Yoshimitsu Kobayashi
President & CEO, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Born: November 18, 1946
Education:
- Mar. 1971
- Msc in interdisciplinary science, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- Jul. 1972
- Government-sponsored foreign study in radiation physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Sep. 1973
- Study in radiation physics at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy
- Jul. 1975
- PhD in radiation physics, the University of Tokyo, Japan
- Dec. 1974
- Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Corporation (current Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation): development of catalyst at the Central Research Laboratory
- Apr. 1984
- Development of optical storage media at the Central Research Laboratory
- Jun. 1996
- General Manager, Information Storage Products Department, Information and Electronics Company, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation President, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd.
- Jun. 2003
- Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation CEO, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media / Verbatim Group
- Apr. 2005
- Chemical Corporation President and CEO, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc.
- Jun. 2006
- Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Chief Technology Officer, Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation President and CEO, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. Chairman, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences
- Apr. 2007
- President, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
- Apr. 2009
- President and Chief Executive Officer,Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Representative Director, Member of the Board, President, The KAITEKI Institute, Inc.n
- Apr. 2012
- President and Chief Executive Officer,Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Representative Director, Member of the Board, President, The KAITEKI Institute, Inc.
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