Board Members and Officers
Board Members Audit & Supervisory Board Members Executive Officers
Board Members
PositionName
President, Chief Executive Officer
Naohiro Takao
Career summary
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| April 1983 | Joined Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| April 1986 | Joined TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| June 1990 | Business Division General Manager of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| March 1993 | Member of the Board of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| August 1993 | Research & Development and Planning Division General Manager of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| June 1994 | Sales Operations Director of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| June 1995 | President of Takao (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (currently G-TEKT (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) |
| May 1996 | President of Takao Eastern Co., Ltd. (currently G-TEKT Eastern Co., Ltd.) |
| March 1997 | Member of the Board, Managing Director of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| March 1999 | President of Takao America Corporation (currently G-TEKT America Corporation) |
| September 1999 | Sales Operations Director and Overseas Operations Director of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| May 2004 | Member of the Board of Thai G&B Manufacturing Ltd. |
| April 2006 | Manufacturing Operations Director of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| April 2011 | Member of the Board, Senior Managing Director of the Company Overseas Operations Director of the Company Member of the Board of G-TEKT Europe Manufacturing Ltd. Member of the Board of Auto Parts Alliance (China) Ltd. Member of the Board of Wuhan Auto Parts Alliance Co., Ltd. Member of the Board of Conghua K&S Auto Parts Co., Ltd. (currently Conghua Auto Parts Allicance (China) Ltd.) |
| November 2011 | Member of the Board of G-TEKT India Private Ltd. |
| February 2012 | Member of the Board of PT.G-TEKT Indonesia Manufacturing |
| April 2014 | Vice President and Member of the Board of the Company |
| April 2015 | Vice President and Managing Officer of the Company Komisaris of PT.G-TEKT Indonesia Manufacturing |
| June 2015 | Member of the Board of G-TEKT North America Corporation |
| April 2016 | President, Chief Executive Officer of the Company (incumbent) |
PositionName
Member of the Board, Senior Managing Officer of the Company
Isao Yoshizawa
Responsibilities
In charge of Corporate Management and Compliance Officer
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| April 1981 | Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd. ) |
| April 2003 | Deputy Manager of Settlement & Clearing Service Division of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd. ) |
| April 2008 | Joined KIKUCHI CO., LTD. Advisor of Corporate Management Operations of KIKUCHI CO., LTD |
| April 2011 | Legal Division General Manager, Corporate Management Operations of the Company |
| April 2013 | Officer of the Company, Corporate Management Operations Deputy Director of the Company |
| April 2014 | Senior Officer of the Company |
| June 2014 | Member of the Board, In charge of Corporate Management of the Company (incumbent) Compliance Officer of the Company (incumbent) |
| April 2015 | Member of the Board, Managing Officer of the Company |
| April 2021 | Member of the Board, Senior Managing Officer of the Company (incumbent) |
PositionName
Member of the Board, Managing Officer of the Company
Hiroshi Seko
Responsibilities
Engineering Operations Director
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| March 1984 | Joined TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| April 2008 | Engineering Division General Manager of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| April 2011 | Stamping Engineering Division Ⅱ General Manager, Engineering Operations of the Company |
| August 2011 | Stationed to G-TEKT Europe Manufacturing Ltd. |
| April 2013 | Chief Operating Officer for Regional Operations (Europe) of the Company and Managing Director of G-TEKT Europe Manufacturing Ltd. |
| April 2014 | Officer of the Company |
| April 2019 | Engineering Operations Director of the Company (incumbent) |
| April 2020 | Managing Officer of the Company |
| June 2020 | Member of the Board, Managing Officer of the Company (incumbent) |
PositionName
Member of the Board, Managing Officer of the Company
Fumihiko Hirotaki
Responsibilities
Sales Operations Director
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| March 1987 | Joined TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| February 2008 | President of Takao Eastern Co., Ltd. (currently G-TEKT Eastern Co., Ltd.) |
| April 2011 | Sales Division Ⅰ General Manager, Sales Operations of the Company |
| April 2015 | Officer of the Company, Sales Operations Deputy Director of the Company |
| April 2019 | Sales Operations Director of the Company (incumbent) |
| April 2021 | Managing Officer of the Company |
| June 2021 | Member of the Board, Managing Officer of the Company (incumbent) |
PositionName
Independent Outside Member of the Board
Makoto Ogo
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| April 1986 | Registered as Attorney-at-law Yanagida Nomura Law Offices (currently Yanagida & Partners) (incumbent) |
| October 2000 | Leaving for Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Corporate Planning Department and Legal Management Division |
| June 2002 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NIF Ventures Co., Ltd. (currently Daiwa Corporate Investment Co., Ltd.) |
| April 2011 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Maruzen CHI Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| June 2013 | Independent Outside Member of the Board of the Company (incumbent) |
| March 2015 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Lilycolor Co., Ltd |
| June 2015 | Outside Director of Nihon Kasei CO., LTD |
| April 2016 | Outside Director of Maruzen CHI Holdings Co., Ltd. (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member *incumbent) |
| March 2021 | Outside Director of Lilycolor Co., Ltd. (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member *incumbent) |
PositionName
Independent Outside Member of the Board
Keiji Kasamatsu
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| April 1977 | Joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
| April 2004 | General Manager, Automotive Steel Division of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
| April 2008 | Executive Managing Officer, General Manager of Second Unit of Mitsui & Co. Steel Ltd. |
| April 2009 | Director and Chairman of Steel Technologies LLC (United States) |
| April 2011 | Director of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
| April 2014 | Representative Director and President of Mitsui & Co. Steel Ltd. |
| June 2016 | President of Mitsui & Co. Group Pension Fund |
| June 2019 | Outside Director of Chubu Steel Plate Co., Ltd. |
| June 2022 | Independent Outside Member of the Board of the Company (incumbent) |
PositionName
Independent Outside Member of the Board
Rieko Inaba
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| April 2003 | Inter-University Research Institute Corporation (currently National Institute of Multimedia Education) Assistant of Research and Development Department |
| September 2004 | Visiting Research Fellow of Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| March 2005 | Visiting Research Fellow of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| April 2006 | Special researcher of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center |
| November 2009 | Specific Instructor of Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University |
| April 2013 | Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Tsuda University |
| April 2018 | Associate Professor of Department of Computer Science, Tsuda University |
| June 2019 | Independent Outside Member of the Board of the Company (incumbent) |
| April 2022 | Professor of Department of Computer Science, Tsuda University (incumbent) |
Audit & Supervisory Board Members
PositionName
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Kesao Tamura
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| April 1980 | Joined TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD. |
| February 1993 | Stationed to Jefferson Industries Corporation |
| October 2005 | Vice President of Wuhan Auto Parts Alliance Co., Ltd. |
| April 2013 | Overseas Business Division General Manager, Overseas Operations of the Company |
| June 2015 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (incumbent) |
PositionName
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yoshiaki Kawakubo
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| April 1986 | Joined Cosmo Securities Co., Ltd. |
| November 1999 | Joined KIKUCHI CO., LTD. |
| April 2001 | Stationed to Jefferson Southern Corporation |
| July 2014 | Stationed to Jefferson Industries Corporation |
| April 2015 | Overseas Business Division General Manager, Overseas Operations of the Company |
| April 2017 | Chief Auditor, Business Audit Office of the Company |
| April 2018 | General Manager, Business Audit Office of the Company |
| June 2022 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (incumbent) |
PositionName
Independent Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yasunori Niizawa
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| April 1973 | Adopted in Regional Taxation Bureau of Kanto-Shinetsu |
| July 2009 | District Director of Takada Tax Office, Niigata Japan |
| July 2012 | District Director of Ryugasaki Tax Office, Ibaraki Japan |
| July 2014 | District Director of Kawaguchi Tax Office, Saitama Japan |
| August 2015 | Opened Niizawa Zeirishi Tax Accountant Office |
| June 2019 | Independent Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (incumbent) |
| April 2020 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kanto Kensetsu Kogyo K.K. |
PositionName
Independent Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yasuo Kitamura
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| April 1996 | Registered as Attorney-at-law Ozawa & Akiyama Law Farm |
| August 2000 | Shearman & Sterling Law Farm |
| February 2001 | Registered as Attorney-at-law at New York State, USA |
| August 2001 | Ozawa & Akiyama Law Farm |
| October 2007 | Partner of KITAMURA＆HIRAGA Law Farm (incumbent) |
| June 2012 | Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
| March 2015 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Toagosei Co., Ltd |
| March 2016 | Outside Director of Toagosei Co., Ltd (Audit & Supervisory Board Committee Member) |
| December 2018 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of AIMECHATEC, Ltd. (incumbent) |
| March 2019 | Outside Director of Toagosei Co., Ltd |
| June 2019 | Independent Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (incumbent) |
| December 2020 | Outside Director of LITALICO lnc. (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member *incumbent) |
Executive Officers
| Position | Name | Responsibilities |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Naohiro Takao |
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Senior Managing Officer of the Company |
Isao Yoshizawa |
In charge of Corporate Management and Compliance Officer |
Senior Managing Officer of the Company |
Hidetsugu Kikuchi |
Chief Operating Officer for Regional Operations (North America), Chairman of JIC, Chairman of ATA and Chairman of G-TAC, U.S. |
Senior Managing Officer of the Company |
Mitsutoshi Nakamoto |
Corporate Business Planning Division Charge Officer and Overseas Operations Charge Officer |
Managing Officer of the Company |
Hiroshi Seko |
Engineering Operations Director |
Managing Officer of the Company |
Masayuki Hayashi |
Chief Operating Officer for Regional Operations (Asia), Managing Director of G-TEC and Managing Director of TGB, Thailand |
Managing Officer of the Company |
Fumihiko Hirotaki |
Sales Operations Director |
Managing Officer of the Company |
Naoki Mizuki |
Chief Operating Officer for Regional Operations (China), Chairman & President of APAC, Executive Director & President of C-APAC and Executive Director & President of N-APAC, China |
Senior Officer of the Company |
Shizuo Yabata |
Quality Assurance Operations Director |
Senior Officer of the Company |
Akira Kakizaki |
Engineering Operations Deputy Director |
Officer of the Company |
Taiichiro Morishita |
Chief Operating Officer for Regional Operations (Europe) and Managing Director of G-TEM, U.K. |
Officer of the Company |
Takuto Fujii |
Production Operations Director, Procurement Division General Manager and Risk Management Officer |
Officer of the Company |
Keiichi Ueki |
Responsible for the Business Relationship with SUBARU, Engineering Operations Deputy Director and Production Operations Deputy Director |
Officer of the Company |
Tomohiko Tsukiyama |
Engineering Operations Deputy Director, Stamping Engineering Division Ⅱ General Manager, Production Operations Deputy Director, Regional Head of Shiga Manufacturing and Development, Shiga Plant Manager |
Officer of the Company |
Toshikazu Mitsugi |
Chief Operating Officer for Regional Operations (South America) |
Officer of the Company |
Koki Sugawara |
R&D Operations Director |
Officer of the Company |
Takeshi Bamba |
Corporate Management Operations Deputy Director and Human Resources Division General Manager |
Officer of the Company |
Yoshitaka Suzuki |
Overseas Operations Director |
*Naohiro Takao, Isao Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Seko and Fumihiko Hirotaki serve concurrently as Members of the Board.
