Corporate Profile

As a global leading company in paint and coatings, we supply products that respond to changes in society and the environment.

Management Team

Director

Yuichiro Wakatsuki

Yuichiro Wakatsuki

Director
Representative Executive Officer & Co-President

Date of Birth: August 28, 1966
Number of stocks of the Company held: 225,110

Past experience, positions, and
significant concurrent positions

  • 1989.04

    Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

  • 2000.03

    Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (currently BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)

  • 2016.01

    Director, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.

  • 2016.06

    Vice Chairman, Investment Banking Division, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd.

  • 2019.11

    Senior Managing Corporate Officer, the Company

  • 2020.01

    Senior Managing Corporate Officer and CFO, the Company

  • 2020.03

    Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO, the Company

  • 2021.04

    Representative Executive Officer & Co-President, the Company (present)

  • 2021.05

    Director, Nippon Paint Holdings SG Pte. Ltd. (present)
    Director, DuluxGroup Limited (present)

  • 2021.10

    President, Representative Director, Nippon Paint Corporate Solutions Co., Ltd. (present)

  • 2022.03

    Director, the Company (present)

  • 2025.03

    Director, LSF11 A5 TopCo LLC* (AOC, LLC) (present)* A holding company that owns AOC, a specialty formulator manufacturing and distributing chemicals for coatings and adjacent markets

Wee Siew Kim

Wee Siew Kim

Director
Representative Executive Officer & Co-President

Date of Birth: August 19, 1960
Number of stocks of the Company held: 145,000

Past experience, positions, and
significant concurrent positions

  • 2002.05

    Deputy CEO, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

  • 2009.08

    Group CEO, Nipsea Management Company Pte. Ltd.

  • 2013.04

    Independent Director, Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd.

  • 2017.05

    Independent Director, SIA Engineering Company Limited (present)

  • 2019.08

    Director, DuluxGroup Limited (present)

  • 2020.01

    Deputy President and Corporate Officer, the Company

  • 2020.10

    Independent Director, Singapore Telecommunications Limited (present)

  • 2021.04

    Representative Executive Officer & Co-President, the Company (present)

  • 2022.03

    Director, the Company (present)

  • 2022.04

    Director, Nippon Paint Holdings SG Pte. Ltd. (present)

  • 2025.03

    Director, LSF11 A5 TopCo LLC (AOC, LLC) (present)

Goh Hup Jin

Goh Hup Jin

Director, Chairman

Date of birth: April 6, 1953
Number of stocks of the Company held: ー

Past experience, positions, and
significant concurrent positions

  • 1984.06

    Managing Director, Wuthelam Holdings Ltd. (present)

  • 1987.09

    Director, Nipsea Holdings International Ltd. (present)

  • 1993.12

    Director, Nipsea Pte. Ltd. (currently Nippon Paint Holdings SG Pte. Ltd.) (present)

  • 2011.01

    Director, Epimetheus Limited

  • 2012.08

    Director, Nipsea International Limited (present)

  • 2013.12

    Director, Rainbow Light Limited (present)

  • 2014.12

    Director, the Company

  • 2018.03

    Chairman, the Company

  • 2019.03

    Director, the Company

  • 2021.04

    Chairman, the Company (present)

  • 2021.05

    Director, DuluxGroup Limited (present)

  • 2025.03

    Director, LSF11 A5 TopCo LLC (AOC, LLC) (present)

Hisashi Hara

Hisashi Hara

Independent Director

Date of birth: July 3, 1947
Number of stocks of the Company held: 134,289

Past experience, positions, and
significant concurrent positions

  • 1975.04

    Registered as an attorney
    Joined Nagashima & Ohno (currently Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)

  • 2000.01

    Managing Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

  • 2006.01

    Chairman, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

  • 2012.03

    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

  • 2013.01

    Head of the Asia Operation, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

  • 2018.01

    Advisor, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

  • 2018.03

    Independent Director, the Company (present)

  • 2022.01

    Senior Counsel, T&K Partners (present)

  • 2025.06

    Outside Director, The Sankei Building Co., Ltd. (present)

Andrew Larke

Andrew Larke

Independent Director

Date of Birth: December 3, 1968
Number of stocks of the Company held: 13.900

Past experience, positions, and
significant concurrent positions

  • 2006.04

    Executive Global Head of Strategy, Planning and M&A, Orica Limited

  • 2010.10

    Non-Executive Director, DuluxGroup Limited (present)

  • 2013.02

    Executive Global Head Chemicals, Orica Limited

  • 2015.02

    Managing Director and CEO, Ixom chemicals

  • 2015.03

    Non-Executive Director, Diversified United Investment Limited (present)

  • 2015.10

    Chairman, Ixom Pty Ltd

  • 2018.01

    Independent Chairman, L1 Long Short Fund Limited (present)

  • 2019.02

    Chairman, Ixom Holdings Pty Ltd (present)

  • 2024.07

    Chairman, Aspire2 Group Limited (present)

  • 2025.03

    Independent Director, the Company (present)

Lim Hwee Hua

Lim Hwee Hua

Independent Director

Date of Birth: February 26, 1959
Number of stocks of the Company held: 64,300

Past experience, positions, and
significant concurrent positions

  • 1989.08

    Joined Swiss Bank Corporation (currently UBS Group AG)

  • 1996.12

    Parliament of Singapore

  • 2000.08

    Managing Director, Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited

  • 2002.04

    Deputy Speaker, Parliament of Singapore
    Chairman, Public Accounts Committee

  • 2004.08

    Minister of State for Finance
    Minister of State for Transport

  • 2008.04

    Senior Minister of State for Finance
    Senior Minister of State for Transport

  • 2009.04

    Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office
    Second Minister for Finance
    Second Minister for Transport

  • 2011.07

    Independent Director, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited

  • 2011.10

    Senior Advisor, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.

  • 2014.07

    Independent Director, United Overseas Bank Limited

  • 2022.03

    Independent Director, the Company (present)

  • 2023.04

    Non-Executive Independent Chairman, Japfa Ltd.

  • 2023.06

    Independent Outside Director, JERA Co., Inc. (present)

Masataka Mitsuhashi

Masataka Mitsuhashi

Independent Director

Date of birth: September 30, 1957
Number of stocks of the Company held: 90,589

Past experience, positions, and
significant concurrent positions

  • 1979.11

    Joined Pricewaterhouse

  • 1983.03

    Registered as Certified Public Accountant

  • 2004.07

    Representative Director, ChuoAoyama PwC Transaction Services Corporation
    (currently PwC Advisory LLC)

  • 2008.04

    Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)

  • 2012.07

    Representative Director and President, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata Sustainability Certification Co., Ltd.
    (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Sustainability LLC)

  • 2018.07

    Executive Advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)

  • 2019.05

    Representative, Masataka Mitsuhashi CPA Office (present)
    Representative Director, Sustainable Value Advisory Co., Ltd. (present)

  • 2019.06

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Outside), FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (present)
    Advisor, Governance Advisory Committee, the Company

  • 2020.02

    External Director, Skymark Airlines Inc. 

  • 2020.03

    Independent Director, the Company (present)

  • 2021.09

    Auditor, Integral Corporation

  • 2024.03

    Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Integral Corporation (present)

Masayoshi Nakamura

Masayoshi Nakamura

Lead Independent Director
Board Chair

Date of birth: November 10, 1954
Number of stocks of the Company held: 123,789

Past experience, positions, and
significant concurrent positions

  • 1977.04

    Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)

  • 1996.09

    Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Inc.

  • 1999.03

    Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Limited

  • 2006.06

    Director and Senior Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.
    (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.)
    Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

  • 2011.02

    Representative Director, Nakamura Arai Partners Inc. (currently OCTAHEDRON Inc.) (present)

  • 2018.03

    Independent Director, the Company (present)

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