Officers

Directors

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  President & CEO

  Kazuya Nakano

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  Executive Vice President & COO

  Sueyoshi Suetome

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  Primary Executive Officer & CFO

  Hideo Hikami

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  Director

  Osamu Sameshima

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  Director

  Takeshi Yamamoto

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  Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

  Daichi Arima

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  Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

  Toshiko Kuboki

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  Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

  Toru Nasu

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  Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

  Minoru Fukui

President & CEO

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.
April 2023	In charge of Environment and Safety (Current position)
April 2024	Chaireman, Rand Wick Co., Ltd.
April 2025	President & CEO (Current position)

Executive Vice President & COO

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 General Manager, Resin Division (Current position) President, Asahi Organic Chemicals (Nantong) Co., Ltd. (Current position) President, ASAHI YUKIZAI MEXICO S.A. de C.V.
April 2025	Exective Vice President & COO (Current position) Overall business, In charge of the Facilities Dept. & Purchasing Dept. (Current position)

Director

Osamu Sameshima

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

April 1986	Joined ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION
June 2009	General Manager of Purchasing Department
May 2012	General Manager, SCM Department of Valve & Piping Works
April 2016	Executive Officer (Current position)
April 2018	General Manager of Water Treatment & Natural Resources Development Control Division (Current position) President and Representative Director, Drico, Ltd. (Current position)
June 2024	Director (Current position)

Director

Takeshi Yamamoto

April 1990	Joined ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION
April 2013	Director, ASAHI AV TRADING CO., LTD.
October 2017	President and Representative Director, Daiwa Kousan Corporation
February 2013	President, Asahi Modi Materials Private Limited (Current position)
October 2018	Executive Officer (Current position)
April 2016	Executive Officer; Assistant Manager, Resin Division; General Manager, Overseas Sales Dept.
April 2023	Assistant General Manager of VPS Division
April 2024	General Manager of Valve & Piping Systems Division (Current position)
June 2024	Director (Current position)

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)

Primary Executive Officer & CFO

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
April 2024	Senior Executive Officer In charge of New Business Development Project (Current position)
April 2025	Primary Executive Officer & CFO (Current position) General Manager, Corporate Finance and Strategy (Current position)

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Toshiko Kuboki

CORPORATION (Current position)

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)
April 2023	Vice President, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (now Institute of Science Tokyo)
June 2023	Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member, ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION (Current position)
October 2024	Vice President, Institute of Science Tokyo (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)

Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Minoru Fukui

April 1981	Joined Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
April 2006	Chairman and President of Hangzhou Asahi Kasei Textiles Co., Ltd.
February 2010	Assistant General Manager R&D Laboratory for Applied Product, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp.
May 2013	General Manager, Research and Development Center, Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp.
July 2016	Supervisory Innovation Coordinator, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
April 2023	Research Emeritus Counselor of AIST Kansai (Current position)
June 2024	Outside Director of the Company serving on the Audit & Supervisory Committee (Current position)

Executive Officers