Shinji Hattori
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Mitsubishi Corporation in April 1975 and moved to Seikosha in July 1984. He became a Director of Seiko Precision in January 1996 and its President in June 2001, and President of Seiko Watch in June 2003, before becoming a Director of Seiko in June 2007 and Representative Director and Executive Vice President in June 2009. Among the major shareholders in the fiscal year ended March 2010, just before he took office, Reijiro Hattori ranked second with 9.7% and Hattori himself third with 6.1%, with Sanko Kigyo the largest at 13.2%.
Selection
In April 2010 he succeeded Koichi Murano as President. In the fiscal year ended March 2010, the year before he took office, net sales were ¥230.8 billion, with an ordinary loss of ¥1.9 billion and a net loss of ¥3.6 billion, a second straight year in the red after net sales of ¥174.0 billion and an ordinary loss of ¥4.7 billion in the FY ended March 2009. He was appointed nine months after becoming Representative Director and Executive Vice President.
Initiatives
In the fiscal year ended March 2011, his first year, net sales were ¥313.9 billion, ordinary income ¥6.6 billion and net income ¥2.2 billion, returning to profit from the previous year's ordinary loss of ¥1.9 billion. In the FY ended March 2012 ordinary income was only ¥1.3 billion and the company posted a net loss of ¥11.0 billion. In October 2012 he moved to Representative Director, Chairman and Group CEO, handing the presidency to Yoshinobu Nakamura. In June 2015 he again became Representative Director, President and CEO.
Career
Career
Mitsubishi Corporation
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1975 | Joined |
Seikosha
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jul 1984 | Joined |
Seiko Precision
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jan 1996 | Director |
| Jun 2001 | Representative Director, President |
Seiko Watch
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2003 | Representative Director, President |
| Jun 2007 | Director, Seiko |
| Jun 2009 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Seiko |
| Apr 2010 | Representative Director, President, Seiko |
| Oct 2012 | Representative Director, Chairman and Group CEO, Seiko |
| Oct 2012 | Stepped down as President |
| Jun 2015 | Representative Director, President and CEO |
| Apr 2017 | Representative Director, Chairman and CEO |
| Apr 2021 | Chairman |
株式会社和光 (translation pending)
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jun 2020 | Chairman |
| Jun 2020 | Representative Director, Chairman, Group CEO and Group CCO, Seiko |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- セイコーグループ 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】