Atsushi Sakurada

Profile
Tenure
Dec 1998 – Jun 2016
Years in office
17.5 years
Name in Japanese
櫻田厚
Title at appointment
Representative Director, President
Performance in office
Mos Food Services
Performance in office
FY2002FY2016Change
Revenue¥72.1billion¥71.1billion−1%
Net margin1%3.2%+2.2pt
SakuradaNakamura
Revenue¥63.2 billionRevenue¥72.0 billionNet margin3%Net margin1.4%2002/32006/32011/32016/32021/3
Revenue¥63.2 billionRevenue¥72.0 billionNet margin3%Net margin1.4%2002/32006/32011/32016/32021/3
Tenure

Tenure

Background

He joined MOS Food Services in February 1977 and became General Manager of Western Japan Sales in January 1986. He joined the board as Director and General Manager of the Overseas Business Division in June 1994, and in November 1997 moved to Director and General Manager of Eastern Japan Sales. It took him 17 years from joining to reach the board, and he rotated through frontline posts in western Japan sales, overseas business and eastern Japan sales.

Education: Tokyo Metropolitan Haneda High School (1970)

Selection

He became Representative Director and President in December 1998, four and a half years after becoming a Director in June 1994 and in his 21st year at the company. His previous post was Director and General Manager of Eastern Japan Sales, and he was promoted the year after moving from the overseas division to domestic sales.

Initiatives

Consolidated net sales moved from ¥65.7 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2003 to ¥71.1 billion in the FY ended March 2016. In between, the company booked a net loss of ¥7.3 billion in the FY ended March 2005 and another net loss of ¥0.3 billion in the FY ended March 2008. It recovered to ordinary profit of ¥3.6 billion in the FY ended March 2011, and to operating profit of ¥3.8 billion and net income of ¥2.3 billion in the FY ended March 2016. He became Chairman and President in April 2014, and in June 2016 stepped down as President and remained Chairman.

Career

Career

Mos Food Services

Date Position
Feb 1977 Joined
Jan 1986 General Manager, Western Japan Sales Department
Jun 1994 Director, General Manager, Overseas Business Department
Nov 1997 Director, General Manager, Eastern Japan Sales Department
Dec 1998 Representative Director, President
Apr 2003 President, CEO
Jan 2009 Representative Director, President
Apr 2014 Representative Director, Chairman and President
Jun 2016 Representative Director, Chairman, Supervising International Headquarters
Jun 2016 Stepped down as President
Jun 2018 Representative Director, Chairman, Honorary Principal, Mosuakademi
Apr 2019 Representative Director, Chairman, Supervising International Headquarters, Honorary Principal, Mosuakademi
References 1

References (Japanese primary sources)

  • モスフードサービス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】