Accounting | HR / Organization Development | Legal / Risk Management | Manufacture / Quality Assurance | Brand Strategy / Marketing | Overseas Business | R&D / Health Science / Pharmaceutical | ICT DX | |
Shobu Nishitani Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
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Toru Ishikura Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
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Kaoru Kashima Audit & Supervisory Board Member*2 |
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Kenichi Fujinawa Audit & Supervisory Board Member*2 |
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Yoko Dochi Audit & Supervisory Board Member*2 |
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- Non-executive Director as described in Article 2-15 of the Companies Act of Japan. Also fulfills the requirements for designation as an independent officer as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and complies with the Company’s Criteria regarding the independence of Officers.
- Outside Company Auditor as described in Article 2-16 of the Companies Act of Japan. Also fulfills the requirements for designation as an independent officer as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and complies with the Company's Criteria regarding the independence of Officers.
Directors
Representative Director of the Board & CEO
Group Management Control
(Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee)
Yoshinori Isozaki
Profile
April 1977 | Joined the Company |
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March 2004 | Director of San Miguel Corporation |
March 2007 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2008 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2009 | Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2010 | Managing Director of the Company (resigned in March 2012) |
March 2012 | President & CEO of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (resigned in January 2015) |
January 2013 | President & Chief Executive Officer of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2015 | President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company |
September 2021 | President & CEO of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (resigned in January 2022) |
March 2024 | Representative Director of the Board & CEO (Present position) |
Representative Director of the Board, President & COO
Group Business Execution Control,(Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee)
Takeshi Minakata
Profile
April 1984 | Joined the Company |
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March 2012 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited |
January 2013 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited |
March 2015 | Senior Executive Officer and Director of Group Strategy Planning of the Company Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2016 | Senior Executive Officer of the Company (resigned in March 2018) |
April 2016 | President and CEO of Myanmar Brewery Limited |
March 2018 | Executive Director of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. (resigned in December 2021) |
March 2020 | Senior Executive Officer of the Company |
March 2022 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer of the Company Director of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. |
April 2022 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer & President of Health Science Division |
August 2023 | Director of Blackmores Limited (Present Position) |
March 2024 | Representative Director of the Board, President & COO (Present position) |
Chairperson of the Board
(Independent Non-executive Director of the Board)
Hiroyuki Yanagi
Profile
April 1978 | Joined Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
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March 2010 | President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
January 2018 | Chairman and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
March 2019 | Non-executive Director of the Company (present position) |
March 2021 | Chairman and Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
January 2022 | Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
March 2022 | Adviser of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (present position) |
In charge:
Chief People Officer (Group Human Capital Management), Chief Legal Officer
Outside Director of FANCL Corporation
Major Concurrent Positions:
Outside Director of FANCL Corporation
Profile
April 1985 | Joined the Company |
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March 2005 | General Manager of Corporate Communication Dept. of Kirin Beverage Company, Limited |
March 2010 | Director of the Board, President and CEO of Yokohama Akarenga Inc. |
March 2012 | General Manager of CSR Promotion Dept. and Corporate Communication Dept. of the Company |
November 2012 | General Manager of Corporate Communication Dept. of the Company |
January 2013 | General Manager of Strategic Branding Dept., CSV Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2014 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Strategic Branding Dept., CSV Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2019 | Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Strategic Branding Dept. of the Company |
June 2020 | Outside Director of FANCL Corporation (Present Position) |
March 2022 | Senior Executive Officer of the Company |
March 2023 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer of the Company |
March 2024 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President of the Company (Present position) |
In charge:
Health Science Strategy, President of Health Science Business Division
Major Concurrent Positions:
Director of Blackmores Limited
Profile
April 1988 | Joined the Company |
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March 2016 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2017 | Director of Group Alliance Strategy of the Company Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2018 | Executive Officer and Director of Group Alliance Strategy of the Company Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2019 | Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company Director of the Board of Kirin Beverage Company, Limited |
March 2021 | Director of the Board of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited |
March 2022 | Senior Executive Officer of the Company President and CEO of Kirin Beverage Company, Limited |
March 2024 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer of the Company (present position) Director of the Board, Blackmores Limited (present position) |
In charge:
Chief Financial Officer (Financial Strategy, IR)
Major Concurrent Positions:
Director of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
Profile
April 1988 | Joined the Company |
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March 2010 | Chairman and CEO of Taiwan Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2013 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Mercian Corporation |
March 2015 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Beverage Company, Limited |
March 2017 | Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Beverage Company, Limited |
March 2018 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited |
March 2019 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2020 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. and DX Strategy Dept. of the Company |
January 2022 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company Director of the Board of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited |
March 2022 | Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2023 | Senior Executive Officer of the Company |
March 2024 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer of the Company (present position) Director of Kyowa Kirin Company, Limited (present position) |
Profile
April 1969 | Joined Arthur Andersen, LLP |
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February 1989 | Japan Representative of Andersen Consulting (currently Accenture Japan Ltd.) |
December 1995 | President and Management Director of Andersen Consulting |
April 2003 | Chairman and Management Director of Accenture Japan Ltd. |
September 2005 | Chairman and Director of Accenture Japan Ltd. |
September 2007 | Chief Corporate Advisor of Accenture Japan Ltd. |
October 2009 | President of International University of Japan |
October 2012 | Trustee of International University of Japan |
November 2013 | Vice Chairman of International University of Japan |
March 2015 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
April 2018 | Senior Advisor of International University of Japan (Present Position) |
March 2019 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee
Profile
August 1983 | Joined Japan New Media Co., Ltd. |
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March 2010 | Representative Director, President of SSP Co., Ltd. |
January 2014 | President and Corporate Officer of Konami Sports & Life Co., Ltd. (Currently Konami Sports Co., Ltd.) |
May 2016 | Chairman, Director of Konami Sports Co., Ltd. |
October 2017 | President of Widex Japan |
March 2018 | Non-executive Director of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2019 | Strategic Advisor of the Company |
March 2020 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Profile
September 1979 | Joined John Swire & Sons (H.K.)Ltd. |
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April 1992 | Managing Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited |
April 2000 | Chief Executive Officer of British Airways plc |
March 2011 | Director of Lion Pty Ltd |
March 2012 | Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director of Lion Pty Ltd (Present Position) |
March 2020 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Profile
July 1986 | Joined S.G. Warburg & Co., Ltd. |
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February 1999 | President of UBS Asset Management (Japan) President of Japan UBS Brinson Group |
June 2000 | Managing Director, Equity Capital Market, UBS Warburg Tokyo |
September 2001 | Judge Business School, University of Cambridge |
March 2005 | FME Teaching Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge |
March 2008 | Senior Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge |
April 2014 | Guest Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University |
March 2020 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
(Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee)
Profile
April 1979 | Joined ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. (currently ANA HOLDINGS INC.) |
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April 2013 | Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President of ANA HOLDINGS INC. |
April 2015 | Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer of ANA HOLDINGS INC. |
April 2022 | Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANA HOLDINGS INC. (Present Position) |
March 2023 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
(Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee)
Profile
April 1982 | Entered the Ministry of Labor |
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April 2003 | Lieutenant governor of Shiga prefecture |
July 2006 | Director of Equal Employment Policy Div. of Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) |
July 2011 | Director-General of the Saitama Labor Bureau of MHLW |
July 2013 | Director-Gneral of Industrial Accident Compensation Dept. of Labour Standards Bureau of MHLW |
July 2014 | Director-Gneral of Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau of MHLW |
October 2015 | Director-General for Labour Policy Planning of MHLW |
June 2016 | Director-General for Statistics and Information Policy of MHLW |
July 2017 | Director-General for Human Resources Development of MHLW |
March 2019 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
March 2024 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Profile
April 1987 | Joined the Company |
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October 2011 | Director of San Miguel Brewery Inc. |
March 2014 | Group Finance Director of Company |
March 2016 | Director of Lion Pty Ltd. |
April 2016 | General Manager of Accounting Department of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2017 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Accounting Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited |
April 2019 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Internal Audit Dept. of the Company |
March 2022 | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. (Present Position) |
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
Profile
April 1989 | Joined the Company |
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March 2015 | General Manager of Technology Management Dept. of Research & Development Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
April 2015 | General Manager of Research & Development Strategy Dept. of Research & Development Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2018 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Strategy Dept. of Research & Development Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
April 2019 | Executive Officer, Vice President of Research & Development Division and General Manager of Research & Development Strategy Dept. of the Company |
March 2020 | Director of the Board, Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. |
April 2020 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Health Business Strategy Office, Corporate Strategy Dept. of the Company |
April 2022 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Health Science Business Dept., Health Science Business Division of the Company |
March 2023 | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Profile
November 1981 | Joined Showa Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
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April 1985 | Registered as a certified public accountant |
June 1996 | Partner of Showa Ota & Co.(currently Ernst & Young SinNihon LLC) |
June 2002 | Senior Partner of ShinNihon & Co.(currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
July 2006 | In charge of personnel of HR Development Headquarters of ShinNihon & Co. |
September 2010 | Managing Director of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC In charge of Corporate Culuture Promotion Office In charge of Public Relations Office |
July 2012 | General Manager of Knowledge Headquarters Managing Director of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC |
July 2013 | Representative Director of Ernst & Young Institute Co., Ltd. |
March 2020 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Profile
April 1980 | Registered as lawyer in Japan Joined Nagashima & Ohno |
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October 1988 | Partner of Nagashima & Ohno |
January 2000 | Partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
January 2004 | Managing Partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
January 2015 | Chairman of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
January 2020 | Senior Counsel of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Present Position) |
March 2022 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Profile
April 1987 | Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.) |
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September 1996 | Joined World Bank Group |
May 2001 | Joined Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA. |
January 2015 | General Manager, Global Treasury & Investor Relations, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA. |
March 2018 | Principal Investor Relations Officer, Accounting Division, Toyota Motor Corporation |
November 2018 | Joined SoftBank Group Corp. Managing Director, Global Head of Investor Relations, SoftBank Group Corp. |
February 2020 | Managing Partner, SoftBank Group International Ltd. |
March 2024 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present position) |
Executive Officers
In charge:
Marketing, Corporate Brand Strategy
Digital, Information Strategy
Senior Executive Vice President of Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
In charge:
CSV Strategy, Public Relations Strategy, General Manager of CSV Strategy Department
In charge:
SCM Strategy, Production Technology Strategy
In charge:
R&D Strategy, President of R&D Division
In charge:
Chief Quality Assurance Officer, General Manager of Quality Assurance Department
In charge:
Business Alliance/Investment Strategies, Chief Risk Management Officer, Overseas Responsibilities including Overseas Craft Beer Strategy
In charge:
President and CEO of Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
In charge:
President and CEO of Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd.
In charge:
President and CEO of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.
- Non-executive Director as described in Article 2-15 of the Companies Act of Japan. Also fulfills the requirements for designation as an independent officer as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and complies with the Company’s Criteria regarding the independence of Officers.
- Outside Company Auditor as described in Article 2-16 of the Companies Act of Japan. Also fulfills the requirements for designation as an independent officer as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and complies with the Company's Criteria regarding the independence of Officers.