About NGK

Directors and Corporate Officers

Board of Directors

  • Taku Oshima

    Chairman

  • Shigeru Kobayashi

    President

    Overall Corporate Management, Executive Committee Chair, Strategy Committee Chair, Sustainability Management Committee Chair, Risk Management Committee Chair

  • Chiaki Niwa

    Executive Vice President

    Responsible for Corporate R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, Corporate Safety, Quality & Environment Dept., IP Strategy Dept., Digital Transformation & Innovation Dept., and ICT Dept.

  • Ryohei Iwasaki

    Executive Vice President

    Responsible for Business Groups and Corporate NV Creation

  • Hideaki Shindo

    Director and Senior Vice President

    Responsible for Sustainability Management Dept., Corporate Communications Dept., Corporate Planning Office, Secretarial Office, Finance & Accounting Dept., and Purchasing Dept., Senior Officer in charge of Group Companies, Sustainability Management Vice Committee Chair, Risk Management Vice Committee Chair

  • Mayumi Inagaki

    Director and Senior Vice President

    Responsible for Auditing Dept., DIVERS Administration Office, Human Resources Dept., Group Compliance Dept., Legal Dept., and General Affairs Dept., Chief Compliance Officer, Compliance Committee Chair, Internal Controls Committee Chair, HR Committee Chair

  • Emiko Hamada

    Outside Director

  • Hiroshi Sakuma

    Outside Director

  • Noriko Kawakami

    Outside Director

  • Kengo Miyamoto

    Outside Director

Executive Officers

Hiroto Matsuda Senior Vice President Responsible for Business Groups and Corporate NV Creation, Development and Commercialization Vice Committee Chair
Jun Mori Senior Vice President Top Executive R&D, Responsible for Corporate R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, Corporate Safety, Quality & Environment Dept., IP Strategy Dept., Digital Transformation & Innovation Dept., and ICT Dept., Development and Commercialization Committee Chair, Quality Committee Chair, Environment, Industrial Safety & Health Committee Chair
Masanobu Inoue Senior Vice President Technical Advisor, Energy & Industry Business Group
Hiroharu Kato Senior Vice President General Manager, Global Sales & Marketing Div., Environment Business Group
Atsushi Miyajima Senior Vice President Group Executive, Corporate Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities Committee Chair
Hiroyuki Shinohara Senior Vice President Group Executive, Energy & Industry Business Group
Takao Onishi Senior Vice President In Charge of IP Strategy Dept., Group Executive, Corporate R&D
Iwao Ohwada Vice President In Charge of DS Business Development, Corporate NV Creation
Tatsumi Ichioka Vice President Adviser to Corporate Safety, Quality & Environment Dept., Digital Transformation and Innovation Dept., and ICT Dept.
Ryo Ishihara Vice President In Charge of Sustainability Management Dept., Corporate Communications Dept., Secretarial Office, General Manager, Tokyo Main Office
Hirofumi Sakamoto Vice President General Manager, Engineering Div., Environment Business Group, General Manager, Komaki Site
Hideki Shimizu Vice President Group Vice Executive, General Manager, Digital Society Business Group
Kazushi Tada Vice President
Ryugo Takeda Vice President General Manager, Energy Storage Div., Energy & Industry Business Group
David Miller Vice President President, FM INDUSTRIES, INC.
Takashi Yoshino Vice President General Manager, DS Development Div., Corporate R&D
Motoo Noritake Vice President Group Executive, Environment Business Group, General Manager, Osaka Branch
Yoshihide Natsume Vice President General Manager, New Metals Div., Digital Society Business Group, General Manager, Chita Site
Masato Nozaki Vice President In Charge of DIVERS Administration Office, Human Resources Dept., and General Affairs Dept., General Manager, Human Resources Dept.
Yasuyoshi Imai Vice President General Manager, HPC Div., Digital Society Business Group
Hiroki Fujita Vice President Group Executive, Digital Society Business Group
Takeshi Ohtsu Vice President Group Executive, In Charge of CN Business Development, Corporate NV Creation
Shinya Yoshida Vice President General Manager, CN Development Div., Corporate R&D
Hideaki Tsukui Vice President In Charge of Finance & Accounting Dept., General Manager, Finance & Accounting Dept.
Lee Sang Jae Vice President General Manager, Sensor Div., Environment Business Group

Audit & Supervisory Board

Nobumitsu Saji Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Naoya Yagi Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Masayoshi Sakaguchi Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Outside
Takashi Kimura Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Outside