Atsunori Takano

Atsunori Takano is the Chief Information Technology Officer at Shiseido. Atsunori has previously served as the Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Information & Technology Officer at Benesse Holdings, Inc. from April 2018 to April 2019. Prior to that, they were the President of Benesse Infoshell from January 2015 to June 2016. Atsunori also served as the Chief Information & Technology Officer at Benesse Corporation from December 2014 to March 2018.

Takano began their career at Dell Computer Japan in June 1997 as an IT Shared Services Sr. Manager. In August 2001, they moved to AXA Life Insurance as an IT Distributed Services Group Manager. In September 2003, they were promoted to Dell Inc. as an IT Regional Director. Atsunori remained in this position until August 2010 when they joined Coach as a Divisional VP and Head of Japan IT & Asia Technology Services. Takano has been with Shiseido since April 2019.

Atsunori Takano has a Bachelor of Science in Human Relations from Keio University.

They work with Naomi Yamamoto - Chief Creative Officer, Toshinobu Umetsu - Chief Strategy Officer, and Takayuki Yokota - CFO. Their manager is Masahiko Uotani, President & CEO.