Management

Members of the Board of Directors

Gyo Sagara
President, Representative Director, and Chief Executive Officer
summary
April 1983 Joined the Company
April 2006 Executive Director, General Administration
and Senior Director, Corporate Management
June 2006 Member of the Board of Directors
April 2007 Executive Director, Corporate Management
November 2007 Executive Director, Sales and Marketing
December 2007 Managing Member of the Board of Directors
February 2008 Member of the Board of Directors, Vice President
April 2008 Executive Director, Corporate Management
June 2008 Vice President and Representative Director
September 2008 President, Representative Director & CEO (to date)
Toshihiro Tsujinaka
Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer/ Executive Director, Corporate Strategy &Planning, Sustainability Promotion
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April 1988 Joined the Company
June 2004 Senior Director, Koshinetsu Branch Sales Division
November 2007 Senior Director, Sales Operations
October 2012 Senior Director, Sendai Branch Sales Division
October 2015 Senior Director, Oncology Planning &Promotion
April 2016 Division Director, Oncology Business Division
June 2016 Corporate Officer
October 2018 Executive Director, Corporate Strategy & Planning (to date)
June 2019 Corporate Executive Officer
June 2020 Member of the Board of Directors,
Executive Officer
June 2021 Member of the Board of Directors,
Senior Executive Officer (to date)
Toichi Takino
Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer / Executive Director, Discovery & Research
summary
April 1995 Joined the Company
April 2006 Senior Director, International Business
April 2008 Senior Director, Business Development
May 2008 Senior Director, Global Business
Development & Licensing
July 2009 Vice President, ONO PHARMA USA INC.
June 2011 Corporate Officer
April 2012 Executive Director, Corporate Development & Strategy
October 2018 Executive Director, Discovery and Research Division
April 2019 Executive Director, Discovery & Research (to date)
June 2019 Corporate Executive Officer
June 2020 Member of the Board of Directors,
Executive Officer
June 2021 Member of the Board of Directors,
Senior Executive Officer (to date)
Kiyoaki Idemitsu
Member of the Board of Directors, Executive Officer / Executive Director, Clinical Development
summary
April 1987 Joined the Company
December 2000 President, ONO PHARMA UK LTD.
January 2008 Senior Director, Discovery  Research Alliance
January 2010 Senior Director, Global Business Department &Licensing
April 2012 Division Director, Discovery  Research Alliance Division
October 2013 Senior Director, Nivolumab Strategic Planning
April 2017 Division Director, Medical Affairs
October 2018 Corporate Officer
October 2018 Executive Director, Clinical Development (to date)
June 2020 Corporate Executive Officer
June 2021 Member of the Board of Directors,
Executive Officer (to date)
Masao Nomura
Member of the Board of Directors, Outside Director
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March 1972 Joined lwatani Corporation
June 2007 Director, Executive Officer, lwatani Corporation
April 2009 Executive Director, Executive Officer, lwatani Corporation
April 2010 Senior Executive Director, Executive Officer, lwatani Corporation
June 2012 President, Representative Director, Executive Officer, lwatani Corporation
April 2017 Director, Senior Adviser to the Board, Executive Officer, lwatani Corporation
June 2017 Senior Adviser to the Board, lwatani Corporation
June 2018 Member of the Board of Directors, Outside Director (to date)
June 2019 Outside Director, Keihanshin Building Co., Ltd. (to date)
June 2020 Outside Director, NEW COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
July 2022 Corporate Advisor, lwatani Corporation (to date)
<Status or important concurrent holding of positions>
Corporate Advisor, lwatani Corporation
Outside Director, Keihanshin Building Co., Ltd.
Akiko Okuno
Member of the Board of Directors, Outside Director
summary
April 2002 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Osaka University of Economics and Law
April 2004 Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Tezukayama University
April 2010 Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Tezukayama University
April 2012 Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, KONAN UNIVERSITY (to date)
June 2020 Member of the Board of Directors, Outside Director (to date)
<Status or important concurrent holding of positions>
Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, KONAN UNIVERSITY
Shusaku Nagae
Member of the Board of Directors, Outside Director
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April 1972 Joined Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
December 2004 Managing Executive Officer, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
June 2007 Managing Director, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
June 2010 Representative Director, President, Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
April 2011 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation
(currently Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
June 2012 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Panasonic Corporation
June 2013 Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Panasonic Corporation
June 2017 Director, Chairman of the Board,  Panasonic Corporation
June 2021 Member of the Board of Directors, Outside Director (to date)
June 2021 Special Corporate Advisor,  Panasonic Corporation
(currently Panasonic Holdings Corporation)(to date)
March 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nikkei Inc. (to date)
<Status or important concurrent holding of positions>
Special Corporate Advisor, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nikkei Inc.

Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Katsuyoshi Nishimura
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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April 1977 Joined the Company
April 2003 Senior Director, Research Management and
General Affairs
October 2005 Deputy Executive Director,
Discovery & Research and
Senior Director,Research Management
and General Affairs
April 2006 Deputy Executive Director,
Sales and Marketing
and Senior Director, Sales Operations
June 2007 Senior Director, Sales Operations
November 2007 Director, Business Audit Department
June 2010 Senior Director, Research Management
and General Affairs
June 2011 Full-time Audit & Supervisory
Board Member (to date)
Hironobu Tanisaka
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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April 1984 Joined the Company
August 2007 Senior Director, Legal Department
January 2018 Senior Director, Business Audit Department
June 2021 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to date)
Yasuo Hishiyama
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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April 1999 Appointed as a judge
(served at Sendai District Court,Saitama District Court and Osaka Family Court)
April 2006 Registered as an attorney at law (Dai-lchi Tokyo Bar Association)
April 2006 Joined TANABE & PARTNERS (to date)
January 2010 Member or appraisal committee
(Land Lease Non-Contentious Cases) at Tokyo District Court (to date)
June 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to date)
<Status or important concurrent holding of positions>
Partner Attorney at Law, TANABE & PARTNERS
Member or appraisal committee (Land Lease Non-Contentious Cases) at Tokyo District Court
Akiko Tanabe
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
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October 1993 Joined Century Audit Corporation
(Present: Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
May 1997 Registered as Certified Public Accountant
January 2012 Established Akiko Tanabe CPA office (to date)
June 2015 Outside Director, OIE SANGYO CO.,LTD. (to date)
July 2019 Partner of Midosuji Audit Corporation (to date)
April 2020 Provisional Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
June 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to date)
<Status or important concurrent holding of positions>
Representative, Akiko Tanabe CPA office
Outside Director, OIE SANGYO CO., LTD.
Partner of Midosuji Audit Corporation

Corporate Officers

Satoshi Numata
Corporate Executive Officer / Executive Director, Digital & IT Strategy
Akira Takada
Corporate Executive Officer / Executive Director, CMC & Production
Satoshi Takahagi
Corporate Executive Officer / Executive Director, Sales and Marketing, Primary Care Business Division
Hiromu Habashita, Ph.D.
Corporate Officer / Deputy Executive Director, Discovery & Research, Research Center of Immunology
Shinji Takai, M.D., Ph.D.
Corporate Officer / Head of Medical Affairs
Masaki Ito
Corporate Officer / Division Director, Corporate Strategy & Planning, Business Management Division, Business Management Department, Finance & Accounting, Corporation Tax, Operating Officer/President, Ono Digital health Investment, GK.
Tatsuya Okamoto
Corporate Officer / Deputy Executive Director, Clinical Development, Oncology Clinical Development Division, NV Strategic Planning, Global Project Management, Oncology
Masayuki Tanigawa
Corporate Officer /Executive Director, Corporate Development & Strategy, International Business
Takehiro Yamada
Corporate Officer / Senior Director, Compliance Management Department