Executive Team

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    Ryoichi Nagata

    • Representative Chairman, President & CEO
    • Head of Group Finance and Fisheries Business, CHO (Chief Health Officer)
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    Ken Takanashi

    • Senior Executive Vice President
    • Head of Global Business
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Ryoichi Nagata

Representative Chairman, President & CEO
Head of Group Finance and Fisheries Business, CHO (Chief Health Officer)

  • Sep. 1981 Director of SNBL Co., Ltd.
  • January 1991, Same as above, President
  • March 2006 Chairman of the Medipolis Medical Research Foundation (currently Medipolis Medical Research Institute) (incumbent)
  • April 2010 Honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of Bhutan in Japan (incumbent)
  • October 2010, Chairman of the Board of Veritas Academy (current)
  • June 2014 Appointed Chairman, President and CEO of SNBL Co., Ltd.
  • August 2020, appointed as Chairman and President, CEO and CHO (Chief Health Officer) (current position)
  • June 2023, Same as above, Appointed Head of Fisheries Business (current)
  • June 2024, Same as above, Appointed Head of Group Finance (current)

Ken Takanashi

Senior Executive Vice President
Head of Global Business

  • April 1987, Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
  • December 1996, Joined SUASA KRISTAL(M)BERHAD
  • November 1998, Executive Vice President of the same company
  • December 2002 Joined SNBL Co., Ltd.
  • June 2004 Same as above Senior Managing Director
  • June 2016 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of SNBL PPD Co., Ltd. (current position)
  • July 2016 Executive Vice President, SNBL Co., Ltd.
  • June 2017 Same as above Executive Vice President COO
  • June 2022 Same as above Executive Vice President Group Corporate Coordination & Global Business Supervisor
  • June 2023 Same as above Executive Vice President Group CFO & Global Business Supervisor
  • June 2024 Same as above Executive Vice President Global Business Supervisor (Current)
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    Ichiro Nagata

    • Executive Vice President
    • Head of CRO Business and Hospitality Business and GM of Global Services and Communications (GSC)
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    Hideshi Tsusaki

    • Executive Managing Director
    • GM of Europe and US Sales
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Ichiro Nagata

Executive Vice President
Head of CRO Business and Hospitality Business, and General Manager of GSC

  • April 2015 Joined Juntendo University Hospital
  • April 2017 Joined SNBL Co., Ltd.
  • June 2018 Executive Officer at the same institution
  • June 2020 Director and Head of President's Office at the same institution
  • April 2021 Managing Director and Head of President's Office at the same institution
  • June 2023 Appointed President and CEO ofSNBL PPD Co., Ltd. (current position)
    SNBL Co., Ltd. Executive Vice President, CRO Business Manager, Hospitality Business Manager (current position)

Hideshi Tsusaki

Executive Managing Director
GM of Europe and US Sales

  • Apr. 1996 Joined SNBL Co., Ltd.
  • July 2010 Director at the same institution
  • October 2010 Director at SNBL U.S.A., Ltd.
  • June 2011 Executive Officer ofSNBL Co., Ltd.
  • June 2014 Director at the same institution
  • February 2016 CEO and President at SNBL U.S.A., Ltd.
  • June 2016 Managing Executive Officer of SNBL Co., Ltd.
  • June 2018 Senior Executive Officer at the same institution
  • June 2021, Same as above, Executive Director
  • June 2023, Same as above, Executive Director, Non-clinical Company, Global BD Supervisor
  • October 2024, Same as above, Executive Director, Head of European and American Sales (Current)

Shinichi Fukumoto

Independent Director

  • April 1987 Joined Judicial Research Institute
  • April 1989 Registered as a Lawyer
  • May 1997 Established Fukumoto Law Office
  • June 2015SNBL Co., Ltd. Outside Director (current position)
  • March 2016 External Director at Softmax Co., Ltd. (current)
  • June 2017 External Director at Shiroyama Kanko Co., Ltd. (current)
  • April 2019 Representative Partner at Fukumoto Law Office (current)

Takashi Yamashita

Independent Director

  • October 1983 Joined Asahi Accounting Corporation
  • March 1987 Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
  • May 2003 Representative Partner at Asahi Audit Corporation (now KPMG AZSA LLC)
  • August 2014 Established Takashi Yamashita Certified Public Accountant Office
  • January 2015 Registered as a Tax Accountant
  • June 2015SNBL Co., Ltd. Outside Director (current position)
  • June 2017 External Auditor at Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)

Tsuyoshi Hanada

Independent Director

  • September 1984 Joined Ryoichi Hanada Tax Accountant Office
  • February 1990 Registered as a Tax Accountant
  • January 2000 Head of Hanada Tax Accountant Office
    Representative Director of Profit Co., Ltd.
  • February 2005, Director of Tashiro & Hanada Tax Corporation
  • July 2017, Representative Partner of Reimei Tax Corporation (current)
    Representative Director of Reimei Corporation (current)
  • July 2019, President of the Kagoshima Prefecture Federation, Southern Kyushu Tax Accountants Association
  • June 2020SNBL Co., Ltd. Outside Director (current position)
  • July 2023, Vice President of the Southern Kyushu Tax Accountants Association (current)

Keiko Toya

Independent Director

  • April 1988, Joined Saitama Bank, Ltd. (now Resona Bank)
  • June 2004, Doctor of Business Administration (University of Tsukuba)
  • July 2006, Managing Director of Marketing Excellence Co., Ltd. (current)
  • April 2007, Associate Professor at Doshisha University Graduate School of Business
  • April 2014, Professor at Meiji University Graduate School of Global Business (current)
  • April 2019, Outside Director of Yuasa Trading Co., Ltd.
  • June 2021SNBL Co., Ltd. Outside Director (current position)
  • September 2021, Outside Director (Audit Committee Member) of QB Net Holdings Co., Ltd. (current)
    Visiting Researcher at the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics (current)
  • April 2024, Outside Director (Audit Committee Member) of Higo Bank, Ltd. (current)

Chizuru Matsueda

Independent Director

  • October 1996, Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation
  • May 1999, Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
  • December 2006, Director of Matsueda Certified Public Accountant Office
  • September 2020, External Auditor of Kagoshima University (current)
  • June 2024SNBL Co., Ltd. Outside Director (current position)

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

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    Masakazu Suda

    • Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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    Koshin Tatarano

    • Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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Masakazu Suda

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  • Aug. 1990 Joined SNBL Co., Ltd.
  • Apr. 2007 General Manager, Research Department,SNBL Safety Research Institute, Inc.
  • July 2019, Head of Internal Audit Department, same as above
  • June 2020, Full-time Auditor, same as above (current)

Koshin Tatarano

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  • April 1992, Entered the Legal Training and Research Institute
  • April 1994, Registered as a Lawyer
  • October 2003, Established Izuro Law Office
  • April 2004, Vice President of Kagoshima Bar Association
  • April 2016, President of Kagoshima Bar Association
    Director of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
    Executive Director of the Kyushu Federation of Bar Associations
    Family Court Conciliator and Summary Court Civil Conciliator (current)
  • June 2019SNBL Co., Ltd. Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
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    Yoshikazu Shigehisa

    • Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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Yoshikazu Shigehisa

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  • November 1981, Joined Asahi Accounting Corporation (now KPMG AZSA LLC)
  • March 1985, Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
  • July 1986, Joined Shigehisa Certified Public Accountant Office
  • September 1986, Registered as a Tax Accountant
  • March 2000, Director of Shigehisa Certified Public Accountant Office (current)
  • April 2001 Kagoshima District Court and Summary Court Civil Conciliation Commissioner
  • June 2019SNBL Co., Ltd. Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
  • April 2023 Family Court Conciliation Commissioner and Summary Court Civil Conciliation Commissioner (current position)

Executive Officer

Senior Managing Executive Officer
Corporate Development & Corporate Tax Management
Shinji Nitanda
Senior Managing Executive Officer
General Affairs and Human Resources Division
Kyomi Nagatoshi
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Finance & Management Accounting Management and Head of Corporate Strategy Division
Takashi Iriyama
Managing Executive Officer
CMO and Head of TR Business Division
Shuichi Kanazashi
Managing Executive Officer
President & CEO,SNBL Ina Research Center Co., Ltd.
Terumasa Hirai
Managing Executive Officer
IR Public Relations General Manager, Sustainability Officer
Toshiyuki Iwata
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of the Fisheries Business Department
Satoshi Matsumoto
Senior Executive Officer
Financial Controller
Toshihiko Makino
Executive Officer
SNBL Co., Ltd. Director of INA Research Center
Takahiro Nakamura
Executive Officer
Satsuma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. COO
Shunji Haruta
Executive Officer
Domestic and Asia Sales Division, Head of Asia Sales and Head of Asia Business Promotion Department
Zheng Guodong
Executive Officer
Head of Quality Assurance Division
Takatoshi Nakamura
Executive Officer
Head of Power Generation Division and President's Office Director
Tomoki Umehara
Executive Officer
Director of Safety Research Institute and Head of Domestic and Asia Sales Division
Hirofumi Minomo
Executive Officer
Hospitality Business Manager
Kiyokazu Yunomae
Executive Officer
Head of Business IT Promotion and CIO
Yukihiro Kiya
Executive Officer
Drug Metabolism Analysis Center Director
Akihito Shimoi
Executive Officer
Corporate Strategy Division Head of Finance and Accounting
Naohiro Tsubaru
Executive Officer
Asian NHP breeding officer
Yoshiharu Sunaga
Executive Officer
Gemseki Division Manager
Yoshiharu Asanuma