For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Joji Nakayama, Representative Director, President and CEO
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Please address inquiries to Noriaki Ishida, Executive Officer,
Vice President, Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com

Daiichi Sankyo Announces Changes to Representative Director and Members of the Board

Tokyo, Japan, (May 12, 2016) –Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today announced that its Board of Directors has nominated new Representative Director and Members of the Board as follows. Appointments will be subject to approval at the Company’s 11th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 20 and formal resolutions at a subsequent board meeting.

 

1. Changes to Representative Director (as of June 20, 2016)

Reason for change: The expiration of the term of Representative Directors

(1)      Appointed Representative Director

Name	New Position	Current Position
Sunao Manabe	Representative Director, Member of the Board, Executive Vice President, Head of General Affairs & Human Resources Division and Head of Medical Affairs Division	Member of the Board, Executive Vice President, Head of General Affairs & Human Resources Division and Head of Medical Affairs Division

(2)      Retiring Representative Director

Name	New Position	Current Position
Yuki Sato	Corporate Adviser	Representative Director,  Member of the Board

2. Changes to Members of the Board (as of June 20, 2016)

 

(1)    New candidates for Member of the Board

・　Katsumi Fujimoto (Senior Executive Officer, Head of Supply Chain Division)

・　Toshiaki Tojo (Senior Executive Officer, In charge of Vaccine Business)

 

(2)    Retiring Members of the Board

・　Yuki Sato (Representative Director, Member of the Board)

・　Takeshi Ogita (Member of the Board)

*  Yuki Sato and Takeshi Ogita will become Corporate Advisers at Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

Appointed Representative Director

 

Sunao Manabe

Born August 5, 1954

Current Positions Held

  Member of the Board, Executive Vice President, Head of General Affairs & Human Resources Division and Head of Medical Affairs Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

 

Career Summary

Apr.    1978       Joined Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Jul.      2005       Vice President of Medicinal Safety Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Apr.    2007       Vice President of Medicinal Safety Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Apr.    2009       Corporate Officer, Vice President of Global Project Management Department

Apr.    2011       Corporate Officer, Head of Group HR & CSR

Apr.    2012       Corporate Officer, Vice President of Corporate Strategy Department

Apr.    2014       Executive Officer, President of Japan Company and Head of Business Intelligence Division

Jun.    2014       Member of the Board, Executive Officer, President of Japan Company and Head of Business Intelligence Division

Apr.    2015       Member of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, and In charge of Global Sale & Marketing

Apr.    2016       Member of the Board, Executive Vice President, Head of General Affairs & Human Resources Division and Head of Medical Affairs Division

Number of Shares of the Company Held      6,100

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

Members of the Board candidate

 

Katsumi Fujimoto

Born February 11, 1955

Current Positions Held

  Senior Executive Officer, Head of Supply Chain Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

 

Career Summary

Apr.    1980       Joined Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Jul.      2005       Director, Development & CMC Planning Department, R&D Division

Apr.    2007       Vice President, CMC Planning Department, Pharmaceutical Technology Division

Apr.    2011       Corporate Officer, Vice President, CMC Planning Department, Pharmaceutical Technology Division

Jun.    2011       Corporate Officer, Head of Pharmaceutical Technology Division

Apr.    2014       Executive Officer, Head of Pharmaceutical Technology Division

Apr.    2015       Executive Officer, Head of Supply Chain Division

Apr.    2016       Senior Executive Officer, Head of Supply Chain Division

 

 

Toshiaki Tojo           

Born November 11, 1955

Current Positions Held

  Senior Executive Officer, In charge of Vaccine Business, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

 

Career Summary

Apr.    1980       Joined Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Apr.    2010       Vice President, Supply Chain Technology Department, Supply Chain Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Apr.    2011       Corporate Officer, Vice President, Supply Chain Technology Department, Supply Chain Division

Jun.    2011       Corporate Officer, Vice President, Supply Chain Planning Department, Supply Chain Division

Apr.    2013       Corporate Officer, Head of Quality & Safety Management Division

Apr.    2014       Executive Officer, Head of Quality & Safety Management Division

Apr.    2016       Senior Executive Officer, In charge of Vaccine Business