Management
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Corporate Management | CSV / ESG | Finance / Accounting | HR / Organization Development | Legal / Risk Management | Manufacture / Quality Assurance | Brand Strategy / Marketing | Overseas Business | R&D / Health Science | ICT DX | |
Yoshinori Isozaki President & CEO |
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Keisuke Nishimura Representative Director of the board, Senior Executive Vice President |
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Toshiya Miyoshi Director of the Board and Senior Executive Officer |
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Takeshi Minakata Director of the Board and Senior Executive Officer |
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Junko Tsuboi Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer |
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Masakatsu Mori Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Hiroyuki Yanagi Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Chieko Matsuda Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Noriko Shiono Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Rod Eddington Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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George Olcott Independent Non-executive Director of the Board*1 |
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Shinya Katanozaka Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer*1 |
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Corporate Management | CSV / ESG | Finance / Accounting | HR / Organization Development | Legal / Risk Management | Manufacture / Quality Assurance | Brand Strategy / Marketing | Overseas Business | R&D / Health Science | ICT DX | |
Ryosuke Mizouchi Senior Executive Officer |
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Masao Maehara Senior Executive Officer |
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Shinjiro Akieda Senior Executive Officer |
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Koji Fukada Senior Executive Officer |
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Mitsuharu Yamagata Senior Executive Officer |
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Hideki Horiguchi Senior Executive Officer |
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Toru Yoshimura Senior Executive Officer |
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Yuki Kanzaki Senior Executive Officer |
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Corporate Management | CSV / ESG | Finance / Accounting | HR / Organization Development | Legal / Risk Management | Manufacture / Quality Assurance | Brand Strategy / Marketing | Overseas Business | R&D / Health Science | ICT DX | |
Shobu Nishitani Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
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Toru Ishikura Audit & Supervisory Board Member*2 |
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Yoshiko Ando Audit & Supervisory Board Member*2 |
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Kaoru Kashima Audit & Supervisory Board Member*2 |
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Kenichi Fujinawa Audit & Supervisory Board Member*2 |
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- Non-executive Director as described in Article 2-15 of the Companies Act of Japan. Also fulfills the requirements for designation as an independent officer as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and complies with the Company’s Criteria regarding the independence of Officers.
- Outside Company Auditor as described in Article 2-16 of the Companies Act of Japan. Also fulfills the requirements for designation as an independent officer as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and complies with the Company's Criteria regarding the independence of Officers.
Directors
President & CEO
(Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee)
Yoshinori Isozaki
Profile
April 1977 | Joined the Company |
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March 2004 | Director of San Miguel Corporation |
March 2007 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2008 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2009 | Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2010 | Managing Director of the Company (resigned in March 2012) |
March 2012 | President & CEO of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (resigned in January 2015) |
January 2013 | President & Chief Executive Officer of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2015 | President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company(Present Position) |
September 2021 | President & CEO of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (resigned in January 2022) |
Chairperson of the Board
(Independent Non-executive Director of the Board)
Masakatsu Mori
Profile
April 1969 | Joined Arthur Andersen, LLP |
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February 1989 | Japan Representative of Andersen Consulting (currently Accenture Japan Ltd.) |
December 1995 | President and Management Director of Andersen Consulting |
April 2003 | Chairman and Management Director of Accenture Japan Ltd. |
September 2005 | Chairman and Director of Accenture Japan Ltd. |
September 2007 | Chief Corporate Advisor of Accenture Japan Ltd. |
October 2009 | President of International University of Japan |
June 2010 | Outside Director of STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD (Present Position) |
October 2012 | Trustee of International University of Japan |
November 2013 | Vice Chairman of International University of Japan |
March 2015 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
April 2018 | Senior Advisor of International University of Japan (Present Position) |
March 2019 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
November 2020 | External Statutory Auditor of FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. (Present Position) |
Representative Director of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President
In charge:
Business Alliance and Investment Strategy, Overseas Business, Global Craft Beer
Major Concurrent Positions:
Director of Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
Director of Lion Pty Ltd
Director of San Miguel Brewery Inc.
Director of Blackmores Limited
Profile
April 1980 | Joined the Company |
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March 2007 | Chairman and CEO of Kirin (China) Investment Co., Ltd |
March 2009 | Director of San Miguel Corporation |
April 2009 | Director and Executive Vice President of San Miguel Brewery Inc. |
October 2011 | Director of San Miguel Brewery Inc. (Present Position) Executive Officer and General Manager of Strategy Planning Dept. of the Company |
March 2012 | Director of the Board of the Company |
March 2014 | Managing Director of the Company Director and Chairman of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England, Inc. |
March 2015 | Representative Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer of the Company |
August 2015 | Director & Vice Chairman of Myanmar Brewery Limited |
April 2016 | Director of Myanmar Brewery Limited |
March 2017 | Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President of the Company (Present Position) Senior Executive Officer of Kirin Company, Limited Director & Vice Chairman of Myanmar Brewery Limited |
December 2018 | Director of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England, Inc. (currently Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc.) |
March 2019 | Director of Lion Pty Ltd. (Present Position) |
February 2022 | Director & Chairman of Myanmar Brewery Limited |
March 2023 | Director of Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. (Present Position) |
August 2023 | Director of Blackmores Limited (Present Position) |
In charge:
Public Relations, Risk Management, Legal,
Member of the Nomination and Remuneration
Advisory Committee
Major Concurrent Positions:
Director of Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd.
Director of San Miguel Brewery Inc.
Profile
April 1982 | Joined the Company |
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March 2008 | Representative Director and President & CEO of Yokohama Akarenga Inc. |
March 2010 | General Manager of Personnel & General Affairs Dept. of the Company |
March 2012 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Personnel & General Affairs Dept. of the Company |
January 2013 | Executive Officer and Director of Group Personnel & General Affairs of the Company Executive Officer and General Manager of Personnel Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2014 | Senior Executive Officer and Director of Group Personnel & General Affairs of the Company Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Personnel Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2015 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer of the Company (Present Position) Senior Executive Officer of Kirin Company, Limited Director of San Miguel Brewery Inc. (Present Position) |
March 2019 | Director of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited |
March 2021 | Director of Kirin Beverage Company, Limited (Present Position) |
In charge:
Strategy of Health Science Domain
President of Health Science Division
Major Concurrent Positions:
Director of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
Director of Blackmores Limited
Profile
April 1984 | Joined the Company |
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March 2012 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited |
January 2013 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited |
March 2015 | Senior Executive Officer and Director of Group Strategy Planning of the Company Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2016 | Senior Executive Officer of the Company (resigned in March 2018) |
April 2016 | President and CEO of Myanmar Brewery Limited |
March 2018 | Executive Director of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. (resigned in December 2021) |
March 2020 | Senior Executive Officer of the Company |
March 2022 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer of the Company Director of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. |
April 2022 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer & President of Health Science Division (Present Position) |
August 2023 | Director of Blackmores Limited (Present Position) |
In charge:
Personnel and General Affairs
Outside Director of FANCL Corporation
Profile
April 1985 | Joined the Company |
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March 2005 | General Manager of Corporate Communication Dept. of Kirin Beverage Company, Limited |
March 2010 | Director of the Board, President and CEO of Yokohama Akarenga Inc. |
March 2012 | General Manager of CSR Promotion Dept. and Corporate Communication Dept. of the Company |
November 2012 | General Manager of Corporate Communication Dept. of the Company |
January 2013 | General Manager of Strategic Branding Dept., CSV Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2014 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Strategic Branding Dept., CSV Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2019 | Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Strategic Branding Dept. of the Company |
June 2020 | Outside Director of FANCL Corporation (Present Position) |
March 2022 | Senior Executive Officer of the Company |
March 2023 | Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee
Profile
April 1978 | Joined Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
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March 2010 | President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
January 2018 | Chairman and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
March 2019 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) Outside Director of AGC Inc. (Present Position) |
March 2021 | Chairman and Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
June 2021 | Outside Director of Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Present Position) |
January 2022 | Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
March 2022 | Advisor of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Present Position) |
June 2022 | Outside Director of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee
Profile
April 1987 | Joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited |
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October 1998 | Joined Moody’s Japan K.K. |
September 2001 | Joined Corporate Directions, Inc. |
May 2006 | Representative Director of Matrix, Inc. |
October 2006 | Vice President (Partner) of Booz and Company, Inc. |
April 2011 | Professor of School of Business Administration, Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts (Currently Faculty of Economics and Business Administration) at Tokyo Metropolitan University (Present Position) Professor of Department of Business Administration, Graduate School of Social Sciences (Currently Graduate School of Management) at Tokyo Metropolitan University (Present Position) |
March 2016 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
March, 2020 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
June 2020 | Outside Director of IHI Corporation (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Advisory Committee
Profile
August 1983 | Joined Japan New Media Co., Ltd. |
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March 2010 | Representative Director, President of SSP Co., Ltd. |
January 2014 | President and Corporate Officer of Konami Sports & Life Co., Ltd. (Currently Konami Sports Co., Ltd.) |
May 2016 | Chairman, Director of Konami Sports Co., Ltd. |
October 2017 | President of Widex Japan (Present Position) |
March 2018 | Non-executive Director of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2019 | Strategic Advisor of the Company |
March 2020 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Profile
September 1979 | Joined John Swire & Sons (H.K.)Ltd. |
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April 1992 | Managing Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited |
January 1997 | Outside Director of John Swire & Sons (Australia) Pty Ltd. (Present Position) |
April 2000 | Chief Executive Officer of British Airways plc |
January 2006 | Outside Director of CLP Holdings Limited (Present Position) |
March 2011 | Director of Lion Pty Ltd |
March 2012 | Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director of Lion Pty Ltd (Present Position) |
March 2020 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Profile
July 1986 | Joined S.G. Warburg & Co., Ltd. |
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February 1999 | President of UBS Asset Management (Japan) President of Japan UBS Brinson Group |
June 2000 | Managing Director, Equity Capital Market, UBS Warburg Tokyo |
September 2001 | Judge Business School, University of Cambridge |
March 2005 | FME Teaching Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge |
March 2008 | Senior Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge |
April 2014 | Guest Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University |
March 2020 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
June 2022 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Toyota Motor Corporation (Present Position) |
Independent Non-executive Director of the Board
Profile
April 1979 | Joined ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. (currently ANA HOLDINGS INC.) |
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April 2013 | Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President of ANA HOLDINGS INC. |
April 2015 | Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer of ANA HOLDINGS INC. |
June 2020 | Outside Director of Tokyo Marine Holdings, Inc. (Present Position) |
April 2022 | Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANA HOLDINGS INC. (Present Position) |
March 2023 | Non-executive Director of the Company (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Profile
April 1987 | Joined the Company |
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October 2011 | Director of San Miguel Corporation |
March 2014 | Group Finance Director of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited |
March 2016 | Director of the Board of Lion Pty Ltd. |
April 2016 | General Manager, Accounting Department of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2017 | Executive Officers, General Manager, Accounting Department of Kirin Company, Limited |
April 2019 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Internal Audit Department of the Company |
March 2022 | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. (Present Position) |
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
Profile
April 1989 | Joined the Company |
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March 2015 | General Manager of Technology Management Dept. of Research & Development Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
April 2015 | General Manager of Research & Development Strategy Dept. of Research & Development Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
March 2018 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Strategy Dept. of Research & Development Division of Kirin Company, Limited |
April 2019 | Executive Officer, Vice President of Research & Development Division and General Manager of Research & Development Strategy Dept. of the Company |
March 2020 | Director of the Board, Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. |
April 2020 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Health Business Strategy Office, Corporate Strategy Dept. of the Company |
April 2022 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Health Science Business Dept., Health Science Business Division of the Company (Present Position) |
March 2023 | Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Profile
April 1982 | Entered the Ministry of Labor |
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April 2003 | Lieutenant governor of Shiga prefecture |
July 2006 | Director of Equal Employment Policy Div. of Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
July 2011 | Director-General of the Saitama Labor Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
July 2013 | Director-Gneral of Industrial Accident Compensation Dept. of Labour Standards Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
July 2014 | Director-Gneral of Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
October 2015 | Director-General for Labour Policy Planning of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
June 2016 | Director-General for Statistics and Information Policy of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
July 2017 | Director-General for Human Resources Development of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
March 2019 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) |
June 2019 | Outside Director of Sansei Technologies, Inc. (Present Position) |
June 2020 | Outside Director of JFE Holdings, Inc. (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Profile
November 1981 | Joined Showa Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
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April 1985 | Registered as a certified public accountant |
June 1996 | Partner of Showa Ota & Co.(currently Ernst & Young SinNihon LLC) |
June 2002 | Senior Partner of ShinNihon & Co.(currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
July 2006 | In charge of personnel of HR Development Headquarters of ShinNihon & Co. |
September 2010 | Managing Director of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC In charge of Corporate Culuture Promotion Office In charge of Public Relations Office |
July 2012 | General Manager of Knowledge Headquarters Managing Director of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC |
July 2013 | Representative Director of Ernst & Young Institute Co., Ltd. |
June 2019 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation(Present Position) External Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trast Bank,Limited(Present Position) |
March 2020 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Profile
April 1980 | Registered as lawyer in Japan Joined Nagashima & Ohno |
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October 1988 | Partner of Nagashima & Ohno |
January 2000 | Partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
January 2004 | Managing Partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
January 2015 | Chairman of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
January 2020 | Senior Counsel of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Present Position) |
March 2022 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (Present Position) |
Executive Officers
In charge:
CSV strategy
Director of Lion Pty Ltd
Director of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc.
Director of Mercian Corporation
In charge:
Supply Chain Management,
Production Technology Strategy
Major Concurrent Positions:
Director of Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd.
In charge:
Chief Financial Officer, IR.
In charge:
R&D Strategy, Quality Assurance
President of R&D Division
Director of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.
In charge:
Marketing, Corporate Brand Strategy
Digital, Information Strategy
Senior Executive Vice President of Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
In charge:
President and CEO of Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
In charge:
President and CEO of Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd.
In charge:
President and CEO of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.
- Non-executive Director as described in Article 2-15 of the Companies Act of Japan. Also fulfills the requirements for designation as an independent officer as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and complies with the Company’s Criteria regarding the independence of Officers.
- Outside Company Auditor as described in Article 2-16 of the Companies Act of Japan. Also fulfills the requirements for designation as an independent officer as prescribed in the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and complies with the Company's Criteria regarding the independence of Officers.