Management Policy
Board of Directors
Masahiko Goto
Representative Director
Chairman
| March 1971 |
Joined the Corporation |
| May 1984 |
Director, Manager of Corporate Planning Department |
| July 1987 |
Managing Director, General Manager of Administration Headquarters |
| May 1989 |
President and Representative Director |
| June 2013 |
Chairman and Representative Director (present) |
| March 2022 |
Outside Director of HOSHIZAKI CORPORATION (present) |
Munetoshi GotoRepresentative Director
President
| April 1999 |
Joined the Corporation |
| April 2012 |
General Manager of International Sales Administration Department |
| June 2013 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of International Sales Headquarters |
| June 2017 |
President and Representative Director (present) |
Shinichiro TomitaDirector
Corporate Officer
General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters
| March 1974 |
Joined the Corporation |
| October 2000 |
General Manager of Plant Engineering-maintenance Department |
| October 2001 |
General Manager of Production Engineering Department |
| September 2003 |
President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd. |
| June 2007 |
Director, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters of the Corporation (in charge of China Plant) |
| June 2009 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters (in charge of Product Development) |
| May 2010 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters (present) |
Tetsuhisa KanekoDirector
Corporate Officer
General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
| March 1981 |
Joined the Corporation |
| April 2004 |
General Manager of Technical Research Department |
| August 2005 |
General Manager of Production Department 2 |
| October 2006 |
General Manager of Production Department 1 |
| June 2007 |
Director, General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters |
| June 2009 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters |
| May 2010 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Production Headquarters (in charge of China Plant) |
| June 2015 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Production Headquarters |
| June 2017 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters (present) |
Tomoyuki OtaDirector
Corporate Officer
General Manager of Quality Headquarters
| March 1978 |
Joined the Corporation |
| October 2003 |
General Manager of Production Department 1 |
| August 2005 |
General Manager of Products & Engineering Administration Department |
| July 2012 |
General Manager of Products & Engineering Administration Department and General Manager of Product Design & Development Department 1 |
| June 2013 |
Director, Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters |
| June 2021 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Quality Headquarters (present) |
Takashi TsuchiyaDirector
Corporate Officer
General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters
| March 1982 |
Joined the Corporation |
| April 2001 |
Manager of Shizuoka Branch Office |
| October 2003 |
Manager of Tokyo Branch Office |
| April 2010 |
General Manager of Sales Administration Department |
| June 2013 |
Corporate Officer, Domestic Sales Headquarters (in charge of Tokyo Sales Department) |
| June 2015 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters (present) |
Masaki YoshidaDirector
Corporate Officer
General Manager of Production Headquarters
| March 1985 |
Joined the Corporation |
| October 2007 |
General Manager of Production Control Department |
| April 2010 |
General Manager of Production Department 2 |
| April 2011 |
General Manager of Production Development Department |
| February 2012 |
Vice President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd |
| June 2015 |
Director, Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters of the Corporation (in charge of China Plant) |
| April 2018 |
Director, Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters |
| June 2021 |
Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Production Headquarters (present) |
Takashi OmoteDirector
Corporate Officer
General Manager of International Sales Headquarters
| March 1982 |
Joined the Corporation |
| January 1995 |
President of Makita Mexico, S.A. de C.V. |
| March 2001 |
President of Makita do Brasil Ferramentas Elétricas Ltda. |
| June 2013 |
Corporate Officer of the Corporation (in charge of Central and South America Sales) |
| June 2017 |
General Manager of International Sales Headquarters (present) |
Yukihiro OtsuDirector
Corporate Officer
General Manager of Administration Headquarters
| March 1983 |
Joined the Corporation |
| April 2009 |
Assistant Manager of Finance Department |
| December 2009 |
Vice President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd |
October 2013
|
General Manager of Accounting Department of the Corporation |
| June 2017 |
General Manager of Administration Headquarters (present) |
Masahiro SuginoOutside Director
| April 1967 |
Jointed Ina Seito Co., Ltd. (present; LIXIL Corporation) |
| January 1992 |
Director of INAX Corporation (“INAX”,past; Ina Seito Co., Ltd.) |
| January 1996 |
Managing Director of INAX |
| January 2000 |
Senior Managing Director of INAX |
| October 2001 |
President and Representative Director of INAX |
| June 2007 |
Chairman and Representative Director of INAX |
| June 2007 |
President and Representative Director of JS Group Corporation (present; LIXIL Corporation) |
| April 2011 |
President and Representative Director of LIXIL Corporation |
| June 2011 |
Director and Advisor of LIXIL Corporation |
| June 2013 |
Advisor of LIXIL Corporation |
| June 2015 |
Outside Director of the Corporation (present) |
| June 2017 |
Outside Director of MISAWA HOMES CO., LTD. |
| February 2018 |
Outside Director of KITAKEI CO.,LTD. (present) |
| July 2018 |
Special Adviser of LIXIL Corporation |
| January 2020 |
Adviser of LIXIL Corporation (present) |
Takahiro Iwase
Outside Director
| April 1977 |
Joined Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (present; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, “TOYOTA”) |
| June 2005 |
Managing Officer of TOYOTA |
| June 2009 |
Senior Managing Director of TOYOTA |
| June 2009 |
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Chuo Spring Co., Ltd. |
| April 2011 |
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. |
| June 2011 |
Senior Managing Officer of TOYOTA |
| June 2014 |
President of TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO., LTD. |
| April 2016 |
Standing Counselor of Aichi Steel Corporation (“AICHI STEEL”) |
| June 2016 |
Chairman and Representative Director of AICHI STEEL |
| June 2017 |
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Chuo Spring Co., Ltd. |
| July 2020 |
Chairman of Aichi Prefectural Public Safety Commission |
| March 2021 |
External Auditor of DMG MORI CO., LTD. (present) |
| June 2021 |
Outside Director of the Corporation (present) |
Mitsuhiko Wakayama
Director
(Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
| March 1981 |
Joined the Corporation |
| October 2007 |
General Manager of America Sales Department |
| April 2012 |
General Manager of Latin America Sales Department |
| June 2016 |
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member |
| June 2021 |
Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (present) |
Shoji Inoue
Outside Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
| April 1991 |
Attorney-at-law, admitted and belonging to the Nagoya Bar Association (currently, Aichi Bar Association) |
| April 1991 |
Joined Katayama Kinji Law Firm |
| July 2009 |
Established Inoue Shoji Law Firm |
| October 2010 |
Appointed as a Civil Conciliator at Nagoya Summary Court |
| October 2013 |
Established Sao & Inoue Law Firm (present:Inoue Law Firm) (present) |
| June 2015 |
Outside Director of Meitetsu Transport Co., Ltd. |
| June 2016 |
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Corporation |
| June 2021 |
Outside Director of OKUMA Corporation (present) |
| June 2021 |
Outside Director of the Corporation (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (present) |
Koji Nishikawa
Outside Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
| October 1988 |
Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation |
| August 1992 |
Registered as a certified public accountant |
| April 2000 |
Joined ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation (formed by a merger with Chuo Audit Corporation) |
| April 2000 |
Appointed as Partner of ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation |
| September 2006 |
Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata (present; PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC) |
| September 2006 |
Appointed as Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata |
| July 2018 |
Representative of Nishikawa Koji Accounting Firm (present) |
| April 2020 |
Joined Seimei Audit Corporation |
| June 2020 |
Representative Partner of Seimei Audit Corporation (present) |
| June 2021 |
Outside Director of the Corporation (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (present) |
Ayumi UjiharaOutside Director
(Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
| April 1984 |
Joined BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| March 1994 |
Joined Itoh Accounting Firm |
| April 2000 |
Joined Tokai Local Finance Bureau (financial securities inspector) |
| July 2003 |
Joined ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation |
| August 2006 |
Joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Arata (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Arata LLC) |
| July 2015 |
Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Arata |
| July 2022 |
Representative of Ayumi Ujihara CPA office (present) |
| March 2023 |
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (present) |
| May 2023 |
Partner of Kagayaki Audit Corporation (present) |
| June 2023 |
Outside Director of the Corporation (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (present) |
