| Position |
Name |
Reasons for nomination |
| President, Chief Executive Officer of the Company |
Naohiro Takao |
Mr. Naohiro Takao, since joining the Company, has gained extensive business experience and deep insight into group management through his involvement in manufacturing, sales, and overseas business, etc.
Since being appointed President in April 2016, he has led business strategies for the entire group, including the establishment of the G-TEKT TOKYO LAB, which is a key base for technological developments in anticipation of the spread of EVs, as well as overseas expansion.
In addition, he has strongly driven the business of the Company as the top manager, including promptly responding to changes in circumstances that were caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus in 2020.
Based on the above, we have determined that he has the knowledge required for the management of the Company, is suitable for supervising the Company in general, and therefore we have again nominated him as candidate for Board Member.
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| Member of the Board, Managing Officer of the Company |
Hiroshi Seko |
Mr. Hiroshi Seko, since joining the Company, has gained extensive business experience and deep insight into group management through his involvement in technology and overseas business, etc.
Since being appointed as Board Member in 2020, he has played a leading role in improving technological development and profitability based on trends in state-of-the-art technology in the European automobile market.
Based on the above, we have determined that he is suitable for leading the Company’s sustainable growth as well as carrying out supervision as he has the experience and knowledge required for the management of business at the Company, in the technology field in particular, and we have therefore again nominated him as candidate for Board Member.
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| Member of the Board, Managing Officer of the Company |
Fumihiko Hirotaki |
Mr. Fumihiko Hirotaki, since joining the Company, has gained extensive business experience and deep insight into group management through his involvement in sales and overseas business, etc.
Through his service as Sales Operations Deputy Director from 2015 and as Sales Operations Director since 2019, he has endeavored to maintain and expand relationships with existing trading partners as well as to achieve new orders from a plurality of trading partners both inside and outside of Japan, and has contributed to a significant expansion in sales.
Based on the above, we have determined that he is suitable for leading the Company’s sustainable growth as well as carrying out supervision as he has the experience and knowledge required for the management of business at the Company, in the sales field in particular, and we have therefore nominated him as candidate for Board Member.
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| Member of the Board, Managing Officer |
Akira Kakizaki |
Mr. Akira Kakizaki, since joining the company, has extensive business experience and deep knowledge in the areas of technology and development. As Engineering Operations Deputy Director from the time of his appointment as Executive Officer, he has worked on reforming the structure of Engineering Operations with the aim of recovering profitability in the stamping die engineering area in particular, and has led the transformation of engineering operations, including the development of digital tools and the shift to cloud computing. He was in charge of overseeing digital transformation in the company-wide DX project launched in 2021, with a focus on the quality and cost areas. Based on the above, we have determined that he is suitable for leading and supervising the company’s transformation, and we have therefore nominated him as candidate for Board Member.
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| Independent Outside Member of the Board of the Company |
Keiji Kasamatsu |
Mr. Keiji Kasamatsu has extensive and wide-ranging knowledge of business relationships and commercial practices within the automotive industry, based on his many years of experience at a general trading company engaged mainly in transactions involving steel plates for automobiles. He is also expected to provide a high level of insight into various management decisions based on his experience in overseas business and corporate management.
We have nominated him as candidate for outside Board Member in the expectation that he will provide advice on management decisions from a high-level perspective backed by his expertise and contribute to the supervision of management in order for the Company to achieve sustainable growth in the ever-changing automobile industry.
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| Independent Outside Member of the Board of the Company |
Rieko Inaba |
Although Ms. Rieko Inaba has not been directly involved in the company management in the past, she has been engaged in research centered on information technology, language, and communication as a researcher at a higher education institution, and has engaged in a broad range of research activities, including the writing of academic papers and books. She has further been involved in educational activities including taking charge of training in her field and college lectures, and has gained advanced knowledge as a researcher and educator.
Based on such a background, we expect that she will give useful opinions and advice, etc., on managementrelated matters of the Company from an objective perspective, and will contribute to the monitoring of the Company in general, and therefore we have nominated her as a candidate for outside Board Member.
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