Hiroshi Yoshida
Section: Audit Committee chairperson
Hiroshi Yoshida has held key positions at a globally operating chemical manufacturer listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. He has broad knowledge related to finance and accounting, abundant experience in management planning and strategy formulation in the manufacturing industry, and experience as both a corporate executive and an audit & supervisory board member. He assumed the post of outside director of the Company in 2024, and he offers supervision and advice on business execution at the Board of Directors meetings from a perspective based on his area of expertise by drawing from his wealth of specialist knowledge related to finance and accounting in addition to his extensive experience in management planning and strategy formulation in the manufacturing industry. In these ways, he fulfills appropriate roles as an outside director. He is expected to continue contributing to the enhancement of the Company’s management going forward. Moreover, as the Audit Committee chairperson, he works to strengthen the Company’s corporate governance by leading audit activities and discussions in the Audit Committee.
Biography
| April 1983 | Joined Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Present: Resonac Corporation) |
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| June 2001 | General Manager in charge of Accounting of Financial Strategy Office of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| August 2003 | General Manager in charge of Finance of Financial Strategy Office of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| April 2006 | Treasurer of Hitachi Chemical Co. America, Ltd. |
| August 2008 | Senior Manager of Corporate Planning & Development Office of Hitachi, Ltd. |
| October 2009 | Senior Manager of Corporate Planning Office of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| April 2010 | Head of Finance Center of CSR Department of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| April 2014 | General Manager of Risk Management Center of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| April 2015 | General Manager of Finance and Accounting Dept. of Corporate Business Strategy Headquarters of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| April 2016 | Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Business Strategy Headquarters of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| June 2020 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Retired in March 2024) |
| June 2024 | Outside Director of the Company (Present post) |
