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Officers

12 men and 2 women (14.2% of board members are women)

President (Representative Director)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Masashi Kimura

Born on February 9, 1958

Tenure: 5 years

April 1980:
Joined EBARA DENSAN LTD.
April 2004:
General Manager of Printed Circuit Chemicals Department of EBARA DENSAN LTD.
April 2010:
Joined the Company as General Manager of DENSAN
August 2010:
Vice President of JCU (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
June 2013:
Managing Officer
April 2016:
Managing Officer and Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office
June 2016:
Director, Managing Officer and Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office
June 2017:
Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer and Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office
February 2018:
Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office and Division
Manager of Administration Division
April 2018:
Representative Director, President and COO and Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office
April 2019:
Representative Director, President and COO
April 2021:
Representative Director, President and CEO (present position)

Senior Managing Director／Senior Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, R&D Center Akihisa Omori

Born on October 2, 1965

Tenure: 9 years

January 1990:
Joined the Company
April 2010:
Branch Manager of Osaka Branch
June 2012:
Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office
April 2014:
Managing Executive Officer and Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office
June 2014:
Director, Managing Officer and Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office
April 2015:
President of JCU INTERNATIONAL, INC.
June 2016:
Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer
April 2019:
Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer, General Manager, R&D Center
December 2020:
JCU (THAILAND) CO., LTD. President
December 2020:
JCU VIETNAM CORPORATION Representative Director
December 2020:
PT. JCU INDONESIA President
June 2023:
Senior Managing Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, R&D Center (present position)

Managing Director
Managing Executive Officer
Chairman and President, JCU SHENZHEN TRADING CORPORATION Takanori Arata

Born on May 13, 1967

Tenure: 9 years

September 2006:
Joined the Company
June 2009:
General Manager of Accounting Department of Administration Division
April 2014:
Managing Executive Officer and Division Manager of Administration Division
June 2014:
Director, Managing Officer and Division Manager of Administration Division
April 2015:
Director, Managing Officer and Assistant General Manager of Chemical Business Division
April 2016:
Director, Managing Officer and Deputy Division Manager of Sales Division
June 2016:
Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer and Deputy Division Manager of Sales Division
April 2021:
Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Sales Headquarters
April 2022:
Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer and Chairman and President, JCU SHENZHEN TRADING
CORPORATION (present position)

Managing Director
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Administration Headquarters Hirofumi Ikegawa

Born on July 29, 1965

Tenure: 4 years

August 1984:
Joined Fuji Machinery Mfg. & Electronics Co., Ltd.
June 2004:
Director and General Manager, Administration Division
June 2008:
Executive Managing Director and Chief Executive of Administration
June 2009:
President and Representative Director
June 2010:
Director, Kyoden Co., Ltd.
November 2013:
Joined the Company as Branch Manager of Osaka Branch
January 2015:
President, JCU TAIWAN CORPORATION
April 2016:
Managing Officer
April 2018:
Managing Officer and Division Manager of Administration Division
June 2019:
Director, Executive Managing Officer and Division Manager of Administration Division
June 2020:
Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Administration Headquarters (present position)

Director／Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate Strategy Office Yoji Inoue

Born on January 10, 1967

Tenure: 2 years

November 1997:
Joined the Company
April 2010:
General Manager, Overseas Operations Department
April 2016:
General Manager, Overseas Administration Department
December 2016:
General Manager, Overseas Market Development Department
April 2017:
Managing Officer and Deputy General Manager, Overseas Business Administration Department
April 2018:
Managing Officer and Deputy Manager, Corporate Strategy Office
April 2019:
Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Strategy Office
June 2021:
Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Strategy Office (present position)
April 2022:
JCU (THAILAND) CO., LTD. President (present position)
April 2022:
JCU VIETNAM CORPORATION Representative Director (present position)
April 2022:
PT. JCU INDONESIA President (present position)
April 2023:
JCU MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. President (present position)

Director／Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Sales Headquarters Fumihiko Araake

Born on February 9, 1966

Tenure: 2 years

April 1989:
Joined the Company
November 2009:
President, JCU SHANGHAI TRADING CORPORATION
May 2014:
General Manager of Nagoya Branch
June 2018:
Division Manager of Production Division
April 2019:
Executive Officer and General Manager, Production Headquarters
June 2021:
Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Production Headquarters
April 2022:
Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Sales Headquarters (present position)
April 2022:
Representative Director, JCU KOREA CORPORATION (present position)

Director Koki Morinaga

Born on July 25, 1954

Outside tenure: 2 years

April 1980:
Joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
May 2006:
General Manager, Economy Bureau, NHK
May 2008:
Chief Editor, News Department, NHK
May 2010:
General Manager, Affiliated Business Department, NHK
April 2011:
General Manager, News Department, NHK
April 2013:
Deputy Director-General, General Broadcasting Administration, NHK
April 2016:
Executive Director and Chief of Engineering, NHK
June 2017:
President, NHK Publishing, Inc.
June 2021:
Director of the Company (present position)

Director Mayumi Yamamoto

Born on February 11, 1956

Outside tenure: 2 years

April 1984:
Registered as attorney and joined Takeo Ishiguro Law Office
September 1990:
Established Ginza Shin Sogo Law Office
January 2005:
Established Ginza Shin Meiwa Law Office
December 2010:
Public Interests Member, Central Labour Relations Commission
January 2019:
Member, Financial System Council, Financial Services Agency (present position)
June 2019:
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD (present position)
July 2019:
Member of Self-regulatory Planning Sub-Committee, Selfregulation Board, Japan Securities Dealers Association
(present position)
June 2020:
Outside Director, MIRAIT Holdings Corporation (currently MIRAIT ONE Corporation) (present position)
June 2021:
Director of the Company (present position)

Director Muneaki Kiyota

Born on April 3, 1957

Outside tenure: 2 years

April 1981:
Joined The Fuji Bank, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
June 2004:
General Manager, International Exchange Department, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
April 2007:
General Manager, Bangkok Branch, Mizuho Corporate Bank
April 2009:
Executive Officer of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. And President of Mizuho Bank (Schweiz) AG
April 2010:
Director, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
June 2010:
Full-time Auditor, OKAYA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO.,LTD.
June 2012:
Managing Executive Officer, OKAYA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
June 2014:
Director and Managing Executive Officer, OKAYA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
April 2018:
Director and Senior Executive Managing Officer, OKAYA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
June 2020:
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, NICHIREI CORPORATION (present position)
June 2020:
Outside Corporate Auditor, KOMORI CORPORATION (present position)
June 2021:
Director of the Company (present position)

Director Masayuki Itagaki

Born on March 24, 1964

Outside tenure: 2 years

April 1992:
Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
July 1993:
Researcher, University of Burgundy, France
April 1994:
Assistant, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
April 1998:
Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
April 2001:
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
April 2005:
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science (present position)
November 2006:
President and Chief Executive Officer, NEWLONG SEIMITSU KOGYO Co., Ltd. (present position)
June 2021:
Director of the Company (present position)

Full-time Corporate Auditor Takashi Nakazawa

Born on February 8, 1951

Tenure: 7 years

April 1974:
Joined the Company
April 1999:
General Manager of Nagoya Branch
April 2003:
Assistant General Manager of Sales and Marketing Headquarters
September 2004:
Executive Officer and Assistant General Manager of Sales and Marketing Headquarters
June 2007:
Director, Executive Officer and General Manager of Chemical Sales and Marketing Headquarters
June 2008:
Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Chemical Sales and Marketing Headquarters
June 2010:
Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Domestic Sales and Marketing Headquarters
June 2012:
Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Procurement Headquarters
June 2016:
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (present position)

Corporate Auditor Mitsuru Ichikawa

Born on April 15, 1960

Outside tenure: 9 years

November 1992:
Passed the National Bar Examination
April 1995:
Registered as a lawyer
June 2014:
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present position)
May 2019:
Executive Director, Tokyo Lawyers Cooperative
October 2019:
Outside Director, Renascience Inc. (present position)
May 2023:
Vice President, Tokyo Lawyers Cooperative (present position)

Corporate Auditor Koyuri Kawato

Born on July 5, 1968

Outside tenure: 4 years

April 1991:
Joined Asahi Shinwa & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
March 1994:
Registered as a certified public accountant
July 2000:
Representative, Kawato Certified Public Accountant Office (present position)
January 2001:
Registered as certified public tax accountant
June 2019:
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present position)

Corporate Auditor Harusato Nihei

Born on August 30, 1957

Outside tenure: 2 years

April 1980:
Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
March 2006:
General Manager, Taipei Branch, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April 2008:
Executive Officer and General Manager, Taipei Branch, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April 2009:
Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resources Management Department, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April 2010:
Managing Executive Officer and Officer responsible for Sales and Marketing, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April 2011:
Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
April 2014:
Deputy President, Mizuho Research Institute Ltd. (currently Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.)
June 2016:
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
June 2017:
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
June 2018:
Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
April 2020:
Director, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
June 2020:
Special Advisor, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
June 2021:
Corporate Auditor of JCU (present position)
June 2021:
Outside Corporate Auditor of Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (present position)

(Note) JCU has introduced an executive officer system. The following is a list of executive officers who do not concurrently serve as directors.

  • Hideki Hagiwara, Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, R&D Center
  • Toyokazu Imai, Executive Officer, General Manager, Production Headquarters
  • Akinobu Ohno, Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, R&D Center
  • Noriyuki Tomita, Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Sales Headquarters
  • Mitsuyoshi Matsuura, Executive Officer, President, JCU SHANGHAI TRADING CORPORATION
  • Tadahiko Miyamoto, Executive Officer, Managing Director, JCU KOREA CORPORATION
  • Kanae Tokio, Executive Officer, President, JCU TAIWAN CORPORATION

6 men and 1 woman (14.2% of executive officers are women)

Director’s Skills Matrix

Director’s Skills Matrix

Definition of skills and experience

Business management：

Management experience at other companies or our group; experience and ability to formulate management strategies

Sales and marketing：

Understanding of market trends and formulation of sales strategies / Experience and ability to make decisions

Research, development and engineering：

Experience and expertise in research, development and engineering

Quality and production：

Experience and expertise in manufacturing, production and quality control in Japan and abroad

Global：

Experience in overseas business development and management

Finance and accounting：

Experience and expertise in finance and accounting

Legal and risks：

Experience in corporate legal and risk management / Expertise

CSR REPORT 2020