Takao Tsuji
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Nissho Iwai in April 1973 and was deputy general manager of the Electronic Systems Department in April 1994. He moved to Nissho Electronics in October 1995 as a manager in the President's Office, becoming a Director in June 1999, Managing Director in June 2001 and Representative Director and President in June 2002. He became Chairman of that company in June 2009 and an adviser to Sojitz's machinery division in June 2010. From 2003 he taught as a part-time lecturer at the Shinshu University graduate school, Aoyama Gakuin University and elsewhere. His career was in procurement and sales in a trading company's electronics and information field; he had no experience on the manufacturing floor.
Selection
He became an outside director of JVC Kenwood in June 2013 and moved to Representative Director, President, Executive Officer and COO in May 2014, an internal appointment 11 months after he joined as an outside director. In the fiscal year ended March 2014, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥316.3 billion and operating income ¥4.4 billion, with a net loss of ¥6.4 billion. In June 2016 he also became CEO, taking over the ultimate responsibility that Haruo Kawahara had held. Rather than an internal promotion, the change installed as President an outsider who had been involved for just under a year as an outside director.
Initiatives
In April 2016 the company established JVC Kenwood Public & Industrial Systems to expand its professional systems business, and the same month absorbed JVC Kenwood Optical Components, which made optical pickups and related parts. In April 2017 it absorbed JVC Kenwood Kenex and JVC Kenwood Home Electronics. In January 2018 it acquired all shares of Radio Activity of Italy, a maker of DMR-compliant repeaters, expanding its professional radio business. Consolidated net sales moved from ¥292.2 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2016 to ¥302.4 billion in the FY ended March 2018, and operating income from ¥4.5 billion to ¥6.9 billion.
Career
Career
Nissho Iwai Tokyo Head Office
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1973 | Joined |
Nissho Electronics
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Oct 1995 | President's Office, General Manager |
| Jun 1999 | Director |
| Jun 2001 | Managing Director |
| Jun 2002 | 代表取締役社長 2003年以降 信州大学（MBA）、青山学院大学 経営学部、 同志社大学 商学部、東京理科大学 MOT、 創価大学 経済学部及び関西学院大学 国際学部の非常勤講師を歴任 (translation pending) |
| Jun 2009 | Chairman |
| Sep 2009 | 宇宙航空研究開発機構（JAXA）宇宙オープンラ ボ公募審査最終選定委員 (translation pending) |
Fyujon Communications
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 2000 | Director |
JVCKenwood
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2013 | Outside Director |
| May 2014 | 代表取締役社長 兼 執行役員 最高執行責 任者（COO） 兼 最高リスク責任者（CRO） 兼 最高革新責任者（CIO） (translation pending) |
| Jun 2016 | Representative Director, President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer |
| Apr 2018 | Representative Director, Chairman, Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Export Administration, Chief Executive |
| Apr 2018 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- JVCケンウッド 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】（2015年3月期）