The Philippines-based food and drinks conglomerate, San Miguel Corp. (SMC), has announced that Naomichi Asano has resigned as a board director. Asano was one of two directors representing the Japanese brewer, Kirin, which owns 15% of San Miguel.

The company also announced that Hitoshi Oshima is to take Asano’s place on the board.

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