Shingo Kaneko
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He is a career employee who joined Toppan Printing (now TOPPAN Holdings) in April 1973. He became a Director in June 2003, Managing Director in June 2006 and Senior Managing Director in June 2008. He became Representative Director and Executive Vice President in June 2009 and rose to President a year later. It took him 37 years from joining to become President, climbing the company's ladder step by step.
Selection
In June 2010 he succeeded Naoki Adachi as Representative Director and President. In the fiscal year ended March 2010, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales were ¥1,506.7 billion, operating income ¥38.2 billion and net income ¥11.7 billion, with net sales down ¥163.6 billion from ¥1,670.3 billion in the FY ended March 2008. In the FY ended March 2009 the company had posted a net loss of ¥7.7 billion. Right after falling sales and a slide into the red, the post was handed to a career employee who had served one year as Executive Vice President.
Initiatives
Over his nine years in office, consolidated net sales fell by ¥42.0 billion, from ¥1,506.7 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2010 to ¥1,464.7 billion in the FY ended March 2019. Operating income rose for three straight years from ¥40.9 billion in the FY ended March 2015 to ¥52.3 billion in the FY ended March 2018, then fell to ¥45.7 billion in the FY ended March 2019. Over the same nine years the number of employees increased by 4,062, from 47,650 to 51,712.
Career
Career
Toppan Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1973 | Joined |
| Jun 2003 | Director |
| Jun 2006 | Managing Director |
| Jun 2008 | Senior Managing Director |
| Jun 2009 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President |
| Jun 2010 | Representative Director, President |
| Jun 2019 | Representative Director, Chairman |
| Jun 2019 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- TOPPANホールディングス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】