Introduction to Directors
Directors
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board Akira Yokode
- Apr. 1984
- Joined T. Chatani & Co., Ltd.
- May 1988
- Joined Rohm Co., Ltd.
- Mar. 2001
- Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation ("Toyota Tsusho")
- Apr. 2006
- General Manager of Section 1 Electronics Department, Toyota Tsusho
- Jun. 2006
- Managing Director, Assistant to Chief Division Officer of Sales Division, Tomen Devices Corporation
- Jun. 2008
- General Manager of Electronics Device Department, Toyota Tsusho
- Apr. 2011
- General Manager of Electronics Department, Toyota Tsusho
- Apr. 2012
- Senior Managing Director, the Company
- Jun. 2012
- Executive Managing Director, the Company
- Apr. 2018
- Executive Managing Director, the Company
- Jun. 2019
- Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, the Company (to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Executive Managing Director Sei Kawafuji
- Apr. 1991
- Joined Sumitomo Bank, Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
- Aug. 2005
- Joined the Company
- Apr. 2012
- General Manager of Administrative Department, the Company
- Apr. 2014
- Chief Division Officer of Administrative Division and General Manager of Personnel Department, the Company
- Apr. 2016
- Managing Director, Chief Division Officer of Administrative Division and General Manager of Personnel Department, the Company
- Jul. 2016
- Managing Director, Chief Division Officer of Administrative Division, General Manager of Finance & Business Administrative Department and General Manager of Personnel Department, the Company
- Apr. 2017
- Managing Director, Chief Division Officer of Corporate Division, the Company
- Apr. 2018
- Senior Managing Director in charge of Overall Personnel Affairs, General Affairs, and Legal Affairs, the Company
- Jun. 2018
- Executive Managing Director in charge of Overall Personnel Affairs, General Affairs, and Legal Affairs, the Company
- Jun. 2020
- Executive Managing Director, Corporate & Administration, the Company
- April 2024
- Executive Managing Director, Corporate & Administration, the Company (to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Excecutive Managing Director Koichi Okoshi
- April 1993
- Joined TOMEN Corporation (currently Toyota Tsusho Corporation)
- July 2000
- Sales Division Director, Shanghai Hong Ri International Electronic Co.,
Ltd (currently, SHANGHAI HUAHONG HONGRI ELECTRONICS
CO.,LTD.) - April 2010
- Executive General Manager, Automotive Business Unit, Business
Development Division, TOMEN Electronics Corporation (currently,
NEXTY Electronics Corporation) - April 2017
- Executive Officer, Automotive Division Ⅱ, NEXTY Electronics Corporation
- April 2018
- President & CEO, Regional Management Director of NEXTY Electronics South East and Asia, TOYOTA TSUSHO NEXTY ELECTRONICS (THAILAND)CO., LTD.
- April 2021
- Senior Executive Officer, Chief General Manager of Customer Satisfaction Promotion Division, UMC Electronics Co., Ltd.
- April 2024
- Senior Managing Director, Sales and Assistant to CEO, the Company
- June 2024
- Excecutive Managing Director, Sales and Assistant to CEO, the Company
(to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Executive Managing Director Naohito Tsuji
- Apr. 1994
- Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation ("Toyota Tsusho")
- Apr. 2011
- General Manager of Device Solutions Department 4, Toyota Tsusho Electronics Corporation (currently NEXTY Electronics Corporation)
- Apr. 2012
- Assistant General Manager of Marketing & Development Group I, the Company
- Jan. 2013
- General Manger, Automotive Group, the Company
- Apr. 2016
- Managing Director, Toyota Tsusho (H.K.) Corporation Limited
- Apr. 2017
- Managing Director, Toyota Tsusho (H.K.) Corporation LimitedChairman of East Asia Region, TOYOTA TSUSHO NEXTY ELECTRONICS HONG KONG CO., LIMITED.
- Apr. 2021
- Managing Director, Sales Division Director, the Company
- Jun. 2022
- Executive Managing Director, Sales Division Director, the Company (to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Executive Managing Director Hiroyuki Rikuna
- Apr. 1996
- Joined the Company
- Apr. 2019
- Sales Division Director, General Manager of Marketing & Development Department and Marketing & Development Group I, the Company
- Apr. 2020
- Sales Division Director, and General Manager of Marketing & Development Department, the Company
- Apr. 2021
- Managing Director, Sales Division Director, and General Manager of Marketing & Development Department, the Company
- Apr. 2023
- Senior Managing Director, Sales Division Director, and General Manager of Marketing & Development Department, the Company
- Jun. 2023
- Executive Managing Director, Sales Division Director, and General Manager of Marketing & Development Department, the Company (to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Director Yosuke Komatsu
- Apr. 1998
- Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation ("Toyota Tsusho")
- Apr. 2012
- General Manager of Sales Division I, Toyota Tsusho Electronics Corporation (currently NEXTY Electronics Corporation)
- Apr. 2013
- Assistant General Manager, Sales Department, Toyota Tsusho Electronics Corporation (currently NEXTY Electronics Corporation)
- Apr. 2014
- Divisional Director of Semiconductor Sales Department, Toyota Tsusho Electronics Corporation (currently NEXTY Electronics Corporation)
- Apr. 2017
- Executive Officer, Toyota Tsusho Electronics Corporation (currently NEXTY Electronics Corporation)
- Apr. 2018
- General Manager of Electronic Department, Chemical & Electronics Division, Toyota Tsusho
- Jun. 2021
- Member of the Board, the Company (to the present)
- April 2024
- General Manager of Digital Solutions Planning Department, Digital Solutions Division, Toyota Tsusho
(to the present)
Director, NEXTY Electronics Corporation (to the present) - June 2024
- Director, Tomen Devices Corporation (to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Director Tatsumi Maeda
- Mar. 1975
- Joined Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. (currently Kyocera Corporation) ("Kyocera")
- Jun. 2001
- Director, Kyocera
- Jun. 2003
- Managing Executive Officer, Kyocera
- Apr. 2007
- Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kyocera
- Jun. 2008
- Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kyocera
- Apr. 2009
- Vice President and Representative Director, and Vice President and Executive Officer, Kyocera
- Apr. 2013
- Vice Chairman and Representative Director, Kyocera
- Jun. 2017
- Advisor, Kyocera
- Mar. 2018
- Retired from Advisor, Kyocera
- Jun. 2019
- External Member of the Board, the Company (to the present)
- Jun. 2021
- External Director, Tomen Devices Corporation (to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Director Yoshiaki Yatsu
- Oct. 1990
- Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)
- Jun. 2005
- Partner, Tohmatsu & Co.
- Oct. 2018
- Retired from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
- Nov. 2018
- Established Yatsu Certified Public Accountant Office (to the present)
- Mar. 2019
- Outside Auditor, Shizuoka Gas Co., Ltd. (to the present)
- Jun. 2020
- External Member of the Board, the Company (to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Director Mie Fujimoto
- April 1993
- Registered as an attorney-at-law
(member of Daini Tokyo Bar Association) (to the present)
Joined New Tokyo Sogoh Law Office - June 2009
- Outside Auditor, Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- April 2015
- Joined TMI Associates (to the present)
- June 2015
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION
- June 2016
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo Broadcasting
System Holdings, Inc. (currently, TBS HOLDINGS, INC.) (to the present) - March 2019
- Outside Director, Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- March 2020
- Independent Director, EBARA CORPORATION (to the present)
*Term of office: One year from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2024.
Auditors
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time) Yoshihito Noguchi
- Apr. 1984
- Joined the Company
- Apr. 2014
- General Manager of General Affairs & Legal Affairs Department, the Company
- Apr. 2017
- General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Department, the Company
- Apr. 2022
- Assistant General Manager of Human Resources & General Affairs Department, the Company
- Jun. 2022
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time), the Company (to the present)
*Term of office: Four years from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 21, 2022.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Hiroshi Mizukami
- Apr. 1995
- Registered as attorney-at-law (member of Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
- Jun. 2002
- External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (to the present)
- Jun. 2015
- Outside Director, Sanyei Corporation
- Mar. 2016
- External Director, GMO CLOUD K.K. (currently GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K.) (to the present)
- Mar. 2020
- External Director, NAKANO REFRIGERATORS CO., LTD. (to the present)
*Term of office: Four years from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 22, 2021.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Hiroshi Ito
- Apr. 1983
- Joined Tomen Corporation (currently Toyota Tsusho Corporation ("Toyota Tsusho"))
- Apr. 2007
- General Manager of Financial Planning Department, Toyota Tsusho
- Apr. 2011
- General Manager of Enterprise Risk Management Department, Toyota Tsusho
- Oct. 2013
- General Manager, Administration Division, Toyota Tsusho Foods Corporation
- Mar. 2018
- External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, First Baking Co., Ltd.
- Jun. 2019
- Managing Director, Administration Division, Toyota Tsusho Foods Corporation
- Jul. 2021
- General Manager of Enterprise Risk Management & Legal Department, NEXTY Electronics Corporation
- Jun. 2022
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (to the present), Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time), NEXTY Electronics Corporation (to the present)
*Term of office: Four years from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 21, 2022.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Toshio Ohshima
- Apr. 1976
- Joined Toray Industries, Inc.
- Jan. 2001
- General Manager of Films Trading Department, Toray Industries, Inc.
- April 2005
- General Manager of Information Materials Department, Toray Industries, Inc.
- March 2007
- Director of Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
- Mar. 2009
- President and Representative Director of Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
- Jun. 2013
- President of Toray Medical Co., Ltd.
- Jun. 2016
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time) of Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
- Jun. 2022
- External Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (to the present)
*Term of office: Four years from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 21, 2022.
Skill Matrix
As an organization that performs a more appropriate and high-level supervisory function for management and business execution in the Group and strives to continuously improve corporate value, Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members with extensive experience, as well as high levels of insight and expertise are appointed as members of the Board of Directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board. We have set six areas of knowledge and experience that are considered important to the Group, and talents with various perspectives, different insights, and diverse and advanced skills are selected.
| Attribute | Name | Corporate management | Experience in sales and marketing in the business operations of the Company and in the industry | Global | Sustainability (Environment, society, and governance) |
Finance/ accounting |
Legal affairs/risk management |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Directors | Akira Yokode | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ||
| Sei Kawafuji | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |||
| Koichi Okoshi | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ||||
| Naohito Tsuji | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ||||
| Hiroyuki Rikuna | ◯ | ◯ | |||||
| Non-executive Directors | Yosuke Komatsu | ◯ | ◯ | ||||
| Tatsumi Maeda* | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ||||
| Yoshiaki Yatsu* | ◯ | ◯ | |||||
| Emi Fujimoto* | ◯ | ◯ | |||||
| Audit & Supervisory Board Member | Yoshihito Noguchi | ◯ | ◯ | ||||
| Hiroshi Mizukami* | ◯ | ◯ | |||||
| Hiroshi Ito | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |||
| Toshio Ohshima* | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ |
*Indicates an External Member of the Board or an External Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
The above description is based on the composition of the Board of Directors after the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
Executive Officers
Senior Managing Director,
Sales Division Director
Tsutomu Kishishita
Managing Director,
Director of Corporate Division
Masahiro Fukami
Managing Director,
Sales Division Director
Koichi Ishibashi
Managing Director, Sales Division Director,
General Manager of the Overseas Dept.,
Head of ASEAN Operations
Takefumi Mizukoshi
Managing Director,
Sales Division Director
Hitoshi Arai
Managing Director,
Sales Division Director,
Deputy Head of ASEAN Operations
Takanori Obata