Sukeno Kenzhi (Kenji Sukeno)

Sukeno Kenzhi (Kenji Sukeno)

Biography

1977: Start of work in Fujifilm

Kenzhi Sukeno came to Fujifilm in 1977. In 40 years of career in this company he replaced several leading positions, including was the chief financial officer in the American representative office of Fujifilm. Several years prior to appointment to the post of the president of Fujifilm (June, 2016) Kenzhi Sukeno returned to the headquarters of vendor and took a number of positions in the field of corporate planning.

2016: Appointment of Fujifilm as the head

At the beginning of June, 2016 the producer photographic, computer and Fujifilm Holdings medical equipment announced Kenzhi Sukeno's appointment the new head of the company. The task of an output of pharmaceutical business to profit is set for it.

61-year-old Kenzhi Sukeno became the president of Fujifilm instead of Shigehiro Nakajima who resigned authority for health reasons. Sukeno became the major candidate for a role of the successor of the chairman of the board of directors of Fujifilm Shigetaka Komori who against the background of decline in demand for photoproducts decided to diversify activity of the company, having been engaged in production of medicines, the rejuvenating lotions, etc., notes the Bloomberg agency.

Fujifilm expects increase in an operational margin in pharmaceutical business up to 20% and its reaching break-even level according to the results of financial year which will begin in April of the 2018th, Sukeno said.

According to him, terms of return of a pharmpodrazdeleniye of Fujifilm to profit also  depend about that how soon regulators will register experimental antineoplastic medicine FF-10501 on which specialists of the Japanese company work.

Kenzhi Sukeno reported that Fujifilm looks for opportunities for growth of medical and pharmaceutical business in acquisitions of market participants. The company is interested in developers of perspective technologies and will not pursue instant profit on transactions on merges and absorption, the president of Fujifilm said.^[1]

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