People

Board of councillors, directors and auditors

Councillors
Shinji Asonuma
Director-General, Kyoto University Open Innovation Institute
Masayuki Oku
Honorary Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Hidehiko Saito
Honorary Director, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center
Hiroshi Matsumoto
Director, International Institute for Advanced Studies
Directors
President Shinya Yamanaka
Director Emeritus/Professor,
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
Senior Executive Director Naoko Takasu
CiRA Foundation
Executive Director Masayoshi Tsukahara
CiRA Foundation
Executive Director Tadaaki Hanatani
CiRA Foundation
Director Jun Takahashi
Director, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
Director Koji Nishida
Professor, Ophthalmology,
Department of Neural and Sensory Organ Surgery Graduate School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University
Director Koji Nitto
Former Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO, OMRON
Independent Director, Wacoal Holdings Corp
Independent Director, T&D Holdings, Inc.
Independent Director, GS Yuasa International Ltd.
Director, Japan Association for CFOs
Director Kenichiro Hata
Chaiman and CEO, Japan Tissue Engineering Co., Ltd.
Director Matsuyama Akifumi
Osaka Habikino Medical Center
Auditor
Shiro Kuniya
Lawyer, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
Daisuke Shinkawa
CPA, CPTA, Hokuto & Co.

Advisers

Kyoto University
Takayuki Shiose
The Kyoto University Museum Associate Professor
Seishi Ogawa
Graduate School of Medicine, Medicine Professor
Tokyo University
Kaori Muto
Institute of Medical Science Professor
Institute of Science Tokyo
Tomohiro Morio
Distinguished Research Professor / Executive Vice President (Global Affairs)
A and Live
Akira Takata
CEO
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application
Akitsu Hotta
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Application
Naoshi Nishimura
Information Security Office Head
thinQuire inc.
Kyoichiro Awazu
President and CEO

Staff

FiT 66
Research and Development Center 20
Planning Department 21
Administration Department 25