Corporate Executives

Director

Akira Kurokawa

Director of the Board, 
Chairman

  • Corporate management
  • Life science business
  • Understanding medical field and patients

Takeshi Ito

Representative Director of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer

  • Corporate management
  • Life science business
  • Understanding medical field and patients

Rie Nakajima​

Director of the Board,
Corporate Officer​,
Chief Operating Officer​

  • Life science business​
  • Global leadership​
  • Sustainability​

Ippei Kurihara​

Director of the Board,
Corporate Officer​,
Head of Japan Business, Global Commercial Strategy​

  • Life science business
  • Understanding medical field and patients

Noboru Kotani

Director of the Board *

  • Corporate management
  • Life science business

Tamie Minami

Director of the Board *

  • Life science business
  • Global leadership

Masahiko Ikaga​

Director of the Board *

  • Corporate management​
  • Finance and accounting​
  • Legal affairs and risk control​

Minoru Kikuoka​

Director of the Board *

  • Corporate management​
  • Global leadership​
  • Finance and accounting​
 
  • Outside Directors are independent officers as designed by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Corporate Auditor

Hiroshi Isaka

Standing Corporate Auditor

  • Life science business
  • Understanding medical field and patients

Junichi Asatani

Outside Auditor *

  • Life science business
  • Finance and accounting
  • Legal affairs and risk control

Yaeko Hodaka

Outside Auditor *

  • Global leadership
  • Legal affairs and risk control
  • Sustainability​

Yuichiro Munakata​

Outside Auditor *

  • Finance and accounting​
  • Legal affairs and risk control​
  • Sustainability​
  • Outside Auditor are independent officers as designed by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Among skills respectively held, two or at most three skills, which are specifically advantageous or those with strong relevance to the businesses of Santen, are described.

  • Corporate management
  • Life science business
  • Understanding medical field and patients
  • Global leadership
  • Finance and accounting
  • Legal affairs and risk control
  • Sustainability​

Corporate Officers

Director, Chief Operating Officer
Rie Nakajima*
Director, Head of Japan Business, Global Commercial StrategyIppei Kurihara*
Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) BusinessMarianthi Psaha
Head of China BusinessShawn Xiang
Head of Japan Sales and Marketing Division, Head of Sales Department Shinichi Teramachi
Head of Asia BusinessTomoyuki Yoshida
Head of Sales and Marketing Division – OTC productsYoshinori Watanabe
Head of Ophthalmology Innovation CenterReza Haque*
Chief Medical OfficerPeter Sallstig*
Chief of Staff to CEOFumiyasu Ako*
Head of Supply Chain DivisionFrank Binder
Chief Product Supply OfficerMark Dawson*
Chief Communications OfficerNobuko Kato
Chief Financial OfficerKazuo Koshiji*
General Counsel & Chief Compliance OfficerMika Masunari*
Global Head of Core Principle & SustainabilityTakahiro Morita
Global Head of Corporate StrategyYoko Saiki*

* Corporate Management Member (CMM)