March 07, 2012
Local (JPN)

For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Joji Nakayama, President and Representative Director
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges)
Please address inquiries to Toshiaki Sai, General Manager,
Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

Daiichi Sankyo Appoints New Corporate Officers

Tokyo, Japan (March 7, 2012) – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today announced the appointment of new corporate officers at Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited and Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Company, Limited, effective from April 1, 2012. 

 

1. DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.

 

New Position

Name

Current Position

Member of the Board

Tsutomu Une

Member of the Board,

Senior Executive Officer

Global Corporate Strategy Officer

( in charge of Hybrid Business,

Intellectual Property)

Member of the Board ,

Senior Executive Officer

Head of General Affairs & Human

Resources Division and Head of Vaccine Business Intelligence

Division, Japan Company

Takeshi Ogita

Member of the Board,

Senior Executive Officer

Global Corporate Strategy Officer

(in charge of HR, IT, Business

Development, Global Marketing)

Member of the Board,

Senior Executive Officer

Head of Corporate Strategy Division

Kazunori Hirokawa

Member of the Board ,

Senior Executive Officer

Head of R&D Division

Senior Executive Officer

Head of Legal Affairs & CSR Division and Head of Business Intelligence Division,

Japan Company

Yoshikazu Takano

Senior Executive Officer

Head of Administration Division of

Japan Company

Senior Executive Officer

Head of Corporate Management Division

Manabu Sakai

Executive Officer

Global Corporate Finance Officer

Senior Executive Officer

Head of R&D Division and President of DSPD (DSI)

Glenn Gormley

President of DSPD (DSI)

New Position

Name

Current Position

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Finance & Accounting Department,

Corporate Management Division

Tomoo Yokoi

Corporate Officer

Head of Group Finance &

Accounting

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Corporate Strategy Department, Corporate Strategy Division

Sunao Manabe

Corporate Officer

Head of Group HR Strategy

and Head of Group CSR

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Corporate

Communications Department,

Corporate Management Division

Noriaki Ishida

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Licensing

Department

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Marketing

Department, Sales &Marketing

Division of Japan Company

Katsuaki Miyoshi

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Tokyo Branch,

Sales & Marketing Division of

Japan Company

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Japan Development Oversight Function,R&D Division

Satoshi Kunitada

Corporate Officer

in charge of Japan Development of

R&D Division

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Tokyo Branch,

Sales & Marketing Division of

Japan Company

Shinichi Terano 

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Promotion

Management Department,

Sales & Marketing Division of

Japan Company

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Global Brand Strategy Department, Corporate Strategy Division

Toshiaki Sai

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Corporate

Communications Department

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Kyushu Branch,

Sales & Marketing Division of

Japan Company

Ryoji Nagasaka

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Japanese

Business Management Department, Administration Division of Japan Company

Corporate Officer

in charge of Biopharmaceutical,

Pharmaceutical Technology Division

Junichi Koga

Vice President of Biopharmaceutical Technology Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Technology Division

Corporate Officer

Vice President of R&D Planning

Department, R&D Division

Koichi Akahane

Vice President of Oncology Research Laboratories, R&D Division

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Osaka Branch,

Sales & Marketing Division of

Japan Company

Kenji Inoue

Vice President of Kyushu Branch, Sales & Marketing Division of

Japan Company

New Position

Name

Current Position

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Business

Development & Licensing

Department, Corporate Strategy

Division

Kazuo Sato

Vice President of Intellectual Property Department

 ・Tsutomu Une(current Senior Executive Officer) will retain the Chairman Non Executive & Non Independent Director of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.

 

 

  2. DAIICHI SANKYO HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.

 

New Position

Name

Current Position

Corporate Officer

Vice President of Sales Administration Department, Sales Division

Yukio Shiranita

Vice President of Nagoya Branch,

Sales Division

 

 

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