Takeo Higuchi

Profile
Tenure
Apr 2001 – Apr 2004
Years in office
3.0 years
Name in Japanese
樋口武男
Title at appointment
Representative Director, President
Performance in office
Daiwa House Industry
Performance in office
FY2001FY2004Change
Revenue¥1.0trillion¥1.2trillion+21%
Net margin0.6%3%+2.4pt
Nobuyasu IshibashiTogoHiguchiMurakami
Revenue¥896.0 billionRevenue¥1.7 trillionNet margin1.9%Net margin0.2%1996/31999/32004/32009/3
Revenue¥896.0 billionRevenue¥1.7 trillionNet margin1.9%Net margin0.2%1996/31999/32004/32009/3
Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined a steel trading company in 1961 and moved to Daiwa House Industry in August 1963. He became general manager of the special construction division at the Tokyo branch in April 1984, a Director that June, Managing Director in June 1989 and Senior Managing Director in June 1991. In June 1993 he left Daiwa House Industry to become Representative Director and President of Daiwa Danchi, and returned to Daiwa House Industry as a Director in June 2000.

Education: Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Law (1961)

Selection

In April 2001 he moved from President of Daiwa Danchi to President of Daiwa House Industry, a promotion ten months after returning to the parent as a Director. In his first fiscal year, ended March 2002, consolidated net sales were ¥1,197.9 billion and ordinary profit ¥44.6 billion, but net income was only ¥5.2 billion, and in the following year, ended March 2003, the company posted a net loss of ¥91.4 billion.

Initiatives

In the fiscal year ended March 2004, following the ¥91.4 billion net loss of FY ended March 2003, results recovered to consolidated ordinary profit of ¥72.6 billion and net income of ¥37.3 billion, and net sales also grew to ¥1,224.6 billion. The consolidated workforce fell by 643, from 18,457 in FY ended March 2002 to 17,814 in FY ended March 2004.

Career

Career

Steel Trading

Date Position
1961 Joined

Daiwa House Industry

Date Position
Aug 1963 Joined
Apr 1984 General Manager, Special Construction Division, Tokyo Branch Office
Jun 1984 Director
Jun 1989 Managing Director
Jun 1991 Senior Managing Director
Jun 1993 Left the company
Jun 2000 Director
Apr 2001 Representative Director, President
Apr 2004 Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Apr 2004 Stepped down as President
Jun 2019 Chairman

Daiwa Danchi

Date Position
Jun 1993 Representative Director, President
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • 大和ハウス工業 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】