Kao Corporation Announces Executive Changes, Effective January 1, 2020
December 02, 2019 at 02:00 am
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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.
Kao Corporation specializes in manufacturing and marketing of consumer products. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products as follows:
- care and beauty products (44.4%): body care products (soap, shower products), face care (brand Bioré) and hair care (shampoo, colorants, etc.; Asience, Liese, Curél and Essential);
- house cleaning and laundry care products (22.7%): detergents (brand Attack), dishwashing liquids, cleaners, stain removers, etc.;
- chemical products (21.6%): oleo chemical products (fat alcohols, fat amines, fat acids, etc.), inks, colorants, surfactants, etc. ;
- hygiene products (11.3%): feminine protection products (brand Laurier), diapers (Merries), oral hygiene products, etc. The group is also providing food products.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (58%), Asia (22%), America (10.5%) and Europe (9.5%).