Chairman Akihiro Nikkaku will take charge as the president and representative member of the board while president Mitsuo Ohya will be appointed as the new executive vice president and representative member of the board, the company said in a press release.

Toray Group, a Japanese integrated chemical industry group, has made an announcement that its chairman Akihiro Nikkaku will take charge as the new president and representative member of the board.
At the same time, the current president Mitsuo Ohya will be appointed as the new executive vice president and representative member of the board.

Ohya graduated from the Faculty of Law at Keio University in 1980 and joined the company in the same year. He worked his way up through various positions. In 2009, he became the general manager of the industrial and textile fibres division.

In 2012, Mitsuo was appointed vice president and member of the board. He retired from his vice president position in 2014 but took on the role of president and representative member of the board at Toray International, Inc. In 2016, he was promoted to senior vice president, becoming a member of the board and member of the executive committee. Finally, in 2020, Mitsuo Ohya was appointed executive vice president and representative member of the board.

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