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Officer Profile

  • President and CEO Hidemasa Nakajima
    1977 Apr.
    Joined Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (currently NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION)
    2009 Apr.
    Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Technology & Quality Administration Department, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    2012 Jul.
    Managing Executive Officer, President of the Bar and Wire Rod Company, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    2012 Oct.
    Managing Executive Officer, Head of Kokura Works, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    2014 Jun.
    President & CEO, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN Electronics Devices Inc.
    2015 Jan.
    President & CEO, NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC.
    2017 Apr.
    Advisor, NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC.
    2018 Jun.
    Representative Director & COO, Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.)
    2018 Oct.
    President & CEO, former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2019 Oct.
    President & CEO, Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (current)
    2020 Mar.
    President & CEO, Denkai America Inc.
    2022 Feb.
    Director, Denkai America Inc.
    2022 Nov.
    President & CEO, Denkai America Inc.(current)
  • Director Yasuhiro Endo
    1992 Apr.
    Joined Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.)
    2010 Mar.
    Group Leader, R&D Group, former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2014 Jul.
    General Manager, R&D Department, former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2018 Jun.
    Director, General Manager of Development Division, former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2019 Oct.
    Director, General Manager of Development Division, Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2021 Mar.
    General Manager of Global YB Strategy Office, Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2021 May.
    Director, Denkai America Inc. (current)
    2021 Oct.
    General Manager of Global YB Strategy Office/Sales, Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2022 Apr.
    Director, Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (current)
  • Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Makiko Yamakawa
    1986 Apr.
    Joined Kawasaki Steel (currently JFE Steel Corporation)
    2001 Jul.
    Joined Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc. (as a result of a company split)
    2013 Apr.
    Joined MegaChips Corporation (as a result of an absorption-type merger)
    2016 Apr.
    General Manager, Internal Audit Dept., MegaChips Corporation
    2019 Jun.
    Full-time Corporate Auditor, MegaChips Corporation (current)
    2023 Jun.
    Outside Directror (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (current)
  • Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Kouichi Shima
    1983 May
    Joined Japan Recruitment Center, Inc. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.)
    2010 Jun.
    Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Japan Recruitment Center, Inc.
    2013 Nov.
    Director, Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association
    2016 Jul.
    Advisor, TOKYO ICHIBAN FOODS CO., LTD.
    2016 Sep.
    Outside Corporate Auditor, GREE, Inc.
    2016 Sep.
    Outside Director, Ligua Inc. (current)
    2016 Dec.
    External Director, TOKYO ICHIBAN FOODS CO., LTD.
    2017 Dec.
    Outside Director, D.I. SYSTEM CO., Ltd. 
    2018 Apr.
    Outside Director, Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.)
    2018 Jun.
    Outside Part-time Director, (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2019 Oct.
    Outside Part-time Director, (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (current)
    2020 May
    Outside Director, Kitanotatsujin Corporation (current)
    2020 Jun.
    Outside Director, Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd. (current)
    2020 Sep.
    Outside Director, (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), GREE, Inc. (current)
  • Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Noriyuki Katayama
    1987 Oct.
    Passed the Second National Bar Examination
    1990 Apr.
    Completed judiciary training, registered as a lawyer
    1990 Apr.
    Joined Nagashima & Ohno (currently Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)
    1995 Sep.
    Joined Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (New York, USA)
    1996 Aug.
    Registered as an attorney in the State of New York
    1996 Oct.
    Joined Tokyo City Law & Tax Partners (currently City-Yuwa Partners)
    2003 Feb.
    Partner, City-Yuwa Partners (current)
    2014 Jun.
    Part-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (currently Nissan Chemical Corporation) (current)
    2018 Apr.
    Outside Director, Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.)
    2018 Jun.
    Outside Part-time Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), former Nippon Denkai, Ltd.
    2019 Feb.
    Substitute Auditor, IWAKI & CO., LTD.
    2019 Mar.
    Part-time Statutory Auditor, Livesense Inc. (current)
    2019 Oct.
    Outside Part-time Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Denkai, Ltd. (current)
    2021 Jun.
    Auditor, AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD. (current)
    2022 May.
    Outside Director, (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), create restaurants holdings inc. (current)

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) Makiko Yamakawa, Kouichi Shima and Noriyuki Katayama are outside directors.