Yoshiki Takada
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined SMC in April 1987. In June 1994 he became a Director in charge of North America and Latin America, and in June 2002 Managing Director. From April 2004 he also served as President of SMC Corporation of America, becoming its Chairman in December 2019. He became Director and Managing Executive Officer in June 2017, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer in July 2018, and Representative Director and Executive Vice President in September 2019. His career was spent not in domestic production or development but in long stewardship of the overseas sales network.
Selection
In April 2021 he succeeded Katsunori Maruyama as Representative Director and President, 34 years after joining in 1987 and after one year and seven months as Representative Director and Executive Vice President. In the fiscal year ended March 2021, the year before he took office, net sales were ¥552.1 billion and operating income ¥153.4 billion, down for two straight years from ¥576.9 billion and ¥180.2 billion in FY ended March 2019. The appointment appears to have put his experience leading the overseas sales network to work steering the company through a recovery in demand.
Initiatives
In his first year, the fiscal year ended March 2022, net sales were ¥727.3 billion and operating income ¥227.9 billion, a rise of more than 30% from ¥552.1 billion and ¥153.4 billion the year before. In FY ended March 2023, sales grew to ¥824.7 billion and operating income to ¥258.2 billion. They fell back to ¥776.8 billion and ¥196.2 billion in FY ended March 2024, then came to ¥792.1 billion and ¥190.2 billion in FY ended March 2025 and ¥842.5 billion and ¥190.6 billion in FY ended March 2026. Sales hit a record during his tenure, while operating income has not surpassed the level of FY ended March 2023.
Career
Career
SMC
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1987 | Joined |
| Jun 1994 | Director, in charge of North America Latin America Region |
| Jun 2002 | Managing Director |
| Jun 2017 | Director, Managing Executive Officer |
| Jul 2018 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Sep 2019 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President |
| Apr 2021 | Representative Director, President |
SMC America
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2004 | President |
| Dec 2019 | Chairman |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- SMC 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】