About the Ajinomoto Group

Officers

Shigeo Nakamura

Director,
Representative Executive Officer,
President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Hiroshi Kaho

Director,
Representative Executive Officer & Executive Vice President

Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Takeshi Saito

Director,
Executive Officer & Vice President

Chief Transformation Officer (CXO)

Takumi Matsuzawa

Director

Kimie Iwata

Independent Director

George Nakayama

Independent Director

Mami Indo

Independent Director

Yoko Hatta

Independent Director

Scott Davis

Independent Director

Yukako Wagatsuma

Independent Director

Representative Executive Officer & Senior Vice President

  • Ichiro Sakakura (General Manager, Food Products Division)

Executive Officer & Vice President

  • Takaaki Arashida (General Manager, Bio & Fine Chemicals Division)
  • Eiichi Mizutani (In charge of Finance)
  • Miroslav Smriga (Chief Digital Officer (CDO), General Manager, Quality Assurance Dept.)
  • Masaru Takayanagi (Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), Supervision of R&D)
  • Takayuki Tahara (Deputy General Manager, Food Products Division, Supervision of Food Products Sales)
  • Michael Lish (General Manager, North America Division, President, Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc., President, Ajinomoto North America, Inc.)
  • Ayumu Kamiya (Deputy General Manager, Food Products Division, General Manager, Consumer Food Products Dept.)
  • Hiroyuki Teramoto (General Manager, ASEAN Division, President, Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd.)

Executive Officers

  • Shino Kayahara (In charge of Diversity)
  • Koji Kittaka (Supervision of Manufacturing)
  • Maiko Mori (General Manager, Europe & Africa Division, President, Ajinomoto Europe S.A.S)
  • Kaori Ono (General Manager, Sustainability Development Dept.)
  • Hiroshi Kawase (Deputy General Manager, Food Products Division, General Manager, Institute of Food Sciences and Technologies)
  • Naoko Yamamoto (General Manager, Latin America Division, President, AJINOMOTO DO BRASIL INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO DE ALIMENTOS LTDA.)
  • Hiroshi Izui (Deputy General Manager, Bio & Fine Chemicals Division, General Manager, Research Institute for Bioscience Products & Fine Chemicals)
  • Aya Usui (In charge of Brand Strategy & Communications)
  • Yosuke Kakihara (General Manager, Legal & Compliance Dept.)
  • Masataka Kaji (General Manager, IR Office)
  • Taro Komura (General Manager, Frozen Foods Business Dept.)
  • Iwao Nishitani (General Manager, Green Business Development Dept.)