Makoto Yoda
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Japan Storage Battery in March 1972. He became head of the Information and Communications Division in September 2000, a Director in June 2001 and Managing Director in June 2002. Japan Storage Battery and Yuasa Corporation established GS Yuasa Corporation through a share transfer in April 2004 and listed it on the First Sections of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges, and Yoda became its Managing Director. In June that year he became Director and President of the operating company GS Yuasa Power Supply, and in June 2005 Senior Managing Executive Officer. He held 34,000 shares according to the board list for the fiscal year ended March 2014.
Selection
In June 2006 he became Director and President, two years and two months after the integration of Japan Storage Battery and Yuasa Corporation; since June 2004, right after the integration, he had been Director and President of the operating company GS Yuasa Power Supply. On the board list for the fiscal year ended March 2014, Senior Managing Director Koichi Shiina had joined Yuasa Battery in April 1975, and Managing Directors Hideaki Yoshimura and Shinji Tatsumi in April 1973 and April 1974, so the line-up had Yoda, from Japan Storage Battery, as President.
Initiatives
The company entered the automotive lithium-ion battery business by establishing Lithium Energy Japan in December 2007 as a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors, and Blue Energy in April 2009 as a joint venture with Honda Motor. Between July and August 2009 it raised capital through a public offering and a third-party allotment, bringing its capital to ¥33,021 million. In March 2012 the first plant building of Lithium Energy Japan in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, began production. Consolidated net sales grew from ¥243.4 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2006, just before he took office, to ¥369.7 billion in the FY ended March 2015, and operating income from ¥5.7 billion to ¥20.9 billion.
Career
Career
Japan Storage Battery Jiesu Yuasa Industry
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 1972 | Joined |
| Feb 1999 | General Manager, Sales Department, Information and Communications Division |
| Sep 2000 | General Manager, Information and Communications Division |
| Jun 2001 | Director |
| Jun 2002 | 常務取締役 電源システム事業部長 (translation pending) |
GS Yuasa
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2004 | Managing Director |
| Jun 2005 | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Jun 2006 | President |
| Jun 2015 | Stepped down as President |
Jiesu Yuasapawasapurai
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2004 | President |
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References (Japanese primary sources)
- ジーエス・ユアサ コーポレーション 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】（2014年3月期）