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Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members
President and CEO
Tetsuya Murata
- Apr. 1992
- Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
- July 2011
- Seconded to Life Corporation
- Mar. 2012
- Executive Officer and General Manager of Metropolitan Area Store Support Div.
- Sept. 2013
- Executive Officer and General Manager of Metropolitan Area Store Div.
- Apr. 2015
- Senior Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Metropolitan Area Sales Div. and General Manager of Metropolitan Area Store Div.
- Feb. 2016
- Living Essential Resources Div. of Mitsubishi Corporation
- Apr. 2016
- General Manager of Strategy & Planning Office, Fresh Food Products Div.
- Apr. 2018
- General Manager of Food Distribution Dept.,Living Essential Distribution Div.
- Mar. 2019
- Director of Kanro Inc.
- Apr. 2019
- General Manager of Food Distribution Dept.,Healthcare & Food Distribution Div., Mitsubishi Corporation
- Apr. 2020
- General Manager of Food Distribution Dept.,Logistics & Food Distribution Div. and Food distribution DX Office., Mitsubishi Corporation
- Apr. 2021
- General Manager of Food Distribution Dept. and General Manager of Paper & Packaging Dept., Logistics & Food Distribution Div. and Food distribution DX Office., Mitsubishi Corporation
- July. 2021
- Executive Officer, Global Business Officer and Future Business Officer
- Jan. 2022
- Executive Officer, Division COO, Global Business Div. and Division COO, Future Design Business Div. and Division COO, Corporate Planning Div.
- Mar. 2022
- Director, Executive Officer, Division COO, Global Business Div. and Division COO, Future Design Business Div. and Division COO, Corporate Planning Div.
- Jan. 2023
- President, CEO and Chief Compliance Officer
- Jan. 2024
- President, CEO and Sustainability Officer.
Members of the Board
Kazuhiro Abe
- Apr. 1991
- Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
- May 2001
- Seconded to Mitsubishi Corporation (UK) Limited
- May 2006
- Energy Business Group Controller Office of Mitsubishi Corporation
- Dec. 2010
- Seconded to Mitsubishi Corporation Financial & Management Services (Japan) Ltd.
- June 2013
- Director of Mitsubishi Corporation (Guangzhou) Ltd.
- June 2016
- Audit & Supervisory Board Members’ Office of Mitsubishi Corporation
- Jan. 2019
- Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Division COO of Finance & Accounting Div. of Kanro Inc.
- Mar. 2019
- Director, Managing Executive Officer, CFO, Division COO of Finance & Accounting Div. of Kanro Inc. (current position)
Members of the Board
Kazuhiro Ishikawa
- Apr. 1988
- Joined Kanro Inc.
- July 2005
- General Manager of National Account Dept.
- Oct. 2007
- General Manager of Sales Dept. of Sales Div.
- July 2009
- General Manager of Development Planning Dept.of Development Div.
- Jan. 2011
- General Manager of Product Strategy Office of Marketing Headquarters Div.
- Mar. 2014
- Executive Officer and Division COO of New Business Div.
- Sep. 2014
- Executive Officer and Division COO of Development Div.
- Jan. 2016
- Executive Officer and SCM Promotion Dept.Officer
- Jan. 2017
- Managing Executive Officer, Cost-Cutting Officer,SCM Promotion Div. Officer and Quality Management Div. Officer
- Jan. 2018
- Managing Executive Officer and Division Deputy COO of Sales Div.
- Jan. 2021
- Managing Executive Officer and Division COO of Sales Div.
- Jan. 2022
- Managing Executive Officer and Division COO of Core Business Div.
- Mar. 2024
- Director, Managing Executive Officer.(current position)
Outside Director
Takanobu Yoshida
- Apr. 1979
- Joined The Procter & Gamble Company of Japan Limited
Served as District Manager of Tokyo, RBDM, and other positions
- July 1998
- Sales Director, TAG Heuer Japan K.K., Group of LVMH
- Jan. 2001
- Vice President, Sales, Johnson & Johnson K.K.
- Jan. 2007
- Vice President, Sales, Hill’s-Colgate (Japan)Co., Ltd.
- Oct. 2012
- Vice President, Sales, Danone Japan Co., Ltd.
- June 2015
- Representative Director, Yoshida C&M K.K. (current position)
- Mar. 2016
- Director of Kanro Inc. (current position)
Outside Director
Hiromi Horie
- May. 1987
- Joined Levi Strauss Japan KK
- Jan. 1992
- Public Relations Senior Manager
- Dec. 1999
- Marketing Senior Manager
- Mar. 2005
- Retired from Levi Strauss Japan KK
- Mar. 2005
- Joined Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd.Public Affairs Division Manager
- Dec. 2006
- Marketing Division Manager
- Aug. 2010
- Executive Officer, Marketing Officer and Member of the Executive Management Committee
- May 2016
- Outside Director of Adastria Co., Ltd. (current position)
- Dec. 2016
- Retired from Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd.
- Mar. 2017
- Brand Consultant and Representative Director of Haruka Inc. (current position)
- Mar. 2021
- Director of Kanro Inc. (current position)
Outside Director
Yoshikazu Ito
- Apr. 1983
- Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Apr. 2005
- Vice President of Ajinomoto U.S.A., Inc.
- Oct. 2008
- General Manager of Production & Technology Administration Center of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- July 2013
- Corporate Fellow, General Manager of Kawasaki Administration & Coordination Office and General Manager of Kawasaki Plant
- July 2017
- Representative Director & President of Knorr Foods Co., Ltd.
- Apr. 2019
- Senior Managing Director of Ajinomoto Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- July 2020
- Advisor of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Jun. 2021
- Outside Director of Sakai Chemical Industry Co.,Ltd.
- Jun. 2022
- Retired from Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Mar. 2023
- Director of Kanro Inc. (current position)
Outside Director
Tomohisa Ota
- Apr. 1991
- Joined Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.
- Apr. 2006
- Account Manager of Corporate Strategy Department
- Apr. 2021
- Councilor, IT & Systems Planning Department of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
- Apr. 2021
- Councilor, Corporate Banking Coordination Department of Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
- Mar. 2022
- Retired from Mizuho Research & Technologies,Ltd.
- Apr. 2022
- Representative of TC Consulting LLC (current position)
- Apr. 2022
- Executive Officer of System Integrator Co., Ltd.
- Mar. 2023
- Executive Officer and General Manager of Business Strategy Division
- Feb. 2024
- Retired from System Integrator Co., Ltd.
- Mar. 2024
- Member of the Board. (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time)
Hisao Yamamoto
- Apr. 1990
- Joined Kanro Inc.
- July 2007
- General Manager of Production Dept. of Production Div.
- Apr. 2011
- General Manager of Hikari Plant
- Jan. 2016
- Executive Officer and Division COO of Production Div.
- Jan. 2018
- Executive Officer and Division COO of Development Div.
- Jan. 2019
- Executive Officer and Division COO of Marketing Div.
- Jan. 2022
- Executive Officer, Division COO of SCM Div. and Cost-Cutting Strategy Officer
- Jan. 2024
- Executive Officer and Cost-Cutting Strategy Officer
- Mar. 2024
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member. (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-time)
Atsuhiko Kimura
- Apr. 1980
- Joined Arthur Andersen & Company (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
- May. 1984
- Registered as a Certified Public Accountant
- Apr. 1987
- Manager of Finance Department of Merrill Lynch
- Feb. 1991
- Vice President of Daiwa Securities America Inc.
- July 1995
- Passed the U.S. Certified Public Accountant examination
- Nov. 1996
- Manager of Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
- May. 2001
- Partner
- Jun. 2005
- Director & CFO of Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd.(currently Nishimoto Co., Ltd.)
- Mar. 2020
- Director & Chairman of Audit & Supervisory Committee
- Mar. 2023
- Retired from Nishimoto Co., Ltd.
- Mar. 2023
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External)
Nobuko Hanano
- Apr. 1991
- Management Research & Consulting Section Researcher of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
- Apr. 1999
- Joined The Legal Training and Research Institute of The Supreme of Japan
- Oct. 2000
- Registered as an attorney at law at Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
- Oct. 2000
- Joined Kohwa Sohgoh Law Offices
- Oct. 2004
- Partner (current position)
- Mar. 2019
- Audit & Supervisory Board member (current position)
- June 2021
- External Auditor, Organo Corporation (current position)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External)
Ryoji Matsubara
- Apr. 1989
- Joined The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
- Oct. 2001
- Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
- Apr. 2015
- General Manager of Strategic Planning Office of Living Essential Resources Div., Living Essentials Group
- Apr. 2016
- Seconded to Itoham Yonekyu Holdings Inc.General Manager of PMI Implementation Office, Corporate Strategy Planning Dept.
- Jan. 2017
- General Manager of Corporate Strategy Planning Dept.
- Apr. 2018
- Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Planning Dept.
- Apr. 2020
- General Manager of Internal Control and Audit Unit, Consumer Industry Group CEO Office, Mitsubishi Corporation
- May 2018
- Investment Team Leader of Living Essentials Group Administration Dept.
- July 2020
- General Manager of Internal Control and Audit Unit and General Manager of Corporate Strategy Unit, Consumer Industry Group CEO Office (current position)
- Mar. 2021
- Audit & Supervisory Board member (current position)
- April 2021
- Internal Control & Audit Unit Manager, Consumer Industry Group CEO Office, Mitsubishi Corporation
- July 2023
- Audit Department General Manager, Consumer Industry Group, Mitsubishi Corporation(current position)
