Keita Kato
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Sekisui Chemical in April 1980. In April 2008 he became an Executive Officer and General Manager of the Interlayer Film Division, and in March 2014 served as Managing Executive Officer and President of the High Performance Plastics Company. He became Director and Managing Executive Officer in June 2014, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer in April 2015 and Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer in January 2019. A career employee who came up through the high performance plastics business, he had no shareholding backing.
Selection
In March 2020 he became President, succeeding Teiji Koshita. In the fiscal year ended March 2019, the year before he took office, net sales were ¥1,142.7 billion, operating income ¥95.7 billion and net income ¥66.1 billion. In April 2019, near the end of his predecessor's tenure, head office functions were reorganized into seven departments, one office and two centers, and an ESG Management Promotion Department was created. The promotion came one year and two months after he became Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer.
Initiatives
In the fiscal year ended March 2021, his first full year, net sales fell to ¥1,056.6 billion and operating income to ¥67.3 billion. By FY ended March 2025, the year he stepped down, they had recovered to net sales of ¥1,297.8 billion, operating income of ¥108.0 billion and net income of ¥81.9 billion. In April 2022 the company moved from the First Section to the Prime Market under the Tokyo Stock Exchange's market restructuring. In January 2025 it established Sekisui Solar Film to design, manufacture and sell perovskite solar cells.
Career
Career
Sekisui Chemical
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1980 | Joined |
| Apr 2008 | 執行役員 中間膜事業部長 (translation pending) |
| Mar 2014 | Managing Executive Officer, President, High-Performance Plastics Company |
| Jun 2014 | Director, Managing Executive Officer |
| Apr 2015 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Jan 2019 | Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Mar 2020 | Representative Director, President |
| 2025 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 積水化学工業 有価証券報告書 第103期（2025年3月期）【役員の状況】