President and CEO, ABLIC Inc. Senior Managing Executive Officer, MinebeaMitsumi Inc. (Parent Company of ABLIC)
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Birth Date:
05/11/1953
Background / Biography:
Education
Graduated from Keio University in Business and Commerce Kaisei High School
Experience
June 2021 -Present Minebeamitsumi Inc.
July 2022 Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Semiconductor Div.
January 2018 - Present ABLIC Inc.
President and CEO
January 2016 - January 2018 SII Semiconductor Corporation
President
March 2011 - January 2016 Cabot Corporation
June 2012 Vice President
Managing Direcor, Cabot North Asia
President and Representative Director, Cabot Japan K.K.
Chief Representative, Cabot Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
(March 2013 Chairman and Representative Director, Cabot Norit Japan Co., Ltd.)
May 2011 Mangaing Director, Cabot North Asia
President and Representative Director, Cabot Japan K.K.
Chief Representative, Cabot Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
March 2011 General Manager, Cabot Japan K.K.
General Manager North Asia
June 2005 - March 2011 Arysta Life Science Corporation
March 2008 Senior Executive Officer
CEO for Japan, Asia and Life Science Business Group (Tokyo, Japan)
(January 2007 President, Japan, Asia and Life Science Business Group)
June 2005 Executive Officer, Global Head, Life Science Business Unit
October 2002 - June 2005 Invensys Plc.
Invensys Climate Controls Asia Pacific
October 2002 Senior Vice President
President & CEO, Ranco Japan Limited
Board of Director, Dencei Lambda
January 1993 - October 2002 General Electric (GE)
2001 President & COO, GE Polymer Land, Japan Ltd.
(1999- in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A./2000-2002- in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.)
Global Account Director, GE Plastics U.S.A.
Global Marketing Director, GE Plastics U.S.A.
January 1993 Manager, Corporate Marketing, GE International Inc. (Japan)
September 1986 - January 1993 Bayer Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan & Leverkusen, Germany)
September 1986 Genreal Manager - Sales & Marketing Engineering Plastics
Synthetic Rubbers, Urethane Elastomer
April 1978 - September 1986 Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan & Bombay, India)
Manager, Overseas Operations in Plant & Engineering Group
Areas of Expertise
Business leader for full phase of financial improvement
Hands on - Corporate management
Change agent
Global marketing and Sales, Communication
Strategic planning and Execution
Cross functional and Cross-cultural leadership
What have ben the main lessons you have learned in your career and how do you implement them in your management?
How to motivate people and develop efficient relation with the key stake holders around the company since people in the company and support from the key stake holders are only the way to make change happened
Professional accomplishments
Successful completion of the full tern key project in India (1983 -1986) (Sumitomo Heavy Industries)
Quickest launching the automotive application development (1991-1993) (Bayer)
Appraised global marketing leadership (1999-2002)(General Electric)
Quick turnaround across the Asia (2003-2005)(Invensys)
Maximized financial KPI and successful completion of exit plan with PE fund (2008-2011) (Arysta Life Science)
Accomplishment of top share in Japan (2014-2016) (Cabot)
Successful transformation of the analog semiconductor Japan based company to be global role model and increasing corporate value (2018 – present) (ABLIC)
Enabling DBJ to exit and successful PMI with MinebeaMitsumi(2018-present) (ABLIC)
Mentors
Ex-GE executives
Jack Welch: learned passion of the leaders(“Be crazy enough”)
Nani Beccalli:Self-confidence(“Be yourself”)
Jeff Immelt: Leadership training (“Go to Crotonville” )
Ex-CEO of Cabot
Patric Prevost: “Safety is the most important factor”
Goals as president
To be endless, however under the limited time, translation of the essence of success to the next generation to make the company be better.
Quotes
Live life with humility, warmth and gratitude
