Yasunori Nishihama became President and CEO of Mitsui Fine Chemicals, Inc. on April 1, 2022.
After graduating from Tokyo University, Nishiyama joined Mitsui Petrochemicals Industries, Ltd. in 1985.
After working in many different areas including Accounting, Business Planning and the Health Care Business, he became Executive Officer and General Manager of the Corporate Planning Division and formulated the 14th Medium-Term Management Plan in 2013. In 2015, Nishiyama became the Health Care Business Sector’s Business Sector President and continued to be General Manager of the New HC Business Development Division and President of Whole You, Inc. while residing in Silicon Valley. For five years beginning in 2017, he was working in New York as Representative in the Americas and President of Mitsui Chemicals Americas, Inc.
Nishiyama's hobbies include being good to his parents and Argentine Tango (he dreams of becoming a professional dancer).