Mentholatum Company
Executive Summary
Yasuhiro Yamada, executive director of Rohto Pharmaceutical, named chairman of the Buffalo, New-York based OTC maker. Rohto purchased the business from the Hyde family, which had run Mentholatum since its founding in 1889, in June. Former chairman George Hyde is now president. Shoji Yoshida, managing director of Rohto, is VP. Rohto had been Mentholatum's exclusive licensee in Japan since 1975.