Masahiro Sasaki

As Chairman of the Board for Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC, Masahiro Sasaki is the most senior Sawai executive serving on-site at Upsher-Smith. He works with Upsher-Smith President & CEO Rusty Field to lead strategy and decision-making for the U.S. pharmaceutical company and is instrumental in working to generate and leverage synergies between the two companies.

Masahiro became Chairman in June 2020, having previously served as Vice Chairman. He also serves as Group Chief Officer, USA Business, Sawai Group Holdings Co., Ltd., having joined the company in 2013. Before that, he served in numerous medical and healthcare business roles for 37 years at Sumitomo Corp., which also currently owns a stake in Upsher-Smith.

Masahiro earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Science from The University of Tokyo.