Kei Uruma
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined the company in 1982 and, starting from the FA systems business, served as president of the European subsidiary and head of the Corporate Strategic Planning Office. He became Executive Officer and Senior Vice President in April 2015, Executive Officer and Executive Vice President in April 2018, and Director and Representative Executive Officer in June 2020, then President and CEO in July 2021. Among a line of presidents with engineering backgrounds, he was promoted from Executive Vice President with an administrative background, having joined in 1982.
Selection
In June 2021 it came to light that, for air conditioning units for railway cars at the Nagasaki Works, inspections differing from customer-specified conditions and the creation of fictitious reports without any inspection had continued for more than 30 years since the 1980s. The misconduct had not been found in earlier company-wide re-examinations, and on July 2 that year Takeshi Sugiyama announced his resignation to take responsibility. On July 28, Kei Uruma, an Executive Vice President with an administrative background who joined in 1982, was promoted to President and CEO.
Initiatives
In October 2021 he established a Quality Reform Promotion Headquarters reporting directly to the president and placed quality assurance supervision departments at every works. In April 2022 he created four business areas: Infrastructure, Industry and Mobility, Life, and Business Platform. In March 2023 the company announced it would double cumulative capital expenditure on power devices from about ¥130.0 billion to about ¥260.0 billion, of which about ¥100.0 billion would go to SiC wafers. In April 2024 it spun off the automotive equipment business to establish Mitsubishi Electric Mobility, and in April 2026 began considering joint operation with a view to accepting a 50% investment from Hon Hai Precision Industry.
Career
Career
Mitsubishi Electric
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1982 | Joined |
| Apr 2015 | Managing Corporate Executive Officer |
| Apr 2018 | Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer |
| Jun 2020 | Director and Representative Corporate Executive Officer |
| Jul 2021 | Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO |