Board of Directors
Board of Directors INDEX
Director, Chairman
ITANI Kenji
Career summary：
- May 1976
- Joined TOA Corporation
- April 2000
- General Manager, Logistics Department, Sales Division
- October 2001
- Executive Officer, General Manager, East Japan Sales Department
- April 2005
- Executive Officer, General Manager, Logistics Department
- June 2005
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Supply Chain Management Division
- October 2007
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Supply Chain Management Division, and Executive Manager, Audio R&D Division
- June 2008
- Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Supply Chain Management Division, and Executive Manager, Audio R&D Division
- June 2009
- President, CEO
- June 2015
- Chairman and CEO
- June 2017
- Director, Chairman
President, CEO
TANIGUCHI Masahiro
Career summary：
- April 1994
- Joined TOA Corporation
- January 2005
- President, TOA CORPORATION (UK) LIMITED
- April 2008
- Assistant Executive Manager, Supply Chain Management Division
- April 2009
- General Manager, Management Planning Department
- April 2014
- General Manager, Management Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division
- April 2016
- Executive Manager, Administration Division
- April 2017
- Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Administration Division
- April 2020
- Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Global R&D Division
- June 2022
- Director, Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Global R&D Division, and in charge of Quality Assurance Department
- June 2023
- President, CEO
Senior Vice President
MASUNO Yoshinori
Career summary：
- April 1982
- Joined TOA Corporation
- April 2000
- President, TOA (HONG KONG) LIMITED
- June 2004
- General Manager, International Marketing Department
- June 2005
- Executive Officer, General Manager, International Marketing Department, International Division
- June 2008
- Director, Executive Officer, Executive Manager, International Division, and General Manager, International Marketing Department, International Division
- January 2011
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Executive Manager, International Marketing Division, and General Manager, America Department, International Marketing Division
- January 2013
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Executive Manager, International Business Division
- April 2019
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Executive Manager, International Business Division, and in charge of North & Central America Business Department, and China & East Asia Business Department
- January 2020
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Executive Manager, International Business Division, and in charge of North & Central America Business Department; Europe, Middle East & Africa Business Department, and China & East Asia Business Department
- April 2022
- Director, Senior Executive Officer, Executive Manager, International Business Division
Director
HAYAKAWA Hiroshi
Career summary：
- April 1986
- Joined TOA Corporation
- April 2013
- General Manager, Kyushu Area Sales Department, Sales Division
- April 2015
- General Manager, Kyushu Area Sales Department, Domestic Sales Division, Sales Division
- April 2017
- General Manager, Metropolitan Area Sales Department, Domestic Sales Division, Sales Division
- April 2018
- Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Solution Sales Division
- June 2022
- Director, Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Solution Sales Division and in charge of Engineering Department, Next Business Promotion Division
Outside Director
MURATA Masashi
Career summary：
- April 1983
- Joined Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (currently AGC Inc.)
- August 1999
- Resigned from Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (currently AGC Inc.)
Joined Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. General Manager, Office of the President
- September 2001
- General Manager, Strategic Planning Group, Sales & Marketing Division, Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- July 2002
- General Manager, Ophthalmic Marketing Group, Sales & Marketing Division, Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- January 2005
- General Manager, Strategic Planning & Controlling Group, Sales & Marketing Division, Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- April 2007
- General Manager, Corporate Planning Group, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- July 2011
- CAO (Chief Administrative Officer), Santen Inc.
- January 2014
- General Manager, Corporate Auditor’s Group, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- June 2016
- Standing Corporate Auditor, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- June 2020
- Senior Advisor, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- June 2021
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, OSAKA Titanium technologies Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, TOA Corporation
- June 2022
- Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee, OSAKA Titanium technologies Co., Ltd.
HANDA Minoru
Career summary：
- April 1982
- Joined Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation)
- June 1996
- General Manager, Quality Assurance Department, Bridgend Plant, Sony Manufacturing Company UK
- January 2001
- General Manager, Quality Assurance Department, San Diego Plant, Sony Electronics Inc.
- April 2003
- Vice President, in charge of quality, Sony Electronics Inc.
- February 2007
- General Manager, Quality Assurance Department, Energy Devices Division, Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation)
- February 2013
- Deputy General Manager, Quality and Environment Center, Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation)
- September 2014
- Seconded from Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation), President and Representative Director, Green Cycle Corporation
- October 2019
- Retired from Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation)
- November 2019
- Joined InoueKiko Co., Ltd., Plant Manager, InoueKiko Co., Ltd.
- January 2022
- Retired from InoueKiko Co., Ltd.
- February 2022
- Joined ARIAKE KOUGYO CO., LTD. Executive Officer, ARIAKE KOUGYO CO., LTD. (in charge of ARIAKE KOUGYO MATERIALS CO.,LTD.)
Seconded from ARIAKE KOUGYO CO., LTD., Executive Officer, ARIAKE KOUGYO MATERIALS CO.,LTD. (Assistant to the President)
- May 2022
- Executive Officer, ARIAKE KOUGYO CO., LTD.
- June 2022
- Outside Director, TOA Corporation
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
NISHIGAKI Takefumi
Career summary：
- April 1987
- Joined TOA Corporation
- March 2001
- President, TOA Electronics Europe G.m.b.H.
- June 2008
- Executive Officer, TOA Corporation
President, TOA Electronics Europe G.m.b.H., and President, TOA CORPORATION (UK) LIMITED
- April 2010
- Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Technical Division
- April 2016
- Executive Officer, Vice Executive Manager, R&D Division
- June 2017
- Executive Officer, Executive Manager, R&D Division
- April 2018
- Executive Officer, Executive Manager, Global R&D Division
- June 2020
- Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
NISHIKATA Kazuyo
Career summary：
- October 2003
- Registered as an attorney-at-law
joined KOBE PARTNERS LAW OFFICE
- April 2005
- Legal Counselor, Kobe City Gender Equality Promotion Center
- April 2006
- Domestic Violence Legal Counselor, Hyogo Prefecture Women’s Family Center
- April 2018
- Member, Kobe City Real Estate Deliberation Committee
- June 2018
- Deputy Director, Japan Federation of Bar Associations Trust Center
- November 2020
- Member, Hyogo Prefecture Information Disclosure Personal Information Protection Committee
- April 2021
- Governor, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
- June 2022
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TOA Corporation
SAWA Amane
Career summary：
- April 1999
- Joined Asahi & Co. (current KPMG AZSA & Co.)
- April 2002
- Registered as a certified public accountant
- September 2009
- Transferred to KPMG Tax Corporation
Part-time Instructor, Institute of Business and Accounting, Professional Graduate School, Kwansei Gakuin University
- December 2009
- Registered as a tax accountant
- April 2011
- Retired from KPMG Tax Corporation
Established Sawa Certified Public Accountant Office, Representative
- June 2023
- Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, TOA Corporation
Skills matrix of the Board of Directors
The major skills (knowledge, experience, and abilities) of each Director and Audit & Supervisory Board Member will be as follows.
(as of June 21, 2023)
*Displays a maximum of three areas of knowledge and experience for each Director and Audit & Supervisory Board member. It is not an exhaustive list.