Eizo Kobayashi
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined the company in April 1972 and built his career in the information industry. He became head of the Information Industry Division in March 2000, and in April 2002, as Managing Executive Officer, took charge of corporate planning, finance, accounting and credit control, also serving as Chief Information Officer. He became Managing Director in June 2003 and Senior Managing Director in April 2004.
Selection
In June 2004 he succeeded Uichiro Niwa as President. His predecessor had booked extraordinary losses of ¥395.0 billion non-consolidated and ¥253.0 billion consolidated in one go in October 1999 and pushed through a restructuring to cut subsidiaries to 700 by March 2001. In the fiscal year ended March 2004, the year before he took office, the company posted a consolidated net loss of ¥31.9 billion, and the disposal of bad assets was not yet complete. The new President from the information industry side took on both the cleanup of that disposal and the rebuilding of earnings.
Career
Career
Itochu
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1972 | Joined |
| Mar 2000 | 情報産業部門長(兼)情報産業ビ ジネス部長(兼)ネットの森番人 (translation pending) |
| Jun 2000 | Executive Officer |
| Apr 2002 | 常務執行役員 経営企画・財務・経理・審査担当 役員補佐(経営企画担当)(兼)チーフ インフォメーション オフィサー (兼)ＳＩ・リーテイル室長(兼)ネッ トの森番人 (translation pending) |
| Apr 2003 | Officer in charge of Corporate Planning and Business and General Affairs and Legal, Chifuinfomeshonofisa |
| Jun 2003 | Managing Director |
| Apr 2004 | Senior Managing Director |
| Jun 2004 | 現職に就任 (translation pending) |
| Jun 2004 | Representative Director, President |
| Apr 2010 | Stepped down as President |