Executives
Here, we introduce the Directors and Corporate Officers of ANEST IWATA. We aim to expand our business by forming a strong corporate organization through a Board composed of Directors who complement our business strategy.
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Representative Director
Directors

Takahiro Tsubota
Executive Chairman

Kenichi Osawa
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer of Coating Division

Katsumi Takeda
Managing Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer of Sales Division

Kozo Yoneda
Independent Director

Yoshitsugu Asai
Independent Director

Yuko Shirai
Independent Director

Masato Suzuki
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Kyosuke Oshima
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Kazumichi Matsuki
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Reiko Ohashi
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Takahiro Tsubota
Executive Chairman
1981 |
Joined the Company |
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2001 |
Director of the Company |
2008 |
President and Representative Director of the Company |
2014 |
President, Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company |
2018 |
Chief Operating Officer, Business Administration Division of the Company |
2020 |
Chief Operating Officer, Coating Division of the Company |
2022 |
Executive Chairman (current position) |

Shinichi Fukase
Representative Director
President and Chief Executive Officer
1988 |
Joined the Company |
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2008 |
President of ANEST IWATA CAMPBELL K.K. |
2010 |
Corporate Officer of the Company |
2016 |
Executive Officer |
2019 |
Director of the Company (current position) Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer, Air Energy Division Factory Manager, Fukushima Factory of the Company |
2020 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Operating |
2022 |
President, Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (current position) |

Kenichi Osawa
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer of Coating Division
East Asian Regional General Manager
1990 |
Joined the Company |
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2010 |
President of ANEST IWATA (SHANGHAI) |
2012 |
President of ANEST IWATA Shanghai Trading Corporation |
2014 |
General Manager, Fluid Engineering Department of the Company |
2015 |
Corporate Officer of the Company |
2018 |
General Manager, Coating Development Department of the Company (current position) |
2019 |
Executive Vice President East Asian Regional General Manager of the Company |
2020 |
Assistant Chief Operating Officer, Coating Division of the Company |
2021 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Coating Division of the Company |
2022 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Coating Division of the Company (current position) |

Kozo Yoneda
Independent Director
1972 |
Joined the Sumitomo Bank, Limited (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) |
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1977 |
Completed the Master's program at the Yale University Graduate School, Department of Economics |
2001 |
Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Banking Dept. II of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
2002 |
Chairman and CEO of Japan Equity Capital Co., Ltd. |
2003 |
Senior Advisor of Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments Co., Ltd. |
2005 |
President of Hirata Corporation |
2012 |
President and Representative Director of Kinrei Corporation (currently KR FOOD SERVICE CORPORATION) |
2014 |
Outside Director of amifa Co., ltd. (current position) |
2015 |
Independent Director of the Company (current position) |
2016 |
Outside Director of FORLIFE Co., Ltd. (current position) |
2018 |
Outside Director of HOKUETSU METAL LTD. |

Yoshitsugu Asai
Independent Director
1977 |
Joined BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
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1989 |
Representative Director & President of BROTHER INDUSTRIES |
2000 |
General Manager, General Planning Department of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2004 |
Executive Officer, EVP* of I&D Company, and General Manager, Corporate Planning Department of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2006 |
Executive Officer and General Manager, Human Resource Department of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2011 |
Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Legal & General Affairs Department, responsible for Corporate Communications (Public Relations) Department of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2016 |
Managing Executive Officer responsible for Finance & Accounting Department, Law, Environment & General Affairs Department and CSR & Corporate Communications of BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
2017 |
Outside Director of FUJIMI INCORPORATED (current position) |
2020 |
Independent Director of the Company (current position) |

Masato Suzuki
Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
1987 |
Joined the Company |
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2007 |
General Manager, Logistics Division |
2011 |
Corporate Officer of the Company |
2014 |
Chief Operating Officer, Coating Equipment Division of the Company |
2015 |
Director of the Company |
2016 |
Executive Vice President of the Company |
2017 |
Chairman of the Board of ANEST IWATA INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (JIAXING)COMPANY LIMITED |
2018 |
Director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member of the Company (standing) (current position) |

Masashige Takayama
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
1987 |
Joined Eiwa Audit Corporation (currently KPMG AZSA LLC) |
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1990 |
Joined Kyowa Audit Corporation Registered as a certified public accountant |
2007 |
Senior Partner of Kyowa Audit Corporation (current position) |
2012 |
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company |
2013 |
Consultant of Public Interest Commission, Cabinet Office (current position) |
2015 |
Auditor of National Museum of Nature and Science (current position) |
2016 |
Independent Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position) |

Kyosuke Oshima
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
1982 |
Joined SUNX Limited (currently Panasonic Industrial Devices SUNX Co., Ltd.) |
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2000 |
Director of SUNX Limited |
2007 |
Managing Director of SUNX Limited |
2011 |
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of SUNX Limited |
2015 |
Independent Director of the Company |
2016 |
Independent Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current position) |

Kazumichi Matsuki
Independent Director
1976 |
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation |
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2007 |
Chairman of the Association of Corporate Legal Departments |
2010 |
Visiting Professor of the University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Laws and Politics |
2011 |
Executive officer of Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (currently Hokuetsu Corporation) |
2013 |
Managing Director of Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. |
2016 |
Director of Dream Incubator Inc. |
2018 |
Independent Director of the Company (current position) |
2019 |
Outside Director of the Board of Nissha Co., Ltd. (current position) |
2020 |
Independent Director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee |

Reiko Ohashi
Independent Director
Audit & Supervisory Committee
1991 |
Joined Century Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) |
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1995 |
Registered as a certified accountant |
2009 |
Director of Ohashi Certified Accountant Office (current position) |
2014 |
Representative employee of Yakumo Audit Corporation (current position) |
2015 |
Auditor of Japan Sport Council (current position) |
2020 |
Auditor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (current position) |
2021 |
Independent Director of the Company |
2022 |
Independent Director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee |

Yuko Shirai
Independent Director
1986 |
Registered as a lawyer (Tokyo Bar Association) |
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1991 |
Founding lawyer and partner of Wing Sogo Law Office (current position) |
2004 |
Chairperson of Kanto Federation of Bar Associations |
2005 |
Member of Tokyo District Court Appraisal Committee / Mediation Committee |
2009 |
Chairperson of Shinjuku City Board of Education |
2010 |
Auditor of Japan Federation of Bar Associations |
2011 |
Auditor of Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center |
2012 |
Vice-President of Tokyo Bar Association |
2013 |
Chairperson of Shinjuku City Board of Education |
2015 |
Outside Director of Seika Corporation (current position) |
2016 |
Member of Shinjuku City Audit Committee |
2021 |
Independent Director of the Company (current position) |

Katsumi Takeda
Managing Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer of Sales Division
1989 |
Joined the Company |
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2008 |
Executive Officer |
2011 |
General Manager, Fluid Engineering Department of the Company |
2014 |
General Manager, Coating System Marketing and R&D Department |
2016 |
Executive Officer |
2020 |
Managing Executive Officer |
2021 |
Managing Executive Officer |
2022 |
Director of the Company (current position) |
Managing Executive Officers
Eisuke Miyoshi
Chief Operating Officer of Business Administration Division
General Manager of Financial & Accounting Department
Hitoshi Iwata
Chief Operating Officer of Air Energy Division
Development Technology Manager
Corporate Officers
Gary Glass
President of ANEST IWATA USA, Inc.
President of ANEST IWATA-MEDEA, Inc.
Coating Division
Masanori Daimaru
General Manager of Business Strategy Department, Air Energy Division
President of ANEST IWATA FEELER Corporation
President of Shanghai Screw Compressor Co., Ltd