Akira Okabe

Background

Okabe, Akira was born in 1947 in Hino, Japan.

Education

Degree in Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1971.

Career

Joined Toyota Motor Corporation, 1971, general manager, Oceania, Middle East and Southwest Asia division, 1997—2000, head, sales and marketing division, Oceania, Middle East and Southwest Asia Operations Center, 2000—2001, board directors, 2001—2003, managing officer, 2003—2005, senior managing director, board directors & chief operating officer, Asia, Oceania & Middle East, since 2005. Commissioner PT Astra International Tbk., since 2007.

Achievements

• Akira Okabe has been listed as a noteworthy automotive executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Golf, fishing, travel.

Connections

Married Yukie Okabe; 3 children.

Spouse:

Yukie Okabe