Masaya Kawata
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Nisshinbo in April 1975, became Executive Officer and General Manager of Human Resources in June 2006, and also Deputy General Manager of Accounting from April 2007. He then served in succession as Representative Director and President of three operating companies: Nisshinbo Brake from April 2009, Nisshinbo Chemical from June 2011 and Nisshinbo Mechatronics from June 2012. His career took him from administrative work in personnel and accounting to learning management by moving among the spun-off operating companies.
Selection
In June 2013 he succeeded Shizuka Uzawa as Representative Director and President. In the FY ended March 2013, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥450.7 billion, operating income ¥13.4 billion and net income ¥6.4 billion. He was appointed right after four straight years as president of three operating companies, and the choice appears to have been made after testing him with the management of spun-off subsidiaries.
Initiatives
In the FY ended March 2014, his first year, consolidated net sales were ¥494.4 billion and operating income ¥13.2 billion; by the FY ended March 2017 sales had grown to ¥527.3 billion while operating income fell to ¥4.9 billion. In 2018 the company changed its fiscal year-end from March to December, and in the irregular nine-month FY ended December 2018 it posted consolidated net sales of ¥416.2 billion, an operating loss of ¥2.5 billion and a net loss of ¥7.2 billion. Scale expanded but margins thinned, and the company fell into the red just before he stepped down.
Career
Career
Nisshinbo Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1975 | Joined Nisshinbo |
| Jun 2006 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources Headquarters |
| Apr 2007 | Deputy General Manager of Headquarters, Accounting Headquarters |
| Jun 2007 | Director, Executive Officer |
| Apr 2008 | Deputy Center Manager, Business Support Center |
Nisshinbo Brake
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2009 | Representative Director, President |
| Jun 2010 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, Nisshinbo |
Deputy Center Manager, Nisshinbo Corporate Strategy Center and General Manager, New Business Development Headquarters, Nisshinbo Chemical
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2011 | Representative Director, President |
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Nisshinbo → Nisshinbo Mechatronics
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2012 | Representative Director, President |
| Jun 2013 | Representative Director, President, Nisshinbo |
| Mar 2019 | Representative Director, Chairman, Nisshinbo |
| Mar 2019 | Stepped down as President |
| Mar 2022 | Chairman, Nisshinbo |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 日清紡ホールディングス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】