About NGK

Directors and Corporate Officers

Board of Directors

Taku Oshima

Chairman
Shigeru Kobayashi

President
Hiroshi Kanie

Executive Vice President

Responsible for Auditing Dept., Corporate Planning Office, New Business Planning Dept., Human Resources Dept., Group Compliance Dept., Legal Dept., Intellectual Property Dept., and General Affairs Dept.
Senior Officer in charge of Group Companies, Chief Compliance Officer, Compliance Committee Chair, and Internal Controls Committee Chair
In charge of overall personal information management, privacy protection, and Construction Business Act compliance
Chiaki Niwa

Executive Vice President

Top Executive R&D, Manufacturing Engineering
Corporate R&D and Manufacturing Engineering Group Executive
Responsible for Corporate Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Management Dept., Environment, Safety and Industrial Health Dept., and Digital Transformation and Innovation Dept.
Quality Committee Chair, Environment, Safety and Industrial Health Committee Chair
Ryohei Iwasaki

Director and Senior Vice President

Responsible for Business Groups
Group Executive, Process Technology Business Group
In charge of management affairs
Hideaki Shindo

Director and Senior Vice President

Responsible for ESG Management Dept., Secretarial Office, Finance Dept. and Purchasing Dept.
Hiroyuki Kamano

Outside Director
Emiko Hamada

Outside Director
Kazuo Furukawa

Outside Director

Executive Officers

Shuhei Ishikawa	Senior Vice President	Group Executive, Electronics Business Group
Atsushi Matsuda	Senior Vice President	Group Executive, Energy Infrastructure Business Group
Tsutomu Nanataki	Senior Vice President	Group Executive, Corporate R&D, Development Committee Chair
Jun Mori	Senior Vice President	Group Executive, Ceramic Products Business Group, General Manager, Nagoya Site
Hiroshi Kurachi	Senior Vice President	General Manager, Sensor Div., Ceramic Products Business Group
Hiroto Matsuda	Senior Vice President	Group Vice Executive, Process Technology Business Group, General Manager, High Performance Ceramics Div.
Tadaaki Yamada	Senior Vice President	General Manager, Human Resources Dept., In Charge of General Affairs Dept. HR Committee Chair, General Manager, Osaka Branch
Akira Katoh	Senior Vice President	Group Vice Executive, Electronics Business Group, General Manager, New Metals Div., General Manager, Chita Site
Masanobu Inoue	Vice President	General Manager, Industrial Process Div., Process Technology Business Group
Hiroharu Kato	Vice President	General Manager, Business Strategy Dept. Global Sales & Marketing Div., Ceramic Products Business Group
Atsushi Miyajima	Vice President	Group Executive, Corporate Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities Committee Chair
Hiroyuki Shinohara	Vice President	General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, In Charge of New Business Planning Dept.
Iwao Ohwada	Vice President	General Manager, Advanced Device Components Div., Electronics Business Group
Tatsumi Ichioka	Vice President	General Manager, Energy Storage Div., Energy Infrastructure Business Group, General Manager, Komaki Site
Ryo Ishihara	Vice President	General Manager, ESG Management Dept., In Charge of Secretarial Office, General Manager, Tokyo Main Office
Mayumi Inagaki	Vice President	In Charge of Auditing Dept., Group Compliance Dept., Legal Dept., and Intellectual Property Dept.
Hirofumi Sakamoto	Vice President	General Manager, Engineering Div., Ceramic Products Business Group
Hideki Shimizu	Vice President	President, NGK ELECTORONICS DEVICES, INC.
Kazushi Tada	Vice President	General Manager, Insulator Div., Energy Infrastructure Business Group
Ryugo Takeda	Vice President	President, NGK EUROPE GMBH
David Miller	Vice President	President, FM INDUSTRIES, INC.
Takao Onishi	Vice President	General Manager, Electronics Components Div., Electronics Business Group

Audit & Supervisory Board

Nobumitsu Saji	Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Takeshi Shimazaki	Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Junichi Itoh	Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Outside
Masayoshi Sakaguchi	Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Outside