Board of Directors & Auditors | Company Profile

Directors and Auditors

Title	Name
Chairman and Representative Director Chief Executive Officer	Sumiya Hori
President and Representative Director Chief Operating Officer	Takashige Negishi
Director	Yoshihiro Kawabata
Director	Chizuka Kai
Director	Masahiro Negishi
Director	Shigeyoshi Sakamoto
Director (Part-time)	Ryuji Yasuda (Outside Director)
Director (Part-time)	Masayuki Fukuoka (Outside Director)
Director (Part-time)	Christian Neu (Outside Director)
Director (Part-time)	Bertrand Austruy (Outside Director)
Director (Part-time)	Richard Hall (Outside Director)
Director (Part-time)	Shyouji Ikegami
Director (Part-time)	Masayuki Takemura
Director (Part-time)	Toshihiro Araki
Director (Part-time)	Yasuhisa Abe
Senior Corporate Auditor	Katsumi Ohtsubo
Senior Corporate Auditor	Takeyoshi Tanaka
Corporate Auditor	Teruo Nakamura
Corporate Auditor	Akihiko Okudaira (Outside Auditor)
Corporate Auditor	Ryohei Sumiya (Outside Auditor)
Corporate Auditor	Masahiko Ikeda (Outside Auditor)
Corporate Auditor	Seijuro Tanigawa (Outside Auditor)
Advisor	Heisaku Horita
Advisor	Toshiro Tsuboi
Advisor	Kouhei Kitada
Advisor	Tokuji Nakamura
Advisor	Tomeji Tanigawa
Advisor	Tomoharu Tanaka
Advisor	Kaoru Yamaguchi

Responsibilities of Executive Officers

Title	Name
Chairman and executive officer	Sumiya Hori
President and executive officer	Takashige Negishi Divisional General Manager of Administrative Division (Secretarial Dept., General Affairs Dept., Personnel Dept., Finance & Accounting Dept., Information Systems Dept.)
Deputy president and executive officer	Yoshihiro Kawabata Divisional General Manager of International Business Division (Liaison Office, International Business Dept.) Divisional General Manager of Management Support Division (Food Quality Control Dept., Corporate Planning Dept., Public Relations Dept., Legal Dept., Human Resources Development Center.)
Senior managing executive officer	Chizuka Kai Divisional General Manager of Research & Development Division (Development Dept., Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology ESV) Divisional General Manager of Production Division (Production Control Dept., Purchasing Dept.)
Senior managing executive officer	Masahiro Negishi Divisional General Manager of Food and Beverages Business Division (Sales Company Modernization Promotion Dept., Food and Beverages Sales Management Dept., Home Delivery Sales Dept., Retail Sales Dept., Logistics Control Dept., Advertising Dept.) Divisional General Manager of Cosmetics Business Division (Cosmetics Dept., Shonan Cosmetics Plant)
Managing executive officer	Shigeyoshi Sakamoto Divisional General Manager of Pharmaceutical Business Division (Medical General Affairs Dept., Medical Sales & Marketing Dept., Medical Affairs & Information Dept., Pharmaceutical Research & Development Dept., Pharmacovigilance Dept., Medical Quality Assurance Dept., Fuji Susono Pharmaceutical Plant)
Managing executive officer	Hiroshi Narita International Business Dept., Liaison Office
Managing executive officer	Haruji Sawada Director of Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology ESV, Public Relations Dept.(Scientific matters)
Managing executive officer	Kenichi Shiino Production Control Dept., Development Dept., Purchasing Dept.
Executive officer	Akinori Abe Finance & Accounting Dept., Information Systems Dept.
Executive officer	Yoshiaki Tanaka Legal Dept., General Affairs Dept., Personnel Dept.
Executive officer	Kiyotaka Kikuchi Retail Sales Dept., Logistics Control Dept.
Executive officer	Hiroshi Wakabayashi Corporate Planning Dept., Public Relations Dept., Human Resources Development Center
Executive officer	Masaki Tanaka Sales Company Modernization Promotion Dept., Food and Beverages Sales Management Dept., Home Delivery Sales Dept.
Executive officer	Fumiyasu Ishikawa Deputy Director of Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research
Executive officer	Masanori Ito Medical General Affairs Dept., Medical Sales & Marketing Dept., Medical Affairs & Information Dept., Pharmaceutical Research & Development Dept., Pharmacovigilance Dept., Fuji Susono Pharmaceutical Plant
Executive officer	Susumu Hirano Director and President of Yakult (China) Co., Ltd., International Business Dept.
Executive officer	Akifumi Doi Plant Manager of Kyoto Plant, Production Control Dept.
Executive officer	Tetsuya Hayashida Cosmetics Dept., Shonan Cosmetics Plant

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