Leadership Team
Directors
Representative Director
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer
Itsuo Hama
Date of Birth: March 14, 1954
- April 1977
- Joined Lion Fat & Oil Co., Ltd.
- March 2008
- Director, Executive General Manager of Household Products Division
- January 2009
- Director, Executive General Manager of Household Products Division, Responsible for Advertising Department, Behavioral Science Research Institute, Distribution Policy and Customer Development Department
- January 2010
- Director, Responsible for Health Care Products Division, Household Products Division, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Advertising Department, Behavioral Science Research Institute, Distribution Policy and Customer Development Department
- March 2010
- Executive Director, Responsible for Health Care Products Division, Household Products Division, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Advertising Department, Behavioral Science Research Institute, Distribution Policy and Customer Development Department
- January 2012
- Representative Director, President, Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Responsible for Risk Management
- January 2014
- Representative Director, President and CEO, Executive Officer
- March 2016
- Representative Director, President and CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Executive Officer
- March 2017
- Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer
- January 2019
- Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer (current position)
(Significant concurrent positions)
Representative, Lion Corporation (Thailand) Ltd.
Representative Director
President and Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Masazumi Kikukawa
Date of Birth: October 26, 1959
- April 1984
- Joined Lion Corporation
- January 2010
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Household Products Division
- January 2012
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division
- March 2012
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Health and Home Care Products Business, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division, Responsible for Advertising Department, Behavioral Science Research Institute and Distribution Policy Department
- January 2016
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Health and Home Care Products Division, Health and Home Care Products Sales Division, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Direct Marketing Division, Advertising Department, Behavioral Science Research Institute and Distribution Policy Department
- March 2016
- Executive Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Health and Home Care Products Division, Health and Home Care Products Sales Division, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Direct Marketing Division, Advertising Department, Behavioral Science Research Institute and Distribution Policy Department
- March 2017
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for Health and Home Care Products Division, Health and Home Care Products Sales Division, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Direct Marketing Division, Advertising Department, Behavioral Science Research Institute and Distribution Policy Department
- January 2018
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Ethics, Direct Marketing Division, International Division and Overall Chemicals Businesses
- March 2018
- Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Ethics, Direct Marketing Division, International Division and Overall Chemicals Businesses
- January 2019
- Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer (current position)
(Significant concurrent positions)
Representative, Lion Corporation (Thailand) Ltd.
Date of Birth: December 18, 1962
- April 1987
- Joined Lion Corporation
- January 2009
- Executive Officer, Director of Planning and Coordination Department, Health Care Products Division
- January 2010
- Senior Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of International Division
- January 2012
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of International Division
- March 2012
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Overall International Businesses, Executive General Manager of International Division
- January 2014
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Overall International Businesses, Executive General Manager of International Division and Business Development Department I
- January 2015
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Overall International Businesses, Executive General Manager of International Division and Director of Oleochemical Business Development Office, International Division
- January 2016
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Secretary Department, Corporate Brand Promotion Office, System Department, General Affairs Department, Corporate Communication Center and CSR Promotion Department
- January 2017
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters, Secretary Department, Corporate Brand Promotion Office, System Department, Corporate Communication Center and CSR Promotion Department
- March 2017
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters, Secretary Department, Corporate Brand Promotion Office, System Department, Corporate Communication Center and CSR Promotion Department
- January 2018
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters, Secretary Department, CSV Promotion Department, System Department and Corporate Communication Center
- January 2019
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Ethics, Human Resources and General Affairs Headquarters, Secretary Department, CSV Promotion Department, System Department, Corporate Communication Center and Business Process Re-engineering Department
- January 2020
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Ethics, Human Resources Development Center, General Affairs Department, Secretary Department, CSV Promotion Department, System Department, Corporate Communication Center and Business Process Re-engineering Department
- January 2021
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Ethics, Human Resources Development Center, General Affairs Department, Secretary Department, Sustainability Promotion Department, System Department and Business Process Re-engineering Department (current position)
Date of Birth: November 22, 1960
- April 1983
- Joined Lion Corporation
- January 2010
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Health Care Products Division
- January 2012
- Executive Officer, President of Lion Trading Co., Ltd.
- January 2016
- Executive Officer, Assistant to the President
- March 2016
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Risk Management, Corporate Planning Department, Finance Department, Consumer Service Center, Pharmaceutical Affairs and Quality Assurance Department, and Legal Department
- January 2017
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Risk Management, Corporate Strategy Headquarters, Consumer Service Center, Pharmaceutical Affairs and Quality Assurance Department, and Legal Department
- March 2017
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Risk Management, Corporate Strategy Headquarters, Consumer Service Center, Pharmaceutical Affairs and Quality Assurance Department, and Legal Department
- January 2018
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Risk Management, Corporate Strategy Headquarters, Consumer Service Center, Reliability Assurance Department and Legal Department
- January 2020
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Risk Management, Corporate Planning Department, Finance Department, Consumer Service Center, Reliability Assurance Department and Legal Department (current position)
Date of Birth: October 1, 1961
- April 1984
- Joined Lion Corporation
- January 2011
- Director of Oral Care Business Department, Health Care Products Division
- January 2012
- Executive General Manager of the Oral Care Business Department, Health and Home Care Products Division
- January 2015
- Assistant Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division
- January 2016
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division
- January 2018
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division, Responsible for Communication Design Department, Consumer Knowledge Center and Distribution Policy Department
- March 2018
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Health and Home Care Products Sales Division, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Communication Design Department, Consumer Knowledge Center and Distribution Policy Department, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division
- January 2019
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Direct Marketing Division, Communication Design Department and Consumer Knowledge Center, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division
- January 2020
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Business Development Center, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Direct Marketing Division, Communication Design Department and Consumer Knowledge Center, Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division
- January 2021
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Business Development Center, Health and Home Care Products Division, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Direct Marketing Division, Corporate Communication Center (current position)
(Significant concurrent positions)
Representative, Lion Corporation (Thailand) Ltd.
Date of Birth: August 20, 1963
- April 1988
- Joined Lion Corporation
- January 2009
- Director of Direct Marketing Business Department, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division, Director of Functional Food Business Office
- January 2012
- Director of Direct Marketing Business Department, Gift and Channel-Specific Products Division
- January 2016
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Direct Marketing Division, Director of Sales Administration Department
- January 2017
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Direct Marketing Division
- January 2018
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
- January 2019
- Executive Officer, Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters, Responsible for Overall Chemicals Businesses, Intellectual Property Department, and Safety and Disaster Prevention Promotion Department
- March 2019
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Headquarters, Production Engineering Research Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Production Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Promotion Department, Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
- January 2020
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Headquarters, Production Engineering Research Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Promotion Department
- January 2021
- Director, Executive Officer, Responsible for Supply Chain Management Headquarters, Production Engineering Research Headquarters, Purchasing Headquarters, Research and Development Headquarters, Production Headquarters, Overall Chemicals Businesses, DX Promotion Department, Intellectual Property Department and Safety and Disaster Prevention Promotion Department (current position)
(Significant concurrent positions)
Representative, Lion Corporation (Thailand) Ltd.
Date of Birth: October 31, 1951
- January 1985
- Joined Boston Consulting Group
- June 2000
- Representative for Japan, Boston Consulting Group
- March 2006
- External Auditor, Suntory Limited (now Suntory Holdings Limited)
- April 2006
- Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University (current position)
- February 2012
- External Auditor, Kewpie Corporation
- June 2012
- External Director, Lifenet Insurance Company
External Director, Mitsui-Soko Holdings Co., Ltd - August 2012
- External Director, Japan ERI Co., Ltd. (now ERI Holdings Co., Ltd.)
- March 2016
- External Director, Lion Corporation (current position)
(Significant concurrent positions)
External Director, Kewpie Corporation
Date of Birth: February 22, 1950
- June 1979
- Assistant Professor, International Relations, Department of Humanities and Social Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
- January 1996
- Professor, Department of Asian Studies and Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University
- July 1996
- Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
- April 2005
- Professor and Vice President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
- May 2007
- President, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
- January 2009
- Councilor, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office
- April 2011
- President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
- January 2013
- Member, Management Evaluation Committee (now the Advisory Committee), Lion Corporation
- March 2017
- External Director, Lion Corporation (current position)
- April 2017
- Special visiting professor, Ritsumeikan University
- May 2017
- Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (current position)
- April 2018
- Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto (current position)
Date of Birth: September 20, 1972
- October 2002
- Registered as an attorney at law (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
Joined Yamada Hideo Law Office (now the Yamada Ozaki Law Office) (current position) - March 2019
- External Director, Lion Corporation (current position)
(Significant concurrent positions)
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Faith, Inc.; External Director, Haruyama Holdings, Inc.; Associate Professor, Toin University of Yokohama Graduate School of Laws
- Note:
- Notification of the appointment of Mr. Kazunari Uchida,Mr. Takashi Shiraishi and Ms. Takako Sugaya as independent directors has been sent to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Date of Birth: January 29, 1961
- April 1984
- Joined Lion Corporation
- January 2008
- Director of Planning and Coordination Department, Household Products Division
- July 2010
- Director of Planning and Coordination Department, Household Products Division, Director of Business Coordination Department
- January 2011
- Director of Corporate Planning Departments
- January 2014
- President of Lion Logistics Service Company, Ltd.
- March 2019
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
Date of Birth: December 2, 1961
- April 1985
- Joined Lion Corporation
- January 2011
- Director of Finance Department
- January 2017
- Director of Finance Department, Corporate Strategy Headquarters
- March 2019
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
Date of Birth: September 13, 1954
- October 1981
- Joined Chuo Accounting Office Auditing Corporation
- February 1985
- Acquired Japanese CPA certification
- September 1987
- Entered Yamaguchi Accounting Office
- December 1987
- Acquired Japanese tax accountant certification
- January 1996
- Director, Yamaguchi Accounting Office (current position)
- March 2015
- Alternate Audit & Supervisory Board Member
- March 2019
- External Audit & Supervisory Board Member(current position)
(Significant concurrent positions)
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, SATO HOLDINGS CORPORATION
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, KYORIN Holdings, Inc.
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.
Date of Birth: June 28, 1950
- April 1969
- Joined the Ministry of Finance
- July 2009
- Director, Ogikubo Tax Agency
- July 2011
- Retired from the National Tax Agency
- August 2011
- Acquired Japanese tax accountant certification
- September 2011
- Established Takemoto Setsuko Tax Accounting Office (now the Kuchitani General Accounting Office) (current position)
- March 2019
- External Audit & Supervisory Board Member(current position)
- Note:
- Notification of the appointment of Mr. Takao Yamaguchi and Ms. Setsuko Takemoto as independent audit & supervisory board members has been sent to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Alternate Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Akemi Sunaga
Date of Birth: August 14, 1961
- October 1989
- Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation (now PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC)
- February 1991
- Joined Chuo Audit Corporation
- August 1993
- Acquired Japanese CPA certification
- October 1994
- Acquired Japanese tax accountant certification
- November 1994
- Established Sunaga CPA Firm (current position)
- November 1996
- Established and became representative director of Marunouchi Business Consulting Ltd. (current position)
- January 2012
- Established and became representative of Marunouchi Business Consulting Tax Co. (current position)
- June 2017
- Senior Representative, Marunouchi Audit Corporation (current position)
(Significant concurrent positions)
External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd.
Executive Officers Not Concurrently Serving as Directors
Masaharu Mikuni
Senior Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Sales Division; Responsible for Distribution Policy Department
Hitoshi Suzuki
Senior Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of International Division
Tomomichi Okano
Executive Officer
President of Lion Chemical Corporation
Hiroyuki Chiba
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters
Shinichiro Hiraoka
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Supply Chain Management Headquarter
Jiro Nagasawa
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Gift/Novelty/Nursing Supply Products Division
Kengo Fukuda
Executive Officer
President of Lion Hygiene Corporation
Yasutsugu Shimizu
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Production Headquarters
Takashi Nagai
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Direct Marketing Division
Yoko Koike
Executive Officer
Director of Human Resources Development Center
Kosuke Tanaka
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
Masayuki Takemori
Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Health and Home Care Products Division
Annette Ling
Executive Officer
Deputy Executive General Manager of International Division