About Us
Members of the Board and Corporate Auditors
As of July 1, 2025
Members of the Board
*Representative director
Chairman of the Board
Nobuhiko Murakami
Personal Histories
| April 1982 | Joined Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) |
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| January 2010 | General Manager, Product Management Division, TMC |
| April 2012 | Managing Officer, Deputy Chief Officer, Customer First Promotion Group, TMC |
| 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, TMC |
| January 2018 | Chief Officer, East Asia, Oceania & Middle East Region, TMC |
| January 2019 | Operating Officer, Chief Officer, East Asia, Oceania & Middle East Region, Deputy Chief Officer, Europe Region, TMC |
| January 2022 | Senior Project General Manager, Toyota Tsusho Corporation |
| June 2022 | Chairman of the Board (current position) |
| June 2023 | Outside Director, Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (current position) |
[Important Concurrent Positions]
Outside Director, Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.
Vice Chairman of the Board
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 * |
| April 2025 | Vice Chairman of the Board (current position) |
Member of the Board, President & CEO *
Toshimitsu Imai
Personal Histories
| April 1988 | Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation |
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| April 2009 | General Manager of the Automotive Sales Enhancement Department |
| April 2016 | Executive Officer Vice President, CFAO |
| Jan 2018 | Managing Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Division Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Jan 2019 | Executive Officer |
| April 2021 | CDTO, Division COO, and Region al Officer |
| April 2022 | Executive Vice President, CDTO |
| April 2025 | President & CEO |
| June 2025 | Member of the Board, President & CEO * (current position) |
CDTO : Chief Digital & Technology Officer
Member of the Board*
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 |
| April 2025 | Member of the Board*, Executive Vice President, CFO CEO for Region (current position) |
Members of the Board *
Tatsuya Watanuki
Personal Histories
| April 1990 | Joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation |
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| April 2016 | General Manager, Human Resources Department |
| April 2017 | Executive Officer |
| April 2019 | Regional Officer and Assistant to CTO |
| April 2020 | Regional CEO |
| April 2024 | Executive Vice President, Division CEO |
| June 2025 | Member of the Board*, Executive Vice President, Division CEO (current position） |
Outside Members of the Board
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 |
[Important Concurrent Positions]
Chairman, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
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. |
| June 2020 | Director, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
| June 2025 | Independent Outside Director, ANA Holdings Inc. (current position) |
[Important Concurrent Positions]
Representative Executive Officer President, Nippon Kellogg LLC
Independent Outside Director, ANA Holdings Inc.
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. |
| 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) |
| June 2020 | Outside Director, IHI Corporation (current position) |
| June 2023 | Director, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
| June 2023 | Outside Director, Asahi Kasei Corporation (current position) |
| June 2024 | External Director, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (current position) |
[Important Concurrent Positions]
Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Professor, Graduate School of Management, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Outside Director, IHI Corporation
Outside Director Director, Asahi Kasei Corporation
External Director, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
Goro Yamaguchi
Personal Histories
| March 1978 | Joined Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. (Currently Kyocera Corporation) |
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| June 2003 | Executive Officer, Kyocera Corporation |
| June 2005 | Senior Executive Officer, Kyocera Corporation |
| April 2009 | Managing Executive Officer, Kyocera Corporation |
| June 2009 | Director and Managing Executive Officer, Kyocera Corporation |
| April 2013 | President and Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Kyocera Corporation |
| April 2017 | Chairman of the Board and Representative Director, Kyocera Corporation (current position) |
| June 2017 | Outside Director, KDDI Corporation (current position) |
| June 2024 | Director, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
[Important Concurrent Positions]
Chairman of the Board and Representative Director, Kyocera Corporation
Outside Director, KDDI Corporation
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Full-Time)
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) |
Kazuya Kawashima
Personal Histories
| April 1990 | Joined Tomen Corporation (Current Toyota Tsusho Corporation) |
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| April 2020 | General Manager, Legal Department |
| April 2024 | Senior Project General Manager Seconded to Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation |
| June 2024 | Full time Audit & Supervisory Board member of Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation |
| June 2025 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member (full-time) (current position) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members (Outside)
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) |
| April 2023 | Director, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Cultural Foundation (current position) |
[Important Concurrent Positions]
Corporate Auditor, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc.
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) |
Rikako Beppu
Personal Histories
| August 1992 | Joined Slaughter and May |
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| September 1994 | Joined Simmons & Simmons |
| October 1994 | Registered as a member of The Law Society, England and Wales |
| May 1997 | Seconded to Nagashima & Ohno (currently Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu) |
| May 1998 | Seconded to Export-Import Bank of Japan (currently Japan Bank for International Cooperation) |
| September 2001 | Partner, Simmons & Simmons |
| October 2001 | Registered as a member of Daini Tokyo Bar Association (registered foreign lawyer) |
| September 2008 | Partner, Lovells (currently Hogan Lovells) |
| October 2017 | Partner, Squire Patton Boggs Tokyo (Foreign Law Joint Business) |
| June 2022 | Director, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (current position) |
| June 2024 | Counsel, Squire Patton Boggs Tokyo (Foreign Law Joint Business) (current position) Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (current position) |
[Important Concurrent Positions]
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs Tokyo (Foreign Law
Joint Business)
Director, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Senior Executive Officers
- Toshimitsu Imai
- President & CEO
- Hideyuki Iwamoto
- Executive Vice President, CFO, CEO for Europe Region
Assistant to President, Chief Officer Responsible for Global Strategy and Management, Europe Region
- Tatsuya Watanuki
- Executive Vice President, CEO for Lifestyle Division
Assistant to President, Chief Officer Responsible for Japan Regional Strategy & Coordination, Wellness SBU
- Hiroshi Tominaga
- CSO, CEO for Emerging Regions (South America)
Chief Officer Responsible for Tokyo Head Office, Officer Responsible for Japan Regional Strategy & Coordination, Officer Responsible for Global Strategy and Management Emerging Regions (South America)
- Akihiro Sago
- CEO for Circular Economy Division
- Richard Bielle
- CEO for Africa Division, CEO for Africa Region
Africa Region, Chairman & CEO of CFAO
- Naoyuki Hata
- CEO for North America Region
North America Region, President of Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
- Shigeki Maeda
- CEO for Asia Pacific Region,
Asia Pacific Region, President of Toyota Tsusho (Thailand) Co., Ltd., President of Toyota Tsusho Thai Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Kosuke Kunihiro
- CEO for Green Infrastructure Division, CEO for Emerging Regions (Middle East & Central Asia)
Emerging Regions (Middle East & Central Asia), Officer Responsible for Tokyo Head Office
- Shigeru Harada
- CEO for Mobility Division
- Akio Hamada
- CEO for East Asia Region
East Asia Region, Representative of East Asia Region, President of Toyota Tsusho (China) Co., Ltd.
- Makiko Hamase
- CHRO
- Takashi Hirobe
- CEO for Metal+(Plus) Division
Mobility Material Solutions SBU
- Eiji Matsuzaki
- CEO for Digital Solutions Division
ICT Solutions SBU
- Hiroki Nakayama
- CEO for Supply Chain Division
Executive Officers
- Haruyuki Hattori
- Regional Officer for North America
North America Region, Senior Vice President of Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
- Yuichi Kanazawa
- COO for Supply Chain Division
Global Parts SBU
- Masaharu Katayama
- COO for Circular Economy Division
Resources Recycling SBU
- Kohei Okada
- Deputy CSO
- Kazuyuki Urata
- COO for Circular Economy Division
E-Mobility Supply Chain SBU
- Hiroshi Yonenaga
- Regional Officer for Emerging Regions (Middle East & Central Asia)
Emerging Regions (Middle East & Central Asia)
- Koji Minami
- COO for Lifestyle Division
Food & Agribusiness SBU
- Jun Karato
- CTO
- Hiromasa Ishii
- Regional Officer for Europe, Company President
Europe Region, President of Toyota Tsusho Europe S.A., President of Toyota Tsusho U.K.Ltd.
- Tatsuya Hirata
- COO for Africa Division, Regional Officer for Africa
Green Infrastructure SBU, Healthcare SBU, Consumer SBU, Africa Region, Deputy CEO of CFAO
- Masato Ozaki
- COO for Circular Economy Division
Resources Development SBU
- Nobuaki Yahiro
- Regional Officer for Asia Pacific, Company President
Asia Pacific Region, President of Toyota Tsusho India Private Ltd.
- Takuro Akasaka
- COO for Mobility Division
Toyota SBU
- Shinichiro Otsuka
- COO for Africa Division, Regional Officer for Africa
Mobility SBU, Africa Region
COO for Mobility Division
Multi Brands SBU
- Shigeharu Kato
- Regional Officer for Emerging Regions (South America), Company President
Emerging Regions (South America), President of Toyota Tsusho Venezuera, C.A., President of C.I. Toyota Tsusho De Colombia S.A.S, Chairman & CEO of NovaAgri
- Hiroshi Yanagisawa
- COO for Metal+(Plus) Division
Metal Solutions SBU
- Yuko Kondo
- Deputy CFO
- Yasushi Aida
- Deputy CFO
- Shigeo Obata
- Deputy CSO
- Yuji Makino
- COO for Green Infrastructure Division
Machinery & Infrastructure SBU
Branch Manager of Toyota Branch
- Akihiro Endo
- COO for Supply Chain Division
Logistics & Module SBU, Parts & Accessories SBU
- Toshiyuki Ishikuro
- COO for Green Infrastructure Division
Green Energy SBU
- James Blyth
- Regional Officer for North America
North America Region, Senior Vice President of Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
- Zhao Junmin
- Regional Officer for Asia Pacific, Company President
Asia Pacific Region, President of Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
- Hideyuki Matsumura
- CSKO
- Atsuhiro Okamoto
- COO for Mobility Division
Value Chain SBU
- Ayako Koizumi
- COO for Africa Division, Regional Officer for Africa
Africa Region
- Tsuyoshi Yamada
- COO for Digital Solutions Division
Device & Software Solutions SBU
- Noriyoshi Kamiya
- COO for Circular Economy Division
Sustainable Materials SBU
CEO : Chief Executive Officer
CFO : Chief Financial Officer
CSO : Chief Strategy Officer
CHRO : Chief Human Resources Officer
COO : Chief Operating Officer
CTO : Chief Technology Officer
CSKO : Chief Safety & KAIZEN Officer
SBU : Strategic Business Unit