(As of October 15, 2023)
Masahiko Uotani
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
Apr. 1977: Joined the Lion Dentifrice Co., Ltd. (currently Lion Corporation)
Jan. 1988: Manager, Citibank, N.A.
Apr. 1991: Representative Director, Vice President, Kraft Japan Limited (currently Mondelēz Japan Limited)
May. 1994: Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Officer of Marketing, Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2001: Representative Director, President, Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. (Global Officer)
Aug. 2006: Representative Director, Chair, Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2007: Representative Director, Chief Executive Partner, BrandVision Inc.
Aug. 2011: Outside Director, ASKUL Corporation
Oct. 2012: Director (part time), Citibank Japan Ltd. (previously)
Apr. 2013: Outside Chief Marketing Advisor of the Company
Apr. 2014: President and CEO of the Company
Jun. 2014: Representative Director of the Company [incumbent]
Jan. 2020: Japan Region CEO of the Company
Representative Director, Chair and President, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2020: Representative Director, Chair and CEO, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2021: President and CEO, Executive Officer of the Company
Jan. 2023: Chairman and CEO, Executive Officer of the Company [incumbent]
Kentaro Fujiwara
Representative Director,
President and COO
Apr. 1991: Joined the Company
Jul. 2004: Director, Europe Distribution Center, Shiseido Europe S.A.
Nov. 2011: Director, President, Shiseido Korea Co., Ltd.
May 2013: Director, President, Shiseido Professional Korea Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2015: Vice President, Corporate Strategy Department of the Company Group Leader, Digital Strategy Group of the Company
Nov. 2015: Chairman of the Board, President of Shiseido China Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2016: Corporate Officer of the Company, China Region
Jan. 2018: Corporate Officer of the Company, China Region Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Jan. 2020: Senior Executive Officer of the Company, China Region CEO
Jan. 2021: Executive Officer of the Company [incumbent]
Jan. 2023: President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company [incumbent]
Mar. 2023: Representative Director of the Company [incumbent]
Sep. 2023: Representative Director, Chairman of Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
Yukari Suzuki
Director
Senior Executive Officer
Apr. 1985: Joined the Company
Apr. 2014: Representative Director and President, IPSA Company, Limited
Apr. 2015: General Manager of Marketing Department, Prestige Brands of the Company
Oct. 2015: General Manager of Marketing Department, Prestige Brands, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2016: Marketing Director, Marketing Department, Cosmetics Specialty Store, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2017: Brand Director, Clé de Peau Beauté Brand Unit, Global Prestige Brands of the Company
Jan. 2018: Corporate Officer of the Company, Chief Brand Officer, Clé de Peau Beauté Brand, Global Prestige Brands
Jan. 2020: Senior Executive Officer of the Company
Chief Brand Officer, Clé de Peau Beauté, IPSA, THE GINZA, BAUM of the Company
Mar. 2020: Director of the Company
Jan. 2021: Representative Director of the Company
Executive Officer of the Company [incumbent]
Jan. 2022: Chief Marketing Officer, Chief D&I Officer
Jan. 2023: Chief D&I Officer [incumbent]
Mar. 2023: Director of the Company [incumbent]
Norio Tadakawa
Director
Senior Executive Officer
Apr. 1989: Joined the Company
Jan. 2010: Department Director, International Business Planning Department, International Business Division of the Company
Apr. 2012: Department Director, Corporate Planning Department of the Company
Apr. 2014: Corporate Officer, Chief Financial Officer of the Company Responsible for Finance, Investor Relations, Information System Planning and Internal Control of the Company
Apr. 2015: Corporate Officer, Chief Financial Officer of the Company
Jan. 2016: Responsible for Financial Management of the Company
Jan. 2017: Responsible for Business Development of the Company
Jan. 2018: Senior Executive Officer of the Company [incumbent]
Jul. 2018: Chief Supply Network Officer of the Company
Jan. 2019: Chief Supply Network Officer of the Company
Responsible for Demand & Supply Planning, Logistics, Production, Factories,Supply & Purchasing, Supply Network (SN) Strategy, Global Initiative and Nasu Factory Establishment of the Company
Jan. 2020: Responsible for SN Strategy, SN Fundamental Development and Global Brands Sales & Operation (S&OP of the Company)
Mar. 2020: Director of the Company [incumbent]
Oct. 2020: Japan Region Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Representative Director, President and COO, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2021: Executive Officer of the Company [incumbent]
Jul. 2021: Japan Region CEO of the Company [incumbent]
Representative Director, President and CEO of Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
Takayuki Yokota
Director
Apr. 1996: Joined SUMITOMO CORPORATION
Dec. 2003: Country Controller, Dow Chemical Japan Limited
Aug. 2006: Japan Finance Manager, GE Toshiba Silicones Company, Limited (currently Momentive Performance Materials Japan LLC)
Sep. 2007: Supply Chain Finance Director, Northeast Asia, Unilever Japan K.K.
Dec. 2010: Finance Director, Marketing Operations & Customer Development, Asia, Africa, MET, CEE, and Russia, Unilever Asia Private Limited
Sep. 2011: Finance Director, Global Marketing Operations, Unilever Asia Private Limited
Aug. 2012: Representative Director, Vice President, Finance, Japan & Korea, Unilever Japan Holdings K.K.
Jul. 2016: Vice President, Finance, Global Hair Care Category, Unilever PLC
Nov. 2019: Vice President, Global Headquarters Finance of the Company
Jan. 2020: Vice President, Financial Accounting of the Company
Apr. 2020: Director and CFO, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2021: Executive Officer of the Company [incumbent]
Chief Financial Officer of the Company [incumbent]
Japan Region CFO
Executive Officer and CFO, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2021: Director of the Company [incumbent]
Kanoko Oishi
External Director (Independent)*
Apr. 1983: Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company
Aug. 1987: McKinsey & Company, Inc. New York Office
Nov. 1988: McKinsey & Company, Inc. Tokyo Office
Jun. 2000: Representative Director, MEDIVA Inc. [incumbent]
Jul. 2000: Representative Director, Seinan MEDIVA Co., Ltd. (currently Seeds 1 Co., Ltd.) [incumbent]
Aug. 2001: Outside Auditor, ASKUL Corporation
Aug. 2002: Outside Director, ASKUL Corporation
Jun. 2010: Outside Director, Astellas Pharma Inc.
Jun. 2015: Outside Director, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
Outside Director, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
Mar. 2016: External Director of the Company [incumbent]
Apr. 2018: Chair of Remuneration Advisory Committee of the Company
Shinsaku Iwahara
External Director (Independent)*
Aug. 1978: Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo
Sep. 1981: Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School, U.S.A.
Dec. 1982: Visiting Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, U.S.A.
Sep. 1991: Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, U.S.A.
Nov. 1991: Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2003: Member, Postal Services Policy Council
Jan. 2005: Member, Business Accounting Council, Financial Services Agency
Apr. 2009: Director, Financial Accounting Standards Foundation
Apr. 2010: Member, Legislative Council, Ministry of Justice, Chair, Corporate Legislation Subcommittee, Legislative Council, Ministry of Justice
Apr. 2013: Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
Jun. 2013: Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo [incumbent]
Jan. 2015: Member and Chair, Financial System Council, Financial Services Agency
Jul. 2017: Adviser to Mori Hamada & Matsumoto [incumbent]
Mar. 2018: External Director of the Company [incumbent]
Jun. 2019: Chair, Legislative Council, Ministry of Justice
Sep. 2021: Chair of Nomination & Remuneration Advisory Committee of the Company [incumbent]
Charles D. Lake Ⅱ
External Director (Independent)*
Aug. 1992: Director of Japan Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative(USTR)
Jul. 1993: Director of Japan Affairs and Special Counsel to the Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative(USTR)
Jan. 1995: Attorney-at-Law, Dewey Ballantine LLP
Jun. 1999: Vice President and Counsel, Japan Branch, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (currently Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.)
Jan. 2001: Senior Vice President and Counsel, Japan Branch, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (currently Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.)
Apr. 2001: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Japan Branch, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (currently Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.)
Jul. 2001: Deputy President, Japan Branch, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (currently Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.)
Jan. 2003: President and Representative in Japan, Japan Branch, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (currently Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.)
Apr. 2005: Vice Chairman and Representative in Japan, Japan Branch, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (currently Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.)
Jul. 2008: Chairman and Representative in Japan, Japan Branch, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (currently Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.)
Jan. 2014: Director, President, Aflac International Incorporated [incumbent]
Jun. 2016: Outside Director, Tokyo Electron Ltd.
Outside Director, Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2018: Representative Director, Chairman, Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. [incumbent]
Mar. 2022: External Director of the Company [incumbent]
Jun. 2023: Outside Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. [incumbent]
Mariko Tokuno
External Director (Independent)*
Apr. 1978: Joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd.(currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
Jan. 1994: Joined Louis Vuitton Japan K.K
Apr. 2002: Senior Director, Sales Administration, Louis Vuitton Japan K.K
Mar. 2004: Vice President, Tiffany & Co., Japan Inc.
Aug. 2010: Representative Director, President, Christian Dior K.K
Jun. 2013: Outside Director, HAPPINET CORPORATION
Sep. 2013: Representative Director, President and CEO, Ferragamo Japan K.K
Jun. 2016: Outside Director, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation [incumbent]
Jun. 2017: Outside Director, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
Mar. 2022: External Director of the Company [incumbent]
Yoshihiko Hatanaka
External Director (Independent)*
Apr. 1980: Joined Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (currently Astellas Pharma Inc.)
Jun. 2005: Corporate Executive, Vice President, Corporate Planning, Corporate Strategy Division, Astellas Pharma Inc.
Apr. 2006: Corporate Executive, Astellas Pharma Inc. and President & CEO, Astellas US LLC and President & CEO, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Jun. 2008: Senior Corporate Executive, Astellas Pharma Inc. and President & CEO, Astellas US LLC and President & CEO, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Apr. 2009: Senior Corporate Executive, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer (CSTO & CFO), Astellas Pharma Inc.
Jun. 2011: Representative Director, President and CEO, Astellas Pharma Inc.
Apr. 2018: Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Astellas Pharma Inc.
Jun. 2019: Outside Director, Sony Corporation (currently SONY GROUP CORPORATION) [incumbent]
Mar. 2023: Director of the Company [incumbent]
Jun. 2023: Outside Director, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD [incumbent]
Takeshi Yoshida
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Aug. 1985: Joined Okura Keiei Keiri Gakuin Co., Ltd.
Feb. 1992: Joined the Company
Apr. 2009: General Manager of Cosmetics Business Planning Department, General Manager of Business Administration Group, Cosmetics Business Planning Department of the Company
Apr. 2011: Executive Vice President, Shiseido Americas Corporation
Oct. 2014: Department Director, Internal Audit Department of the Company
Jan. 2016: Department Director, Business Planning Department, Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2017: Director, Personal Care Planning Department, FT Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2018: Audit & Supervisory Board Member [incumbent]
Hiromi Anno
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr. 1995: Joined the Company
Jan. 2018: Chief Manager of Global Communications Department of the Company
Jan. 2020: Corporate Officer, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Company
Jan. 2021: Executive Officer of the Company
Mar. 2023: Audit & Supervisory Board Member [incumbent]
Hiroshi Ozu
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(Independent)*
Apr. 1974: Public Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
Jun. 2001: Chief Prosecutor, Saga Public Prosecutors Office
Aug. 2002: Public Prosecutor, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
Jun. 2004: Deputy Vice-Minister, Ministry of Justice
Jun. 2006: Director-General, Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
Jul. 2007: Vice-Minister, Ministry of Justice
Jul. 2009: Superintendent Public Prosecutor, Sapporo High Public Prosecutors Office
Dec. 2010: Deputy Prosecutor-General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
Aug. 2011: Superintendent Public Prosecutor, Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
Jul. 2012: Prosecutor-General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
Sep. 2014: Registered as Attorney
Jun. 2015: Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, MITSUI & CO., LTD.
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Mar. 2016: Representative Director, Shimizu Scholarship Foundation, general incorporated foundation [incumbent]
Nov. 2016: President, Criminal Justice Welfare Forum Oasis, general incorporated association
2017: External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company [incumbent]
President of Japan Criminal Policy Society
Yasuko Gotoh
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(Independent)*
Apr. 1980: Joined Ministry of Transport
Jan. 1997: General Manager, Planning Department, Kyushu District Transport Bureau, Ministry of Transport
Jul. 1998: Director, Planning and Research Office of Tourism Department, Transport Policy Bureau, Ministry of Transport
Jan. 2001: International Crisis Management Officer, Japan Coast Guard
Jul. 2003: General Manager, Transport Consumer Policy Division, Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Jun. 2004: Director, Tourism Promotion Bureau at New York, Tourist Bureau of Japan
Oct. 2005: Deputy Governor, Yamagata Prefecture
Jul. 2008: Director, Regional Transport Bureau of Hokuriku and Shinetsu Regions, MLIT
Aug. 2010: Assistant Minister, MLIT
Oct. 2011: Director, Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
Jul. 2013: Director General, Policy Research Institute for Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism, MLIT
Oct. 2014: Advisor, Kyushu Railway Company
Jun. 2015: Deputy Director General, Railway Operations Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company Director General, Travel Services Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company Managing Director, Deputy General Manager of Railway Operations Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company General Manager, Tourism Business Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company
Jun. 2017: Managing Director, CFO in charge of the Treasury Department, Kyushu Railway Company
Jun. 2018: Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Kyushu Railway Company
Mar. 2019: External Audit & Supervisory Board Member [incumbent]
Jun. 2019: Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DENSO CORPORATION [incumbent]
Apr. 2023: Visiting Professor, Kokugakuin University, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development [incumbent]
Jun. 2023: Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. [incumbent]
Oct. 2023: Audit and Inspection Commissioners of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government [incumbent]
Ritsuko Nonomiya
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(Independent)*
Sep. 1987: Joined Pete Murwick Maine Accounting Firm (currently KPMG LLP)
Apr. 1997: Partner, KPMG Corporate Finance Co., Ltd.
Nov. 2000: Joined UBS Warburg Securities Co., Ltd. (currently UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
Jan. 2005: M&A Advisor, Managing Director, UBS Warburg Securities Co., Ltd. (currently UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
Jul. 2008: Senior Vice President, Business Development Leader, GE Capital Asia Pacific
Dec. 2013: Managing Director, GCA Savvian Corporation (currently GCA Corporation) [incumbent]
Mar. 2017: Director, GCA Savvian Corporation (currently GCA Corporation) [incumbent]
Mar. 2020: External Audit & Supervisory Board Member [incumbent]
Jun. 2020: Outside Director, NAGASE & Co., Ltd. [incumbent]
Feb. 2022: CEO, Representative Director, Houlihan Lokey Corporation [incumbent]
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