Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced the following new assignments of representative directors which were resolved at the board of directors meeting held on January 31, 2017. the board positions changed following: George Nakayama appointed as Chairman from the position of President, Sunao Manabe appointed as President and COO from the position of Executive Vice President and Kazunori Hirokawa appointed as Executive Vice President and CFO from the position of Executive Vice President.