Tamotsu Hiiro
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Johnson & Johnson in April 1988 and served as general manager of the Ethicon product division from May 2002. In April 2005 he moved to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics as Representative Director and President, also serving as Asia Pacific VP from January 2008. He returned to Johnson & Johnson in October 2010 as Vice President for growth strategy and became its Representative Director and President in January 2012. He became an executive in the medical field and joined McDonald's Japan without any restaurant background.
Selection
He joined McDonald's Japan in September 2018 as Senior Executive Officer and CSO, and half a year later, in March 2019, succeeded Sarah L. Casanova as Representative Director, President and CEO. In the fiscal year ended December 2018, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥272.2 billion and operating income ¥25.0 billion, up in both from the previous year. Two affiliates of the U.S. headquarters held 25.26% and 24.73% of the shares in the FY ended December 2014, together about 50%. The change elevated an executive officer brought in from outside to president in half a year.
Initiatives
In the FY ended December 2019, his first year, consolidated net sales were ¥281.7 billion and operating income ¥28.0 billion. In the FY ended December 2020 the company kept growing both, with net sales of ¥288.3 billion and operating income of ¥31.3 billion. In the FY ended December 2023, his last full year in office, net sales were ¥381.9 billion and operating income ¥40.9 billion; over his five years, net sales grew 1.35-fold and operating income 1.46-fold.
Career
Career
Johnson & Johnson
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1988 | Joined |
| Oct 1999 | Director, Serusu, Marketing |
| May 2002 | Echikonpurodakuto Division, General Manager |
Oso Kurinikaru Daiagunosutikkusu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2005 | Representative Director, President |
| Jan 2008 | Representative Director, President, Asia Pashifikku VP |
Johnson & Johnson
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Oct 2010 | in charge of Growth Strategy, Executive Vice President |
| Jan 2012 | Representative Director, President |
McDonald's Japan
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2018 | Senior Executive Officer, CSO |
| Mar 2019 | Representative Director, President and CEO |
| Jul 2024 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 日本マクドナルドホールディングス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】