Mitsunori Torihara
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Tokyo Gas in April 1967, became General Manager of the Raw Materials Department in June 1996, and Director and General Manager of the Raw Materials Department in June 1998. He became Managing Director in June 2000, Director, Managing Executive Officer and head of the Corporate Planning Division in June 2002, and Representative Director, Executive Vice President and head of the Corporate Planning Division in June 2003, moving to head of the Corporate Communication Division in April 2004. As of the FY ended March 2006 he held 97 thousand shares.
Selection
In April 2006 he succeeded Norio Ichino as Representative Director, President and Executive Officer. Takeya Kobayashi, who joined in 1965, was also an Executive Vice President, but the choice fell on Mitsunori Torihara, who joined in 1967 and had headed the Corporate Planning Division and the Corporate Communication Division. In the FY ended March 2006, consolidated ordinary income was ¥98.7 billion and net income ¥62.1 billion, down from ¥132.9 billion and ¥84.0 billion the year before.
Initiatives
In February 2006 the standard calorific value of supplied gas was changed from 46.04655 MJ/m3 to 45 MJ/m3, and in July of that year the Nagano branch's business was transferred to Nagano Toshi Gas through an absorption-type company split. In January 2009 the group formulated its mid-term management plan for fiscal 2009 to 2013, and in May of that year transferred part of its LNG procurement business to Nijio. Consolidated net sales rose from ¥1,266.5 billion in the FY ended March 2006 to ¥1,415.7 billion in the FY ended March 2010.
Career
Career
Tokyo Gas
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1967 | Joined |
| Jun 1996 | General Manager, Raw Materials Department |
| Jun 1998 | Director, General Manager, Raw Materials Department |
| Jun 2000 | Managing Director |
| Jun 2002 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Planning Headquarters |
| Jun 2003 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, General Manager, Planning Headquarters |
| Apr 2004 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate and Communication Headquarters |
| Apr 2006 | Representative Director, President, Executive Officer |
| Apr 2010 | Stepped down as President |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 東京ガス 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】