Members of the Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board
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As of July 1, 2022
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 InariRepresentative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Responsible for Production Technology
In charge of Environment Safety & Quality Assurance Division, Purchasing & Logistics Division
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
In charge of the Internal Audit Division, and Environment & Total Production Sector - April 2021
- Director and Managing Executive Officer
Responsible for Production Technology
In charge of Environment Safety & Quality Assurance Division, Purchasing & Logistics Division - April 2022
- Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Responsible for Production Technology
In charge of Environment Safety & Quality Assurance Division, Purchasing & Logistics Division(current position)
Nobuhisa AriyoshiRepresentative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
In charge of internal control & risk management
Responsible for Finance & Accounting
In charge of Administrative & Personnel Division, Information Systems Division
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 - April 2021
- Director and Managing Executive Officer
In charge of internal control & risk management
Responsible for Administrative & Personnel, Finance & Accounting
In charge of Information Systems Division - April 2022
- Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
In charge of internal control & risk management
Responsible for Finance & Accounting
In charge of Administrative & Personnel Division, Information Systems Division(current position)
Kenji KatoDirector, Managing Executive Officer
Responsible for Research & Development
In charge of Intellectual Infrastructure Center
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
- April 2021
- Director, Managing Executive Officer
Responsible for Research & Development
In charge of Intellectual Infrastructure Center (current position)
Naruyuki NagaokaDirector, Managing Executive Officer
In charge of Basic Chemicals Business 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
- April 2021
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Basic Chemicals Business Sector (current position)
Motoyasu KitagawaDirector, Managing Executive Officer
In charge of compliance
Responsible for Corporate Planning
In charge of Internal Audit Division, CSR & IR Division
Professional background
Born April 2, 1963
- April 1986
- Joined MGC.
- June 2014
- President, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, Inc.
- April 2018
- General Manager, Organic Chemicals Division, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- April 2019
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Organic Chemicals Division, Natural Gas Chemicals Company
- June 2019
- Executive Officer, Manager, Corporate Planning Division
- April 2021
- Managing Executive Officer
In charge of compliance
Responsible for Corporate Planning
In charge of Internal Audit Division, CSR & IR Division - June 2021
- Director, Managing Executive Officer
in charge of compliance
responsible for Corporate Planning
in charge of Internal Audit Division, CSR & IR Division - June 2022
- Director, Managing Executive Officer
in charge of compliance
responsible for Corporate Planning
in charge of Internal Audit Division, CSR & IR Division (current position)
Ryozo YamaguchiDirector, Managing Executive officer
In charge of Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Professional background
Born August 24, 1965
- April 1988
- Joined MGC
- April 2008
- General Manager, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Shanghai Commerce Ltd., and General Manager, Shanghai Office, Administrative & Personnel Center
- June 2011
- Manager, General Affairs Department, Administrative & Personnel Center
- June 2014
- Manager, Personnel Department, Administrative & Personnel Center
- April 2016
- Manager, Administrative & Personnel Center
- April 2020
- Executive Officer, Manager, Administrative & Personnel Division, Corporate Management Sector
- April 2021
- Executive Officer, in charge of Administrative & Personnel Division, Manager, Administrative & Personnel Division
- April 2022
- Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
- June 2022
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Specialty Chemicals Business Sector (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.
- 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.
- December 2018
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nutri Co., Ltd.
- June 2020
- Outside Director, MGC (current position)
Yasushi ManabeOutside Director
Professional background
Born December 15,1956
- April 1979
- Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
- April 2012
- General Manager, Sales Division Infra System Group Infra System
- April 2013
- Executive Officer, General Manager Kansai Area Operation, Hitachi, Ltd.
- June 2013
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd.
- April 2016
- Executive General Manager, Deputy Director
General Corporate Sales & Marketing Group, CMO of Industry & Distribution, Water & Urban Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd. - April 2017
- Vice President and Executive Officer, Deputy Director General Corporate Sales & Marketing Group, CMO of Industry & Distribution Business, Water & Urban Business, Hitachi, Ltd.
- April 2021
- Executive Advisor, Yashima Denki Co., Ltd. (current position)
- June 2021
- Outside Director, MGC (current position)
Executive officers
Yasuo TeraokaExecutive officer
General manager of Engineering Plastics Division, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Takayuki MiyamotoExecutive officer
General manager of Methanol Division, Basic Chemicals Business Sector
Ko KedoExecutive officer
In charge of Research and Development Division
General manager of Research and Development Division
Tomoyuki KiuraExecutive officer
In charge of Finance & Accounting Division
General manager of Finance & Accounting Division
Yoshinori IsahayaExecutive officer
In charge of Corporate Planning Division
General manager of Corporate Planning Division
Koichi KannoExecutive officer
In charge of Production Technology Division
General manager of Production Technology Division
Akio HashimotoExecutive officer
Plant manager of Niigata Plant, Basic Chemicals Business Sector
Tomoyuki AzumaExecutive officer
General manager of Electronic Materials Division, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Hiroshi OgawaExecutive officer
Plant manager of Mizushima Plant, Basic Chemicals Business Sector
Yoshio NishimuraExecutive officer
General manager of Planning & Development, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Hideaki AkaseExecutive officer
General manager of Basic Chemicals Division II, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Chika KobayashiExecutive officer
Group General manager of Accounting Group, Finance & Accounting Division
Yasuaki MatsumiExecutive officer
Plant manager of Yokkaichi Plant, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Toru HaradaExecutive officer
General manager of Optical Materials Division, Specialty Chemicals Business Sector
Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board
Masamichi MizukamiAudit & Supervisory Board Member
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
- Audit & supervisory board member (current position)
Kenji InamasaAudit & Supervisory Board Member
Professional background
Born June 2, 1956
- April 1984
- Joined MGC
- June 2009
- General Manager, Planning & Development Division,Aromatic Chemicals Company
- June 2010
- Executive Officer, and Plant Manager, Mizushima Plant, Aromatic Chemicals Company
- June 2014
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Administrative Management of Production Technology Division and Environment & Safety Division
- April 2015
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chairperson of The Committee on Future R & D, and Administrative
Management of Research & Development Division, Production Technology Division and Environment & Safety Division - April 2016
- Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Administrative Management of Production Technology Division, Environment & Safety Division and Business Strategy Division
- April 2019
- Director
- June 2019
- Representative Director, MGC Pharma Co.,Ltd.
- April 2021
- Specially Appointed Executive
- June 2021
- Audit & supervisory board member (current position)
Go WatanabeOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Professional background
Born September 19, 1958
- April 1982
- Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.
- June 2009
- Executive Officer of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.(BTMU), Deputy President, General Manager of Shanghai Branch of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ(China), Ltd.
- July 2011
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Global Corporate Banking Division of BTMU
- May 2012
- Managing Executive Officer, Group Head, Nagoya Corporate Banking Group of BTMU
- June 2013
- Managing Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer for Asia and Oceania of BTMU
- July 2016
- First Senior Vice President of Nidec Corporation
- September 2020
- Chairman and Representative Director, MST Insurance Service Co., Ltd.
- June 2021
- Outside Director, Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. (current position)
- June 2022
- Outside audit & supervisory board member, MGC (current position)
Yasuomi MatsuyamaOutside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, 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 audit & supervisory board member, MGC (current position) - June 2016
- Outside audit & supervisory board member, Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
- 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)