James Kehoe has been appointed as the new chief financial officer and corporate officer of Japanese pharma group Takeda
Mr Kehoe joins Takeda from Kraft Foods in the US, where he took up the position of CFO in February 2015. Prior to that, he held a number of finance-related positions spanning the course of more than 20 years, with assignments based in Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
A gradute of University College, Galway and University College Dublin, Mr Kehoe will take up the position on June 15th and will report directly to Christophe Weber, president & CEO of Takeda.
“James Kehoe’s passion for transforming large organisations to achieve higher performance will hold him in good stead as he leads the global finance team to further elevate the company’s business performance and help Takeda deliver its growth ambitions,” said Mr Weber.
Takeda is the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan and Asia and a top 15 pharmaceutical company. Takeda employs over 400 people across three sites in Dublin.
