Management Team

Management Team

As of April 1, 2024

Directors

Representative Director, President

Yasushi Takayama

February 3, 1971

Personal History
October 2006 Joined the Company
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)
Director, Sanwa USA Inc.
Director, Overhead Door Corp.
Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH.

Director, Senior Advisor

Toshitaka Takayama

April 25, 1939

Personal History
August 1963 Joined the Company
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
June 2022 Director, Senior Advisor (present position)
(Important concurrent positions)
Director, Sanwa Shutter Corp.

Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Corporate Planning Unit

Hiroyuki Yamazaki

February 3, 1961

Personal History
April 1983 Joined Sumitomo 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 (present post)
Director, Sanwa Shutter Corp. (present post)
(Important concurrent positions)
Director, Sanwa Shutter Corp.
Director, Overhead Door Corporation
Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH.

Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Global Business Unit

Toshiaki Doba

July 26, 1961

Personal History
April 1985 Joined ITOCHU Corporation 4,234 shares
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. (present post)
June 2022 Director (present post)
April 2024 Senior Managing Executive (present post)
(Important concurrent positions)
Director, Sanwa USA Inc.
Director, Overhead Door Corporation
Director, Novoferm Germany GmbH.

Director(Part-time)

Meiji Takayama

August 27, 1973

Personal History
October 2006 Joined the Company
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.

Outside Director

Masanaka Yokota

January 5, 1955

Personal History
June 2003 Director, JMA Consultants Inc.
January 2009 President, JMAC China
June 2013 Managing Director, JMA Consultants Inc.
April 2015 President, JMAC Europe S.p.A
June 2020 Exective Adviser, JMA Consultants Inc. (present post)
June 2020 Outside Director, the Company (present post)
(Important concurrent positions)
Managing Director, JMA Consultants Inc.

Outside Director

Hiroko Ishimura

August 2, 1955

Personal History
April 1978 Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.
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
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.

Outside Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Tsunekatsu Yonezawa

August 4, 1948

Personal History
April 1971 Joined ITOCHU Corporation
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)

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)
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.

Senior Executive Officers and Executive Officers

Executive Officer Masayuki Atarashi Head of Corporate Communication Department, Corporate Planning Unit
Executive Officer Katsumi Fujii Head of Corporate Planning Department, Corporate Planning Unit
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