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Takahisa Ueyama is the new appointee, while the other six will be reappointed.","jir_summary":"### Decision on Director Candidates\nSeven director candidates to be proposed at the Annual Shareholders Meeting scheduled for late June 2026 have been determined. Six members, including Chairman of the Board and Representative Director Yutaka Kobayashi and President and CEO Katsuyasu Nabu, will be reappointed. Takahisa Ueyama is the new appointee. The decision was made following deliberations by the Nomination Committee.\n\n### Biographical Information of the New Director Candidate\nSince joining the company in 1990, Takahisa Ueyama has held positions such as Head of the Processing Technology Center in the Research & Development Division, Deputy General Manager of the PGA Business Division, and President of Kureha Energy Solutions LLC. Currently, he serves as Senior Executive Officer and General Manager of the Production & Technology Headquarters, and is scheduled to assume the position of Director and Senior Executive Officer after the Annual Shareholders Meeting in June 2026.","jir_financial_highlights":"Number of Director Candidates: 7 persons (Unknown)\nNew Director Candidates: 1 person (Takahisa Ueyama) (Unknown)\nReappointed Director Candidates: 6 persons (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#Kureha, #ExecutivePersonnel, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"Number of Director Candidates: 7 persons (to be proposed at the Annual Shareholders Meeting in late June 2026)\nNew Director Candidate: Takahisa Ueyama, 1 person\nReappointed Director Candidates: 6 persons (Yutaka Kobayashi, Katsuyasu Nabu, Naomitsu Nishihata, Osamu Iida, Yumiko Okafuji, Keiji Nishio)","jir_meta_title":"[Kureha] Appointment of Seven Director Candidates Announced | Scheduled for June 2026 Shareholders Meeting","jir_meta_description":"Kureha plans to appoint seven director candidates at the Annual Shareholders Meeting in June 2026. 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