Company InformationExecutive Team

Directors

Mitsuo Sawai

Representative Director, Chairman and President, Group Chief Executive Officer and Group Chief Operating Officer

Mitsuo Sawai

  • Date of birth:

    September 28, 1956

  • April 1982:

    Joined Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.)

  • January 1989:

    Joined Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

  • June 2000:

    Director, Deputy Vice President of Sales Division, and General Manager of Sales Planning Department

  • June 2002:

    Managing Director, Deputy Vice President of Sales Division, and General Manager of Sales Planning Department

  • June 2005:

    Senior Managing Director, Vice President of Sales Division

  • June 2008:

    Representative Director, President

  • June 2020:

    Representative Director, Chairman (incumbent)

  • April 2021:

    Representative Director, Chairman of the Company

  • June 2023:

    Representative Director, Chairman and President of the Company (incumbent)

Shoji Yokota

Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Group Chief Research & Development Officer

Shoji Yokota

  • Date of birth:

    July 22, 1957

  • April 1982:

    Joined Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (currently Astellas Pharma Inc.)

  • September 2016:

    Joined Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

  • June 2017:

    Corporate Officer, and Deputy Vice President of Research & Development Division, and Director of Analytical Chemistry Department

  • June 2019:

    Senior Executive Officer, and Vice President of Research & Development Division

  • April 2021:

    Director, Senior Executive Officer, and Vice President of Research & Development Division
    Managing Executive Officer of the Company

  • June 2023:

    Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company (incumbent)
    Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer of Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (incumbent)

Masatoshi Ohara

External Director

Masatoshi Ohara

  • Date of birth:

    April 25, 1951

  • April 1979:

    Registered as a lawyer at Osaka Bar Association
    Joined Kikkawa Sogo Law Offices (currently Kikkawa Law Offices)

  • February 1987:

    Attorney registered in the State of New York, the U.S.

  • January 1988:

    Partner of Kikkawa Law Offices (incumbent)

  • April 2004:

    Member of the Board of Directors for the Kinki Federation of Bar Associations

  • April 2017:

    The President of Osaka Bar Association, the Vice President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations

  • June 2019:

    Director of Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

  • April 2021:

    Director of the Company (incumbent)

  • September 2022:

    External Auditor of Shibuya Corporation (incumbent)

  • June 2023:

    External Director of Atsugi Co., Ltd. (incumbent)

Nawomi Todo

External Director

Nawomi Todo

  • Date of birth:

    September 17, 1959

  • June 1984:

    Obtained medical license

  • July 1984:

    Staff Doctor at Osaka University Hospital

  • July 1987:

    Staff Doctor at Osaka Police Hospital, Association of Osaka Police Foundation

  • July 1990:

    Staff Doctor at Nissay Hospital (currently Nippon Life Hospital)

  • January 2002:

    Staff Doctor at Osaka-tetsusyou Health Insurance Society (incumbent)

  • January 2007:

    Obtained Certified Occupational Physician Qualification of Japan Medical Association

  • June 2015:

    Director of Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

  • April 2021:

    Director of the Company (incumbent)

Masayuki Mitsuka

External Director

Masayuki Mitsuka

  • Date of birth:

    October 30, 1954

  • April 1982:

    Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries (currently Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation)

  • June 2009:

    Board Director, Executive Officer, General Manager of Global Product Strategy Department of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation

  • April 2012:

    Board Director, Managing Executive Officer, Division Manager of Development Division

  • April 2014:

    Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer

  • June 2014:

    President & Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer

  • April 2020:

    Board Director

  • June 2020:

    Advisor

  • June 2023:

    Director of the Company (incumbent)

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

Tadao Tsubokura

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Tadao Tsubokura

  • July 2008:

    Joined Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; General Manager, Controller Department

  • April 2012:

    General Manager, General Affairs Department

  • June 2018:

    Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  • April 2021:

    Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company and Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sawai Pharmaceutical (incumbent)

Takanobu Tomohiro

External Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Takanobu Tomohiro

  • April 1991:

    Registered as an attorney, joined Kogoshi Takizawa Law Office (currently, Kobe-Kaito Law Office)

  • April 1994:

    Partner of Kobe-Kaito Law Office (incumbent)

  • June 2016:

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sawai Pharmaceutical

  • April 2020:

    President, Hyogo-ken Bar Association

  • April 2021:

    External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (incumbent)

  • June 2023:

    External Director of Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. (incumbent)

Junichi Hirano

External Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Junichi Hirano

  • July 2013:

    Enterprise Examination Department, Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau

  • July 2014:

    District Director, Higashi Yodogawa Tax Office

  • July 2015:

    District Director, Himeji Tax Office

  • August 2016:

    Established a certified tax accountant office, and assumed the position of president (incumbent)

  • June 2017:

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sawai Pharmaceutical

  • June 2019:

    External auditor of MIWA CORPORATION (incumbent)

  • April 2021:

    External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (incumbent)

Additional Officers

Motohiko Kimura

Motohiko Kimura

Senior Managing Executive Officer

Toshiya Hasuo

Toshiya Hasuo

Group Chief Production Officer

Nobuko Sugimoto

Nobuko Sugimoto

Group Chief Intellectual Property Officer

Toru Terashima

Toru Terashima

Senior Executive Officer

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

Group Chief Marketing Officer

Toshiomi Nakate

Toshiomi Nakate

Group Chief Quality & Safety Officer

Taku Nakaoka

Taku Nakaoka

Group Chief Corporate Planning Officer, Group Chief Financial Officer, Group Chief Compliance Officer and Group Chief Sustainability Officer

Toyohiro Sawada

Toyohiro Sawada

Group Chief Product Strategy Officer and Group Deputy Chief Research & Development Officer

Koji Takeda

Koji Takeda

Group Chief Digital Transformation Officer

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