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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  Outside Director

  Atsuko Yoshimura

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  Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  Toshiko Kuboki

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  Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  Minoru Fukui

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  Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  Masato Kashiwagi

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(Current position)
June 2025	General Manager of Valve & Piping Systems Division (Current position)

Outside Director

Atsuko Yoshimura

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

April 1995	Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
June 2004	Joined JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
March 2007	Joined UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
March 2015	Joined Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
September 2020	Managing Director and in charge of Asia Region Strategy of Roquette Japan K.K.
December 2021	Representative Director and President, Managing Director and in charge of Asia Region Strategy
June 2022	Outside Director, Fujimi Incorporated (Current position)
March 2023	Representative Director, VG-C Inc. (Current position)
December 2023	Representative Director and President, Managing Director and in charge of Asia Region Strategy (Current position)
January 2024	Managing Director of DAIZ Engineering Inc.(SprouTx Inc.) (Current position)
June 2025	Outside Director, 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
April 2025	Primary Executive Officer CFO (Current position) General Manager, Corporate Finance and Strategy (Current position)

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

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board 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 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION (Current position)

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Masato Kashiwagi

April 1987	Joined Asahi Kasei Corp.
June 2010	General Manager, Accounting Department, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
January 2016	General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
April 2018	General Manager, Overseas Business Development, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
April 2019	General Manager, Corporate Management Division, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
April 2023	Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
April 2025	Assistant to the President
June 2025	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION (Current position)

Executive Officers

Special Audit & Supervisory Officer