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Asahi Kasei Corp.

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Asahi Kasei Corp. is a Japanese diversified company whose businesses span materials, homes and healthcare. Its group develops chemicals, fibers, electronic materials, semiconductors, battery separators and membranes; builds and supplies housing and construction products; and develops pharmaceuticals, life-science technologies and medical devices. It conducts research, manufacturing and commercial operations through distinct operating companies in Japan and international markets. Its corporate venture capital activities invest in and develop partnerships with startups across healthcare, industrial technology, advanced materials and sustainability. The parent corporation is distinct from the Asahi Kasei Ventures investment program and from the Japanese pharmaceutical company Asahi Kasei Therapeutics Corp. The group traces its origins to 1922; the current parent corporation was established in May 1931.

Founded 1931

Team

Akemi MochizukiOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Akio TeradaExecutive Officer, Corporate
Akira NishizawaSenior Executive Officer, Materials
Andrew HelmersExecutive Officer, Homes
Chieko MatsudaOutside Director
Daisuke OkajimaExecutive Officer, Healthcare
Dan RussianExecutive Officer, Materials
Dirk R. PieperSenior Executive Officer, Materials
Eisaku MaedaLead Executive Officer, Homes
Eric KnudsenLead Executive Officer, Healthcare
Haruyuki UrataOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Hideki KoboriChairman & Director
Hiroaki TomitaExecutive Officer, Corporate
Hiroki IdeguchiAudit & Supervisory Board Member
Hiromi NakafutamiLead Executive Officer, Corporate
Hiroshi UchizumiExecutive Officer, Corporate
Hiroyoshi MatsuyamaPrimary Executive Officer, Materials
Hiroyuki IgarashiExecutive Officer, Corporate
Hiroyuki OgawaOutside Director
Ippei ArayaExecutive Officer, Materials
Kazuhito TakakiExecutive Officer, Materials
Kazunori NakajimaLead Executive Officer, Corporate
Kazuya NodaLead Executive Officer, Materials
Ken ShinomiyaPrimary Executive Officer, Healthcare
Ken SuzukiExecutive Officer, Materials
Kenji TakedaLead Executive Officer, Materials
Koshiro KudoPresident & Representative Director; Presidential Executive Officer, Corporate
Masatsugu KawaseDirector; Primary Executive Officer, Corporate
Motomichi KishinoExecutive Officer, Corporate
Motoshi NukitaExecutive Officer, Materials
Naoki KoyamaLead Executive Officer, Materials
Naoyuki KuritaLead Executive Officer, Materials
Nobuhiro YamaguchiLead Executive Officer, Corporate
Nobuko UetakeSenior Executive Officer, Materials
Osamu MatsuzakiSenior Executive Officer, Corporate
Richard A. PackerVice-Presidential Executive Officer, Corporate
Ryu TaniguchiLead Executive Officer, Materials
Satoshi NishikawaSenior Executive Officer, Corporate
Shinichiro HagaSenior Executive Officer, Corporate
Stacy WheelerExecutive Officer, Healthcare
Takao YamaguchiExecutive Officer, Corporate
Takuya MagaraAudit & Supervisory Board Member
Takuya TakahashiExecutive Officer, Materials
Tatsuhiko TokunagaExecutive Officer, Corporate
Tatsuya FukudaLead Executive Officer, Corporate
Tatsuya KoikeSenior Executive Officer, Materials
Tatsuya YanoExecutive Officer, Corporate
Tetsuro AshidateExecutive Officer, Corporate
Toshihiko TakizawaLead Executive Officer, Corporate
Toshiyasu HorieRepresentative Director; Primary Executive Officer, Corporate
Yoshikazu AokiSenior Executive Officer, Healthcare
Yoshikazu OchiaiOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yoshinori YamashitaOutside Director
Yuji OwakuPrimary Executive Officer, Homes
Yuko MaedaOutside Director
Yusuke KanazawaExecutive Officer, Healthcare

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