Sysmex Corporation

11/03/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/02/2022 18:04

Order of the Rising Sun to be Conferred to Hisashi Ietsugu

Nov. 03, 2022

Sysmex Corporation is proud to announce that Hisashi Ietsugu, the Chairman and CEO of the Company, will be conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star at the 2022 Autumn Conferment of Decorations. This award is bestowed in recognition of Mr. Ietsugu's contributions to society by leading the growth of the Sysmex Group to a global corporation and the spread and development of clinical testing, which is indispensable to the diagnosis of diseases and checking of health conditions. This award also recognizes his contributions to the promotion of industrial development in Japan through his vigorous activities in the industrial world, such as in his role as chairman of the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Comments from the Award Recipient

It is truly a privilege to receive this award and I am profoundly moved by this honor. I am receiving this award thanks to the support of a great many people in the industrial world, including members of the healthcare industry, as well as medical workers, customers, and Sysmex employees throughout the world, and I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to them all. Going forward, I will continue to do the very best I can with my modest abilities, under our corporate philosophy of "Shaping the advancement of healthcare," which is our mission, to bring greater trust and confidence to healthcare and contribute to the development of society.

Recipient

Name: Hisashi Ietsugu
Birthdate: September 17, 1949

Brief Personal History

March 1973 Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University
April 1973 Joined Sanwa Bank (presently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
September 1986 Joined TOA Medical Electronics (presently Sysmex Corporation)
Appointed Member of the Managing Board
March 1990 Appointed Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer
Managing Director
April 1996 Appointed Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer
Senior Managing Director (Representative Director)
June 1996 Appointed President and CEO
April 2013 - Appointed Chairman and CEO

Key History of Executive Posts in Organizations and Public Offices

November 2001 Vice Chairman of the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry (until October 2016)
November 2016 Chairman of the Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry (current position)
November 2016 Vice Chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (current position)
January 2003 Honorary Director-General of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Kobe (current position)
April 2005 Vice President of the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation (presently the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe) (until March 2012)
April 2007 President of Japan Association of Clinical Reagents Industries (until May 2012)
November 2007 Director of Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, Hyogo Branch (until March 2011)
April 2011 President of the Institute of Invention and Innovation in Hyogo Prefecture (until June 2017)
June 2013 Representative Director of the Nakatani Foundation for Advancement of Measuring Technologies in Biomedical Engineering (current position)
January 2019 Deputy Chairperson of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (current position)

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