Kao Corporation (KAO.F)

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Kao Corporation

14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho
1-chome Chuo-ku
Tokyo 103-8210
Japan
81 3 3660 7111
https://www.kao.com/jp/

Sector(s): Consumer Defensive
Industry: Household & Personal Products
Full Time Employees: 34,257

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Yoshihiro Hasebe	President, CEO & Representative Director	689.4k	N/A	1960
Mr. Masahiro Katayose	Senior Executive Officer & President of Chemical Business Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Masaru Takeyasu	Executive Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Kotaro Nuriya	Senior Executive Officer and President of Global Consumer Products - Health & Beauty Care Business	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Toru Nishiguchi	Senior Managing Executive Officer, VP of Consumer Products - Global & Director	N/A	N/A	1961
Ms. Natsumi Hotta	Senior Executive Officer and President of Global Consumer Products - Hygiene & Living Care Business	N/A	N/A	N/A
Akira Shimotoyodome	Executive Officer & President of Global Consumer Products - Life Care Business	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Hiroaki Yamaguchi	Senior Executive Officer & VP of Global Supply Chain Management - Manufacturing Plant	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yosuke Maezawa	Senior Executive Officer & President of Global Consumer Products - Cosmetics Business	N/A	N/A	N/A
Motomitsu Hasumi	Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global Product Quality Management	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of December 31, 2023 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in EUR.

Description

Kao Corporation develops and sells hygiene and living care, health and beauty care, life care business, cosmetics, and chemical products. The Hygiene and Living Care Business segment offers fabric, kitchen, home, sanitary, and pet care products. The Health and Beauty Care Business segment provides facial, body, hair, and oral care, hair styling and color, Salon, In-bathroom health care, and warming products. The Life Care Business segments offers health drinks, as well as hygiene products for commercial use. The Cosmetics Business segment provides counseling and self-selection cosmetic products. The Chemical Business segment offers oleo chemicals; fat and oil derivatives; surfactants; fragrances; water-reducing admixtures; casting sand binders; plastics additives; process chemicals; toners and toner binders; inkjet ink colorants and ink; fine polishing agents and cleaners; and materials and process chemicals. The company was formerly known as Kao Soap Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kao Corporation in 1982. Kao Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Corporate Governance

Kao Corporation’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of April 29, 2024 is 1. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 1; Shareholder Rights: 1; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.