Yasuyuki Otake

Yasuyuki Otake is a Corporate Executive at Ajinomoto Co., and General Manager for the Bio-Pharma Services Department of Ajinomoto Co. He also serves as Chairman of the Board at Forge. He has over 20 years of extensive leadership, business development, and CDMO experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Otake is responsible for managing the global Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma business (Belgium, United States, India, and Japan sites). He began his career with Ajinomoto as a process chemist, eventually leading the CDMO business at the Tokai facility, and moving into executive leadership at HQ in Tokyo heading the AJIPHASE® business. Mr. Otake holds both a B.S. and a master’s degree in engineering from Kyoto University.