Kuraray CEO and Key Executive Team

• Hitoshi Kawahara

  President and Representative Director
• Hiroaya Hayase

  Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
• Masaaki Ito

  Chairman and Director
• Yoshimasa Sano

  President, Fibers and Textiles Company; and Officer Responsible for Osaka Office
• Akira Omura

  Managing Executive Officer
• Stephen Cox

  General Manager of Advanced Interlayer Solutions Division
• Koichi Takano

  General Manager of Purchasing and Logistics Division
• Toshihiro Omatsu

  Managing Executive Officer
• Hajime Suzuki

  Vice President, Kuraray America
• Jun Hamano

  Director
• Keiko Murata

  Director
• Satoshi Tanaka

  Director
• Kiyoto Ido

  Director
• Takaharu Kawahara

  President, Kuraray America, Inc.
• Tomoyuki Watanabe

  Executive Officer
• Stevan R. Schott

  General Manager of Environmental Solutions Division, Calgon Carbon Corporation President
• Yoji Ikemori

  Executive Officer
• Satoru Fujinami

  Managing Executive Officer
• Kazushige Sakamoto

  General Manager of Okayama Plant
• Koichi Daifuku

  General Manager of Electronics Materials Promotion Division
• Junichi Fujiwara

  General Manager of Corporate Management Planning Office
• Hideo Ohi

  General Manager of Corporate Auditing Division
• Matthias Gutweiler

  President, Kuraray Europe GmbH
• Hiroyuki Shimo

  General Manager of EVAL Division
• Yoshinobu Nakamura

  General Manager of Methacrylate Division
• Akiko Ide

  General Manager of Corporate Sustainability Division
• Nobuhiko Takai

  President, Functional Materials Company
• Keiji Taga

  Director and Managing Executive Officer

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