Board Members

Setsuko Hashimoto, Ph.D.

Representative Board Director and President/CEO

1984.4	Pharma Research Laboratories, Hoechst Japan Ltd.
1991.4	Pharmacia Biotech K.K.
1998.7	Marketing Director, Biacore K.K.
2008.7	Bio-Business Bridge Co. Ltd.
2009.2	Senior Investment Advisor, Invest in Sweden Agency (currently Business Sweden), the Embassy of Sweden in Japan (responsible for Life Science)
2014.3	Vice President, CellSeed Inc.
2014.6	President and CEO, CellSeed Inc.
2015.11	Chairman, Bio-Business Bridge Co.Ltd

Jun Onodera

Board Director, CFO

1980.4	Sony Corporation
1998.4	Director, Planning and Control Department, Information and Professional Products Group, Sony Corporation
2001.10	Board Director, Sony Ericsson Inc. (Japan)
2003.8	Vice President, Sony Ericsson Inc. (USA)
2006.5	Senior Vice President, Sony Ericsson Inc. (Europe)
2009.3	Representative Board Director and CFO, S-LCD (Sony/Samsung JV)
2012.5	CEO, Sony Service & Operations of Americas
2015.2	President, Sanden Business Expert Corporation
2016.10	CFO and Division Director, Business Control and Planning Division, CellSeed Inc.
2017.3	Board Director and CFO, CellSeed Inc.

Kenji Oeda, Ph.D.

Outside Director

1982.4	Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2007.1	Deputy Director-General, Cabinet Office (Science and Technology Policy)
2010.1	Fellow, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
2011.4	Executive Director, Riken Japan
2015.4	Advisor, Riken Japan
2015.7	Director, Sumika Technical Information Service, Inc.
2017.3	External Board Director, CellSeed Inc.
2018.6	Permanent member, The Engineering Academy of Japan Inc.
2020.6	Lifetime Fellow, The Engineering Academy of Japan Inc.

Toshio Yamaguchi

Outside Director/Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

1988.10	Sanwa Tohmatsu Aoki Audit Firm (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
1996.8	Jafco Co., Ltd.
2008.5	Yamaguchi Accounting Firm
2009.6	External Auditor, Digital Media Professionals Inc.
2011.3	Corporate Auditor (External), CellSeed Inc
2015.6	External Board Director, Extreme Co., Ltd.
2021.3	Outside Director/Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, CellSeed Inc.

Noriko Taji, Ph.D.

Outside Director/Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

2002.4	Lecturer of Undergraduate School in Management Informatics at Meisei University
2004.10	Visiting Researcher , Venture Development Strategy Research Center of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2006.4	Associate Professor , MBA School at Hosei University
2008.4	Professor , MBA School at Hosei University (present)
2012.4	Director ,The Research Institute for Innovation Management of Hosei University
2015.7	External Board Director ,Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.
2018.3	Visiting Scholar ,Chalmers University of Technology
2019.3	External Board Director, CellSeed Inc.
2021.3	Outside Director/Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, CellSeed Inc.

Mariko Hirose

Outside Director/Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

1995.4	Admitted to Daini Tokyo Bar Association
1995.4	Braun, Moriya, Hoashi & Kubota Maritime Law Firm
1997.7	Haruki, Sawai & Inoue Law Firm (Currently Tokyo-Marunouchi Law Offices)
2000.2	Mitsui, Yasuda, Wani & Maeda Law Firm
2004.10	Nishimura & Asahi Law Firm
2009.10	Representative Attorney at Law, Sunflower Law Office
2017.3	Corporate Auditor (External), CellSeed Inc.
2018.6	Corporate Auditor (External), Digital Media Professionals Inc.
2021.3	Outside Director/Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, CellSeed Inc.