Board Members
Board Members
Board Members (as of June 30, 2024)
10 men and 2 women (16.7% of board members are women)
Chairman of the Board
(Representative Director)
Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Masashi Kimura
Born on February 9, 1958
Tenure: 6 years
- April 1980
- Joined EBARA DENSAN LTD.
- April 2004
- General Manager of Printed Circuit Chemicals
Department of EBARA DENSAN LTD. - April 2010
- Joined the Company as General Manager of DENSAN
- August 2010
- Vice President of JCU (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
- June 2013
- Managing Officer
- April 2016
- Managing Officer and Division Manager of Corporate
Strategy Office - June 2016
- Director, Managing Officer and Division Manager of Corporate
Strategy Office - June 2017
- Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer and
Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office - February 2018
- Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer,
Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office and
Division Manager of Administration Division - April 2018
- Representative Director, President and COO and
Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office - March 2019
- Representative Director, President and COO
- April 2021
- Representative Director, President and CEO
- June 2024
- Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
(present position)
President
(Representative Director)
Chief Operating Officer (COO) Akihisa Omori
Born on October 2, 1965
Newly appointed
- January 1990
- Joined the Company
- April 2010
- Branch Manager of Osaka Branch
- June 2012
- Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office
- April 2014
- Managing Executive Officer and Division Manager of
Corporate Strategy Office - June 2014
- Director, Managing Executive Officer and
Division Manager of Corporate Strategy Office - April 2015
- President of JCU INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- June 2016
- Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer
- April 2019
- Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer,
General Manager, R&D Center - December 2020
- JCU (THAILAND) CO., LTD. President
- December 2020
- JCU VIETNAM CORPORATION Representative Director
- December 2020
- PT. JCU INDONESIA President
- June 2023
- Senior Managing Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
General Manager, R&D Center - June 2024
- Representative Director, President and COO
(present position)
Managing Director
Managing Executive Officer
Chairman and President,
JCU SHENZHEN
TRADING CORPORATION Takanori Arata
Born on May 13, 1967
Tenure: 10 years
- September 2006
- Joined the Company
- June 2009
- General Manager of Accounting Department of
Administration Division - April 2014
- Managing Executive Officer and Division Manager of
Administration Division - June 2014
- Director, Managing Officer and Division Manager of
Administration Division - April 2015
- Director, Managing Officer and Assistant General
Manager of Chemical Business Division - April 2016
- Director, Managing Officer and Deputy Division
Manager of Sales Division - June 2016
- Managing Director, Executive Managing Officer and
Deputy Division Manager of Sales Division - April 2021
- Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer and
General Manager, Sales Headquarters - April 2022
- Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer and
Chairman and President, JCU SHENZHEN TRADING CORPORATION (present position)
Managing Director Managing Executive Officer
General Manager,
Administration Headquarters Hirofumi Ikegawa
Born on July 29, 1965
Tenure: 5 years
- August 1984
- Joined Fuji Machinery Mfg. & Electronics Co., Ltd.
- June 2004
- Director and General Manager, Administration Division
- June 2008
- Executive Managing Director and Chief Executive of Administration
- June 2009
- President and Representative Director
- June 2010
- Director, Kyoden Co., Ltd.
- November 2013
- Joined the Company as Branch Manager of Osaka Branch
- January 2015
- President, JCU TAIWAN CORPORATION
- April 2016
- Managing Officer
- April 2018
- Managing Officer and Division Manager of Administration Division
- June 2019
- Director, Executive Managing Officer and Division Manager of Administration Division
- June 2020
- Managing Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager,
Administration Headquarters (present position)
Director／Managing Executive Officer
General Manager,
Corporate Strategy Office Yoji Inoue
Born on January 10, 1967
Tenure: 3 years
- November 1997
- Joined the Company
- April 2010
- General Manager, Overseas Operations Department
- April 2016
- General Manager, Overseas Administration Department
- December 2016
- General Manager, Overseas Market Development Department
- April 2017
- Managing Officer and Deputy General Manager,
Overseas Business Administration Department - April 2018
- Managing Officer and Deputy Manager, Corporate Strategy Office
- April 2019
- Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Strategy Office
- June 2021
- Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager,
Corporate Strategy Office (present position) - April 2022
- JCU (THAILAND) CO., LTD. President (present position)
- April 2022
- JCU VIETNAM CORPORATION Representative Director(present position)
- April 2022
- PT. JCU INDONESIA President (present position)
- April 2023
- JCU MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. President (present position)
Director／Managing Executive Officer
General Manager,
Sales Headquarters Fumihiko Araake
Born on February 9, 1966
Tenure: 3 years
- April 1989
- Joined the Company
- November 2009
- President, JCU SHANGHAI TRADING CORPORATION
- May 2014
- General Manager of Nagoya Branch
- June 2018
- Division Manager of Production Division
- April 2019
- Executive Officer and General Manager,
Production Headquarters - June 2021
- Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager,
Production Headquarters (present position) - April 2022
- Director, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager,
Sales Headquarters (present position) - April 2022
- Representative Director, JCU KOREA CORPORATION (present position)
Director Mayumi Yamamoto
Born on February 11, 1956
Outside Tenure: 3 years
- April 1984
- Registered as attorney and joined Takeo Ishiguro Law Office
- September 1990
- Established Ginza Shin Sogo Law Office
- January 2005
- Established Ginza Shin Meiwa Law Office
- December 2010
- Public Interests Member, Central Labour Relations Commission
- January 2019
- Member, Financial System Council,
Financial Services Agency (present position) - June 2019
- External Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD (present position) - July 2019
- Member of Self-regulatory Planning Sub-Committee,
Selfregulation Board, Japan Securities Dealers Association (present position) - June 2020
- Outside Director, MIRAIT Holdings Corporation
(currently MIRAIT ONE CORPORATION) (present position) - April 2021
- Director of the Company (present position)
Director Masayuki Itagaki
Born on March 24, 1964
Outside Tenure: 3 years
- April 1992
- Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- July 1993
- Researcher, University of Burgundy, France
- April 1994
- Assistant, Faculty of Science and Technology,
Tokyo University of Science - April 1998
- Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology,
Tokyo University of Science - April 2001
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology,
Tokyo University of Science - April 2005
- Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology,
Tokyo University of Science (present position) - November 2006
- President and Chief Executive Officer,
NEWLONG SEIMITSU KOGYO Co., Ltd. (present position) - June 2021
- Director of the Company (present position)
Director Harusato Nihei
Born on August 30, 1957
Outside Newly appointed
- April 1980
- Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd.
(currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) - March 2006
- General Manager, Taipei Branch, Mizuho
Corporate Bank, Ltd. - April 2008
- Executive Officer and General Manager, Taipei Branch,
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. - April 2009
- Executive Officer and General Manager,
Human Resources Management Department,
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. - April 2010
- Managing Executive Officer and Officer responsible
for Sales and Marketing,
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. - April 2011
- Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
- April 2014
- Deputy President, Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.
(currently Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.) - June 2016
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. - June 2017
- Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. - June 2018
- Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. - April 2020
- Director, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
- June 2020
- Special Advisor, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
- June 2021
- Corporate Auditor of JCU (present position)
- June 2021
- Outside Corporate Auditor of Shindengen Electric
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (present position) - June 2024
- Director of the Company (present position)
Full-time Corporate Auditors Mitsuyoshi Matsuura
Born on August 31, 1964
Newly appointed
- April 1989
- Joined Fuji Bank Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank Ltd.)
- October 1997
- Research Officer at the New York branch of the same bank
- July 2004
- Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd.(currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Americas Sales Department 1 Counselor - November 2006
- Deputy Senior General Manager of the Fourth
Sales Department of the same bank - April 2008
- Deputy Director of the Administrative Promotion
Department of the same bank - April 2010
- Deputy Director of the Administrative Management
Department of the same Bank - April 2011
- Deputy Branch Manager of the Los Angeles Branch
of the same bank - April 2014
- Deputy General Manager of the 11th Sales Division
of the same Bank - April 2016
- Yangon Branch Manager of the same bank
- September 2019
- Joined JCU, General Manager of Sales
Management Division, Sales Department - April 2021
- Executive Officer, General Manager of the Sales
Management Department, Sales Division - April 2022
- Executive Officer and General Manager,
JCU (Shanghai) Trading Corporation. - April 2024
- Executive Officer
- June 2024
- Full-Time Auditing Officer (sitting)
Corporate Auditor Mitsuru Ichikawa
Born on April 15, 1960
Outside Tenure: 10 years
- November 1992
- Passed the National Bar Examination
- April 1995
- Registered as a lawyer
- June 2014
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (present position)
- May 2019
- Executive Director, Tokyo Lawyers Cooperative
- October 2019
- Outside Director, Renascience Inc. (present position)
- May 2023
- Vice President, Tokyo Lawyers Cooperative (present position)
Corporate Auditor Koyuri Kawato
Born on July 5, 1968
Outside Tenure: 5 years
- April 1991
- Joined Asahi Shinwa & Co.(currently KPMG AZSA LLC)
- March 1994
- Registered as a certified public accountant
- July 2000
- Representative, Kawato Certified Public
Accountant Office (present position) - January 2001
- Registered as certified public tax accountant
- June 2019
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member
of the Company (present position)
(Note) JCU has introduced an executive officer system. The following is a list of executive officers who do not concurrently serve as directors.
- Executive Officer,
Deputy General Manager,
R&D Center - Hideki Hagiwara
- Executive Officer,
- Executive Officer,
General Manager,
Production Headquarters - Toyokazu Imai
- Executive Officer,
- Executive Officer,
Deputy General Manager,
R&D Center - Akinobu Ohno
- Executive Officer,
- Executive Officer,
Deputy General Manager,
Sales Headquarters - Noriyuki Tomita
- Executive Officer,
- Executive Officer,
Managing Director,
JCU KOREA CORPORATION - Tadahiko Miyamoto
- Executive Officer,
- Executive Officer,
President,
JCU TAIWAN CORPORATION - Kanae Tokio
- Executive Officer,
5 men and 1 woman (16.7% of executive officers are women)
Director’s Skills Matrix
Definition of skills and experience
Business management：
Management experience at other companies or our group; experience and ability to formulate management strategies
Sales and marketing：
Understanding of market trends and formulation of sales strategies / Experience and ability to make decisions
Research, development and engineering：
Experience and expertise in research, development and engineering
Quality and production：
Experience and expertise in manufacturing, production and quality control in Japan and abroad
Global：
Experience in overseas business development and management
Finance and accounting：
Experience and expertise in finance and accounting
Legal and risks：
Experience in corporate legal and risk management / Expertise
Human Resources Strategy：
Experience and expertise in human resources and labor affairs, experience and ability in formulating human resource strategies such as human resource development
DX：
Experience and expertise in promoting DX
