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 Directors, Members of the Board, and Members of the Audit and Supervisory Board
Tokyo, Japan, (May 14, 2015) –Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today announced that its Board of Directors has nominated new Representative Directors, Members of the Board and Members of the Audit and Supervisory Board as follows. Appointments will be subject to approval at the Company’s 10th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 22 and formal resolutions at a subsequent board meeting.
1. Changes to Representative Directors (as of June 22, 2015)
Reason for change: The expiration of the term of Representative Directors
(1) Appointed Representative Directors
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Name
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New Position
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Current Position
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Kazunori Hirokawa
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Representative Director, Member of the Board, Executive Vice President,
Head of Corporate Management Division
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Member of the Board,
Executive Vice President,
Head of Corporate Management Division
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(2) Retiring Representative Director
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Name
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New Position
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Current Position
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Manabu Sakai
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Corporate Adviser
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Representative Director,
Member of the Board
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2. Changes to Members of the Board (as of June 22, 2015)
(1) New candidates for Member of the Board
- Toshiaki Sai (Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy Division)
- Naoki Adachi (Chairman & Representative Director, TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.)
- Tsuguya Fukui (Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, St. Luke's International University; President, St. Luke’s International Hospital)
* Naoki Adachi and Tsuguya Fukui are new candidates for “Member of the Board (Outside)” as defined in Article 2-15 of the Companies Act.
(2) Retiring Members of the Board
- Manabu Sakai (Representative Director, Member of the Board)
- Hiroshi Hirabayashi (Member of the Board (Outside) )
- Kunio Ishihara (Member of the Board (Outside) )
* Manabu Sakai will become a Corporate Adviser at Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
3. Changes to Members of the Audit and Supervisory Board (as of June 22, 2015)
(1) New candidates for Member of the Audit and Supervisory Board
- Hideyuki Haruyama (Member of the Board, DAIICHI SANKYO RD NOVARE CO., LTD.)
- Kazuyuki Watanabe (Corporate Officer, In charge of External Affairs)
(2) Retiring Members of the Audit and Supervisory Board (as of June 22, 2015)
- Kazuo Koike (Member of the Audit and Supervisory Board)
- Takashi Chiba (Member of the Audit and Supervisory Board)
* Kazuo Koike and Takashi Chiba will become Corporate Advisers at Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Curriculum Vitae
Appointed Representative Director
Kazunori Hirokawa Born June 7, 1951
Current Positions Held
Member of the Board, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Management Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Career Summary
Apr. 1975 Joined Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2000 General Manager of Drug Safety Administration Department,
Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2002 General Manager of Medical Planning & Coordination Department
Jun. 2003 Member of the Board, General Manager of Medical Planning & Coordination
Department
Oct. 2004 Member of the Board, General Manager of R&D Strategy Department
Jun. 2005 Senior Corporate Officer, General Manager of R&D Strategy Department
Apr. 2006 Executive Vice President, Daiichi Sankyo Inc. in U.S.
Apr. 2007 Executive Officer, Head of R&D Div.,Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2010 Senior Executive Officer, Head of R&D Div.
Jun. 2010 Member of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Head of R&D Div.
Apr. 2012 Member of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy Div.
Apr. 2013 Member of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy Div.
and Head of Business Intelligence Div., Japan Company
Apr. 2014 Member of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy Div.
Apr. 2015 Member of the Board, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Management Div.
Number of Shares of the Company Held 19,858
Curriculum Vitae
Member of the Board candidate
Toshiaki Sai Born March 25, 1955
Current Positions Held
Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Career Summary
Apr. 1979 Joined Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2007 Vice President of Management System Department, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2008 Vice President of Corporate Communications Department
Apr. 2010 Corporate Officer, Vice President of Corporate Communications Department
Apr. 2012 Corporate Officer, Vice President of Global Brand Strategy Department,Corporate Strategy Division
Apr. 2014 Executive Officer, Vice President of Corporate Strategy Department,Corporate Strategy Div.
Apr. 2015 Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy Div.
Naoki Adachi Born February 23, 1939
Current Positions Held
Chairman & Representative Director, TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
Career Summary
Apr. 1962 Joined Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Jun. 1993 Director,General Manager of Commercial Printing Subdivision,Commercial Printing Div.
Apr. 1995 Director, General Manager of Commercial Printing Div.
Jun. 1995 Managing Director, General Manager of Commercial Printing Div.
Oct. 1996 Managing Director, General Manager of Commercial Printing Div., and Head of Finance Insturuments and Securities Div.
Jun. 1997 Senior Managing Director, General Manager of Commercial Printing Div. and Head of Finance Insturuments and Securities Div.
Apr. 1998 Senior Manageing Director; In charge of Corporate Sales & Marketing and Head of Finance Insturuments and Securities Div. and Commercial Printing Div.
Jun. 1998 Representative Exective Vice President, In charge of Corporate Sales & Marketing and Head of Finance Insturuments and Securities Div. and Commercial Printing Div.
Jun. 2000 President & Representative Director
Jun. 2010 Chairman & Representative Director
Tsuguya Fukui Born June 24, 1951
Current Positions Held
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, St. Luke's International University
President, St. Luke’s International Hospital
Career Summary
Jan. 1992 Professor, Department of General Medicine, Saga Medical School (Faculty of Medicine, Saga University)
Mar. 1994 Professor, Department of General Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital
Apr. 1999 Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Apr. 2000 Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Dean, School of Public Health, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Feb. 2001 Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Director, EBM Collaborative Research Center (current Department of EBM, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science), School of Public Health, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Sep. 2004 Chief of staff, Department of Internal medicine, Vice President, St. Luke’s International Hospital
Apr. 2005 President of St. Luke’s International Hospital
Apr. 2012 Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of St. Luke's College of Nursing (current St. Luke's International University)
Curriculum Vitae
Member of the Audit and Supervisory Board candidate
Hideyuki Haruyama Born January 26, 1955
Current Positions Held
Member of the Board, DAIICHI SANKYO RD NOVARE CO., LTD.
Career Summary
Apr. 1980 Joined Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Jul . 2003 Vice President of IT Management Department.
Jun. 2004 Corporate Officer, Head of Research Div. and Vice President of IT Management Department.
Feb.2005 Corporate Officer, Head of Research Div.
Apr. 2007 Corporate Officer, Vice President of R&D Planning & Management Department., Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2010 Corporate Officer, in charge of Research, R&D Div. , Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2011 President, Daiichi Sankyo RD NOVARE CO., LTD.
Apr. 2015 Member of the Board, Daiichi Sankyo RD NOVARE CO., LTD.
Kazuyuki Watanabe Born December 30, 1955
Current Positions Held
Corporate Officer, In charge of External Affairs, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Career Summary
Apr. 1978 Joined Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2006 General Manager of Secretariat Department.
Apr. 2007 Vice President of General Affairs Department., Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2012 Vice President of External Affairs Department., Business Intelligence Div., Japan Company
Apr. 2014 Corporate Officer, Vice President of External Affairs Department., Business Intelligence Div., Japan Company
Apr. 2015 Corporate Officer, in charge of External Affairs