Nihon Kohden : Updated Board of Directors

Directors

as of June 26, 2024

Title		Name	Profile
Representative Director		Hirokazu Ogino	Link
Representative Director		Takashi Tamura	Link
Corporate Director		Tadashi Hasegawa	Link
Corporate Director		Eiichi Tanaka	Link
Corporate Director		Yasuhiro Yoshitake	Link
Outside Director		Shigeru Kawatsuhara	Link
Outside Director	Representative Director of Office Sasaya Co., Ltd., Visiting Professor at Chiba University of Commerce	Hidemitsu Sasaya	Link
Outside Director	Professor at Department of Information and Computer Science, Faculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Outside Director of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.	Sumie Morita	Link
Outside Director		Danny Risberg	Link
Corporate Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member		Shigeru Hirata	Link
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member	Shimizu Accounting Office, Representative Partner of Ryoh-koh Audit Corporation	Kazuo Shimizu	Link
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee Member	Nozomi Sogo Attorneys at Law, Outside Director of DAI-DAN CO., LTD. , Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of TAIYO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	Ikumi Sato	Link

Management Operating Officers

Title	Name
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)	Hirokazu Ogino
Executive Operating Officer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), General Manager of Corporate Administration Operations, Chief Compliance Officer	Tadashi Hasegawa
Senior Operating Officer, Chief Regional Officer - North America (CRO-A), General Manager of North America Business Operations, President of Nihon Kohden North America, Inc.	Eiichi Tanaka
Senior Operating Officer, Chief Regional Officer - International (CRO-I), General Manager of International Business Operations	Yasuhiro Yoshitake
Senior Operating Officer, Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO), General Manager of Human Resources Development Operations, General Manager of Human Resources Department	Kenji Furukawa
Operating Officer, Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO), General Manager of Import Business Operations	Kazuomi Shimoda
Operating Offcer, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer (CSIO), In charge of Business Strategy, R&D, Process Management, Brand Equity	Kaoru Imajo
Operating Officer, Chief Quality & Regulatory Officer (CQRO), General Manager of Corporate Quality Management Operations	Yoshiyuki Fujita
Operating Officer, Chief Regional Officer - Japan (CRO-J), In charge of Domestic Business and Services Business	Toshihiko Hiraoka
Operating Officer, Chief Manufacturing Officer (CMO), General Manager of Production Operations, General Manager of Supply Chain Management Division, President of Nihon Kohden Tomioka Corporation	Yutaka Inano
Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), General Manager of Technology Development Operations	Hirohiko Ikeya

Operating Officers

Title	Name
Operating Officer, Deputy General Manager of North America Business Operations	Shuhei Morinaga
Operating Officer, General Manager of Customer Service Operations	Masahiko Kumakura
Operating Officer, General Manager of Solution Business Division	Yoshinori Obara
Operating Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Administration Operations, General Manager of Finance Department	Eri Watanabe
Operating Officer, General Manager of Clinical Development & Regulatory Affairs Division	Hiroko Hagiwara
Operating Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Division	Fumio Izumida
Operating Officer, General Manager of Strategic Technology Operations	Tsutomu Wakabayashi
Operating Officer, General Manager of China Business Operations	Seiji Miyazaki
Operating Officer, General Manager of Domestic Business Operations	Hironori Asa

Director Skills Matrix

The Board of Directors consists of twelve members including six independent outside directors with expertise. Directors utilize their knowledge, experience, and abilities to make decisions and supervise the business executions in order to realize the Long-term Vision and the Three-year Business Plan.
In addition to the expertise and experience of each director, all directors are engaged in management from the perspective of sustainability. The Company continues its efforts to further strengthen sustainability.

Name	Position	Corporate Management	Global Experience	Sales/ Marketing	Production/ Technology/ R&D	Legal/ Risk Management	Finance/ Accounting/ M&A	Human Resources/ Human Resources Development	ESG/ SDGs
Hirokazu Ogino	Representative Director President and Chief Executive Officer	●	●	●			●		●
Takashi Tamura	Representative Director	●		●
Tadashi Hasegawa	Corporate Director Executive Operating Officer		●			●	●	●	●
Eiichi Tanaka	Corporate Director Senior Operating Officer	●	●	●	●			●
Yasuhiro Yoshitake	Corporate Director Senior Operating Officer	●	●	●
Shigeru Kawatsuhara	Outside Director Nomination & Remuneration Committee Member	●	●	●
Hidemitsu Sasaya	Outside Director		●						●
Sumie Morita	Outside Director		●		●				●
Danny Risberg	Outside Director	●	●	●
Shigeru Hirata	Corporate Director Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member			●			●	●
Kazuo Shimizu	Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member Nomination & Remuneration Committee Member					●	●
Ikumi Sato	Outside Director Audit & Supervisory Committee Member Nomination & Remuneration Committee Member		●			●		●	●

Definition of Skills Matrix

Skills	Definition of Skills
Corporate Management	Experience as president or equivalent at other companies or group subsidiaries
Global Experience	Global business experience including overseas assignments
Sales/Marketing	Business experience and management experience in sales and marketing
Production/Technology/R&D	Business experience, management experience and possession of expertise in production, technology, and R&D
Legal/Risk Management	Business experience in legal and risk management, Attorney
Finance/Accounting/M&A	Business experience in finance, accounting, and M&A, Certified Public Accountant, CFO experience
Human Resources/Human Resources Development	Business experience, management experience, and possession of expertise in human resources and human resources development
ESG/SDGs	Business experience, management experience, and possession of expertise in sustainability including ESG and SDGs

Expertise and Experience of Directors

Independence and Diversity of Directors

Related Links

• Corporate Profile
• Nihon Kohden's Brand Concept