Board composition

Executive structure

Skill Categories		Overview
Management strategy	Business company (ies)	Skill to formulate and execute management strategies for enhancing the Group's corporate value through contributions to society, the environment, and humanity, backed by experience as a Director (excluding Outside Directors) of a listed company or a comparable company, or equivalent experience.
Management strategy	Public interest corporation (s),other organization (s)	Skills to lead or coordinate an organization and achieve its objectives through strategic planning and management, based on experience playing a key role in other organizations of a certain size or with a high public interest (excluding publicly traded companies).
Technology and Research & Development		Skill to advance and oversee the research and development required to expand the photonics-application industry, backed by specialized expertise in light.
Finance &accounting		Skill to support the Group's medium- to long-term growth from a financial perspective, with specialized expertise in financial accounting, by feeding business results and management indicators back into corporate management.
Legal compliance		Skill to drive management by applying laws and regulations to business operations, backed by knowledge of corporate legal affairs and compliance and an understanding of the spirit of the law.
Sales & marketing		Skill to formulate and execute sales strategies from a medium- to long-term perspective, based on an accurate grasp of market trends and customer needs.
Communication		Skill to create synergies with stakeholders that help enhance the Group's corporate value, by accurately communicating the Group's philosophy and businesses and feeding stakeholders' circumstances back into corporate management.
Sustainability		Skill to formulate and execute strategies for improving non-financial value, the foundation of future financial value, from a medium- to long-term perspective, backed by knowledge of sustainability.

Executive Officers

Name	Positions and Responsibilities
Kazuya Suzuki	Managing Executive Officer Chief of Administration General Headquarters
Hiroyuki Okada	Senior Executive Officer Division Director, Global Strategic Challenge Center
Fumio Iwase	Senior Executive Officer Chief of BPR General Headquarters
Koichi Nagumo	Executive Officer Group Governance
Shuichi Osada	Executive Officer Risk Management
Haruyoshi Toyoda	Executive Officer Director, Central Research Laboratory
Masato Tsutsumizaki	Executive Officer Corporate Investment Management
Hiroshige Takada	Executive Officer Chief of Executive Office
Takashi Ogasawara	Executive Officer Chief of Finance and Accounting General Headquarters
Kazuo Ueno	Executive Officer Division Director, Electron Tube Division
Toshimichi Ishizuka	Executive Officer Division Director, Systems Division
Naoki Uchiyama	Executive Officer Division Director, Laser Division
Hisanori Suzuki	Executive Officer Division Director, Solid State Division
Yasuyuki Horiuchi	Executive Officer Chief of Corporate Strategy Office