Directors

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Global Corporate Function

Business Units

Our six business units are responsible for strategic planning and execution in the regions of our business operations.

 

Functional Units

Our four functional units, Research & Development, Technology, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs, and Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance, help formulate and execute global strategies in their specialties. Each unit determines areas to be expanded globally, guides strategic planning and execution, and improves the efficiency of business operations.

 

Internal Audit

Special Assignment

*1 CStO: Chief Strategy Officer
*2 CHRO: Chief Human Resources Officer
*3 EMC Extended Member
*4 CDXO: Chief Digital Transformation Officer
*5 CCO: Chief Compliance Officer
*6 CQO: Chief Quality Officer

Corporate Officers (Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited)

Name	Responsibilities
Sunao Manabe	Representative Director, Executive Chairperson & CEO
Hiroyuki Okuzawa	Representative Director, President & COO
Shoji Hirashima	Representative Director, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Japan Business Unit
Takashi Fukuoka	Director, Senior Executive Officer, Head of Global Corporate Strategy, CStO*1
Takashi Matsumoto	Director, Executive Officer, Head of Global HR, CHRO*2
Hiroto Kashiwase	Executive Officer, Head of Technology Division
Koji Ogawa	Executive Officer, Head of Global Corporate Planning & Management, CFO
Nobuo Murakami	Executive Officer, Vice President of Corporate Strategy Department, Global Corporate Strategy
Shizuko Ueno	Executive Officer, Head of Medical Affairs Division, Japan Business Unit
Naoto Tsukaguchi	Corporate Officer, Head of Global Legal & IP, Vice President of Legal Affairs Department, GC*3
Akio Sakurai	Corporate Officer, Head of Sales & Marketing Division, Japan Business Unit
Kiminori Nagao	Corporate Officer, Head of ASCA Business Division
Hiroshi Masumoto	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Data Intelligence Department, Global DX
Akihiro Inoguchi	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Development Function, R&D Division
Toshi Kajiro	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Technology Development Supervisory Department, Technology Division
Hiroya Senda	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Sales Planning Department, Sales & Marketing Division, Japan Business Unit
Satoru Ogawa	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Secretariat Department
Atsushi Tsukamoto	Corporate Officer, Head of Therapeutic Area Strategies, Research & Development Unit,  Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Tetsuya Iwabuchi	Corporate Officer, In charge of Business Development
Koji Sato	Corporate Officer, Head of Project Lead & DSI Technology Unit, Technology Unit, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Tetsuya Ohira	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Corporate Planning Department, Global Corporate Planning & Management
Koichi Nonaka	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Technology Development & Management Department, Technology Development Supervisory Department, Technology Division
Hanako Saito	Corporate Officer, In charge of QA and CSPV*4
Kenji Shigeta	Corporate Officer, Head of Global Oncology Marketing, Oncology Business Unit, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc
Akihiro Tokumoto	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Human Resources Department, Global HR
Junichi Ashihara	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Japan Plant Management Supervisory Department, Technology Division
Hideaki Noji	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Business Management Department, Japan Business Unit
Yuki Abe	Corporate Officer, Vice President of Research Innovation Planning Department, Research Function, R&D Division

*1 CStO: Chief Strategy Officer
*2 CHRO: Chief Human Resources Officer 
*3 GC: General Counsel
*4 QA: Quality Assurance; CSPV: Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance