Management Team
Management Team
As of April 1, 2025
Directors
Representative Director, President
Yasushi Takayama
February 3, 1971
Personal History
| October 2006 | Joined the Company |
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| April 2008 | General Manager of TCR Dept. |
| April 2009 | General Manager of Structural Reform Dept. |
| April 2010 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2010 | Responsible for Group Function, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2011 | Senior Executive Officer, the Company |
| April 2011 | Assistant Director of Overseas Business Unit |
| April 2012 | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| April 2012 | Responsible for Corporate Planning Unit |
| June 2012 | Director |
| April 2016 | Executive Officer, Vice President |
| April 2016 | Deputy President |
| April 2017 | COO |
| April 2017 | Representative Director, President (present post) |
| April 2019 | Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2020 | Executive Officer, President (present post) |
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(Important concurrent positions) Director, Sanwa USA Inc. Director, Overhead Door Corporation Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH. |
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Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Corporate Planning Unit
Hiroyuki Yamazaki
February 3, 1961
Personal History
| April 1983 | Joined Sumitomo Corporation |
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| December 1995 | Vice President, Phoenixcore, Inc. (USA) |
| January 1999 | General Manager of Machinery Department, Chicago Office, Sumitomo Corporation of America |
| June 2009 | Director (Outside), CSK Holdings Corporation |
| April 2010 |
Executive Officer, Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation |
| April 2016 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, SCSK Corporation |
| September 2017 | Joined the Company |
| April 2018 |
Senior Executive Officer Subleader of Corporate Planning Unit (Concurrent) General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. |
| April 2020 | Responsible for Corporate Planning Unit (present post) |
| June 2020 | Director (present post) |
| April 2024 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer (present post) |
| April 2024 | Director, Sanwa Shutter Corporation (present post) |
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(Important concurrent positions) Director, Sanwa Shutter Corporation Director, Overhead Door Corporation Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH. |
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Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Global Business Unit
Toshiaki Doba
July 26, 1961
Personal History
| April 1985 | Joined ITOCHU Corporation |
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| April 2000 | Joined Johnson & Johnson K.K. |
| April 2007 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., Accounting and Finance Div., Medical Company, Johnson & Johnson K.K. |
| July 2008 | CFO, Consumer Company, Johnson & Johnson K.K. |
| November 2010 | Head of Distribution Strategy Div. (Senior Director), Medical Company, Johnson & Johnson K.K. |
| April 2014 | Joined the Company |
| April 2015 | General Manager of Strategic Re-Engineering Dept. |
| April 2016 |
Executive Officer Head of Americas Business, Europe and Americas Business Unit |
| April 2019 | Senior Executive Officer |
| April 2020 | Head of Europe and Americas Business |
| April 2021 | Subleader of Global Business Unit |
| January 2022 | (Concurrent) General Manager of Global R&D Dept. |
| April 2022 |
Responsible for Global Business Unit (present post) (Concurrent) General Manager of R&D Dept. |
| June 2022 | Director (present post) |
| April 2023 | (Concurrent) Head of Americas Business |
| October 2023 | (Concurrent) Head of Asia Business |
| April 2024 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer (present post) |
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(Important concurrent positions) Director, Sanwa USA Inc. Director, Overhead Door Inc. Director, Overhead Door Corporation Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH. Director, AN-HO METAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Director, VINA-SANWA COMPANY LIABILITY LTD. |
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Director(Part-time)
Meiji Takayama
August 27, 1973
Personal History
| October 2006 | Joined the Company |
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| April 2009 | General Manager of Sales Promotion Dept., Building Business Div., Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2010 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Sales Dept., Building Materials Div., Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2011 | Director, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2011 | Senior Executive Officer, Head of Building Materials Div., Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2012 | Senior Executive Managing Officer, Head of Building Materials Div., Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2013 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Sales Development Div., Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2014 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Business Strategy Div., Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2016 | Representative Director, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2016 | Executive Officer, Vice President (Concurrent) Deputy President, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2017 | Representative Director, President, Sanwa Shutter Corporation (present post) |
| April 2017 | Chief Executive Officer, Sanwa Shutter Corporation (present post) |
| June 2017 | Director, the Company (present post) |
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(Important concurrent positions) Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
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Outside Director
Masanaka Yokota
January 5, 1955
Personal History
| June 2003 | Director, JMA Consultants Inc. |
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| January 2009 | President, JMAC China |
| June 2013 | Managing Director, JMA Consultants Inc. |
| April 2015 | President, JMAC Europe S.p.A |
| June 2020 | Standing Advisor, JMA Consultants Inc. (present post) |
| June 2020 | Outside Director, the Company (present post) |
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(Important concurrent positions) Standing Advisor, JMA Consultants Inc. |
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Outside Director
Hiroko Ishimura
August 2, 1955
Personal History
| April 1978 | Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. |
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| April 1991 | Joined Cincom Systems Japan Ltd. |
| April 1996 | Marketing Manager, Cincom Systems Japan Ltd. |
| April 1998 | Sales Manager, East Japan Sales Department, Cincom Systems Japan Ltd. |
| January 2000 | Managing Director, Cincom Systems Japan Ltd. |
| April 2008 | Representative Director, Cincom Systems Japan Ltd. |
| February 2021 | Executive Advisor, Cincom Systems Japan Ltd. |
| June 2022 | Outside Director, the Company (present post) |
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Teiko Zaima
May 14, 1952
Personal History
| March 1975 | Joined the Company |
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| April 2004 | General Manager of Accounting Dept. |
| October 2007 | General Manager of Accounting Dept., Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2010 | Executive Officer, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2012 | Senior Executive Officer, Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2015 | Standing Advisor, the Company |
| June 2015 | Corporate Auditor |
| June 2016 |
Director serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Full-time) (present post) |
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(Important concurrent positions) Part-time Corporate Auditor, Sanwa Shutter Corporation Part-time Corporate Auditor, Suzuki Shutter Corporation Part-time Corporate Auditor, SHOWAFRONT Co., Ltd. Part-time Corporate Auditor, Sanwa Facade Laboratory Corporation |
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Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Tsunekatsu Yonezawa
August 4, 1948
Personal History
| April 1971 | Joined ITOCHU Corporation |
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| April 1996 | General Manager of Thin Plate Department I, ITOCHU Corporation |
| April 1999 |
General Manager of Oceania (Stationed in Sydney), ITOCHU Corporation (Concurrent) President, ITOCHU Australia Ltd. |
| June 2001 | Executive Officer, ITOCHU Corporation |
| October 2001 | Member of the Board, General Manager of Iron & Steel Division-I, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. |
| April 2004 | Vice President, Member of the Board, Marubeni- Itochu Steel Inc. |
| April 2005 | President and CEO, Member of the Board, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. |
| April 2009 | Chairman, Member of the Board, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. |
| April 2012 | Advisory Board Member, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. |
| April 2013 | Director (Assistant to President), ITOCHU Corporation |
| June 2015 | Outside Corporate Auditor |
| June 2016 |
Director serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (Full-time) (present post) |
Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Akira Gokita
September 20, 1947
Personal History
| April 1978 | Assumed the office of Public Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (Criminal Affairs Division and Trial Division) |
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| March 1979 | Mito District Public Prosecutors Office |
| March 1982 | Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (Criminal Affairs Division and Special Investigation Division) |
| March 1985 | Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office (Special Investigation Division) |
| March 1987 | Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (Special Investigation Division) |
| March 1988 | Retired from Public Prosecutor |
| April 1988 | Registered as an attorney at law |
| May 1994 | Attorney at law, Gokita and Mitsuura Law Office (present post) |
| June 2010 | Outside Director, Ichiyoshi Securities Co., Ltd. (present post) |
| June 2016 | Director serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the Company (present post) |
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(Important concurrent positions) Attorney at law, Gokita and Mitsuura Law Office Outside Director, Ichiyoshi Securities Co., Ltd. |
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Senior Executive Officers and Executive Officers
| Senior Executive Officer | Katsumi Fujii Head of Americas Business, Global Business Unit |
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| Executive Officer | Masayuki Atarashi Head of Corporate Communication Department, Corporate Planning Unit |