SHISEIDO COMPANY, LIMITED
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Dear Sirs and Madams,
February 26, 2015
Name of Company: Shiseido Company, Limited
Name of Representative: Masahiko Uotani President & CEO (Representative Director)
(Code No. 4911; The First Section of the Tokyo Stock
Exchange)
Contact: Yukihiro Saito
General Manager of Public
Relations Department
(Tel: +81 3 3572 5111)
The proposed appointments of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members as well as changes in Corporate Officers as of April 1, 2015 are indicated below.
1. Directors(1) Changes in Director (Effective April 1, 2015)
Name | Former Title | New Title |
Toru Sakai | Director Corporate Executive Officer | Representative Director Corporate Executive Officer |
(2) Directors (Effective as of April 1, 2015)
Name | Former Title | New Title |
Masahiko Uotani | Representative Director President & CEO [Chairman of the Board] | Representative Director President and CEO [Chairman of the Board] |
Toru Sakai | Director Corporate Executive Officer | Representative Director Corporate Executive Officer |
Tsunehiko Iwai | Director Corporate Executive Officer | Director Corporate Executive Officer |
Yu Okazawa | Director Corporate Executive Officer | Director |
Shoichiro Iwata | External Director | External Director |
Taeko Nagai | External Director | External Director |
Tatsuo Uemura | External Director | External Director |
(3) New Director (Subsequent to the 115th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and
Board of Directors Meeting scheduled to be held at the end of June 2015*)
Name | Former Title | * |
Yoko Ishikura | See Supplementary Material | External Director |
(4) Retiring Directors (Subsequent to the 115th Ordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders scheduled to be held at the end of June 2015*)
Name | Effective as of April 1 | * |
Yu Okazawa | Director | Advisor |
Taeko Nagai | External Director | (Retiring) |
(1) New Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Subsequent to the 115th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the Audit & Supervisory Board Members Meeting scheduled to be held at the end of June 2015*)
Name | Former Title | * |
Kyoko Okada | General Manager of Corporate Culture Department | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time) |
Effective as of April 1, to be assigned to the position of General Manager, Executive Section, General
Affairs Department
(2) Retiring Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Subsequent to the 115th Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held at the end of June 2015*)
Name | Former Title | * |
Yasuko Takayama | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time) | Advisor |
(1) Directors
Name | Effective as of April 1 | * |
Masahiko Uotani | Representative Director President & CEO [Chairman of the Board] | Representative Director President and CEO [Chairman of the Board] |
Toru Sakai | Representative Director Corporate Executive Officer | Representative Director Corporate Executive Officer |
Tsunehiko Iwai | Director Corporate Executive Officer | Director Corporate Executive Officer |
Yoko Ishikura | See Supplementary Material | External Director |
Shoichiro Iwata | External Director | External Director |
Tatsuo Uemura | External Director | External Director |
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(2) Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Name | Effective as of April 1 | * |
Yoshinori Nishimura | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time) | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time) |
Kyoko Okada | General Manager, Executive Section, General Affairs Department | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time) |
Akio Harada | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) |
Nobuo Otsuka | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) |
Eiko Tsujiyama | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External) |
Corporate Officers (Effective as of April 1, 2015)
Name | Former Title | New Title |
Masahiko Uotani | Representative Director President & CEO [Chairman of the Board] Responsible for Global Business (International Business, China Business and Professional Business) | Representative Director President and CEO Chairman of the Board [Responsible for Global Business and Corporate Communication] |
Toru Sakai | Director Corporate Executive Officer Responsible for Domestic Cosmetics Business and Healthcare Business | Representative Director Corporate Executive Officer President, Japan Region [Responsible for Japan Business, Health Care Business and Digital Business] |
Tsunehiko Iwai | Director Corporate Executive Officer Responsible for Research & Development, Production, and Technical Affairs | Director Corporate Executive Officer Chief Technology and Innovation Officer [Responsible for Research and Development, SCM, and Technical Strategy] |
Ralph Ahrbeck | Corporate Advisor | Corporate Executive Officer Chief Strategy Officer and President, China Region [Responsible for Corporate Strategy, China Business] |
3
Name | Former Title | New Title |
Chikako Sekine | Corporate Executive Officer Responsible for the area of Beauty | Corporate Executive Officer Chief Beauty Officer [Responsible for the area of Beauty (Global & Japan) , Beauty Creation and Consumer Information] |
Youichi Shimatani | Corporate Officer Responsible for the area of Research & Development | Corporate Executive Officer Chief Research and Development Officer [Responsible for Research and Development] |
Jun Aoki | Corporate Advisor General Manager of Human Resources Department | Corporate Officer Chief People Officer [Responsible for Human Resources, General Manager of Human Resources Department] |
Jean-Philippe Charrier | Corporate Officer Responsible for Asian Strategy | Corporate Officer President, Asia Pacific Region and Senior Vice President, Global Professional Business [Responsible for Asia Pacific Business and Global Professional Business] |
Takahiro Hayashi | Corporate Officer Responsible for Corporate Culture, Advertising Creation, and Public Relations | Corporate Officer Chief Creative Officer [Responsible for Corporate Culture and Advertising Creation] |
Masaya Hosaka | Corporate Officer Responsible for Technical Planning, Quality Management, Pharmaceutical Affairs, and Frontier Science Business | Corporate Officer Chief Technical Strategy Officer and Chief Quality Officer [Responsible for Technical Strategy, Quality Management, Pharmaceutical Affairs and Frontier Science Business] |
Kiyoshi Ishimoto | Corporate Officer Responsible for Production, Purchasing and Logistics | Corporate Officer Chief Supply Chain Officer [Responsible for Production, Purchasing and Logistics] |
Norio Iwasaki | Corporate Officer Responsible for Domestic Cosmetics Business (Business Strategies and New Business Model) | Corporate Officer Senior Vice President, Personal Care Brands, Japan Business Division [Responsible for Personal Care Brands, Japan Business] |
Naoki Murakami | Executive Manager of Shutoken Branch, Shiseido Sales Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) | Corporate Officer Senior Vice President, Prestige Brands, Japan Business Division [Responsible for Prestige Brands, Japan Business] |
4
Name | Former Title | New Title |
Yoshiaki Okabe | General Manager of International Marketing Department, International Business Division | Corporate Officer SHISEIDO Brand Director, Global Business Division [Responsible for SHISEIDO Brand] |
Kazuhisa Shibata | Corporate Officer Responsible for General Affairs, and CSR Affairs | Corporate Officer Chief Administration Officer [Responsible for General Affairs, Legal Affairs, Executive Affairs, CSR and Environment] |
Mikiko Soejima | General Manager of Beauty Consultation Planning Department, Domestic Cosmetics Business Division | Corporate Officer Senior Vice President, Beauty, Japan Business Division [Responsible for the area of Beauty, Japan Business] |
Shigekazu Sugiyama | Corporate Officer Responsible for Marketing of Domestic Cosmetics Business Division, and clé de peau BEAUTÉ Global Unit | Corporate Officer Senior Vice President, Cosmetics Brands, Japan Business Division [Responsible for Cosmetics Brands, Japan Business] |
Norio Tadakawa | Corporate Officer Responsible for Finance, Investor Relations, Information System Planning and Internal Control | Corporate Officer Chief Finance Officer [Responsible for Finance, Information System Planning and Internal Control] |
Shigeru Takano | President & Director, Shiseido China Co., Ltd. | Corporate Officer Chairman and President, Shiseido China Co., Ltd. [Responsible for Shiseido China Co., Ltd.] |
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[Supplementary Material]
February 26, 2015
Shiseido Co., Ltd.
1. Reasons for appointment
・ At Shiseido, the roles of external director are to monitor the execution of operations and protect the interests of minority shareholders from an independent standpoint, and as a member of the Board of Directors, Shiseido believes in the importance of the external director exercising one's full potential based on diverse perspectives and experience, as well as contributing to the enhancement of corporate value.
・ Yoko Ishikura has extensive expertise in international political economy and international corporate strategy,
and has accumulated experience as an external director in several companies.
・ In addition, she has been involved in activities to strengthen global competitiveness and advance innovation by promoting diversity and female empowerment. As such, Shiseido believes she can make a strong contribution not only to the monitoring of management as an external director by leveraging her experience, knowledge and expertise but also to the further advancement of the role of women and the promotion of diversity as well as in contributing to greater corporate value for Shiseido. For these reasons, the Board of Directors has selected her as a candidate for external director.
2. Profile
Birth Place: Kanagawa Prefecture
Date of Birth: March 19, 1949
March 1971 Graduated from English Language Department, Faculty of Foreign Language, Sophia University
May 1980 Received MBA from Darden School, University of Virginia
June 1985 Received DBA from Harvard Business School
July 1985 Joined McKinsey & Company Inc. Japan Office
April 1992 Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University
March 1996 Director (part-time), Avon Products Inc.
April 2000 Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi
University
February 2001 Member of the Central Education Council
April 2004 Director (part-time), Vodafone Holdings K.K.
Outside Director (part-time) of Japan Post October 2005 Vice President, the Science Council of Japan June 2006 Outside Director, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
January 2008 Member (part-time) of the Council for Science and Technology Policy
June 2010 Outside Director, Fujitsu Limited
Outside Director, Nissin Food Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) April 2011 Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University April 2012-present Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University
June 2012-present Outside Director, Lifenet Insurance Company
June 2014-present Outside Director, Sojitz Corporation
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