We are pleased to announce that Mitsuru Seino, Managing Director of Whiz Partners Inc., has been appointed as Vice Chairperson, effective April 1, 2024.

【Mitsuru’s Biography】
Mitsuru Seino spent eight years in Mitsui & Co., in its Fine-Chemical business and five years in Masterfoods (Mars) for its brand management of vet business and its global dog genomics project. Then he joined the pharmaceutical contract business and has been driving business growth of each global CRO/CDMO company for approximately 20 years, starting from the global CRO company, Omnicare CR, as Representative Director in Japan, and then moving to the global CDMO company, Catalent, as Regional Sales Director in Japan. In 2019, he served as Japan GM of Colorcon, Inc., which is a global leader of film coating, and specifically doing business in Japan based on contract manufacturing due to the specific Japanese regulatory environment.