Officers

Directors

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  President

  Kazuya Nakano

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  Primary Executive Officer

  Sueyoshi Suetome

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  Senior Executive Officer

  Hideo Hikami

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  Director

  Katsuhiro Onishi

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  Director

  Hiroo Takahashi

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  Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

  Daichi Arima

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  Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

  Fujio Nishimura

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  Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

  Toshiko Kuboki

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  Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

  Toru Nasu

President

Kazuya Nakano

April 1981	Joined Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
April 2009	Attached to the Resin Division, ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION
July 2009	General Manager, Foaming Materials Development Dept., Resin Division
April 2011	Executive Officer, Assistant Manager, Resin Division
April 2013	General Manager, Resin Division
April 2014	General Manager, Valve & Piping Systems Division President, Asahi Organic Chemicals Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. President, ASAHI AV VALVE (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.
June 2015	Director
April 2016	Senior Executive Officer
April 2018	President, in charge of Compliance (Current position)
April 2019	General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division, in charge of Environment and Safety
November 2019	General Manager, Internal Controls Office
April 2020	In charge of the Facilities Dept. (Current position)
April 2023	In charge of Environment and Safety (Current position)
April 2024	Chaireman, Rand Wick Co., Ltd. (Current position)

Primary Executive Officer

Sueyoshi Suetome

July 1992	Joined ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION
May 2011	General Manager, Nobeoka Factory, Pipe Manufacturing, Valve & Piping Systems Division
April 2012	General Manager, Nobeoka Manufacturing, Pipe Manufacturing, Valve & Piping Systems Division
July 2014	General Manager, Business Planning Office, Corporate Strategy Division
April 2016	Executive Officer
June 2017	Director
April 2018	General Manager, Valve & Piping Systems Division President, Asahi Organic Chemicals Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. General Manager, Pipe Manufacturing Sites
April 2020	General Manager, Pipe Manufacturing Sites
April 2022	Senior Executive Officer
April 2024	Primary Executive Officer (Current position) General Manager, Resin Division (Current position) President, Asahi Organic Chemicals (Nantong) Co., Ltd. (Current position) President, ASAHI YUKIZAI MEXICO S.A. de C.V. (Current position)

Director

Katsuhiro Onishi

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

April 1984	Joined ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION
May 2006	General Manager, Engineering Dept., Valve & Piping Systems Division
January 2008	General Manager, Dymatrix Business Promotion Dept.; General Manager, Engineering Dept., Valve & Piping Systems Division
April 2014	Executive Officer; General Manager, Dymatrix Equipment & Systems Dept.; General Manager, Overseas Sales Dept., Valve & Piping Systems Division
April 2016	Assistant Manager, Valve & Piping Systems Division; General Manager, Dymatrix Systems Dept.; General Manager, AV Global Promotion Dept. Dymatrix Systems Dept.; General Manager, AV Global Promotion Dept.
April 2017	General Manager, Pipe Manufacturing Sites
June 2018	Director
April 2020	General Manager, Advanced Materials Division
April 2022	Senior Executive Officer
April 2023	Primary Executive Officer
April 2024	Attached to Resin Division

Director

Hiroo Takahashi

May 2006	Joined ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION
May 2010	General Manager, Business Planning Management Dept., Resin Division
September 2011	General Manager, Business Planning Management Dept., Resin Division; General Manager, Overseas Sales Dept., General Molding Materials Marketing Dept.
February 2013	President, Asahi Modi Materials Private Limited (Current position)
January 2016	Assistant Manager, Molding Materials Business Division
April 2016	Executive Officer; Assistant Manager, Resin Division; General Manager, Overseas Sales Dept.
April 2017	General Manager, Resin Division
June 2018	Director; President, Asahi Organic Chemicals (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
April 2019	General Manager, Resin Procurement Dept.
July 2019	President, Rand Wick Co., Ltd.

Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Daichi Arima

April 1982	Joined Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
April 2009	General Manager, Synthetic Rubber Sales Dept., Synthetic Rubber Business Division, ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
April 2011	General Manager, Business Administration Dept., Asahi Kasei Corporation
April 2016	Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corporation
April 2017	Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corporation
April 2018	President, Asahi Kasei America, Inc.
April 2020	Executive Adviser, Asahi Kasei Corporation
June 2020	Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION (Current position)

Senior Executive Officer

Hideo Hikami

April 1986	Joined Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
May 2004	General Manager, Corporate Planning & Administration, Asahi Kasei Electronics Co., Ltd.
April 2011	General Manager, Corporate Business Development, Asahi Kasei Corporation
July 2012	ZOLL Medical Vice President, Business Development
April 2016	Co-leader, GM Strategy & Business Development, UVC Project, Asahi Kasei Corporation
October 2020	Highly Specialized Principal Expert (M&A area), GM Strategy & Business Development, UVC Project, Asahi Kasei Corporation
April 2023	Joined ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION Executive Officer; Assistant Manager, Corporate Finance and Strategy
June 2023	Director General Manager, Corporate Finance and Strategy (Current position)
April 2024	Senior Executive Officer (Current position)

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Toshiko Kuboki

April 1987	Certified as an attorney (Joined the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association), joined Yamasaki Law & Patent Offices
April 1993	Established Ohno & Kuboki Law Office
April 2003	Established Kuboki Law Office, appointed as its president (Current position)
April 2012	Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Law, Chuo University (Current position)
June 2015	Outside Director, Qol Co., Ltd. (now Qol Holdings Co., Ltd.) (Current position)
June 2016	Outside Director, Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (now Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.)
June 2019	Director, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (Current position)
June 2019	Vice President, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Current position)
June 2023	Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION (Current position)

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Fujio Nishimura

April 1974	Joined Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
June 1998	General Manager, Roica Factory, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
January 2003	General Manager, Leona Factory, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
April 2004	General Manager, Leona Textile Business Division, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
April 2006	Assistant Manager, Polymer Products Business Division, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
September 2006	General Manager, Moriyama Office, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
April 2009	Managing Director, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
June 2011	Retired from Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
June 2015	Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION (Current position)

Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Toru Nasu

April 1984	Joined ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION
2007年11月	Acting General Manager, Sales Control Dept., Valve & Piping Systems Division
May 2008	General manager, Sales Control Dept., Valve & Piping Systems Division
May 2012	Manager, Nagoya Sales Office, Valve & Piping Systems Division’s Sales Division
April 2017	General Manager, Sales Support Dept., Valve & Piping Systems Division
November 2020	General Manager, Internal Controls Office
June 2023	Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (Current position)

Executive Officers