Online Annual Report | 2017

Directors, Auditors, and Officers

(As of June 23, 2017)

Directors

Top row from left: Noboru Kashiwagi, Seiji Sato, Hidenori Iwamoto, Shuichi Honda, Yoshiyuki Nakashima, Hiroshi Geshiro, Yoshiaki Ozawa
Bottom row from left: Akio Tanaka, Masaki Hojo, Mikio Inohara

Masaki Hojo
President and CEO

Apr. 1971 Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.)
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.)
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.)
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
Airport Technologies

Apr. 1979 Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (now Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.)
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.)
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

Yoshiyuki Nakashima
Director
Chairman of Daifuku (China) Co., Ltd.

Apr. 1980 Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.)
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.)
Apr. 2008 General Manager of the Semiconductor Division under eFA Operations
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.)
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
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
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

Top row from left: Hiroyuki Torii, Isao Kitamoto, Ryosuke Aihara; bottom row from left: Tatsujiro Kurosaka, Yoshihisa Kimura

Tatsujiro Kurosaka
Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Apr. 1978 Joined Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. (now Daifuku Co., Ltd.)
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.)
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
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.
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)
Jul. 2014 Part-time Auditor of Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NUMO) (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)
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 (excluding those who are concurrently appointed as Directors)

Managing Officers

Akira Ikari
Auto Washing Technologies
President of Daifuku Plusmore Co., Ltd.

Tadashi Kimura
Factory & Distribution Automation Installation & Services

Kanji Anno
Factory & Distribution Automation Production, International

Akihiko Kishida
Automotive Factory
Automation Production

Yoshiyuki Horiba
e-Factory Automation
Field Engineering & Services

Corporate Officers

Ken Sasaki
Safety and Health Management
Chief Officer of Shiga Works

Hiroshi Nobuta
Executive Vice President of Daifuku North America Holding Company

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 Affairs
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.

Norihito Toriya
Factory & Distribution
Automation Sales