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: 

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Yoshihiro Hasebe	Pres, CEO & Representative Director	784.06k	N/A	1960
Mr. Kenichi Yamauchi	Exec. Officer and Sr. VP of Global Fin. & Accounting	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Masaru Takeyasu	Exec. Officer and Sr. VP of Global Legal & Compliance	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Hideki Mamiya	Sr. Exec. Officer & Sr. VP of Human Capital Devel.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Tomoharu Matsuda	Sr. Managing Exec. Officer, Pres of Global Consumer Product & Director	N/A	N/A	1959
Hiroshi Yamaguchi	Sr. Exec. Officer & Pres of Kao (singapore) Private limited	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Satoru Tanaka	Managing Exec. Officer and Pres of Consumer Products, Americas & EMEA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Toshiaki Takeuchi	Sr. Managing Exec. Officer & Representative Director	N/A	N/A	1959
Mr. Masakazu Negoro	Sr. Managing Exec. Officer & Sr. VP of Global Procurement	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Osamu Tabata	Managing Exec. Officer & Sr. VP of Global Supply Chain Management	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of December 31, 2021 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 cosmetic, skin/hair care, human health care, fabric and home care, and chemical products. It operates through five segments: Hygiene and Living Care Business, Health and Beauty Care Business, Life Care Business, Cosmetics Business, and Chemical Business. The Hygiene and Living Care Business segment offers laundry detergents; fabric treatments; kitchen, paper, and house cleaning products; sanitary napkins; and baby diapers. The Health and Beauty Care Business segments provides skin and hair care products, professional hair care products, bath additives, and oral care and thermo 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 February 1, 2023 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.