Sadayoshi Fujishige
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Lion Fat and Oil in March 1969. That company merged on equal terms with Lion Dentifrice in January 1980 to form Lion Corporation, and Fujishige came from the Fat and Oil side. After serving as head of the Innovation Room in March 1990 and head of LOCOS Promotion in March 1992, he became Director and head of the International Business Division in March 1996 and Managing Director and head of Household Products Sales in March 2000. In March 2002, as Representative Director and Senior Managing Director, he took responsibility for the Household Products business, and from April 2004 he also headed Lion Corporation (Thailand) Ltd.
Selection
In March 2004 he became Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, and in March 2006 he also became Chairman of the Board and CEO while overseeing the Household Products business. Mitsuo Obayashi, who also joined Lion Fat and Oil in March 1969, became Managing Director in March 2006, while Fujishige, a Director since March 1996, reached the board ten years ahead of his fellow entrant. His successive posts as head of the International Business Division and head of Household Products Sales matched exactly the duties he took on when he became President.
Initiatives
In December 2004, shortly after he became President, the company acquired the over-the-counter drug business of Chugai Pharmaceutical and the household chemicals business of Korea's CJ Corp. It closed the Tokyo plant in October 2006 and set up Lion Eco Chemicals Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia in June 2007. In July 2007 it acquired from U.S.-based Bristol-Myers Squibb the trademark rights to a painkiller in Japan and the Asia-Oceania region, and dissolved the joint venture Bristol-Myers Lion. Non-consolidated operating income rose from ¥0.3 billion in the fiscal year ended December 2006 to ¥11.2 billion in FY ended December 2011.
Career
Career
Lion Fat & Oil
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 1969 | Joined |
Lion
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 1990 | General Manager, Innovation Room Office |
| Mar 1992 | General Manager, LOCOS Promotion Department |
| Mar 1996 | Director and General Manager, International Business Headquarters |
| Mar 2000 | Managing Director and General Manager, Household Products Sales Headquarters |
| Mar 2002 | 代表取締役、専務取締役、家庭品事業部門・家庭品営業本部分担、家庭品営業本部長 (translation pending) |
| Mar 2004 | Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Apr 2004 | 泰国獅王企業有限公司代表者兼務 (translation pending) |
| Mar 2006 | 代表取締役、取締役社長、取締役会議長、 最高経営責任者、家庭品事業部門分担 (translation pending) |
| Mar 2007 | Representative Director, President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
| Jan 2012 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- ライオン 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】（2010年12月期）