Kiyoshiwatanabe

Biography

Kiyoshi Watanabe graduated from Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Commerce and Management in 1974, and then joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.). He completed a Master's degree (MSM) at Purdue University Krannert School of Management. After serving as Chief of The Americas Corporate Credit Office, Credit Department of the Bank from 1998 in New York, he joined Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. in 2003 as General Manager, Corporate Planning Office. He became General Manager, Medicine Planning Department of the Company in 2005, and then became General Manager, Planning and Administration Department at KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD. in 2008. He assumed the position of Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member at Kawaguchi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. in 2011, and currently serves as Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board at Toho Acetylene Co., Ltd., a position he has held since 2015.

Research Interest

    pharmaceutical industry.