Japanese

Integrated Report

Governance

About the Board of Directors

Board of Directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Executive Officers (As of April 2023)

Board of Directors

MORI Kunishi

Representative Director of the Board, President

Number of company shares held: 12,700
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)

Apr. 1981 Joined Kansai Paint
Jun. 2010 Director of the Board, and Deputy General
Manager of the Coatings Business Div.
Jun. 2015 Representative Director of the Board;
Managing Executive Officer in charge of Sales and International
(Significant positions concurrently held)
Representative Director of the Board,
President of Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2018 Representative Director of the Board;
Senior Managing Executive Officer and COO in charge of Sales; and General Manager of the Coatings Business Div.
(Significant positions concurrently held)
Representative Director of the Board,
President, Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
(retired March 2019)
Apr. 2019 Representative Director of the Board, and President of Kansai Paint (current)

TAKAHARA Shigeki

Representative Director of the Board, Vice President Executive Officer

Number of company shares held: 1,100
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 13/13 (100%)

Apr. 1981 Joined NEC Corporation
Jun. 2007 CFO and Corporate Officer of MISUMI Group Inc.
Feb. 2011 Member of the Board and Operating Officer, CFO, Accounting & Finance Lead of Pfizer Japan Inc. (retired February 2020)
Apr. 2020 Joined Kansai Paint; Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager of Corporate Planning & Finance Div.
Apr. 2021 Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of Corporate Planning, Finance, HR & Administration
Jun. 2021 Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of Corporate Planning, Finance, HR & Administration
Apr. 2022 Representative Director of the Board, Vice President Executive Officer, Chief of Corporate Planning, Finance, HR & Administration (current)

Significant positions concurrently held

Director of the Board of Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd.
Representative Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer

TERAOKA Naoto

Director of the Board,
Managing Executive Officer

Number of company shares held: 8,600
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)

Apr. 1985 Joined Kansai Paint
Apr. 2012 Executive Officer, and General Manager of Automotive Refinish, Decorative and Protective Coatings Business Div.
Jun. 2019 Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer in charge of Sales, General Manager of Coatings Business Div.
Representative Director of the Board, President of Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2021 Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, Head of Japan Business Unit
Representative Director of the Board, and President of Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2023 Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, Head of Japan Business Unit
Representative Director of the Board(current)

NISHIBAYASHI Hitoshi

Director of the Board,
Managing Executive Officer

Number of company shares held: 1,000
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)

Apr. 1987 Joined Kansai Paint
Apr. 2015 Deputy Head of Automotive Refinish, Decorative and Protective Coatings Business Div.
Apr. 2019 Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Business Development Div.
Jun. 2020 Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Head of International Business Unit
Jul. 2020 Director of the Board, and Managing Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Planning & Finance
Apr. 2021 Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, Head of International Business Unit (current)

Significant positions concurrently held

Director of the Board of Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH
Director of the Board of Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd.
Director of the Board of Kansai Plascon East Africa (Pty) Ltd.
President Komisaris (Commissioner) of PT Kansai Prakarsa Coatings

FURUKAWA Hidenori

Director of the Board

Number of company shares held: 17,800
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)

Apr. 1983 Joined Kansai Paint
Jun. 2011 Executive Officer, and Deputy Head of Production Div.
Jun. 2013 Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Head of Production Div.
Apr. 2018 Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer in charge of Technology, Quality & Environment, and Deputy Head of Coatings Business Div.
Jun. 2019 Representative Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of Production, Technology and Procurement
Apr. 2021 Representative Director of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chief of Corporate Production, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Procurement
Apr. 2023 Director of the Board (current)

YOSHIKAWA Keiji

Outside Director of the Board

Number of company shares held: —
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)

Apr. 1973 Joined Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2008 Executive Officer, and Head of Functional Glass SBU of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2012 Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, and CPMO (Chief Project Management Officer) of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2012 Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2015 Advisor of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (retired June 2017)
Jun. 2018 Outside Director of the Board of Kansai Paint (current)
Jan. 2021 Outside Director of LAUREL BANK MACHINES CO., LTD. (current)
May 2021 Outside Director of AEON DELIGHT CO., LTD. (current)
Jun. 2021 Outside Director, and Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee of Fujikura Ltd. (current)

Significant positions concurrently held

Outside Director of LAUREL BANK MACHINES CO., LTD.
Outside Director of AEON DELIGHT CO., LTD.
Outside Director, and Member of the Audit and
Supervisory Committee of Fujikura Ltd.

ANDO Tomoko

Outside Director of the Board

Number of company shares held: —
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)

Dec. 1996 Joined Master Foods Ltd. (currently Mars Japan Limited)
Jan. 2006 People Pipeline Manager of Master Foods Ltd.
Aug. 2008 Joined NIHON L’ORÉAL K.K.
Mar. 2011 Vice President and Head of Human Resources of NIHON L’ORÉAL K.K. (retired May 2016)
Jun. 2018 Outside Director of PRESS KOGYO CO., LTD. (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current)
Jun. 2019 Outside Director of the Board of Kansai Paint (current)

Significant positions concurrently held

Outside Director of PRESS KOGYO CO., LTD.
(Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

John P. DURKIN

Outside Director of the Board

Number of company shares held: —
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)

Apr. 2010 Joined BELLSYSTEM24, Inc. as CFO (retired May 2012)
Feb. 2013 Joined Sushiro Global Holdings Ltd. (currently FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES LTD.) as Board Director and CFO (retired December 2017)
Jan. 2018 Joined John Masters Organics Group, Inc. as Board Director (current)
Jun. 2019 Outside Director of the Board of Kansai Paint (current)

Significant positions concurrently held

Board Director of John Masters Organics Group, Inc.

Audit & Supervisory Board Members

YOSHIDA Kazuhiro

Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(Full time)

Number of company shares held: 14,300
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)
Number of Audit & Supervisory Board meetings attended: 11/11 (100%)

Apr. 1983 Joined Kansai Paint
Jul. 2011 Executive Officer, General Manager of Global Procurement Div.
Apr. 2016 Senior Executive Officer, Senior Manager of Human Resources Planning Dept., Corporate Planning Div.
Jun. 2019 Director of the Board, Senior Executive Officer in charge of Administration
Oct. 2019 Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Administration
Jun. 2021 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full time) (current)

Significant positions concurrently held

Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kansai Paint Marine Co., Ltd.

HASEBE Hideshi

Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(Full time)

Number of company shares held: 6,200
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)
Number of Audit & Supervisory Board meetings attended: 16/16 (100%)

Apr. 1985 Joined Kansai Paint
Apr. 2015 Senior Manager of Finance and Accounting Dept., Administrative Div.
Apr. 2018 Executive Officer, Senior Manager of Business Administration Dept. Administrative Div.
Jun. 2020 Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full time) (current)

Significant position concurrently held

Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd.

Colin P.A. JONES

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Number of company shares held: —
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 17/17 (100%)
Number of Audit & Supervisory Board meetings attended: 16/16 (100%)

Apr. 1994 Registered as a lawyer (the Bar of the State of New York) (current)
Oct. 2004 Registered as a lawyer (the Bar of the Territory of Guam) (current)
Apr. 2005 Professor at Doshisha University (current)
Apr. 2008 Board Director of ManpowerGroup Co., Ltd. (current)
Jun. 2019 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kansai Paint (current)

Significant position concurrently held

Board Director of ManpowerGroup Co., Ltd
Lawyer (State of New York and Territory of Guam)
Professor at Doshisha University

YAMAMOTO Tokuo

Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Number of company shares held: —
Number of Board of Directors’ meetings attended: 13/13 (100%)
Number of Audit & Supervisory Board meetings attended: 11/11 (100%)

Apr. 1981 Joined NEC Corporation
May 1995 Seconded to NEC de Mexico SA de CV, Accounting and Finance Manager
Jun. 2007 General Manager of Affiliated Companies of NEC de Mexico SA de CV (retired January 2014)
Feb. 2014 Associate Senior Vice President of NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation
Jun. 2017 Full-time Corporate Auditor of NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation (retired June 2019)
Jun. 2019 Standing Auditor of JAPAN PURE CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (curren
Jun. 2021 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kansai Paint (current)

Significant positions concurrently held

Standing Auditor of JAPAN PURE CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

Utilization of a Skill Matrix

Our skill matrix was formulated following a consultation with the Nomination Committee held in FY2020. The Nomination Committee meeting held this year also confirmed that the combination of skills required of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members shown in the skill matrix would be utilized continuously to formulate the appointment policy, while appropriately verifying such skills in accordance with the business environment and business characteristics, etc.

	MORI Kunishi	TAKAHARA Shigeki	TERAOKA Naoto	NISHIBAYASHI Hitoshi	FURUKAWA Hidenori	YOSHIKAWA Keiji	John P. Durkin	ANDO Tomoko	YOSHIDA Kazuhiro	HASEBE Hideshi	Colin P. A. Jones	YAMAMOTO Tokuo
	Representative Director of the Board, President	Representative Director of the Board, Vice President Executive Officer	Director of the Board	Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer	Director of the Board	Outside Director of the Board	Outside Director of the Board	Outside Director of the Board	Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
	Internal	Internal	Internal	Internal	Internal	Outside Independent	Outside Independent	Outside Independent	Internal	Internal	Outside Independent	Outside Independent
	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Foreign national male	Female	Male	Male	Foreign national male	Male
Evaluation Committee	●	●			●	● Chairman	●	●			●	●
Nomination Committee						● Chairman	●	●			●	●
Business management	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Marketing business strategy	●		●	●		●		●	●
R&D, SCM/Product management					●	●
Financial accounting/M&A		●					●			●		●
Global		●		●			●				●	●
Human resources/Talent development								●	●
Compliance/Governance		●							●		●	●

Executive Officers (Excluding 3 Directors of the Board concurrently serving as Executive Officers)

We have introduced an executive officer system, under which duties and responsibilities are clarified by separating the function of decision-making and supervisory of corporate management from the executive function, and initiatives in the business environment can be executed with speed and flexibility. The number of Executive Officers is 13, of which three are concurrently serving as Director.

TAGIRI Sawane

Managing Executive Officer
Chief of Corporate Research and Development

TOKU Kiyohide

Managing Executive Officer
Head of Global Automotive Business Unit

KAJIMA Junichi

Managing Executive Officer
Chief of Corporate Production, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Procurement

TAKATA Youichi

Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Japan Business Unit and
General Manager of Automotive Refinish, Architectural(Decorative) and Protective Coatings Div. of Japan Business Unit

TAKADA Hideo

Executive Officer
General Manager of HR and Administrative Div. of Corporate Planning, Finance, HR and Administration

TONOMURA Hironori

Executive Officer
Deputy Head of Global Automotive Business Unit

TOMIOKA Takashi

Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate Planning Div. of Corporate Planning, Finance, HR and Administration

MAEKAWA Katsuhiko

Executive Officer
General Manager of Industrial Coatings Div. of Japan Business Unit

Pravin Digambar Chaudhari

Executive Officer
Deputy Chief of Corporate Production, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Procurement

TANAKA Takeshi

Executive Officer
General Manager of Production Div.of Corporate Production, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Procurement