{"id":7811,"date":"2024-02-07T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=7811"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:21:31","slug":"minami-maeda","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/tw\/leadership\/minami-maeda","title":{"rendered":"Minami Maeda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7811\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7811-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7811-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-7811-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7811-0-0-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div class=\"leadership-member\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"profile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Minami_Maeda_profile.jpg\" alt=\"Minami Maeda Profile Photo\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"name\">Minami Maeda<\/h3>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rakuten Medical, Inc.<\/strong><br>\nRepresentative Director and Vice Chairman, Rakuten Medical K.K.<br>\nChairman, Rakuten Medical Taiwan, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n.leadership-member {\n\tdisplay: grid;\n}\n.leadership-member h3 {\n\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\twidth: calc(100% - 15px);\n\tcolor: #bf0000;\n\tline-height: 1.4em;\n\ttransform: translateX(15px) translateY(-25px);\n\tpadding: 10px 10px 4px;\n\tbackground-color: #fff;\n}\n.leadership-member p.title {\n\twidth: calc(100% - 15px);\n\tpadding: 0 10px 10px;\n\ttransform: translateX(15px) translateY(-25px);\n}\n\n.leadership-member a,\n.leadership-member a:hover {\n\tcolor: #000;\n\ttext-decoration: none;\n}\n<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-7811-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7811-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As CEO of Rakuten Medical, Minami is advancing a new treatment modality under the company\u2019s mission to conquer cancer, guided also by his personal mission to make society better. Together with the Rakuten Medical team, he is highly dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering photoimmunotherapy\u2014an innovative drug-device combination therapy based on the Alluminox\u00ae platform\u2014to patients worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since joining Rakuten Medical in 2017, Minami has demonstrated outstanding leadership and strategic acumen. He has played a pivotal role in establishing a commercial business model, building robust supply chains, advancing drug &amp; device pipeline development, and fostering constructive engagement with governmental and regulatory authorities. Since assuming the role of President in August 2024, he has also demonstrated strong leadership in global fundraising efforts and in advancing the global Phase 3 ASP-1929-381 trial, significantly contributing to strengthening the company\u2019s global innovation and business foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before joining Rakuten Medical, Minami established his business and public policy expertise at McKinsey &amp; Company in Tokyo and Johannesburg. He later served in government roles, including as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and in the Prime Minister's Office of Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minami earned a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and also studied at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-7811","leadership","type-leadership","status-publish","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minami Maeda - \u6a02\u5929\u91ab\u85e5 - Rakuten Medical<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/tw\/leadership\/minami-maeda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_TW\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minami Maeda - 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