Yoichi Miyamoto

Profile
Tenure
Jun 2007 – Apr 2016
Years in office
8.8 years
Name in Japanese
宮本洋一
Title at appointment
Representative Director, President
Performance in office
Shimizu
Performance in office
FY2007FY2016Change
Revenue¥1.7trillion¥1.7trillion+1%
Net margin1.5%3.6%+2.1pt
MiyamotoInoue
Revenue¥1.3 trillionRevenue¥1.5 trillionNet margin0.8%Net margin5.3%2002/32006/32011/32016/32021/3
Revenue¥1.3 trillionRevenue¥1.5 trillionNet margin0.8%Net margin5.3%2002/32006/32011/32016/32021/3
Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined Shimizu Corporation in July 1971. He spent the next 32 years there before becoming an Executive Officer in June 2003. He became Managing Executive Officer in June 2005 and Senior Managing Executive Officer in April 2006, reaching the presidency four years after becoming an Executive Officer. He had no experience at other companies; he is a career employee who worked only at Shimizu from joining to retirement. Major shareholders were corporations such as Shimizu Jisho (7.63%) and the Shimizu Foundation social welfare corporation (4.83%), with no individuals near the top.

Education: University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture (B.Eng. 1971)

Selection

In June 2007 he succeeded Tetsuya Nomura as President, a promotion one year and two months after becoming Senior Managing Executive Officer and 36 years after joining. In the fiscal year ended March 2007, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥1,654.0 billion, operating profit ¥50.8 billion and net income ¥25.6 billion. Net sales had risen by about ¥170 billion in two years from ¥1,484.3 billion in FY ended March 2005.

Initiatives

In his second year, FY ended March 2009, consolidated net sales reached ¥1,887.5 billion, the largest during his tenure, but operating profit fell to ¥22.3 billion. In FY ended March 2010 the company posted a net loss of ¥6.8 billion. Net sales shrank to ¥1,303.7 billion in FY ended March 2011, and operating profit bottomed at ¥13.1 billion in FY ended March 2013. In his final year, FY ended March 2016, results recovered to net sales of ¥1,664.9 billion, operating profit of ¥94.7 billion and net income of ¥59.3 billion.

Career

Career

Shimizu

Date Position
Jul 1971 Joined
Jun 2003 Executive Officer
Jun 2005 Managing Executive Officer
Apr 2006 Senior Managing Executive Officer
Jun 2007 Representative Director, President
Apr 2016 Stepped down as President
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • 清水建設 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】