Hiroshi Shirafuji
Non-executive Director
biomedical devices
MicroPort
China
Biography
Mr. Hiroshi Shirafuji, born in 1944, is a non-executive Director of our Company. Mr. Shirafuji has served as a Director since 1 November 2006 and is also a director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. Mr. Shirafuji is the President of Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. ("OMD"), a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. ("Otsuka Holdings"). Prior to joining OMD in February 2011, he was an executive director responsible for pharmaceuticals marketing at Otsuka Pharmaceutical from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Shirafuji joined Otsuka Pharmaceutical in 1967. Mr. Shirafuji received his bachelor's degree in economics from Doshisha University in Kyoto in 1967. Mr. Shirafuji was also appointed as President and CEO, representative director of Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. in February 2011.
Research Interest
Medical Devices
