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Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (Holding Company)
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A holding company that creates and supports group dynamism
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. has been positioned as the holding company of the Nisshin Seifun Group of the 21st Century. Its function is to establish business objectives in alignment with the company's guiding principles of "trust", being "in tune with the changing climate" and "contributing to a healthy and fruitful life for all" to maximize group value. Toward this end, it performs a wide variety of functions, acting as the central source of the group's business strategy and group spokesman for communication with shareholders and consumers of the group's products.
The functions of Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
- StrategyDrawing up strategies for the group
- Group operation strategy formulation, determination and implementation and provision of the necessary management resources.
- SupportAn assemblage of highly specialized functions that support the operating companies
- The holding company strategically and effectively provides the operating companies with R&D and other key staff services that it has centered within itself, while at the same time also providing management training for key business operation staff members.
- ConformityKeeping in tune with society and the times
- The corporate holding company formulates responses to such group-wide issues as globalization, distribution and advances in information technology, as well as issues of social responsibility including environmental management, industrial safety and quality assurance.
- CommunicationCorporate communications
- Group announcements to the public, advertising and public relations and investor relations activities and feedback from outside sources are managed by Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
- ManagementAuditing and overall supervision of operation company affairs
- As a listed company, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. is fully aware of its responsibilities toward the funds entrusted to it by its valued investors. It will therefore carry out audit and overall corporate management supervision to see that all activities of the group operating companies are conducted in a manner that meets the expectations of our shareholders and of society in general.
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
| Primary business areas |
Group holding company responsible for overall group management of the Nisshin Seifun Group |
|---|---|
| Head office | 1-25, Kanda-Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
Directors and Audit & Supervisory Committee Members
Directors
Representative Director and PresidentKenji Takihara
Career summary
| Apr. 1988 | Joined the Company |
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| Jun. 2013 | Director, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Jun. 2016 | Executive Officer |
| Jun. 2017 | Director |
| Jun. 2019 | Managing Executive Officer Managing Director, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Jun. 2021 | Senior Managing Director, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Jun. 2022 | Director and President Director and Chairman, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. (to the present) |
| Apr. 2023 | Director and President and Division Executive (Corporate Planning Division) (to the present) |
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Representative DirectorNaoto Masujima
Career summary
| Apr. 1983 | Joined the Company |
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| Jun. 2014 | Executive Officer, GS (Globalization) of Corporate Planning Division and General Manager (China Business Development Office of Corporate Planning Division) |
| Jun. 2015 | Director, General Manager (Corporate Planning Department) and Division Executive (Overseas Business Division), Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Jun. 2016 | Managing Director, General Manager (Corporate Planning Department) and Division Executive (Overseas Business Division), Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Jun. 2017 | Director and Division Executive (General Administration Division) |
| Jun. 2019 | Managing Executive Officer and Division Executive (General Administration Division) |
| Jun. 2021 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and Division Executive (General Administration Division) |
| Jun. 2022 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Division Executive (General Administration Division) |
| Jun. 2023 | Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer (In charge of General Administration Division and Human Resources and Labor Relations Division) (to the present) |
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DirectorEiichi Suzuki
Career summary
| Apr. 1987 | Joined the Company |
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| Jun. 2013 | General Manager (Accounting Department of Finance and Accounting Division) |
| Jun. 2019 | Executive Officer and General Manager (Accounting Department of Finance and Accounting Division) |
| Jun. 2020 | Executive Officer and Division Executive (Finance and Accounting Division) |
| Jun. 2023 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and Division Executive (Finance and Accounting Division) (to the present) |
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DirectorSeiichiro Takahashi
Career summary
| Apr. 1990 | Joined the Company |
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| Feb. 2014 | Manager, Fukuoka Plant, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Jun. 2019 | Director and Manager, Tsurumi Plant, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Jun. 2023 | Executive Officer and Division Executive (Technology and Engineering Division) |
| Jun. 2024 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and Division Executive (Technology and Engineering Division) (to the present) |
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Director (part-time)Takao Yamada
Career summary
| Apr. 1983 | Joined the Company |
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| Jun. 2011 | Director and General Manager (Tokyo Sales Department), Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Jun. 2012 | Executive Officer |
| Jun. 2013 | Director Managing Director and Division Executive (Sales Division), Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Apr. 2015 | Senior Managing Director and Division Executive (Sales Division), Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. |
| Apr. 2017 | Director and President, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc. (to the present) |
| Jun. 2019 | Director and Managing Executive Officer |
| Jun. 2022 | Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer (to the present) |
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Director (part-time)Takahiko Iwahashi
Career summary
| Apr. 1987 | Joined the Company |
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| Jun. 2013 | Director and General Manager (R&D Division), Nisshin Foods Inc. |
| Apr. 2014 | Director and General Manager (Processed Foods Division), Nisshin Foods Inc. |
| Jun. 2015 | Executive Officer |
| Jun. 2018 | Managing Director and General Manager (Processed Foods Division), Nisshin Foods Inc. |
| Jun. 2019 | Managing Executive Officer |
| Jun. 2020 | Managing Director and General Manager (Product Management Division), Nisshin Foods Inc. |
| Jun. 2021 | Senior Managing Director and General Manager (Product Management Division), Nisshin Foods Inc. |
| Jun. 2022 | Senior Managing Director, Nisshin Seifun Welna Inc. |
| Apr. 2023 | Director and President, Nisshin Seifun Welna Inc. (to the present) |
| Jun. 2023 | Director and Managing Executive Officer (to the present) |
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Director (part-time)Shinichi Ikeda
Career summary
| Apr. 1989 | Joined the Company |
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| Jun. 2017 | Director and President, Thai Nisshin Technomic Co., Ltd. |
| Nov. 2020 | Senior Managing Director (in charge of Sales Division), Tokatsu Foods Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2021 | Director and President, Tokatsu Foods Co., Ltd. (to the present) |
| Jun. 2024 | Director and Managing Executive Officer (to the present) Director and President, Nisshin Seifun Delica Frontier Inc. (to the present) |
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Director (part-time)Kazuhiko FushiyaOutside Director
Career summary
| Apr. 1967 | Joined the Ministry of Finance |
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| Jul. 1999 | Commissioner, National Tax Agency |
| Jul. 2001 | Deputy Governor, National Life Finance Corporation |
| Jul. 2002 | Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| Jan. 2006 | Commissioner, Board of Audit of Japan |
| Feb. 2008 | Commissioner (President), Board of Audit of Japan |
| Jan. 2009 | Retired |
| Jun. 2009 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| Jun. 2015 | Director (to the present) |
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Director (part-time)Motoo NagaiOutside Director
Career summary
| Apr. 1977 | Joined Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (IBJ) |
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| Apr. 2005 | Executive Officer, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. |
| Apr. 2007 | Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. |
| Apr. 2011 | Deputy President - Executive Officer, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2011 | Deputy President (Representative Director) and Deputy President - Executive Officer, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2014 | Commissioner, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2014 | Retired as Commissioner, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2015 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| Jun. 2019 | Director (to the present) |
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Director (part-time)Nobuhiro EndoOutside Director
Career summary
| Apr. 1981 | Joined NEC Corporation |
|---|---|
| Apr. 2006 | Senior Vice President and Executive General Manager (Mobile Network Operations Unit), NEC Corporation |
| Apr. 2009 | Executive Vice President, NEC Corporation |
| Jun. 2009 | Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corporation |
| Apr. 2010 | President (Representative Director), NEC Corporation |
| Apr. 2016 | Chairman of the Board (Representative Director), NEC Corporation |
| Jun. 2019 | Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation |
| Jun. 2022 | Corporate Special Advisor, NEC Corporation (to the present) Director (to the present) |
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Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee MemberShoh Ohuchi
Audit & Supervisory Committee MemberShoh Ohuchi
Career summary
| Apr. 1983 | Joined the Company |
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| Jun. 2014 | General Manager (Finance Department of Finance and Accounting Division) |
| Jun. 2015 | Executive Officer and General Manager (Finance Department of Finance and Accounting Division) |
| Jun. 2018 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| Jun. 2019 | Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (to the present) |
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Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)Mieko TomitaOutside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)Mieko TomitaOutside Director
Career summary
| Apr. 1980 | Qualified as an attorney Joined Nishi and Iseki Law Office (Currently Nishi & Partners Attorneys and Counselors at Law) |
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| Apr. 2001 | Civil Conciliation Commissioner, Tokyo District Court (to the present) |
| Apr. 2017 | Senior Partner, Nishi & Partners Attorneys and Counselors at Law (to the present) |
| Jun. 2019 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (to the present) |
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Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)Takaharu AndoOutside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)Takaharu AndoOutside Director
Career summary
| Apr. 1972 | Joined National Police Agency |
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| Sep. 1994 | Chief of Gunma Prefectural Police Headquarters |
| Aug. 1999 | Director of Public Security Bureau of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department |
| Aug. 2004 | Director General of Commissioner General’s Secretariat of National Police Agency |
| Aug. 2007 | Deputy Commissioner General of National Police Agency |
| Jun. 2009 | Commissioner General of National Police Agency |
| Oct. 2011 | Retired from National Police Agency |
| Jun. 2022 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (to the present) |
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Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)Hiroto KanekoOutside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member (part-time)Hiroto KanekoOutside Director
Career summary
| Apr. 1980 | Joined Arthur Andersen Accounting, Tokyo office |
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| Mar. 1983 | Qualified as a Certified Public Accountant |
| Jun. 1988 | Transferred to Arthur Andersen Germany, Duesseldorf office |
| Sep. 1999 | Partner, Arthur Andersen (currently KPMG) |
| Jul. 2000 | Representative Partner, Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC) |
| Jun. 2005 | Deputy General Manager, IFRS Division, KPMG AZSA LLC |
| Jul. 2015 | Managing Director, KPMG AZSA LLC |
| Jul. 2021 | Proprietor, Hiroto Kaneko CPA Office (to the present) |
| Jun. 2023 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (to the present) |
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Expertise and other characteristics of Directors (skills matrix)
Executive Officers
| President | Kenji Takihara |
| Senior Managing Executive Officer | Naoto Masujima |
| Senior Managing Executive Officer (part-time) | Takao Yamada |
| Managing Executive Officer | Eiichi Suzuki |
| Managing Executive Officer | Seiichiro Takahashi |
| Managing Executive Officer | Tsuguhiko Yoshida |
| Managing Executive Officer (part-time) | Takahiko Iwahashi |
| Managing Executive Officer (part-time) | Hideo Arai |
| Managing Executive Officer (part-time) | Shinichi Ikeda |
| Executive Officer | Kazuyoshi Watanabe |
| Executive Officer | Shigemitsu Fujita |
| Executive Officer | Kazuhiro Imai |
| Executive Officer | Kenji Sakamoto |
| Executive Officer | Reiko Adachi |
| Executive Officer | Hiroyuki Yamada |
| Executive Officer | Satoru Uchiyama |
| Executive Officer | Ryuichi Suzuki |
| Executive Officer (part-time) | Satoshi Sekiguchi |
| Executive Officer (part-time) | Yu Nagaki |
| Executive Officer (part-time) | Hidekuni Tanaka |
| Executive Officer (part-time) | Eiichiro Ise |
| Executive Officer (part-time) | Toshiaki Yokoyama |
| Executive Officer (part-time) | Shunji Ito |
| Executive Officer (part-time) | Takashi Kamijyo |
(As of June 26, 2024)
Affiliates
- Nisshin Associates Inc.
- A company responsible for the personnel, salaries and wages, general affairs, and distribution operations within the group, as well as real estate management, insurance and merchandise sales. Nisshin Associates performs operations in specialized fields as a company that provides comprehensive assistance for business support and the provision of services to group companies and employees.
- Jinzhu (Yantai) Food Research and Development Co., Ltd.
- A company that has the capability to execute highly sophisticated and efficient test analysis and R & D in order to ensure the safety in the food ingredients imported from China to Japan.