Ken­ji Ya­sukawa takes the reins at Astel­las; Voy­ager hunts for new CEO as Steven Paul goes back to re­search

→ As Astel­las pur­sues a new strate­gic plan, Ken­ji Ya­sukawa is tak­ing the reins from Yoshi­hiko Hatana­ka as pres­i­dent and CEO. Ya­sukawa’s re­sume sug­gests that he’s been groomed for the po­si­tion: hav­ing joined the Japan­ese com­pa­ny in its ear­ly ear­ly Ya­manouchi days, he worked his way up the man­age­ment ranks, fi­nal­ly be­com­ing a rep­re­sen­ta­tive di­rec­tor side by side with Hatana­ka. Hatana­ka will re­tain that ti­tle, along­side his new role of board chair­man.

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