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Directors and Corporate Officers

Directors

Directors table
Representative Director / President Munetoshi Goto
Director / Managing Corporate Officer Tetsuhisa Kaneko General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer Takashi Tsuchiya General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer Masaki Yoshida General Manager of Production Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer Takashi Omote General Manager of International Sales Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer Yukihiro Otsu General Manager of Administration Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer Yoshihisa Inuzuka General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters
Director / Corporate Officer Hideyuki Kawase General Manager of Quality Headquarters
Outside Director Masahiro Sugino
Outside Director Takahiro Iwase
Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Mitsuhiko Wakayama
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Shoji Inoue
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Koji Nishikawa
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) Ayumi Ujihara

Corporate Officers

Corporate Officers table
Corporate Officer Tomoharu Yasuda
Corporate Officer Hideki Shimazoe
Corporate Officer Larry Peck
Corporate Officer Rich Chapman
Corporate Officer Franz Claes
Corporate Officer Kazuhisa Makino
Corporate Officer Koki Hyodo
Corporate Officer Hiroshi Murata
Corporate Officer Minoru Nakamura

Representative Director / Chairman

Masahiko Goto

Biography Table
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)

Representative Director / President

Munetoshi Goto

Biography Table
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)

Director / Corporate Officer

Shinichiro Tomita

Biography Table
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)

Director / Corporate Officer

Tetsuhisa Kaneko

Biography Table
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
June 2024 Director, Managing Corporate Officer, General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters(present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Tomoyuki Ota

Biography Table
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)

Director / Corporate Officer

Takashi Tsuchiya

Biography Table
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
June 2024 Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Domestic Sales Headquarters: concurrently in charge of Osaka Area (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Masaki Yoshida

Biography Table
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)

Director / Corporate Officer

Takashi Omote

Biography Table
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 Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of International Sales Headquarters (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Yukihiro Otsu

Biography Table
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 Director, Corporate Officer, General Manager of Administration Headquarters (present)

Outside Director

Masahiro Sugino

Biography Table
April 1967 Joined 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)

Outside Director

Takahiro Iwase

Biography Table
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)

Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Mitsuhiko Wakayama

Biography Table
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)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Shoji Inoue

Biography Table
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)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Koji Nishikawa

Biography Table
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 Japan 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)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Ayumi Ujihara

Biography Table
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 Aarata (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC)
July 2015 Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata
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)

Director / Corporate Officer

Yoshihisa Inuzuka

Biography Table
March 1984 Joined the Corporation
April 2009 General Manager of Production Department 2
April 2010 General Manager of Production Development Department
March 2011 Plant Manager of Makita do Brasil Ferramentas Elétricas Ltda.
April 2016 General Manager of Research & Development Planning Department of the Corporation
June 2021 Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters
June 2024 Corporate Officer, General Manager of Purchasing Headquarters (present)

Director / Corporate Officer

Hideyuki Kawase

Biography Table
March 1986 Joined the Corporation
April 2012 President of SC Makita EU S.R.L. (Romania)
March 2017 General Manager of Production Control Department
April 2018 President of Makita (China) Co., Ltd.
June 2021 Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters of the Corporation (in charge of China Plant)
March 2024 Corporate Officer, Assistant General Manager of Production Headquarters
June 2024 Corporate Officer, General Manager of Quality Headquarters (present)