Education
Graduate, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1972. Master in Management, Stanford University, United States.
Graduate, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1972. Master in Management, Stanford University, United States.
Joined Mitsui Knowledge Industry Company Ltd., 1973, Sony Corporation, 1981, various positions, Audio Video/Information Technology Product Divisions, executive deputy president, officer, Consumer Republican Corporation Products Group. Board directors Sony Assurance Inc. (subsidiary Sony Corporation), Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (subsidiary Sony Corporation), Sony Life Insurance Limited company (subsidiary Sony Corporation), Sony Bank Inc.
(subsidiary Sony Corporation). With Sony Europe GmbH (subsidiary Sony Corporation), 1985—1990, Sony Deutschland GmbH (subsidiary Sony Europe GmbH), 1985—1990. Various positions, business control & corporation planning Sony Corporation, 1990—1994, vice president, consumer audio & video products company, 1994—1996, president, home audio & video products company, 1996—1997, corporation vice president, 1997—2000, deputy president, personal information technical network company, 1999—2000, president, personal information technical network co, 2000—2001, corporation senior vice president, nc president, personal information technical network company, 2000—2001, corporation executive vice president, 2000, group executive officer, 2001—2004.
President Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (subsidiary Sony Corporation), 2001—2009. Representative corporation executive officer, group chief strategy officer & Chief Financial Officer Sony Corporation, 2004—2005, nc president, home electronics network company, officer, procurement strategies, tv & video business, 2005, president, television Business Group, 2005. Executive vice president Sony Finance Holdings Inc.
(subsidiary Sony Corporation), 2009—2010, president, representative director, since 2010.