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PROFILE

Kimie Iwata

Vice President and Representative Director
Shiseido Co., Ltd.

Ms. Iwata graduated the Faculty of Education at the University of Tokyo and joined the former Ministry of Labor in 1971, where she was engaged in support for working women and international labor issues. After serving as head of the Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, she left the Ministry in 2003. In the same year, she joined Shiseido Co., Ltd. After working as a Director and a Corporate Officer, she was appointed the first female Executive Vice President and Representative Director at Shiseido in 2008. During this time, she has been responsible for SCR, H&BC Business Division, Domestic Non-Shiseido Brand Business, Personnel, Consumer Information, Public Relations, and Corporate Culture.
She is a committee member of government councils such as the Gender Equality Bureau, chair of the Working Women's Empowerment Forum, a member of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, and a counselor for the Girls Scouts of Japan.