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, an affiliate of Daifuku Co., Ltd. |
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., a subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd. |
Apr. 2006 | Executive Vice President |
Apr. 2007 | COO of Automotive Factory Automation (AFA) Operations General Manager of AFA Operations |
Dec. 2007 | Chairman and Co-CEO of Jervis B. Webb Company, an affiliate of Daifuku Co., Ltd. |
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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), a subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd. |
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 Factory & Distribution Automation (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 Baggage Handling
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 (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 with an introduction of corporate officer system |
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 (to present) |
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 with an introduction of corporate officer system |
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 e-Factory Automation (eFA) Operations (to present) |
Jun. 2010 | Director, member of the board |
Jun. 2011 | Managing Officer with an introduction of corporate officer system |
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 (to present) |
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, Managing Officer (to present) |
Noboru Kashiwagi*
Outside Director
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) |
Yoshiaki Ozawa
Outside Director
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 and 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 and Supervisory Board Member (to present) |
Yoshihisa Kimura
Audit and 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 and Supervisory Board Member (to present) |
Harumichi Uchida
Audit and Supervisory
Board Member (outside)
Apr. 1973 | Joined Mori Sogo Law Offices (now Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) (to present) Registered as an attorney |
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Oct. 1980 | Registered as an attorney in New York |
Jun. 2004 | Audit and Supervisory Board Member (outside) of Daifuku Co., Ltd. (to present) |
Oct. 2007 | Council Member of Roundtable Conference, Japan Fair Trade Commission (to present) |
Jun. 2010 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (to present) |
Apr. 2012 | Member of the Board of Directors (auditor) of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) (to present) |
Isao Kitamoto*
Audit and Supervisory
Board Member (outside)
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 and 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 and Supervisory
Board Member (outside)
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 and Supervisory Board Member (outside) of Daifuku Co., Ltd. (to present) |
* Noboru Kashiwagi, Isao Kitamoto, and Hiroyuki Torii are independent officers, appointed in accordance with the Securities Listing Regulations partially revised in Dec. 2009.
Officers
Managing Officers
Akira Ikari
Lifestyle Products
Tadashi Kimura
Factory & Distribution Automation Services
Kanji Anno
Factory & Distribution Automation Production
Corporate Officers
Ken Sasaki
Lifestyle Products Production
Hiroshi Nobuta
Executive Vice President of Daifuku North America Holding Company
Yoshiyuki Horiba
e-Factory Automation (FPD)
Akihiko Kishida
Chairman of Daifuku (China) Automation Co., Ltd.
Toshiaki Hayashi
Automotive Factory Automation Production
Takaya Uemoto
Automotive Factory Automation Project Management
Akihiko Nishimura
President and CEO of Daifuku North America Holding Company
Yoshihisa Ichinose
Corporate Social Responsibility Chief Officer of Komaki Works