Directors & Officers

Directors

Representative Director, Chairperson

Susumu Kanda

biography

Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer

Eiji Fukuda

biography

Director, Executive Operating Officer

Supervision of Corporate Center; and Chairperson of Sustainability Committee

Yoshitomo Tanaka

biography

Director, Senior Operating Officer

Division President, New Materials Division

Tomoo Ueta

biography

Director, Senior Operating Officer

Supervision of Plastic Film Division; and Supervision of Building Materials Division

Seizo Kagawa

biography

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Takashi Kitada

biography

Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Seiji Nagao

biography

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Toshio Baba

biography

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Nae Iijima

biography

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Youichi Watanabe

biography

Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Shin Saito

biography

Operating Officers

Senior Operating Officer: Yoshizumi Teramoto; Division President, Plastic Film Division

Operating Officer: Tetsuya Yaso; Division President, Building Materials Division

Operating Officer: Tomoyasu Hiraba; Manager, Business Management Department; and General Manager of Group Companies, Plastic Film Division

Operating Officer: Kazuma Ohnishi; General Manager, Research & Development Center

Operating Officer: Katsuhiro Noguchi; Manager, Optical Materials Business Unit, New Materials Division

Operating Officer: Miho Kondo; Manager, Sustainability Promotion Department, and Legal and Intellectual Property Department, and Environmental Management Department, Corporate

Operating Officer: Masanori Kimura; Manager, Finance and Business Administration Department, Corporate Center

Apr.1977		Joined the Company
Apr.2009		Operating Officer; Representative Director, President, Union Gravure Co., Ltd.
Mar.2010		Director; Supervision of Production Group, Plastic Film Division; Supervision of subsidiary companies; Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Corporate Center; and Representative Director, President, Union Gravure Co., Ltd.
Jan.2013		Director; Division President, Plastic Film Division
Mar.2016		Executive Director; Division President, Plastic Film Division
Mar.2017		Representative Director, Executive Director; Division President, Plastic Film Division
Mar.2018		Representative Director, President
Mar.2020		Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer
Jan.2025		Representative Director, Chairperson (to present)

Apr.1993		Joined the Company
Jan.2007		Representative Director, President, Kyushu Okura Co., Ltd.
Apr.2009		Operating Officer; Representative Director, President, Kyushu Okura Co., Ltd.
Feb.2010		Operating Officer; Representative Director, President, Kansai Okura Co., Ltd.(currently, KS Okura Co., Ltd.)
Jul.2015		Operating Officer; Manager, Planning and Administration Group, Operation Support Department, Plastic film Division
Mar.2017		Operating Officer; Manager, Planning and Administration Group, Plastic film Division; and Manager, Production Management Group
Mar.2021		Director, Operating Officer; Manager, Accounting Department, Corporate Center
Apr.2021		Director, Operating Officer; Manager, Finance and Business Administration Department, Corporate Center
Jan.2023		Director, Operating Officer; Division President, Plastic Film Division
Mar.2023		Director, Executive Operating Officer; Division President, Plastic Film Division
Mar.2024		Director, Senior Executive Operating Officer; Division President, Plastic Film Division
Jan.2025		Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer (to present)

Apr.1977		Joined the Company
Apr.2009		Operating Officer; Representative Director, President, Kansai Okura Co., Ltd.(currently, KS Okura Co., Ltd.)
Mar.2010		Director; Manager, General Affairs Department, CorporateCenter
Mar.2011		Director; Manager, General Affairs Department, Corporate Center; Supervision of Environment Safety and Quality Assurance; and Supervision of subsidiary companies, Corporate Center
Mar.2017		Director; Supervision of Corporate Center; and Manager, General Affairs Department
Mar.2018		Executive Director; Supervision of Corporate Center; and Manager, General Affairs Department
Jan.2019		Executive Director; Supervision of Corporate Center; and Supervision of CSR/ESG
Mar.2020		Director, Executive Operating Officer; Supervision of Corporate Center; and Supervision of CSR/ESG
Jan.2023		Director, Executive Operating Officer; Supervision of Corporate Center; Manager, Finance and Business Administration Department; and Chairperson of Sustainability Committee
Jan.2024		Director, Executive Operating Officer; Supervision of Corporate Center; and Chairperson of Sustainability Committee (to present)

Apr.1985		Joined the Company
Mar.2009		Division President, New Materials Division
Mar.2010		Operating Officer; Division President, New Materials Division
Mar.2017		Director; Division President, New Materials Division
Mar.2020		Director, Operating Officer; Division President, New Materials Division
Mar.2024		Director, Senior Operating Officer; Division President, New Materials Division (to present)

Apr.1988		Joined the Company
May.2012		Manager, Particleboard Group, Building Materials Division
Jul.2016		Operating Officer; Manager, Particleboard Group, Building Materials Division; and Plant Manager, Takuma Plant
Apr.2018		Operating Officer; Vice Division President, Building Materials Division; and Manager, Particleboard Group
Mar.2020		Operating Officer; Division President, Building Materials Division

Mar.2024		Senior Operating Officer; Division President, Building Materials Division
Mar.2025		Director, Senior Operating Officer; Supervision of Plastic Film Division; and Supervision of Building Materials Division (to present)

Mar.1985		Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
Apr.1998		Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (currently, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Jul.1999		Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (currently, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
Oct.2014		Established KITADA Takashi CPA Office (to present)
Mar.2016		Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (to present)
Mar.2016		Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), FINDEX Inc. (to present)

Apr.1991		Joined the Company
Mar.2017		Manager, Accounting Department, Corporate Center
Mar.2021		Operating officer; Manager, Internal Audit Office
Apr.2021		Operating officer; Manager, Internal Control / Audit Office
Mar.2022		Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (to present)

Apr.1983		Registered as an Attorney
Apr.1983		Established Baba Law Office (to present)
Mar.2004		Auditor, of the Company
Mar.2015		Director
Jul.2016		Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (to present)

Apr.1994		Registered as an Attorney and joined Dojima Law Office
Oct.2001		Joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C. Office, the United States
Jan.2002		Registered as an Attorney in the state of New York, the United States
Sep.2002		Returned to Dojima Law Office (currently, Dojima LPC) (to present)
Jun.2003		Outside Auditor, Navitas CO., LTD. (currently, SiriusVision CO., LTD.)
Apr.2013		Affiliate Professor of Kyoto University Law School
Jun.2015		Outside Director, OSAKA Titanium technologies Co., Ltd.
Jun.2016		Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Navitas CO., LTD. (currently, SiriusVision CO., LTD.)
Apr.2019		Vice Chair, Osaka Bar Association
Jun.2021		Outside Auditor, Kansai Mirai Bank, Limited (to present)
Mar.2022		Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (to present)
Jun.2022		Outside Auditor, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation(currently, NTT WEST, Inc.) (to present)
Jun.2022		Outside Director, (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), OSAKA Titanium technologies Co.,Ltd.
Jul.2024		Outside Director, (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Life Insurance Company (to present)

Apr.1996		Joined Takahashi Tax Accounting Office
Dec.1999		Registered as a Certified Public Tax Accountant
Apr.2003		Established Watanabe Youichi Tax Accounting Office (currently, Biz Brain Tax Accounting Corporation)
Jul.2020		Vice Chairman, TKC National Federation (to present)
Sep.2020		Chairman, TKC Shikoku Local Association (to present)
Jul.2021		Deputy Branch Chief, Marugame Branch, Shikoku Certified Public Tax Accoutants’ Association
Mar.2022		Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (to present)
Nov.2022		Representative Partner, Biz Brain Tax Accounting Corporation, (to present)
Jul.2023		Director, Kagawa Prefecture Branch Federation, Shikoku Certified Public Tax Accoutants’ Association
Jul.2025		Executive Director, Prefecture Branch Federation, Shikoku Certified Public Tax Accoutants’ Association (to present)
Jul.2025		Branch Chief, Marugame Branch, Shikoku Certified Public Tax Accoutants’ Association (to present)

Apr.2001		Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited)
Oct.2024		General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited (to present)
Mar.2025		Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), the Company (to present)