Toshimasa Iue

Profile
Tenure
Jun 2005 – Jun 2007
Years in office
2.0 years
Name in Japanese
井植敏雅
Title at appointment
President, COO, Group Manager, Chairman, Chairman, D&D Management Meeting, Chairman, E&E Management Meeting and General Manager, Home Electronics Group
Performance in office
Sanyo Electric
Performance in office
FY2005FY2007Change
Revenue¥2.5trillion¥2.2trillion−11%
Net margin-6.9%-2%+4.9pt
Kaoru IueToshimasa IueSano
Revenue¥2.2 trillionRevenue¥1.5 trillionNet margin1.9%Net margin-2.4%2001/32006/32011/3
Revenue¥2.2 trillionRevenue¥1.5 trillionNet margin1.9%Net margin-2.4%2001/32006/32011/3
Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined Sanyo Electric in 1989, served as a director of Tottori Sanyo Electric from 1992 and its Managing Director in 1995. In 1996 he became head of Sanyo Electric's Soft Energy Business Headquarters and a Director in June that year, then Managing Director in 1998. In 2002 he became Director, Executive Vice President and CMO, and from 2003 also served as CEO of various company groups such as components and consumer. From April 2005 he also headed the Home Electronics Group, and at the end of March 2006 he held 2,003,000 shares.

Education: Boston University, Graduate School (1988)

Selection

In June 2005 he rose from Director, Executive Vice President and CMO to Director, President and COO. The same month Director Tomoyo Nonaka became Chairman and CEO, so the Chairman served as CEO and the President as COO. In the fiscal year ended March 2005, the year before he took office, the company posted a net loss of ¥171.5 billion on consolidated net sales of ¥2,484.6 billion. With the title changes of February 2006, the CEO and COO designations were dropped from both their titles.

Initiatives

On March 14, 2006, Sanyo Electric carried out a third-party allotment of convertible preferred shares totaling ¥300.0 billion. The allottees were Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments, Oceans Holdings and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. The capital increase brought equity to ¥402.9 billion and the equity ratio to 18.7%. In the fiscal year ended March 2006 the company posted a consolidated operating loss of ¥17.2 billion and a net loss of ¥205.6 billion, and in the FY ended March 2007, his final year, returned to operating income of ¥49.6 billion.

Career

Career

Sanyo Electric

Date Position
Apr 1989 Joined
Apr 1996 General Manager, Soft Energy Business Headquarters
Jun 1996 Director
Jun 1998 Managing Director
Jun 1999 Director
Jun 2002 Director, Executive Vice President and CMO
Apr 2003 Director, Executive Vice President, CMO, Corporate, Group CEO and Corporate, Group CEO, Konponento, Komasharu
Apr 2004 Director, Executive Vice President, CMO, Group Head of Marketing, Corporate, Group CEO, Corporate, Group CEO, Corporate, Group CEO and Corporate, Group CEO, Konshuma, Komasharu, International, Konponento
Apr 2005 Director, Executive Vice President, CMO, Group Manager, Chairman, Chairman, D&D Management Meeting, Chairman, E&E Management Meeting and General Manager, Home Electronics Group
Jun 2005 President, COO, Group Manager, Chairman, Chairman, D&D Management Meeting, Chairman, E&E Management Meeting and General Manager, Home Electronics Group
Aug 2005 President, COO, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Group and Business, Chief Operating Officer, Chairman
Feb 2006 President, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Group and Business, Chief Operating Officer, Chairman
Apr 2006 President and Business, Chief Operating Officer, Chairman
Jun 2007 Stepped down as President

Tottori Sanyo Electric

Date Position
Feb 1992 Director
Feb 1995 Managing Director
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • 三洋電機 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】