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Our Management

Board members

（ As of April 1, 2008 ）

Chairman	Kunio Takeda

Chairman
Kunio Takeda

Professional Career

	2003	Chairman
	1993	President
	1992	Executive Vice President
	1991	Senior Managing Director
		President, Pharmaceutical Group
	1989	Managing Director
		Vice President, Pharmaceutical Group
	1988	General Manager, International Division
	1987	Member of the Board
	1986	Deputy General Manager, International Division
	1983	Executive Vice President, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chicago
	1962	Joined Takeda

President	Yasuchika Hasegawa

President
Yasuchika Hasegawa

Professional Career

	2003	President
	2002	General Manager, Corporate Strategy & Planning Department
	2001	General Manager, Corporate Planning Department
	1999	Member of the Board
	1998	Corporate Officer
		General Manager, Pharmaceutical International Division
	1995	President, TAP Holdings, Inc., Chicago
	1993	President, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chicago
	1970	Joined Takeda

Senior Managing Director	Makoto Yamaoka

Senior Managing Director
Makoto Yamaoka

Professional Career

	2008	Senior managing director
	2007	General Manager, Corporate Strategy & Planning Department
	2006	Senior managing director
	2004	Managing director
	2002	Member of the Board
	2000	General Manager, Pharmaceutical Marketing Division
	1999	Corporate Officer
	1969	Joined Takeda

Managing Director	Hiroshi Akimoto, Ph.D.

Managing Director
Hiroshi Akimoto, Ph.D.

Professional Career

	2003	Managing Director
	2000	Member of the Board
	1998	Corporate Officer
	1995	General Manager, Intellectual Property Department
	1972	Joined Takeda

Managing Director	Kiyoshi Kitazawa, Ph.D.

Managing Director
Kiyoshi Kitazawa, Ph.D.

Professional Career

	2008	Managing director
	2006	Managing director
		General Manager, Strategic Product Planning Department
	2002	Member of the Board
		General Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Division
	2001	General Manager, Strategic Product Planning Department
	2000	Deputy General Manager, Pharmaceutical Development Division
	1999	Corporate Officer
	1971	Joined Takeda

Director	Hiroshi Shinha	General Manager Legal Department

Director
Hiroshi Shinha

Professional Career

	2003	Member of the Board
	2002	Corporate Officer
		General Manager, Legal Department
	1971	Joined Takeda

Director	Yasuhiko Yamanaka	General Manager Pharmaceutical Marketing Division

Director
Yasuhiko Yamanaka

Professional Career

	2007	Member of the Board
		General Manager, Pharmaceutical Marketing Division
	2004	Corporate Officer
		General Manager, Corporate Strategy & Planning Department
	1979	Joined Takeda

Corporate Auditors

(As of June 28, 2007)

Full-time Corporate Auditor	Toyoji Yoshida
Corporate Auditor	Kiyoshi Taura	(Attorney-at-Law)
Corporate Auditor	Yoichi Asakawa	(Certified Public Accountant)
Corporate Auditor	Tadashi Ishikawa	(Attorney-at-Law)

Corporate Officers

(As of April 1, 2008)

Hiroshi Takahara	General Manager Finance & Accounting Department
Naohisa Takeda	General Manager Overseas Business Planning Deparement
Kanji Negi	General Manager Administrative Management Dept. Pharmaceutical Affairs
Shigenori Ohkawa, Ph.D.	General Manager Pharmaceutical Research Division
Hiroshi Sakiyama	General Manager Tokyo Branch
Teruo Sakurada	General Manager Osaka Branch
Hiroshi Ohtsuki,Ph.D	President Consumer Healthcare Company

What's New

• May 12, 2008
  Analysts meeting on results for FY2007 (at the Tokyo Office)
• May 9, 2008
  Takeda Successfully Completes Tender Offer for Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Announces Subsequent Offering Period

Annual Report

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