Ikuo Ishida
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
A career employee, he joined Denka in April 1985. He became an Executive Officer in April 2019, Managing Executive Officer in April 2023, Director and Managing Executive Officer in June 2023, and Representative Director and President in April 2025. It was 40 years from joining to the presidency. The officer section of the annual securities report lists his titles only from Executive Officer in April 2019, so his assignments during his first 34 years cannot be traced from it.
Selection
In April 2025 he became President, succeeding Toshio Imai, who moved to Representative Director and Chairman. In the fiscal year ended March 2025, the year before he took office, consolidated sales were ¥400.2 billion and operating income ¥14.4 billion, with a net loss of ¥12.3 billion. He had become Director and Managing Executive Officer in June 2023, so the promotion came one year and ten months after he joined the board. Right after a loss-making year, the company promoted from within a Managing Executive Officer in only his second year as a Director.
Initiatives
In the fiscal year ended March 2026, his first year, consolidated sales fell to ¥384.2 billion from ¥400.2 billion the year before, while operating income rose from ¥14.4 billion to ¥26.2 billion and the bottom line swung from a ¥12.3 billion loss to a ¥15.7 billion profit. Only one fiscal year has closed, and the decisions of his tenure cannot yet be read from the annual securities reports.
Career
Career
Denka
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1985 | Joined |
| Apr 2019 | Executive Officer |
| Apr 2023 | Managing Executive Officer |
| Jun 2023 | Director and Managing Executive Officer |
| Apr 2025 | Representative Director, President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- デンカ 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】