Kuraray Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Kuraray's CEO is Hitoshi Kawahara, appointed in Jan 2021, has a tenure of 3.83 years. directly owns 0.013% of the company’s shares, worth €535.01K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.8 years and 4.7 years respectively.

Key information

Hitoshi Kawahara

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenure3.8yrs
CEO ownership0.01%
Management average tenure6.8yrs
Board average tenure4.7yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates


CEO

Hitoshi Kawahara (62 yo)

3.8yrs

Tenure

Mr. Hitoshi Kawahara has been Representative Director and President of Kuraray Co., Ltd. Since January 1, 2021 and joined the Company since April 1984. He was Managing Executive Officer of Kuraray Co., Ltd...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Masaaki Ito
Executive Chairman10.4yrsno data0.025%
€ 1.0m
Hitoshi Kawahara
President & Representative Director3.8yrsno data0.013%
€ 535.0k
Akira Omura
Managing Executive Officer6.8yrsno datano data
Shinichi Takizawa
Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Departmentno datano datano data
Satoru Fujinami
Managing Exe. Officer and GM of General Affairs & HR Divisionno datano datano data
Matthias Gutweiler
Managing Executive Officer & Directorno datano datano data
Yoshimasa Sano
Senior Managing Executive Officer & Director14.6yrsno data0.0096%
€ 395.0k
Nobuhiko Takai
Managing Executive Officer & Director8.6yrsno data0.0049%
€ 203.7k
Toshihiro Omatsu
Managing Executive Officer4.7yrsno datano data
Keiji Taga
Senior Managing Executive Officer & Representative Director7.7yrsno data0.0086%
€ 356.5k
Takaharu Kawahara
Executive Officer & President2.7yrsno datano data
Tomoyuki Watanabe
Managing Executive Officer & Directorno datano data0.0049%
€ 203.7k

6.8yrs

Average Tenure

65yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: KUY's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.8 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Masaaki Ito
Executive Chairman10.4yrsno data0.025%
€ 1.0m
Hitoshi Kawahara
President & Representative Director5.7yrsno data0.013%
€ 535.0k
Matthias Gutweiler
Managing Executive Officer & Director4.7yrsno datano data
Yoshimasa Sano
Senior Managing Executive Officer & Director8.7yrsno data0.0096%
€ 395.0k
Nobuhiko Takai
Managing Executive Officer & Director4.7yrsno data0.0049%
€ 203.7k
Keiji Taga
Senior Managing Executive Officer & Representative Director5.2yrsno data0.0086%
€ 356.5k
Tomoyuki Watanabe
Managing Executive Officer & Directorless than a yearno data0.0049%
€ 203.7k
Naoya Uehara
Standing Corporate Auditor3.7yrsno data0.0028%
€ 114.9k
Satoshi Tanaka
Independent Outside Director4.7yrsno data0.0022%
€ 89.2k
Naoko Mikami
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Kiyoto Ido
Independent Outside Director3.7yrsno data0.0012%
€ 50.8k
Keiko Murata
Independent Outside Director4.7yrsno data0.00093%
€ 38.4k

4.7yrs

Average Tenure

65yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: KUY's board of directors are considered experienced (4.7 years average tenure).