Yoshikiyo Fujii
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Nippon Meat Packers in April 1962. In February 1984 he became general manager of the sales planning department while also heading the market development office, then Director in June 1988 and Director and head of the Tokyo metropolitan division in June 1990. He became Managing Director heading the Tokyo metropolitan division in June 1996 and Managing Director and head of the sales headquarters in April 1998, spending the full 40 years from joining to the presidency on the sales front lines and in overseeing the sales organization.
Selection
In August 2002, beef mislabeling by subsidiary Nippon Food came to light, and the founding family, including President Keiji Okoso and Yoshinori Okoso, withdrew from management. Yoshikiyo Fujii, then Managing Director and head of the sales headquarters, succeeded as president. In the fiscal year ended March 2002, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥945.0 billion and net income ¥17.7 billion, but in the FY ended March 2003, which spanned the scandal, they fell to ¥909.9 billion and ¥4.4 billion. The appointment appears to have placed a career employee who had overseen the nationwide sales network in the post vacated by the founding family.
Initiatives
During his tenure, consolidated net sales bottomed at ¥909.9 billion in the FY ended March 2003 and recovered to ¥926.0 billion in FY ended March 2004, ¥934.6 billion in FY ended March 2005 and ¥963.6 billion in FY ended March 2006, reaching ¥975.4 billion in the FY ended March 2007, his final year, above the pre-scandal level. Net income also recovered from ¥4.4 billion in the FY ended March 2003 to ¥11.3 billion in the FY ended March 2007. In April 2007 he handed the presidency to Hiroshi Kobayashi.
Career
Career
NH Foods
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1962 | Joined |
| Feb 1984 | General Manager, Sales Planning Department and General Manager, Markets Development Office |
| Jun 1988 | Director |
| Jun 1990 | Director, General Manager, Tokyo Metropolitan Area Division |
| Jun 1996 | Managing Director, General Manager, Tokyo Metropolitan Area Division |
| Apr 1998 | Managing Director, General Manager, Sales Headquarters |
| Aug 2002 | Representative Director, President |
| Apr 2007 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 日本ハム 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】