Mr. Shirafuji, born in 1944, is the Non-executive Director and Honorary Chairman of the Company, and a consultant of the Group.
Mr. Shirafuji had served as a Non-executive Director of the Company from November 2006 to June 2020. Mr. Shirafuji was executive director of Otsuka Medical Devices Co. (“OMD”) from January 2017 to March 2017. From February 2011 to January 2017, he served as the President and Representative director of OMD. 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.