Kiyoaki Yamabe

Kiyoaki Yamabe is the Vice President and General Manager, CSL Behring K.K. Based in Tokyo, he manages commercial operations for CSL Behring in Japan and is involved in regulatory and manufacturing activities. With more than 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, his areas of expertise include corporate planning, marketing and management.

Mr. Yamabe began his career at Roche Japan K.K. as a medical representative and then held positions of Area Manager for Asia and Product Manager at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Switzerland). Subsequently, he assumed the role of President with DePuy, Japan Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson Group company) before becoming Regional Business General Manager and Vice President, Health Imaging with Kodak Japan Ltd. Prior to joining CSL Behring, Mr. Yamabe served as President and Representative Managing Director at Carestream Health Co., Ltd. (ex-Kodak Health Group) in Japan.

Mr. Yamabe received an MBA from IMD (International Institute for Management Development) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Japanese section of the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association.