Kiichi Kubota

Profile
Tenure
Jul 2006 – Sep 2017
Years in office
11.2 years
Name in Japanese
窪田規一
Title at appointment
Representative Director, President
Performance in office
PeptiDream
Performance in office
FY2012FY2016Change
Revenue¥300million¥4.3billion+1333%
Net margin0%37.2%+37.2pt
KubotaReid
Revenue¥300 millionRevenue¥26.9 billionNet margin0%Net margin28.3%2012/122017/122022/12
Revenue¥300 millionRevenue¥26.9 billionNet margin0%Net margin28.3%2012/122017/122022/12
Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined Nissan Motor in April 1976 and moved to SRL in July 1978. He became Senior Managing Director of JGS in November 2000 and its Representative Director and President in April 2001. In July 2006 he founded PeptiDream and became its Representative Director and President. After working at a manufacturer and a clinical testing company, he ran a venture and then founded his own company.

Education: Waseda University (1976)

Selection

He was the first President, with no predecessor. He founded PeptiDream in July 2006 and became Representative Director and President. Before that he was Representative Director and President of JGS. He served 11 years until he stepped back to Representative Director and Chairman in September 2017 and handed the presidency to Patrick Reid. One President carried the company from its founding through its stock listing.

Initiatives

The company listed on the TSE Mothers market in 2013. In the fiscal year ended June 2013, the year of listing, revenue was ¥0.7 billion and operating income ¥0.2 billion; by FY ended June 2017, just before he stepped down, they had grown to ¥4.9 billion and ¥2.5 billion. In September 2017 he left the presidency to become Representative Director and Chairman, while also serving as Representative Director and President of PeptiStar, a joint venture for manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Career

Career

Nissan Motor

Date Position
Apr 1976 Joined

Esuarueru

Date Position
Jul 1978 Joined

JGS

Date Position
Nov 2000 Senior Managing Director
Apr 2001 Representative Director, President

PeptiDream

Date Position
Jul 2006 Representative Director, President
Sep 2017 Representative Director, Chairman
Sep 2017 Stepped down as President
Sep 2019 Chairman

Pepuchisuta

Date Position
Sep 2017 Representative Director, President
References 2

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • ペプチドリーム 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】
  • ペプチドリーム 有価証券報告書【沿革】