Kao Corporation announced executive effective January 1, 2020. The company announced that Yoshihiro Murakami promoted to Managing Executive Officer from the current position of Executive Officer; Responsible for Consumer Products - Cosmetics Business; Representative Director, President, Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Molton Brown Limited. The company elects Toru Nishiguchi, Vice President, Consumer Products, Asia, President, PT Kao Indonesia; Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Vice President, Supply Chain Management - Plant Management, Wakayama Plant; Atsushi Koizumi, Vice President, Consumer Products - Business Planning and Administration, Global; Kotaro Nuriya, President, Consumer Products - Biore Business, Global; Responsible for Consumer Products - New Business Challenging Projects; and Motomitsu Hasumi, Vice President, Research and Development - Safety Science Research, Global as Executive Officers. The company also announced that Masumi Natsusaka retiring as Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for Special Missions; Yasushi Aoki retiring as Managing Executive Officer, Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Senior Executive Officer, Responsible for Special Missions, Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.; Hitoshi Hosokawa as Executive Officer; Vice President, Research and Development - Skin Care Products Research, Global, Responsible for Research and Development - Global Beauty Care; and Hiroyuki Yamashita retiring as Executive Officer, Vice President, Supply Chain Management - Technology Development Center, Global Minoru Nakanishi retiring as Executive Officer, President, Consumer Products, Asia.