About Us
Members of the Board and Corporate Auditors
As of March 28, 2024
Members of the Board
*Representative director
Chairman of the Board
Nobuhiko Murakami
Personal Histories
April 1982 | Joined Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (current Toyota Motor Corporation) |
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April 2012 | Managing Officer, Deputy Chief Officer, Customer First Promotion Group, Toyota Motor Corporation |
April 2014 | Corporate Senior Vice President, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (current SUBARU Corporation) |
April 2015 | Corporate Executive Vice President, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. |
April 2017 | Senior Managing Officer, Chief Officer, External Affairs & Public Affairs Group, Chief Communications Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation |
January 2018 | Chief Officer, East Asia, Oceania & Middle East Region, Toyota Motor Corporation |
January 2019 | Operating Officer, Chief Officer, East Asia, Oceania & Middle East Region, Deputy Chief Officer, Europe Region, Toyota Motor Corporation |
January 2022 | Senior Project General Manager, Toyota Tsusho Corporation |
June 2022 | Chairman of the Board (current position) |
*Member of the Board, President & CEO
Ichiro Kashitani
Personal Histories
April 1983 | Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation |
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April 2005 | General Manager of Automotive Planning Department |
June 2011 | Executive Officer |
April 2015 | Managing Executive Officer |
June 2016 | Managing Director |
April 2017 | Member of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer |
June 2017 | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
April 2018 | President & CEO |
June 2018 | Member of the Board, President & CEO(current position) |
*Members of the Board
Hiroshi Tominaga
Personal Histories
April 1985 | Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation |
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April 2007 | General Manager of Accounting Planning Department |
April 2013 | Executive Officer |
April 2017 | Managing Executive Officer |
June 2017 | Member of the Board, Managing Executive Officer |
April 2019 | Member of the Board, Assistant to CSO, CIO, CTO |
April 2020 | Member of the Board, CSO, CDTO |
June 2020 | CSO, CDTO |
April 2021 | CSO, CEO for Region |
June 2021 | Member of the Board, CSO, CEO for Region (current position) |
Hideyuki Iwamoto
Personal Histories
April 1985 | Joined Tomen Corporation (current Toyota Tsusho Corporation ) |
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April 2009 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Department |
April 2013 | Executive Officer |
April 2017 | Managing Executive Officer |
June 2017 | Member of the Board, Managing Executive Officer |
April 2019 | Member of the Board, CFO |
June 2020 | CFO |
June 2021 | Member of the Board, CFO (current position) |
Outside Members of the Board
Kunihito Koumoto
Personal Histories
March 1979 | Received a Ph.D. in industrial chemistry from the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering Doctorate of Engineering (The University of Tokyo) |
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September 1986 | Associate professor, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
April 1992 | Professor, School of Engineering, Nagoya University |
April 1997 | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University |
April 2002 | Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science, Akita University(current position) |
April 2011 | Director, Research Center for Materials Backcasting Technology, Nagoya University |
April 2015 | Fellow, Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute |
Octorber 2017 | Part-time Distinguished Professor, King Abdulaziz University (current position) |
April 2018 | Senior Fellow, Foundation Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute (current position) |
June 2018 | Director, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
Didier Leroy
Personal Histories
April 1982 | Joined Renault S.A. |
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September 1998 | Vice president, Toyota Motor Manufacturing France S.A.S. |
January 2005 | President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing France S.A.S. |
June 2007 | Managing officer, Toyota Motor Corporation |
July 2007 | Executive vice president, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA |
June 2010 | President, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA |
April 2011 | President and CEO, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA |
April 2012 | Senior managing officer, Toyota Motor Corporation |
April 2015 | Chairman, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA(current position) |
June 2015 | Executive vice president, Toyota Motor Corporation |
June 2018 | Director, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
April 2020 | Member of the Board of Directors, Toyota Motor Corporation |
Yukari Inoue
Personal Histories
April 1985 | joined Procter & Gamble |
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Octorber 1995 | Marketing Director, Procter & Gamble North America |
Octorber 1998 | Feminine Care Marketing Director, Procter & Gamble Northeast Asia |
March 2000 | Feminine Care General Manager, Procter & Gamble Northeast Asia |
March 2003 | Managing Director, Jardine Wines and Spirits Ltd. (Currently MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K.) |
November 2005 | Representative Director and President, Cadbury Japan Limited (Currently Mondelēz Japan Limited) |
July 2013 | Managing Director, Japan/Korea, Kellogg Japan G.K. |
March 2015 | Director, Suntory Beverage & Food Limited (current position) |
June 2020 | Director, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
Chieko Matsuda
Personal Histories
April 1987 | Joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited |
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October 1998 | Joined Moody's Japan K.K. |
September 2001 | Partner, Corporate Directions, Inc. |
May 2006 | Representative Director, Matrix, Inc. |
October 2006 | Vice President (Partner), Booz and Company |
April 2011 | Professor, Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan University (current position) (Current Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tokyo Metropolitan University) Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University (current position) (Current Graduate School of Management, Tokyo Metropolitan University) |
March 2016 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited |
March 2020 | Director, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited |
June 2020 | Director, IHI Corporation (current position) |
June 2023 | Director, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
June 2023 | Director, Asahi Kasei Corporation (current position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Kazumasa Miyazaki
Personal Histories
April 1983 | Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation |
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June 2007 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Department |
April 2016 | Senior Project General Manager |
June 2020 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time) (current position) |
Kentaro Hayashi
Personal Histories
April 1986 | Joined Tomen Corporation (current Toyota Tsusho Corporation) |
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October 2013 | General Manager of ERM Department |
June 2021 | Executive Director, Toyota Tsusho Foods Corporation |
June 2022 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time) (current position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Outside)
Yuichiro Kuwano
Personal Histories
April 1993 | Joined Hamada & Matsumoto law firm |
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April 2002 | Lecturer, National Police Academy (current position) |
April 2003 | Part-time lect2urer, Tokyo University of the Arts (current position) |
September 2003 | Established Kotto Dori Law Offices |
November 2012 | Special Member,Dispute Reconciliation Committee for Nuclear Damage Compensation, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (current position) |
June 2016 | Director, Shobunsha Publications, Inc., (current position) Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
April 2017 | Project Professor, Shimane University Graduate School of Law |
March 2018 | Established Takagicho Law Office (current position) |
Tsutomu Takahashi
Personal Histories
November 1979 | Joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. |
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March 1994 | General Partner, Century Audit Corporation |
July 2003 | Representative, KPMG AZSA & Co. (current KPMG AZSA LLC) |
January 2004 | Director, KPMG AZSA & Co. |
January 2006 | Executive Director, KPMG AZSA & Co. |
July 2013 | Deputy Chairman, KPMG AZSA & Co. |
October 2013 | Chairman, KPMG Japan |
June 2019 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) Corporate Auditor, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (current position) |
June 2020 | Member of the Board of Directors (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.(current position) |
April 2023 | Director, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Cultural Foundation (current position) |
Seishi Tanoue
Personal Histories
April 1976 | Joined Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. |
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April 2003 | President & Representative Director, Toppan America Inc. |
June 2015 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. |
October 2019 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd. |
June 2020 | External Auditor, Elematec Corporation |
June 2022 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
Senior Executive Officers
- Ichiro Kashitani
- President & CEO
- Akihiro Sago
- Executive Vice President, CEO for Metals Division
Assistant to President, Chief Officer Responsible for Japan Regional Strategy & Coordination
- Toshimitsu Imai
- Executive Vice President, CTO, CEO for Europe Region
Deputy President, Chief Officer Responsible for Tokyo Head Office,
Chief Officer Responsible for Global Strategy and Management, Europe
- Richard Bielle
- CEO for Africa Division,CEO for Africa Region
President of CFAO, Africa
- Hiroshi Tominaga
- CSO, CEO for Emerging Regions
Officer Responsible for Tokyo Head Office,
Officer Responsible for Japan Regional Strategy &
Coordination, Officer Responsible for Global Strategy and Management
Emerging Regions
- Hideyuki Iwamoto
- CFO
- Jun Eyama
- CEO for Global Parts and Logistics Division
- Akinori Saito
- CSKO
- Naoyuki Hata
- CEO for North America Region
North America, President of Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
- Hiroshi Yonenaga
- CEO for Food & Consumer Services Division
- Tatsuya Watanuki
- CEO for East Asia Region
Representative of East Asia Region
President of Toyota Tsusho (China) Co., Ltd.
- Shigeki Maeda
- CEO for Asia Pacific Region,
Asia Pacific, President of Toyota Tsusho (Thailand) Co., Ltd., President of Toyota Tsusho Thai Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Shigeru Harada
- CEO for Mobility Division
- Akio Hamada
- CEO for Chemicals & Electronics Division
- Kosuke Kunihiro
- CEO for Machinery, Energy & Project Division, Regional Officer for Emerging Regions
Emerging Regions
- Makiko Hamase
- CHRO
Executive Officers
- Kazumasa Kimura
- COO for Africa Division New Business Development, Regional Officer for Africa
Africa
- Yasuhiro Kakihara
- Company President
President of NEXTY Electronics Corporation
- Tetsuya Ezumi
- COO for Mobility Division
Toyota SBU, Multi Brands SBU
- Haruyuki Hattori
- Regional Officer for North America
North America, Senior Vice President of Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
- Kazuyuki Urata
- COO for Chemicals & Electronics Division
Automotive Materials SBU
- Hiroki Nakayama
- Regional Officer for Asia Pacific, Company President
Asia Pacific, President of Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
- Yuichi Kanazawa
- COO for Global Parts and Logistics Division,
Global Parts SBU
- Koji Minami
- COO for Food & Consumer Services Division
Food & Agribusiness SBU
- Masaharu Katayama
- COO for Metal Division
Non-ferrous Metals SBU, Resources Recycling SBU
- Futoshi Horisaki
- COO for Global Parts and Logistics Division
Materials & Auto Parts/Accessories SBU
- Kazunori Sato
- COO for Chemicals & Electronics Division
Chemicals SBU
- Toshiyuki Azeo
- COO for Food & Consumer Services Division
Life Style SBU
- Jun Karato
- Deputy CTO
- Takashi Hirobe
- COO for Metals Division
Mobility Material SBU
- Hiromasa Ishii
- Regional Officer for Europe, Company President
Europe, President of Toyota Tsusho Europe S.A., President of Toyota Tsusho U.K.Ltd.
- Tatsuya Hirata
- COO for Africa Division, Regional Officer for Africa
Infrastructure SBU, Healthcare SBU, Consumer SBU, Africa, Vice President of CFAO
- Eiji Matsuzaki
- COO for Chemicals & Electronics Division,
Electronics SBU
- Masato Ozaki
- Company President
President of Toyotsu Chemiplas Corporation
- Nobuaki Yahiro
- Regional Officer for Asia Pacific, Company President
Asia Pacific, President of Toyota Tsusho India Private Ltd.
- Takuro Akasaka
- COO for Mobility Division
Value Chain SBU
- Shinichiro Otsuka
- COO for Africa Division, Regional Officer for Africa
Mobility SBU, Africa
- Shigeharu Kato
- Regional Officer for Emerging Regions, Company President
President of Toyota Tsusho Venezuera, C.A., President of C.I. Toyota Tsusho De Colombia S.A.S, Chairman & CEO of NovaAgri
- Kohei Okada
- Deputy CSO
- Hiroshi Yanagisawa
- COO for Metals Division
Metal Products SBU
- Yuko Kondo
- Deputy CFO
- Yasushi Aida
- Deputy CFO
- Shigeo Obata
- Deputy CSO
- Yuji Makino
- COO for Machinery, Energy & Project Division
Machinery SBU
Branch Manager of Toyota Branch
- Akihiro Endo
- COO for Global Parts and Logistics Division
Logistics and Module SBU
- Toshiyuki Ishikuro
- COO for Machinery, Energy & Project Division
Energy Infrastructure Solutions SBU
- James Blyth
- Regional Officer for North America
North America, Senior Vice President of Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
CEO:Chief Executive Officer
CTO: Chief Technology Officer
CSO:Chief Strategy Officer
CFO:Chief Financial Officer
CSKO : Chief Safety & KAIZEN Officer
CHRO:Chief Human Resources Officer
COO:Chief Operating Officer
SBU:Strategic Business Unit