Corporate Executives

Director

Akira Kurokawa

Representative 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

  • Life science business
  • Understanding medical field and patients

Kanoko Oishi

Director of the Board※

 

  • Corporate management
  • Understanding medical field and patients
  • ESG and service to society

Yutaro Shintaku

Director of the Board※

 

  • Corporate management
  • Life science business
  • Global leadership

Kunihito Minakawa

Director of the Board※

  • Global leadership
  • Finance and accounting
  • Legal affairs and risk control

Noboru Kotani

Director of the Board※

  • Corporate management
  • Life science business

Tamie Minami

Director of the Board※

  • Life science business
  • Global leadership
 
  • 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

Hirofumi Yasuhara

Outside Auditor※

  • Corporate management
  • Global leadership
  • Finance and accounting

Yumiko Ito

Outside Auditor※

  • Global leadership
  • Legal affairs and risk control
  • ESG and service to society

Masahiko Ikaga

Outside Auditor※

  • Corporate management
  • Finance and accounting
  • Legal affairs and risk control
  • 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
  • ESG and service to society

Executive Management Team / Corporate Officers

Executive Management Team

Chief Operating OfficerRie Nakajima
Head of Asia BusinessJozica Grenz
Head of EMEA Business, Head of North America BusinessLuis Iglesias
Head of Japan Business, Head of Japan Sales and Marketing Division, Head of Marketing DepartmentIppei Kurihara
Head of China BusinessTakayuki Yamada
Global Head, Cell & Gene Business SegmentMarianthi Psacha
Global Head, Medical Tech Solutions Business SegmentRobert Wagner
Head of Ophthalmology Innovation CenterReza Haque
Chief Medical OfficerPeter Sallstig
Chief Product Supply OfficerMark Dawson
Chief Digital & Information OfficerMinori Hara
Chief Communications OfficerNobuko Kato
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Risk OfficerKazuo Koshiji
Deputy Chief Financial OfficerSheila Li
General Counsel & Chief Compliance OfficerMika Masunari
Chief Business OfficerChris Reindel

Corporate Officers

Head of Sales Department, Japan Sales and Marketing DivisionShinichi Teramachi
Head of Supply Chain DivisionFrank Binder
Global Head of Business Development, StrategyKen Araki
Global Head of Core Principle & People Centricity, HR, Sustainability & AdministrationTakahiro Morita