Kao Corporation Makes Key Changes to Executive Officers

Kao Corporation has made several changes to its eecutive officers effective January 1, 2023. 

 

These include corporate executive fellows; executive officers; executive officers to retire; executive officers to be newly elected; and current executive officers to be promoted.

Toru Nishiguchi, managing executive officer, president, consumer products, Asia, will be promoted to senior managing executive officer; vice president, consumer products, global. 

              

Hideki Mamiya, executive officer, senior vice president, human capital development, global; president, Kao Group Corporate Pension Fund, will be promoted to senior executive officer; senior vice president, human capital strategy, global; president, Kao Group Corporate Pension Fund; and chairperson of the board, Kao America Inc.
 

Yosuke Maezawa, president, consumer products-cosmetics business, prestige business, global, has been elected senior executive officer; president, consumer products-cosmetics business, global; representative director, president, Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.; and chairperson of the board, Molton Brown Limited.

        

Yoshio Nakao, president, consumer products-hygiene and living care business-fabric care business, global, has been elected executive officer; executive vice president, Kao Group Customer Marketing Co., Ltd.

 

Naoshi Nakamoto, vice president, human capital Ddvelopment, global, has been elected executive officer; senior vice president, procurement, global.

 

Mark Johnson, president, consumer products-cosmetics business, Molton Brown, global; president, Molton Brown Limited, has been elected executive officer; president, consumer products-cosmetics business, Americas and EMEA; and president, Molton Brown Limited.

           

Akiko Hasegawa, vice president, legal and governance-legal, global, has been elected executive officer; senior vice president, legal, global.   

Executive officer to retire are:

Yasushi Wada, managing executive officer; senior vice president, product quality management, global; responsible for legal and governance;

 

Hideichi Nitta, executive officer; vice president, supply chain management – demand and supply planning center, global; and

 

Atsushi Koizumi, executive officer; senior vice president, consumer products – business planning and management, global

Yoshihiro Hasebe, president and CEO responsible for DX Strategy;

 

Toshiaki Takeuchi, senior managing executive officer, representative director, president, Kao Group Customer Marketing Co., Ltd.

 

Tomoharu Matsuda, senior managing executive officer, president, Consumer Products, Global; Responsible for Kao Professional Services Co., Ltd.

 

Masakazu Negoro, senior managing executive officer, responsible for Management Finance (Accounting and Finance, Business Structure Reforms, Procurement, Human Capital Strategy)

 

Toru Nishiguchi, senior managing executive officer, vice president, Consumer Products, Global

 

David J. Muenz, managing executive officer, senior vice president, ESG, Global; Responsible for Strategic Public Relations

 

Osamu Tabata, managing executive officer, senior vice president, Supply Chain Management, Global; Responsible for TCR Promotion

 

Yoshihiro Murakami, managing executive officer, senior vice president, DX Strategy, Global

 

Hideaki Kubo, managing executive officer, senior vice president, Research and Development, Global

 

Satoru Tanaka, managing executive officer, senior vice president, Corporate Strategy, Global;

Responsible for Product Quality Management; Responsible for Legal

 

Masahiro Katayose, senior executive officer, president, Chemical Business, Global; Chairperson of the Board, Fatty Chemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; Chairperson of the Board, Pilipinas Kao, Inc.;

Chairperson of the Board, Kao Chemicals Europe, S.L.

 

Hiroaki Yamaguchi, senior executive officer, vice president, Supply Chain Management – Manufacturing Plant Center, Global; Responsible for Strategic Innovative Technology, SCM, Global

 

Kotaro Nuriya, senior executive officer, president, Consumer Products – Health & Beauty Care Business, Global

 

Natsumi Hotta, senior executive officer, president, Consumer Products – Hygiene & Living Care Business, Global

 

Hideki Mamiya, senior executive officer, senior vice president, Human Capital Strategy, Global; President, Kao Group Corporate Pension Fund; Chairperson of the Board, Kao America Inc.

 

Yosuke Maezawa, senior executive officer, president, Consumer Products – Cosmetics Business, Global; Representative Director, President, Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.; Chairperson of the Board, Molton Brown Limited

 

Kenichi Yamauchi, executive officer, senior vice president, Accounting and Finance, Global; President, Kao America Inc.

 

Ryoichi Harada, executive officer, senior vice president, Enterprise Information Solutions, Global

 

Shigeo Nakai, executive officer, vice president, Research and Development – Performance Chemicals Research, Global; Responsible for Research and Development – Environmental New Business

 

Masaru Takeyasu, executive officer, Chairperson of the Board and President, Kao (China) Holding Co., Ltd.; Chairperson of the Board and President, Kao Corporation Shanghai; Chairperson of the Board, Kao Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Chairperson of the Board, Kanebo Cosmetics (China) Co., Ltd.; Chairperson of the Board and President, Kao (Hefei) Co., Ltd.

 

Motomitsu Hasumi, executive officer, senior vice president, Product Quality Management, Global

 

Mami Murata, executive officer, senior vice president, Strategic Public Relations, Global

 

Akira Shimotoyodome, executive officer, president, Consumer Products – Life Care Business, Global

 

Karen B. Frank, executive officer, president, Consumer Products – Consumer Care Business, Americas and EMEA; Chairperson of the Board, Kao USA Inc.

 

Yoji Matsumoto, executive officer, representative director, senior managing executive officer, Kao Group Customer Marketing Co., Ltd.

 

Hiroyuki Terazaki, executive officer, vice president, Research and Development, Global;

Vice President, Research and Development – Strategy, Global

 

Dominic M. Pratt, executive officer, president, Consumer Products – Salon Business, Global;

Chairperson of the Board, Oribe Hair Care, LLC; President, Kao Germany GmbH

 

Yoshio Nakao, executive officer, executive vice president, Kao Group Customer Marketing Co., Ltd.

 

Naoshi Nakamoto, executive officer, senior vice president, Procurement, Global

 

Mark Johnson, executive officer, president, Consumer Products – Cosmetics Business, Americas and EMEA; President, Molton Brown Limited

 

Yasuhiro Ishikura, executive officer, vice president, Corporate Strategy, Global;

Vice President, Corporate Strategy – AK Project, Global

 

Akiko Hasegawa, executive officer, senior vice president, Legal, Global

Hiroshi Maruyama, project professor, Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, The University of Tokyo; PFN Fellow, Preferred Networks, Inc.

 

Lisa MacCallum, founder and president, Inspired Companies

 

Takuzo Aida, deputy director, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS); Distinguished University Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo