Since its founding in 1909, the Ajinomoto Group has aspired to help people “Eat Well, Live Well.” And in the more than 100 years that followed, we have developed diverse businesses based on “AminoScience”—the Ajinomoto Group’s unique expertise in amino acids. Our founding aspiration has been carried forward as ASV (Ajinomoto Group Creating Shared Value), our approach to solving social issues through business while co-creating both social value and economic value.
Currently, the Ajinomoto Group’s external environment is undergoing change at a dizzying pace. To achieve sustainable growth even in this type of environment, speed and the ability to take action are crucial. With a healthy sense of urgency, we will standardize and implement what we call the “High-Speed Development System,” enabling us to anticipate customer needs, develop multiple solutions quickly, and continually make improvements based on feedback. With this system we will strengthen our technology, quality, and productivity, while also deepening trust with our customers, and driving dramatic growth, particularly in the four growth areas of Healthcare, Food & Wellness, ICT, and Green.
To achieve this business growth and increase corporate value, it is also essential for us to have a culture where employees can fully leverage their strengths, welcome challenges, and strive for growth. We are committed to fostering a corporate culture that breeds innovation by encouraging employees to proactively take on challenges without fear of failure, and by raising the quality of the challenges they take on. The strength of the Ajinomoto Group lies in our intangible assets, our employees, technology, customers, and organization. We will further strengthen these to create new customer value and business models, and accelerate our efforts to realize our 2030 Roadmap.
The world faces many social issues. With “AminoScience” as our base, we will continue to strive for the well-being of all human beings, our society, and our planet. We will also seek to use the economic value we generate to help solve more and larger social issues. To do that, as CEO I am determined to lead the Ajinomoto Group toward achieving our Vision, ensuring that we Speed Up × Scale Up—together, as one team, to increase our corporate value.
My management slogan is “Think Well, Do Well!” What I mean by “well” is that I want us to think substantively, conduct business with objectives that are honest, make money the right way, and grow properly. I am dedicated to meeting the expectations and earning the trust of our shareholders and all other stakeholders, and I look forward to continued support.
Shigeo Nakamura
Representative Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive Officer