Directors
Tsunehiro TogashiGroup CEO, Managing Director, CM Plus Singapore
Togashi joined a major engineering company in 1973. After 10 year service in the civil and building design department being engaged in design and construction supervision for both domestic and oversea energy plants, he was moved to Domestic Industrial Facility Project Division, and had worked there for 21 years. During this time, he served as project manager for various industrial facility to gain in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing facilities, electronic and electric device factories, and data centers. He also managed many projects for foreign clients successfully including a research facility project in UK. After retiring from Corporate Officer in June 2007, he founded CM Plus Corporation in August 2007.
Togashi worked as President, then appointed to Chairman & CEO of CM Plus Corporation in September 2015. In April 2018, he became Group CEO of CM Plus Group, and Managing Director of CM Plus Singapore.
Tetsuo FujiokaRepresentative Director, Chairman, CM Plus Corporation
Fujioka joined a food company in 1980 and worked for development of powder and granular material handling machinery, plant design and construction. In 1991, he joined a major engineering company, and served as engineering manager, project manager, project director and department director responsible for pharmaceutical factory projects in Japan as well as overseas for 20 years.
In August 2009, he joined CM Plus Corporation. He takes always a leading role in life science projects with a spirit of “go along with the customer”. He is fully competent to operate a wide variety of services, covering architectural equipment, manufacturing facility, estimate and evaluation, procurement, detailed design, construction management and C & Q. He participated in the EM COP and the Maintenance COP of ISPE Japan. He became company director in September 2015, and promoted to President in August 2016, then appointed to Chairman of CM Plus Japan in July 2020. In 2023, He was appointed to Executive Director of CM Plus Singapore and Group COO.
Satoshi SuekaneRepresentative Director, President, CM Plus Corporation
Suekane joined a major engineering company in 1985 and assigned to construction management tasks of domestic and foreign chemical plants. Then, he was transferred to Life Science Project Department in 1989 and appointed to engineering manager and project manager responsible for various sorts of project such as synthetic drugs, eye drops, solid formulations, bio and injections etc. He was finally promoted to a group leader of the Project Department.
The ISPE Facility of the Year 2009 Finalist was awarded to the project successfully managed by him.
He was moved to the Overseas Projects Department in 2009, and became responsible for management of mega-sized projects as the project control manager or engineering manager.
He joined CM Plus Corporation in October 2014 and actively engaged in life science projects. He was appointed to a member of the Board in Sept. 2015, then promoted to Senior Vice President in April 2018. From July 2020, he is President of CM Plus Japan.
Shigeru YamadaPresident, Managing Director, CM Plus Vietnam
Yamada joined a major engineering company in 1995. After gaining experience in process design, he engaged in mechanical process design for plants in the U.S. and Asia. He was also in charge of project management for plant construction in the Philippines, Indonesia, Chile, and other countries. After joining CM Plus in 2021, he served as a project manager for construction projects of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing facilities. He was promoted to Executive Officer in July 2023 and became President of CM Plus Vietnam in January 2024.
Syunichi HirashimaDirector, Executive Vice President, CM Plus Corporation
Hirashima joined Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (now Astellas Pharna Inc.) in1980. He was engaged in the production of pharmaceutical products and quality assurance for 37 years. Meanwhile, he was appointed to the president in Astellas pharma Tech Co., Ltd. and successfully managed all the domestic group plants. Then, he was appointed to the head of the quality department being globally responsible including Japan, US and Europe of Astellas Pharma Inc. He has got thorough knowledge of site problems as well as management regarding pharmaceutical manufacture.
He joined CM Plus in January 2017 as a member of the Board. He was appointed to Senior Vice President in April 2018, then promoted to Executive Vice President in July 2020.
Toru ItabashiDirector, Senior Vice president, CM Plus Corporation
Itabashi joined a major engineering company in 1983, and he had been engaged in the domestic and overseas financial management for 34 years. During his service, he was appointed to Business Strategy Department Manager, Business Development Dept. Manager, and Deputy General Manager of the No. 3 Projects Division. Meanwhile, he spent 6 years overseas in Iran, UK, etc. He also served as Vice President of a subsidiary in Japan. In 2013, he was promoted to Associate Director.
He joined CM Plus Corporation in July 2017. He served as Manager of Open Seminar Dept., Group Administration Div., a statutory auditor, and became Senior Vice President in April 2018.
Advisors
Koichi SuzukiAdvisor (Chairman and CEO, Internet Initiative Japan Inc.)
Born in 1946, Suzuki graduated from Waseda University with a degree in literature, and worked as a business consultant before establishing IIJ, Japan's first commercial internet provider. Suzuki has been playing a leading role in Japanese Internet and communications services and information technology.
Norikazu EikiAdvisor (Former Chairman of Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd.)
Eiki joined Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd. in 1994 after Nihon Ciba-Geigy K.K. He was appointed to a member the Board (Shiga Factory Director) in 1997, Managing Director in 2002, Executive Chairman in 2007 and Chairman of the Board in 2010. After retirement from the company in April 2014, he joined CM Plus Corporation as Adviser.
