Pharmaceutical company Astellas announced the promotion of Head of Human Resources Katsuyoshi Sugita to chief people, ethics, and compliance officer, effective Oct. 1.

Sugita has held senior human resources leadership positions in the pharmaceutical and technology industries and joined Astellas as head of HR in May 2021.

In announcing Sugita’s promotion, the company renamed the title of chief administrative officer and chief ethics and compliance officer to chief people officer and chief ethics and compliance officer.