Members of the Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board
From the top left of the photo, Masamichi Mizukami, Takashi Kimura, Katsuhiko Sugita, Yasuomi Matsuyama.
From the center left, Yasushi Kosaka, Tomohiko Okubo, Masato Inari, Nobuhisa Ariyoshi, Kenji Kato, Naruyuki Nagaoka.
From the bottom left of the photo, Haruko Hirose, Kazuo Tanikawa, Toshikiyo Kurai, Masashi Fujii, Tsugio Sato, Toru Suzuki.
Display all professional backgrounds
As of July 1, 2020
Members of the Board of Directors
Toshikiyo KuraiRepresentative Director, Chairman
Professional background
Born January 9, 1952
- April 1975
- Joined MGC
- June 2003
- General manager, Inorganic Chemicals Division, Specialty Chemicals Company
- June 2006
- Executive officer
General manager, Inorganic Chemicals Division, Specialty Chemicals Company - June 2008
- Executive officer
President, Specialty Chemicals Company - June 2009
- Director and managing executive officer
President, Specialty Chemicals Company - June 2010
- Director and managing executive officer
President, Specialty Chemicals Company
General manager, Engineering Plastics Division, Specialty Chemicals Company - October 2011
- Director and managing executive officer
President, Specialty Chemicals Company - June 2012
- Representative director, senior managing executive officer and assistant to the president
President, Specialty Chemicals Company - June 2013
- President and representative director
- April 2019
- Chairman and representative director (current position)
Masashi FujiiRepresentative Director, President
Professional background
Born March 10, 1959
- April 1981
- Joined MGC
- June 2010
- General manager, Organic Chemicals Division, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- June 2012
- Executive officer
General manager, Organic Chemicals Division, Natural Gas Chemicals Company - June 2014
- Executive officer
General manager, Methanol Division, Natural Gas Chemicals Company - April 2015
- Managing executive officer in charge of the LNG Project Team
President, Natural Gas Chemicals Company - June 2015
- Director and managing executive officer in charge of the LNG Project Team
President, Natural Gas Chemicals Company - April 2018
- Director and managing executive officer in charge of the LNG Project Team
President, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
General manager, Energy & Resources Division, Natural Gas Chemicals Company - April 2019
- President and representative director (current position)
Masato InariDirector, Managing Executive Officer
In charge of the Internal Audit Division, Environment & Total Production Sector
Professional background
Born January 23, 1961
- April 1985
- Joined MGC
- June 2011
- Plant manager, Niigata Plant, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- June 2014
- Executive officer
Plant manager, Niigata Plant, Natural Gas Chemicals Company - April 2016
- Executive officer
President, Aromatic Chemicals Company - June 2016
- Director, JSP Corporation
- April 2017
- Managing executive officer
President, Aromatic Chemicals Company - June 2017
- Director and managing executive officer
President, Aromatic Chemicals Company - April 2019
- Director and Managing Executive Officer
In charge of the Production Technology Division, Environment Safety and Quality Assurance Division - April 2020
- Director and Managing Executive Officer
IIn charge of the Internal Audit Division, and Environment & Total Production Sector (current position)
Nobuhisa AriyoshiDirector, Managing Executive Officer
In charge of internal control & risk management, Corporate Management Sector
Professional background
Born November 26, 1961
- April 1984
- Joined MGC
- June 2012
- General Manager, Administrative & Personnel Center
- April 2016
- Executive officer
General Manager, Electronic Materials Division, Information & Advanced Materials Company - April 2018
- Managing executive officer in charge of Finance & Accounting Center, information Systems Division, and Purchasing & Logistics Center
- June 2018
- Director and managing executive officer in charge of Finance & Accounting Center, Information Systems Division, and Purchasing & Logistics Center
- April 2019
- Director and Managing Executive Officer
In charge of compliance, risk management, the Internal Audit Division, Corporate Planning Division, Administrative & Personnel Center, and Corporate Communications Division,
Chairman of Internal Control Promotion Committee,
General manager of Tokyo Techno Park - June 2019
- Director and Managing Executive Officer
In charge of compliance, risk management, Finance & Accounting Center, Information Systems Division, Administrative & Personnel Center, and Corporate Communications Division,
General manager of Tokyo Techno Park - April 2020
- Director and Managing Executive Officer
In charge of internal control & risk management, Corporate Management Sector (current position)
Tomohiko OkuboDirector, Managing Executive Officer
Administrative Management of LNG Project Team, and in charge of Basic Chemicals Business Sector.
Professional background
Born April 26, 1961
- April 1985
- Joined MGC.
- June 2010
- Manager, Sales Group, Methanol Division, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- October 2014
- Manager, Business Development Department, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- April 2015
- General Manager, Methanol Division, NaturalGas Chemicals Company
- April 2016
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Methanol Division, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- April 2019
- Managing Executive Officer, Administrative Management of LNG Project Team, and President of Natural Gas Chemicals Company.
- June 2019
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, Administrative Management of LNG Project Team, and President of Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- April 2020
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, Administrative Management of LNG Project Team, and in charge of Basic Chemicals Business Sector (current position)
Kenji KatoDirector, Managing Executive Officer
In charge of Research & Development Sector
Professional background
Born June 2, 1962
- April 1987
- Joined MGC.
- June 2013
- General Manager, Tokyo Research Laboratory, Specialty Chemicals Company
- April 2016
- Executive Officer, and Plant Manager, Kashima Plant, Specialty Chemicals Company
- April 2018
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Electronic Materials Division, Information & Advanced Materials Company
- April 2019
- Managing Executive Officer, President of Information & Advanced Materials Company
- June 2019
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, President of Information & Advanced Materials Company
- April 2020
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Research & Development Sector (current position)
Yasushi KosakaDirector, Managing Executive Officer
In charge of Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Professional background
Born February 13,1961
- April 1985
- Joined MGC.
- June 2012
- General Manager, Inorganic Chemicals Division, Specialty Chemicals Company
- June 2014
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Inorganic Chemicals Division, Specialty Chemicals Company
- April 2016
- Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation
- June 2016
- President and CEO, Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation
- April 2020
- Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
- June 2020
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Specialty Chemicals Business Sector (current position)
Naruyuki NagaokaDirector, Managing Executive Officer
In charge of Compliance and Corporate planning Sector
Professional background
Born November 20,1962
- April 1985
- Joined MGC.
- June 2011
- Manager, Administrative, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- April 2016
- Manager, Corporate Planning Division
- June 2016
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member of JSP Corporation
- April 2017
- Executive Officer, Corporate Planning Division
- June 2019
- Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Planning and Purchase & Logistic Center
- April 2020
- Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Compliance and Corporate planning Sector
- June 2020
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Compliance and Corporate planning Sector (current position)
Kazuo TanigawaOutside Director
Professional background
Born September 8, 1949
- April 1972
- Joined Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. (currently Toshiba Corporation)
- June 2004
- Executive officer, Toshiba Corporation
- June 2007
- Director, executive officer and corporate senior vice president, Toshiba Corporation
- June 2008
- Director, executive officer and corporate executive vice president, Toshiba Corporation
- June 2011
- Advisor, Toshiba Corporation
Outside auditor, Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd. (currently Shibaura machine Co., Ltd) - May 2012
- Chairman, Business Research Institute
Chairman, Japan Society for Human Resource Management - June 2015
- Outside director, MGC (current position)
Tsugio SatoOutside Director
Professional background
Born February 20, 1951
- April 1975
- Assistant, Applied Chemistry Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
- February 1989
- Associate professor, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering, Tohoku University
- April 1994
- Professor, Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University
- April 2001
- Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
- April 2010
- Deputy director, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
- April 2013
- Director, Center for Exploration of New Inorganic Materials, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
- August 2013
- Director, The Foundation for Japanese Chemical Research
- April 2016
- Professor emeritus, Tohoku University (current position)
- June 2017
- Outside director, MGC (current position)
Haruko HiroseOutside Director
Professional background
Born September 23,1945
- December 1968
- Appointed to the National Personnel Authority of Japan
- January 1992
- Director, Bureau of Human Resources Management of Headquarters (Paris), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- September 2002
- Deputy to the Director General and Managing Director of Field Operations Division of Headquarters (Vienna), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- November 2006
- Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kingdom of Morocco
- April 2013
- Specially Appointed Professor, Academy for Global Leadership Tokyo Institute of Technology
- May 2014
- President, Japan Morocco Association (current position)
- June 2016
- Outside Director, S&B Foods Inc. (current position)
- April 2017
- Director, Ochanomizu University
- March 2018
- Outside Director, Nikkiso Co., Ltd. (current position)
- June 2020
- Outside director, MGC (current position)
Toru SuzukiOutside Director
Professional background
Born July 14,1955
- April 1979
- Joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
- April 2011
- Managing Officer, Performance Chemicals Business Unit, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
- April 2014
- Managing Officer, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and President of Mitsui & Co. Vietnam Ltd.
- April 2015
- Executive Managing Officer, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and President of Mitsui & Co. Vietnam Ltd.
- June 2015
- Executive Managing Officer, Chief Regional Representative of Southwest Asia, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and President of Mitsui & Co. India Pvt Ltd.,
- June 2017
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. (current position)
- December 2018
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nutri Co., Ltd. (current position)
- June 2020
- Outside director, MGC (current position)
Executive officers
Takao OtaExecutive officer
General manager of Life Science Division, Basic Chemicals Business Sector
Yoshihiro KayanoExecutive officer
General manager of Advanced Business Development Division, Research & Development Sector
Yasuo TeraokaExecutive officer
General manager of Engineering Plastics Division, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Naoki KogureExecutive officer
Plant manager of Kashima Plant, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Tsuguji KawabataExecutive officer
General manager of Production Technology Division, Environment & Total Production Sector
Kazushi ShiraiExecutive officer
In charge of Research & Development Sector (Deputy)
Motoyasu KitagawaExecutive officer
General manager of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning Sector
Takayuki MiyamotoExecutive officer
General manager of Methanol Division, Basic Chemicals Business Sector
Ko KedoExecutive officer
Plant manager of Mizushima Plant, Basic Chemicals Business Sector
Tatsuo IwaiExecutive officer
Plant manager of Yokkaichi Plant, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Tomoyuki KiuraExecutive officer
General manager of Finance & Accounting Division, Corporate Management Sector
Group General manager of Finance Group, Finance & Accounting Division, Corporate Management Sector
Yoshikazu ShimaExecutive officer
General manager of R&D Promotion Division, Research & Development Sector
Yoshinori IsahayaExecutive officer
Deputy general manager of Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning Sector
Group General manager of Project Planning & Examination Department, Corporate Planning Division, Corporate Planning Sector
Ryozo YamaguchiExecutive officer
General manager of Administrative & Personnel Division, Corporate Management Sector
General manager of QOL Innovation Center Shirakawa, Corporate Management Sector
Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board
Takashi KimuraOutside Corporate Auditor
Professional background
Born September 1, 1954
- April 1977
- Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.
- June 2004
- Executive officer, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
Executive officer, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. - October 2005
- Executive officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
- January 2006
- Executive officer, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG, Ltd.
- May 2007
- Managing executive officer, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG, Ltd.
- October 2009
- President and representative director, Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS Co., Ltd.
- June 2014
- Outside corporate auditor, MGC (current position)
Katsuhiko SugitaCorporate Auditor
Professional background
Born June 25, 1954
- April 1977
- Joined MGC
- June 2006
- General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division
- June 2007
- Executive officer
General manager, Finance & Accounting Center - June 2012
- Director and managing executive officer in charge of risk management, the Administrative & Personnel Center, and Purchasing & Logistics Center
- June 2014
- Director and managing executive officer in charge of risk management, the Finance & Accounting Center, Administrative & Personnel Center, and Purchasing & Logistics Center
- April 2015
- Director and senior managing executive officer in charge of compliance, the Internal Audit Division, and Finance & Accounting Center
Chairman, Internal Control Promotion Committee - June 2015
- Representative director and senior managing executive officer in charge of compliance, the Internal Audit Division, and Finance & Accounting Center
Chairman, Internal Control Promotion Committee - April 2016
- Director
- June 2016
- Corporate auditor (current position)
Masamichi MizukamiCorporate Auditor
Professional background
Born September 11, 1958
- April 1983
- Joined MGC
- June 2012
- Plant manager, Yamakita Plant, Specialty Chemicals Company
- June 2013
- Executive officer
Plant manager, Yamakita Plant, Specialty Chemicals Company - December 2013
- Executive officer
Plant manager, Kashima Plant, Specialty Chemicals Company - April 2016
- Managing executive officer in charge of the Research & Development Division and Advanced Business Development Division
Chairman, Committee on Future R&D - June 2016
- Director and managing executive officer in charge of the Research & Development Division and Advanced Business Development Division
Chairman, Committee on Future R&D - January 2017
- Director and managing executive officer in charge of the Research & Development Division and Advanced Business Development Division
- April 2019
- Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
In charge of Research & Development Division, Advanced Business Development Division, and Business Strategy Division
General manager of QOL Innovation Center Shirakawa - June 2019
- Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chairman of Internal Control Promotion Committee,
In charge of Research & Development Division, Advanced Business Development Division, and Business Strategy Division
General manager of QOL Innovation Center Shirakawa - April 2020
- Director
- June 2020
- Corporate auditor (current position)
Yasuomi MatsuyamaOutside Corporate Auditor, Part time
Professional background
Born November 14, 1956
- April 1979
- Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
- July 2006
- Director, Nippon Life Insurance Company
- January 2007
- Director and executive officer, Nippon Life Insurance Company
- July 2007
- Executive officer, Nippon Life Insurance Company
- March 2009
- Managing executive officer, Nippon Life Insurance Company
- July 2009
- Director and managing executive officer, Nippon Life Insurance Company
- April 2011
- Director and senior managing executive officer, Nippon Life Insurance Company
- March 2013
- Director, Nippon Life Insurance Company
- April 2013
- Advisor, Seiwa Business Link Co., Ltd.
- June 2013
- President and representative director, Seiwa Business Link Co., Ltd.
Outside corporate auditor, MGC (current position) - June 2016
- Outside corporate auditor, Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (current position)
- June 2017
- Representative Director, Chairman, Nissay Information Technology Co., Ltd.
- June 2019
- Office of President, Nissay Culture Foundation (current position)
Office of President, Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation (current position)