ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
February 5, 2015
TOKYO, February 5, 2015 - Astellas Pharma Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) announced today that it will enforce its top management committees, top management structure, and global functions and structures effective from April 1, 2015.
【1】Top Management Committees
The top management committees will be reorganized as below so that we can resiliently respond to accelerating and elaborating environmental changes.
The "Executive Committee (EC)" will be newly established for decision on significant matters in global management of the Astellas group. The EC consists of CEO, as chairperson, CAO & CCO, CFO, CSTO and CMO. The Heads of Drug Discovery Research, Global Development, Technology, Japan Sales & Marketing, Asia/Oceania Business, EMEA operations and Americas operations will join the EC as the extended member for discussion on its related matters upon the chairperson's request.
The "Japan Management Committee (JMC)" will be newly established for decision-making on the significant corporate governance matters of Astellas Pharma Inc. and its affiliates in Japan. The JMC consists of CAO & CCO, as chairperson, and Corporate Vice Presidents of Corporate Planning, Corporate Finance & Control, Human Resources and Legal & Compliance.
The Global Management Committee, the Corporate Administration & Finance Committee and Global Human Resources Committee will be dismantled accordingly.
* CEO：Chief Executive Officer CAO：Chief Administrative Officer CCO：Chief Compliance Officer CFO：Chief Financial Officer CSTO：Chief Strategy Officer CMO：Chief Medical Officer EMEA：Europe, Middle East and Africa
The members of each new committee are provided next.
Members | Executive Committee (EC) ◎: Member ○: Extended Member | Japan Management Committee (JMC) | |
CEO | Yoshihiko Hatanaka | ◎Chairperson | |
CAO & CCO | Yoshirou Miyokawa | ◎ | ○Chairperson |
CFO | Yasumasa Masuda | ◎ | |
CSTO | Kenji Yasukawa | ◎ | |
CMO | Sef Kurstjens | ◎ | |
President, Drug Discovery Research | Wataru Uchida | ○ | |
President, Global Development | Bernie Zeiher | ○ | |
President, Technology | Mitsunori Matsuda | ○ | |
President, Japan Sales & Marketing | Yukihiko Sato | ○ | |
President, Asia/Oceania Business | Masatoshi Kuroda | ○ | |
President & CEO, EMEA Operations | Ken Jones | ○ | |
President & CEO, Americas Operations | Masao Yoshida | ○ | |
Corporate Vice President, Corporate Planning | Chikashi Takeda | ○ | |
Corporate Vice President, Corporate Finance & Control | Yasuo Sakae | ○ | |
Corporate Vice President, Human Resources | Fumiaki Sakurai | ○ | |
Corporate Vice President, Legal & Compliance | Okimura Kazunori | ○ |
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【2】Top Management Structure
Each top management responsibility will be changed as below, effective from April 1, 2015.
Title | Name | Divisional Responsibilities |
CEO | Yoshihiko Hatanaka | Internal Auditing, Drug Discovery Research, Technology, Japan Sales & Marketing, Asia/Oceania Business, EMEA Operations, Americas Operations, GMS |
CAO & CCO | Yoshirou Miyokawa | External Relations, General Affairs, Human Resources, Legal & Compliance, Executive Office |
CFO | Yasumasa Masuda | Corporate Finance & Control, Accounting & Tax, Corporate Communications, Procurement, Information Systems |
CSTO | Kenji Yasukawa | Corporate Planning, Product and Portfolio Strategy, Business Development, Innovation Management, Evolving Medical Solutions, Intellectual Property |
CMO | Sef Kurstjens | GD, GPV, MA, GRA, GCRQA, GQA |
*GMS：Global Marketing Strategy
GD：Global Development GPV：Global Pharmacovigilance MA：Medical Affairs GRA：Global Regulatory Affairs
GCRQA：Global Clinical and Research Quality Assurance
GQA：Global Quality Assurance
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【3】Global Functions and Structures
Enhancement of Global Marketing Strategy
Global Marketing Strategy under Product & Portfolio Strategy will move directly under CEO and the position of Head of Global Marketing Strategy will be newly established. We will provide the patients with the maximized value by enhancing the global market access function, and by promoting the internal collaboration with Medical Affairs, Global Development and regional Marketing.
Yukio Matsui will be appointed to Head of Global Marketing Strategy as of April 1, 2015 and
Head of Global Marketing Strategy will be located in Illinois, the United States.
Bernie Zeiher will be newly appointed as Head of Global Development as of April 1, 2015. The current Head of Global Development, Sef Kurstjens, will continue to serve in his role as Chief Medical Officer.
Changes Associated with Medical Affairs OptimizationMedical Affairs is being organized into a new Medical Affairs organization across Astellas, and each regional Medical Affairs head will report on a solid-line basis to Head of Medical Affairs. This change will help optimize the prioritization and use of Medical Affairs resources at Astellas. Charlotte M.E. Kremer will be appointed as Head of new Medical Affairs.
Restructuring of Global Business Development
A single transaction execution function will be created in Business Development, Astellas
Pharma Inc. so that we can align the globally consistent transactional operation.
The alliance management function will be split clearly between global and regional. The global alliance management function will be established in Business Development, Astellas Pharma Inc. and will become a primary contact to global/multi-regional strategic partners. This function will also be responsible for control of issues related to global alliances. The regional alliance management function will be established under the sales and marketing organization in each region and the Japan regional alliance management function will be under Japan Sales &
Marketing, Astellas Pharma Inc.
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Information Systems
The organization of Information Systems will be restructured to consolidate all of world-wide relevant functions and report directly to Head of Information Systems, Astellas Pharma Inc., while some matrix reporting relations will remain in region.
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For inquiries or additional information
Astellas Pharma Inc. Corporate Communications
TEL: +81-3-3244-3201, FAX:+81-3-5201-7473
http://www.astellas.com/en
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