Directors, Auditors, and Officers
Directors
Masaki Hojo
President and CEO
| Apr. 1971 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Jun. 1998 | Director, member of the Board |
| Apr. 2000 | President of Daifuku America Corporation |
| Apr. 2004 | Representative Director (to present) Senior Managing Director Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Business Support Management COO of Overseas Business Management President of Daifuku Canada Inc. |
| Apr. 2006 | Executive Vice President |
| Apr. 2007 | COO of AFA Operations General Manager of AFA Operations |
| Dec. 2007 | Chairman and Co-CEO of Jervis B. Webb Company, an affiliate of Daifuku Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2008 | President and Co-CEO COO of Webb Business |
| Jan. 2011 | Chairman and Co-CEO of Daifuku Webb Holding Company (now Daifuku North America Holding Company) |
| Apr. 2012 | President and CEO (to present) COO of Production Control COO of Service Control |
Akio Tanaka
Executive Vice President and
COO
| Apr. 1973 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Jul. 2004 | Administration Officer with director status |
| Jun. 2006 | Director, member of the Board General Manager of the Sales Division under FA&DA Operations |
| Jun. 2011 | Director, Managing Officer |
| Apr. 2012 | Director, Senior Managing Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) of FA&DA Operations |
| Apr. 2013 | Representative Director (to present) Senior Managing Director |
| Apr. 2014 | Executive Vice President (to present) COO of all business operations (to present) |
Mikio Inohara
Executive Vice President
CFO and CRO
| Apr. 1969 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Jul. 2004 | Administration Officer with director status |
| Jun. 2005 | Director, member of the Board General Manager of the Business Support Operations |
| Apr. 2008 | General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division |
| Apr. 2010 | Chief Financial Officer |
| Jun. 2011 | Director, Managing Officer |
| Apr. 2012 | Representative Director (to present) Senior Managing Director |
| Apr. 2013 | Chief Financial and Risk Officer (CFO and CRO) (to present) |
| Apr. 2014 | Executive Vice President (to present) |
Shuichi Honda
Director
Corporate Business Development and Airport Technologies
| Apr. 1979 | Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (now Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.) |
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| Mar. 2006 | Executive Officer of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. |
| Jun. 2011 | Became Managing Director of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. |
| Apr. 2012 | Joined Daifuku Co., Ltd. as a corporate advisor |
| Jun. 2013 | Director, member of the Board, Managing Officer Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Affairs |
| Apr. 2014 | Director, Senior Managing Officer (to present) |
| Apr. 2015 | General Manager of Corporate Business Development Division (to present) General Manager of ABH Global Operations |
| Apr. 2016 | General Manager of ATec Global Operations (to present) |
Hidenori Iwamoto
Director
Automotive Factory Automation
| Apr. 1981 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Apr. 2007 | President of Daifuku Canada Inc. |
| Apr. 2009 | General Manager of the Sales Division under AFA Operations |
| Jun. 2010 | Director, member of the Board |
| Jun. 2011 | Managing Officer |
| Jun. 2014 | Director, Managing Officer (to present) General Manager of AFA (Global) Operations (to present) |
| Apr. 2015 | General Manager of AFA Operations under AFA Global Operations (to present) General Manager of the Sales Division under AFA Operations |
Yoshiyuki Nakashima
Director
Chairman of Daifuku (China) Co., Ltd.
| Apr. 1980 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Jul. 2008 | Administration Officer with director status |
| Jun. 2010 | Director, member of the Board General Manager of the Corporate Social Responsibility Division |
| Jun. 2011 | Managing Officer |
| Apr. 2012 | General Manager of the Business Continuity Plan Promotion Division |
| Apr. 2013 | Chairman of Daifuku (China) Co., Ltd. (to present) |
| Jun. 2015 | Director, Managing Officer (to present) |
Seiji Sato
Director
e-Factory Automation
| Apr. 1983 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Apr. 2008 | General Manager of the Semiconductor Division under eFA Operations (to present) |
| Jun. 2010 | Director, member of the Board |
| Jun. 2011 | Managing Officer |
| Apr. 2015 | General Manager of eFA Global Operations (to present) General Manager of eFA Operations (to present) |
| Jun. 2015 | Director, Managing Officer (to present) |
Hiroshi Geshiro
Director
Factory & Distribution Automation
| Apr. 1983 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Apr. 2012 | Corporate Officer General Manager of the Sales Division under FA&DA Operations |
| Apr. 2014 | Managing Officer General Manager of FA&DA (Global) Operations (to present) |
| Apr. 2015 | General Manager of FA&DA Operations (to present) |
| Jun. 2015 | Director, member of the Board, Managing Officer (to present) |
| Apr. 2016 | General Manager of International Division under FA&DA Operations (to present) |
Noboru Kashiwagi
Outside Director
Independent Officer
| Apr. 1965 | Joined Mitsubishi Corporation |
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| Jan. 1984 | Worked as assistant manager of legal affairs department at Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) |
| Aug. 1993 | Became professor at the Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics of the University of Tokyo |
| Jun. 2003 | Professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo (to present) |
| Apr. 2004 | Professor at Graduate School of Law of Chuo University |
| Jun. 2011 | Director of the Foundation for Civil Dispute Resolution Research Funds (to present) |
| Jun. 2012 | Outside Director of Daifuku Co., Ltd. (to present) |
| Aug. 2015 | Chair of the New National Stadium Project Process Investigation Panel |
Yoshiaki Ozawa
Outside Director
Independent Officer
| Jul. 1978 | Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Osaka Office |
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| Aug. 1982 | Registered as a Japanese certified public accountant (CPA) |
| Oct. 1985 | Worked at Coopers & Lybrand New York Office |
| Jul. 1990 | Registered as a U.S. CPA (New York) |
| Jan. 2008 | Senior partner of PwC Aarata |
| Apr. 2012 | Professor of Business Administration at St. Andrew’s University (to present) |
| Sep. 2012 | Left PwC Aarata |
| Jun. 2014 | Outside Director of Daifuku Co., Ltd. (to present) |
Auditors
Tatsujiro Kurosaka
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
| Apr. 1978 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Apr. 2005 | Became Manager of the Logistics Systems Sales Group of the Sales Division, under FA&DA Operations |
| Apr. 2012 | Senior Assistant to the President |
| Jun. 2012 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present) |
Yoshihisa Kimura
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
| Apr. 1982 | Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.) |
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| Apr. 2003 | Became Manager of the Osaka Group of the Accounting Department |
| Apr. 2006 | General Manager of the Finance and Accounting Department |
| Apr. 2012 | Corporate Officer General Manager of the Finance and Accounting Division |
| Apr. 2014 | Assistant to CFO and CRO |
| Jun. 2014 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (to present) |
Isao Kitamoto
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)
Independent Officer
| Apr. 1966 | Joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) as Program Director of News Department |
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| Jun. 1991 | Bureau Chief of NHK Paris Bureau |
| Jun. 1995 | Managing Director of NHK Enterprises 21 Inc. |
| Oct. 1999 | Executive Managing Director of NHK International, Inc. |
| Jun. 2007 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside) of Daifuku Co., Ltd. (to present) |
| May 2008 | Executive Producer of NHK Enterprises, Inc. |
| Dec. 2008 | Special Adviser of Japan International Broadcasting Inc. (to present) |
Hiroyuki Torii
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside)
Independent Officer
| Apr. 1969 | Joined Nikkei Inc. |
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| Apr. 1987 | Editorial Writer of Nikkei Inc. Director of Research Department of Nikkei Research Institute of Industry and Markets |
| Jan. 2002 | Affiliate Professor of Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology of the University of Tokyo |
| Apr. 2002 | Professor of Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactor of Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Sep. 2008 | JST Project Senior Officer, Japan Science and Technology Agency (to present) |
| Jun. 2010 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside) of Daifuku Co., Ltd. (to present) |
Ryosuke Aihara
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside) Independent Officer
| Apr. 1977 | Registered as an attorney, belonging to Daini Tokyo Bar Association (to present) Joined Mori Sogo Law Office (now Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) |
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| Jan. 1982 | Partner of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Law Office |
| Apr. 2004 | Professor at Graduate School of Law of the University of Tokyo |
| Apr. 2007 | Adjunct Lecturer at Graduate School of Law of the University of Tokyo |
| Jun. 2015 | Outside Member of the Auditor & Supervisory Board of Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc. (to present) |
| Mar. 2016 | Left Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Law Office |
| Apr. 2016 | Representative of Aihara Law Office (to present) |
| Jun. 2016 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside) of Daifuku Co., Ltd. (to present) |
Officers
Managing Officers
Akira Ikari
Lifestyle Products
President of Daifuku Plusmore Co., Ltd.
Tadashi Kimura
Factory & Distribution Automation Installation & Services
Kanji Anno
Factory & Distribution Automation Production, International
Corporate Officers
Ken Sasaki
Safety and Hygiene Management
Chief Officer of Shiga Works
Hiroshi Nobuta
Executive Vice President of Daifuku
North America Holding Company
Yoshiyuki Horiba
e-Factory Automation (Flat-Panel Displays)
Akihiko Kishida
Automotive Factory Automation Global Sales, Production
Toshiaki Hayashi
Chairman of Daifuku (China) Automation Co., Ltd.
Takaya Uemoto
Automotive Factory Automation Production
Akihiko Nishimura
Airport Technologies
President and CEO of Daifuku North America Holding Company
Yoshihisa Ichinose
Corporate Social Responsibility
Chief Officer of Komaki Works
Takuya Gondo
Factory & Distribution Automation Engineering
Yasuhisa Mishina
Factory & Distribution Automation Production
Hiroaki Kita
Chairman of Daifuku (China) Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
