Management Team
As of April, 2020
Directors
Toshitaka Takayama
April 25, 1939
| August 1963 | Joined the Company |
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| April 1972 | Director |
| April 1974 | General Manager of Construction Material Div. |
| April 1974 | Managing Director |
| January 1977 | Head of Construction Material Dept. |
| April 1980 | Director, Vice President |
| May 1981 | Representative Director, President |
| August 1985 | Representative Director, President, SHOWAFRONT Sales Co. (currently SHOWAFRONT Co., Ltd.) |
| June 2000 | Executive Officer, President |
| October 2007 | Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Sanwa Shutter Corp. |
| April 2012 | CEO & COO |
| June 2012 | Representative Director, Chairman |
| April 2020 | Director, Chairman |
| (Important concurrent positions) Director, Sanwa Shutter Corp. Director, Sanwa USA Inc. Director, Overhead Door Corp. Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH. |
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Representative Director, President
Yasushi Takayama
February 3, 1971
| October 2006 | Joined the Company |
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| April 2008 | General Manager of TCR Div. |
| April 2009 | General Manager of Structural Reform Div. |
| April 2010 | Director, Senior Executive Officer of Sanwa Shutter Corp. |
| April 2010 | Responsible for Group Function of Sanwa Shutter Corp. |
| April 2011 | Senior Executive Officer |
| April 2011 | Assistant Director of Overseas Business |
| April 2012 | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| April 2012 | Responsible for Corporate Planning |
| June 2012 | Director |
| April 2016 | Executive Officer, Vice President |
| April 2016 | Deputy President |
| April 2017 | Representative Director, President (present post) |
| April 2017 | COO |
| April 2019 | Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Sanwa Shutter Corp. |
| (Important concurrent positions) Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Sanwa Shutter Corp. Director, Sanwa USA Inc. Director, Overhead Door Corp. Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH. |
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Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Global Business Unit
Hiroatsu Fujisawa
March 4, 1953
| April 2003 | President and CEO, Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc. |
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| April 2009 | Representative Director and President, DRESSER JAPAN, LTD. |
| November 2012 | Joined the Company |
| April 2013 | Senior Executive Officer |
| April 2013 | Responsible for Strategic Re-Engineering Unit |
| June 2014 | Director (present post) |
| April 2015 | Responsible for Europe Business Unit |
| April 2016 | Responsible for Europe and Americas Business Unit |
| April 2017 | Senior Managing Executive Officer (present post) |
| April 2017 | Responsible for Global Business Unit (present post) |
| April 2019 | Head of Europe Business |
| February 2020 | Head of Asia Business(present post) |
| (Important concurrent positions) Director, Overhead Door Corp. Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH. |
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Masahiro Fukuda
June 14, 1955
| October 2003 | General Manager of Gotanda Corporate Sales Div. 2, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
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| September 2005 | Joined the Company |
| September 2005 | General Manager |
| January 2006 | Executive Adviser, Sanwa USA Inc. |
| October 2007 | Executive Officer |
| October 2007 | Responsible for Overhead Door Corporation |
| April 2008 | Senior Executive Officer |
| April 2011 | Responsible for Americas Business |
| April 2012 | Assistant Director of Overseas Business |
| June 2012 | Director (present post) |
| April 2014 | Director of Americas Business Unit |
| April 2016 | Subleader of Corporate Planning Unit General Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility Promotion Dept. |
| April 2017 | Responsible for Corporate Planning Unit |
Meiji Takayama
August 27, 1973
| October 2006 | Joined the Company |
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| April 2009 | General Manager, Sales Promotion Dept., Building Business Div. of Sanwa Shutter Corp. |
| April 2010 | Executive Officer of Sanwa Shutter Corp. General Manager, Corporate Sales Dept., Building Materials Div. |
| April 2011 | Director of Sanwa Shutter Corp. |
| April 2011 | Senior Executive Officer Head of Building Materials Div. |
| April 2012 | Senior Managing Executive Officer Head of Building Materials Div. |
| April 2013 | Senior Managing Executive Officer Head of Sales Development Div. |
| April 2014 | Senior Managing Executive Officer Head of Business Strategy Div. |
| April 2016 | Representative Director of Sanwa Shutter Corp. |
| April 2016 | Executive Officer, Vice President and Deputy President |
| April 2017 | Representative Director President (present post) |
| April 2017 | Chief Executive Officer (present post) |
| June 2017 | Director, the Company (present post) |
| (Important concurrent positions) Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sanwa Shutter Corp. |
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Makoto Yasuda
November 7, 1937
| May 1977 | Director and Executive Vice President of Private Investment Company for Asia (PICA) S.A. |
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| May 1987 | Representative Chairman of Elders and Yasuda |
| May 2001 | Director, Li & Fung Ltd. |
| June 2006 | Director, Azbil Corporation |
| June 2007 | Director, Kanematsu Textile Corporation |
| September 2008 | President, Yasuda Makoto & Co., Ltd. (present post) |
| June 2014 | Outside Director, the Company (present post) |
| June 2015 | Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, SECOM CO., LTD. (present post) |
| (Important concurrent positions) President, Yasuda Makoto & Co., Ltd. Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member,SECOM CO., LTD. |
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Note: 1. Director Makoto Yasuda is an Outside Director as stipulated in Item 15 of Article 2 of the Companies Act.
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
Teiko Zaima
May 14, 1952
| March 1975 | Joined the Company |
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| April 2004 | General Manager of Accounting Div. |
| October 2007 | General Manager of Accounting Div. of Sanwa Shutter Corporation |
| April 2010 | Executive Officer |
| April 2012 | Senior Executive Officer |
| April 2015 | Standing Advisor of the Company |
| June 2015 | Corporate Auditor |
| June 2016 | Director serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (present post) |
| (Representation of Other Organizations) Part-time Corporate Auditor of Sanwa Shutter Corporation Part-time Corporate Auditor of SHOWAFRONT Co., Ltd. |
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Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member1
Tsunekatsu Yonezawa
August 4, 1948
| April 1971 | Joined ITOCHU Corporation |
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| April 1996 | General Manager of Thin Plate Department I |
| April 1999 | General Manager of Oceania (Stationed in Sydney) (concurrent) President of ITOCHU Australia Ltd. |
| June 2001 | Executive Officer |
| October 2001 | Member of the Board, Iron & Steel Div.-I of Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. |
| April 2004 | Vice President, Member of the Board |
| April 2005 | President and CEO, Member of the Board |
| April 2009 | Chairman, Member of the Board |
| April 2012 | Advisory Board Member |
| April 2013 | Director (Assistant to President) of ITOCHU Corporation |
| June 2015 | Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company |
| June 2016 | Outside Director serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (present post) |
Note: 1. Director Tsunekatsu Yonezawa is an Outside Directors as stipulated in Item 15 of Article 2 of the Companies Act.
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member1
Akira Gokita
September 20, 1947
| 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 |
| May 1994 | Representative of Gokita and Mitsuura Law Office (present post) |
| June 2010 | Outside Director of Ichiyoshi Securities Co., Ltd. (present post) |
| June 2016 | Outside Director serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the Company (present post) |
| (Representation of Other Organizations) Representative of Gokita and Mitsuura Law Office Outside Director of Ichiyoshi Securities Co., Ltd. |
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Note: 1. Director Akira Gokita is an Outside Directors as stipulated in Item 15 of Article 2 of the Companies Act.
Senior Executive Officers and Executive Officers
| Senior Executive Officer | Hiroyuki Yamazaki | Responsible for Corporate Planning Unit |
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| Senior Executive Officer | Toshiaki Doba | Head of Europe and Americas Business, Global Business unit |
| Senior Executive Officer | Kenichiro Motomachi | Subleader, Corporate Planning Unit |
| Executive Officer | Takenobu Hoizumi | Subleader, Global Business Unit |