Satoshi Ogiso

Profile
Appointed
Jun 2021
Name in Japanese
小木曽聡
Title at appointment
President
Performance in office
Hino Motors
Performance in office
FY2021FY2025Change
Revenue¥1.5trillion¥1.7trillion+13%
Net margin-0.5%-12.8%−12.3pt
IchihashiShimoOgiso
Revenue¥1.7 trillionNet margin-12.8%2016/32020/32025/32030/3
Revenue¥1.7 trillionNet margin-12.8%2016/32020/32025/32030/3
Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined Toyota Motor in April 1983, became a Managing Officer in April 2013 and a Senior Managing Officer in January 2018. From June 2015 he also served as President of Advics. He moved to Hino Motors as an advisor in February 2021 and became President four months later, in June. Like his predecessor Yoshio Shimo, he was a president sent in by Toyota, which held a majority of the shares.

Education: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (1983)

Selection

In June 2021 he succeeded Yoshio Shimo as President. In the fiscal year ended March 2021, the year before he took office, net sales were ¥1,498.4 billion, operating income ¥12.2 billion and the net loss ¥7.4 billion, with operating income having shrunk to one-seventh of the ¥86.7 billion of two years earlier. The year after he took office, engine certification fraud came to light.

Initiatives

At a press conference in August 2022 he admitted the certification fraud, set integrity, contribution and empathy as the values to be carried on, and made compliance the explicit top priority. Net results ran in the red year after year, starting with a ¥84.7 billion loss in the fiscal year ended March 2022, followed by ¥117.6 billion in the FY ended March 2023 and ¥217.7 billion in the FY ended March 2025. At Archion, to be formed through the integration with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus, Ogiso also serves as CTO.

Career

Career

Toyota Motor

Date Position
Apr 1983 Joined
Apr 2013 Managing Officer
Jan 2018 Senior Managing Officer
Jan 2019 Executive Officer

Adovikkusu

Date Position
Jun 2015 President

Hino Motors

Date Position
Feb 2021 Advisor
Jun 2021 President
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • 日野自動車 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】