FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 2024

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Eisai Co., Ltd.
Haruo Naito
Representative Corporate
Officer and CEO4523
Prime Market of the Tokyo
Stock Exchange
Sayoko Sasaki
Vice President,
Corporate Communications

Inquiries:

Phone +81-3-3817-5120

Notice of Nominees for Directors and Corporate Officers
Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the Nomination Committee has selected candidates for directors to be
proposed at Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on June 14, 2024, and the Board of Directors has
nominated candidates for corporate officers.
１． Proposed Changes in Directors (effective June 14, 2024)
1)

Nominees for New Directors
Name

Takuji Kanai

Kenta Takahashi

Current Position

External

Internal

Certified Public Accountant,

newly

Representative Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC

appointed

KPMG Asia Pacific, Head of Audit & Assurance
Executive Vice President and General Counsel,

newly

Chief Compliance Officer, Internal Control, Internal

appointed

Audit, and Intellectual Property

2) Retiring Directors
Name

Current positions
Outside Director,

Hideyo Uchiyama

Certified Public Accountant,
Executive Advisor, ASAHI Tax Corporation
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), OMRON Corporation

Hideki HayashiDirector13) Nominees for Directors
Name

Current PositionDirector,

Haruo Naito

Internal

reappointed Representative Corporate Officer and CEOChair, The Naito FoundationDirector,Professor, School of Commerce, Meiji University
Member, Fund Management Committee, National
Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal

Yumiko Miwa

External

reappointed Personnel
Member, Pension Asset Management ReviewCommittee, The Mutual Aid Association ofPrefectural Government Personnel
Outside Director, Pigeon Corporation
Chair of the Board of Directors,

Fumihiko IkeExternal

reappointed Outside Director, NTT DATA GROUP
Outside Director, Resona Holdings, Inc.

Yoshiteru Kato

Internal

reappointed Director
Director,Partner, Miura & Partners Profession Corporation

Ryota Miura

External

reappointed

Outside Director and Corporate Auditor, TechMatrixCorporation
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo
Electron Limited

Hiroyuki Kato

Internal

reappointed Director

Richard Thornley

External

Director,
reappointed Chief Executive Officer, Thornley International

Toru Moriyama

External

reappointed Director
Director,

Yuko Yasuda

External

reappointed

Executive Vice President, Board Advisors Japan,Inc.
Outside Director, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Certified Public Accountant,

Takuji Kanai

External

newly

Representative Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC

appointed

KPMG Asia Pacific, Head of Audit & Assurance
Executive Vice President and General Counsel,

Kenta Takahashi

Internal

newly

Chief Compliance Officer, Internal Control, Internal

appointed

Audit, and Intellectual Property

NOTE: Yumiko Miwa, Fumihiko Ike, Ryota Miura, Richard Thornley, Toru Moriyama, Yuko Yasuda and Takuji
Kanai are nominees who meet the requirements of an Outside Director as specified in Article 2, Paragraph 3,
Item 7 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Companies Act of Japan.

24) Nominees for Chair of Board of Directors and Committee Members (The 〇 mark indicates the chair)
Chair of the Board ofDirectors

Fumihiko Ike

Nomination Committee〇Toru Moriyama, Richard Thornley, Yuko Yasuda

Audit Committee〇Takuji Kanai, Yumiko Miwa, Yoshiteru Kato, Ryota Miura, Kenta Takahashi

Compensation
Committee〇Richard Thornley, Toru Moriyama, Yuko Yasuda

The hhc Governance Committee is composed entirely of Outside Directors, and the Chair shall be selected bya vote of the Committee.

5) Career Summary of New Nominees for Directors
Takuji Kanai (March 5, 1959)
Apr. 1981

Joined Tokyo office, Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC)

Mar. 1984

Registered as Certified Public Accountant

Sep. 1985

Worked in the New York office, KPMG AZSA LLC (-August 1990).

Aug. 1996

Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC

Aug. 2001

Representative Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC (current)

Jun. 2008

Board Member, KPMG AZSA LLC

Sep. 2009

Chairman of the Senior Review Board, KPMG AZSA LLC

Jul. 2011

Head of Division 4, Tokyo Office, KPMG AZSA LLC

Jul. 2015

Senior Executive Board Member, KPMG AZSA LLC
KPMG Japan, Head of Audit & Assurance

Apr. 2016

KPMG Asia Pacific, Head of Audit & Assurance (current)

Jun. 2019

Deputy Managing Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC

Kenta Takahashi (September 22, 1959)
Apr. 1983

Joined the Company

Jun. 2001

Executive Director, Legal Department of the Company

Jun. 2007

Vice President of the Company

Jun. 2007

General Council of the Company (current)

Jun. 2009

Assigned to Intellectual Property of the Company (current)

Jun. 2011

Senior Vice President of the Company

Apr. 2016

President, Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd., (current)

Jun. 2019

Executive Vice President of the Company (current)

Jun. 2021

Assigned to Internal Audit of the Company (current)

Jun. 2023

Chief Compliance Officer of the Company (current)

Jun. 2023

Assigned to Internal Control of the Company (current)32. Changes in Corporate Officers (Effective on June 14, 2024)

1) Changes in Representative Corporate Officers
New Position

Name

Representative
Corporate Officer
and Executive Vice

Current Responsibility
Senior Vice President

Keisuke Naito

Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Chief Ecosystem Officer,
Global Alzheimer's Disease Officer

President

2) Nominees for New Corporate Officers
New Position
Vice President

NameShin Kato

Current Responsibility
Officer, Head of Legal Department

３） Retiring Corporate Officer
Name

Current Responsibility
Executive Vice President

Kenta Takahashi

General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Internal Control, Internal Audit,Intellectual Property

NOTE: Kenta Takahashi is to be appointed as a Director of the company.

4) Nominees for Corporate Officers
Name
Haruo Naito

Yasushi Okada

Current Responsibility
Representative Corporate Officer and CEO
Representative Corporate Officer and COO
Industry Affairs, China Business, Data Integrity
Senior Vice President

Keisuke Naito

Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Chief Ecosystem Officer, Global
Alzheimer's Disease Officer

Terushige Iike

Executive Vice President
Japan Business
Senior Vice President

Gary Hendler

President, EMEA Region
Chairman & CEO, Eisai Europe Ltd.

4NameCurrent Responsibility
Senior Vice President

Tatsuyuki Yasuno

President, Americas Region
Chairman & CEO, Eisai Inc.

Yanhui Feng

Senior Vice President
President, Eisai China Holdings Ltd.
Senior Vice President

Masatomi Akana

Chief Government Relations Officer, Chief IR Officer,
Global Value & Access, General Affairs, Environmental and Safety Affairs,
Japan Subsidiaries

Takashi Owa

Lynn Kramer

Sayoko Sasaki

Shohei Kanazawa

Senior Vice President
Chief Scientific Officer, Japan and Asia Medical, Safety
Vice President
Chief Clinical Officer
Vice President
Corporate Communications, ESG
Vice President
President, Asia and Latin America Region, API Solutions
Vice President

Akiko Nakahama

Chief Portfolio Officer, Japan/Asia Filing and Registration,
Chief Quality Officer, Japan Regulatory Affairs

Kazuhiko Tamura

Teruyuki Masaka

Mitsuo Kosaka

Shin Ujiie

Toshitaka Asano

Mitsuru Shomon

Makoto Hoketsu

Shin Kato

Vice President
President, Eisai Demand Chain Systems
Vice President
Chief HR Officer
Vice President
New Supply Chain Strategy
Vice President
Corporate Strategy
Vice President
Head of Corporate Planning and Business Development HQs
Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Vice President
Chief Information Officer
Officer, Head of Legal Department

NOTE: Representative Corporate Officer and CEO Haruo Naito will also serve concurrently as the Director.
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