Nobuteru Suzuki
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Andersen Consulting in March 1999 and moved to Roland Berger in September 2004, the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan in May 2010 and Boston Consulting Group in February 2012. He joined World in September 2012, becoming an Executive Officer in June 2014, Managing Executive Officer in April 2015 and Senior Managing Executive Officer in April 2017. An outsider who had moved between consulting and turnaround support, he became President eight years after joining.
Selection
In June 2020 he succeeded Kenji Kamiyama as President. In the FY ended March 2020, the year before he took office, sales were ¥236.3 billion and operating income ¥12.4 billion, down in both from ¥249.9 billion and ¥14.8 billion in the FY ended March 2019. In the FY ended March 2021, his first year, the company was in the red, with sales of ¥180.3 billion, an operating loss of ¥21.6 billion and a net loss of ¥17.1 billion.
Initiatives
After the operating loss of ¥21.6 billion in the FY ended March 2021, his first year, the company returned to the black with operating income of ¥2.2 billion in the FY ended March 2022. It recovered to sales of ¥214.2 billion and operating income of ¥11.7 billion in the FY ended March 2023; in the FY ended February 2025 sales were ¥225.7 billion and operating income ¥16.8 billion, and in the FY ended February 2026 sales were ¥284.0 billion, operating income ¥16.0 billion and net income ¥12.0 billion, sales 20% above the ¥236.3 billion of the year before he took office.
Career
Career
Andersen Consulting
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 1999 | Joined |
Roland Beruga
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2004 | Joined |
Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| May 2010 | Joined |
Boston Consulting Group
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Feb 2012 | Joined |
World
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 2012 | Joined |
| Jun 2014 | Executive Officer |
| Apr 2015 | Managing Executive Officer |
| Apr 2017 | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Jun 2020 | Representative Director, President, Executive Officer |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- ワールド 有価証券報告書 第68期（2026年2月期）【役員の状況】