About NGK

Directors and Corporate Officers

Board of Directors

  • Taku Oshima

    Chairman

  • Shigeru Kobayashi

    President

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

  • Chiaki Niwa

    Executive Vice President

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

  • Ryohei Iwasaki

    Executive Vice President

    Responsible for Business Groups, Group Executive, Corporate NV Creation,
    Development and Commercialization Vice Committee Chair

  • Tadaaki Yamada

    Director and Senior Vice President

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

  • Hideaki Shindo

    Director and Senior Vice President

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

  • Hiroyuki Kamano

    Outside Director

  • Emiko Hamada

    Outside Director

  • Kazuo Furukawa

    Outside Director

Executive Officers

Shuhei Ishikawa Senior Vice President Group Executive, Energy & Industry Business Group, General Manager, Osaka Branch
Tsutomu Nanataki Senior Vice President Group Executive, Corporate R&D
Hiroto Matsuda Senior Vice President Group Executive, Digital Society Business Group
Jun Mori Senior Vice President Group Executive, Environment Business Group, General Manager, Nagoya Site
Hiroshi Kurachi Senior Vice President General Manager, Sensor Div., Environment Business Group
Masanobu Inoue Senior Vice President Technical Director, 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 Vice Executive, Energy & Industry Business Group, General Manager, Energy Storage Div.
Iwao Ohwada Vice President In Charge of Global Business Creation, Corporate NV Creation
Tatsumi Ichioka Vice President In Charge of Digital Transformation and Innovation Dept., Quality Management Dept., and Environment, Industrial Safety & Health Dept.
Ryo Ishihara Vice President In Charge of ESG Management Dept. ,and Secretarial Office, General Manager, ESG Management Dept., General Manager, Tokyo Main Office
Mayumi Inagaki Vice President In Charge of Auditing Dept., Group Compliance Dept., Legal Dept., and Intellectual Property Dept., Compliance Vice Committee Chair
Hirofumi Sakamoto Vice President General Manager, Engineering Div., Environment Business Group
Hideki Shimizu Vice President President, NGK ELECTORONICS DEVICES, INC., General Manager, Power Electronics Ceramics Dept., Digital Society Business Group
Kazushi Tada Vice President General Manager, Insulator Div., Energy & Industry Business Group
Ryugo Takeda Vice President President, NGK EUROPE GMBH
David Miller Vice President President, FM INDUSTRIES, INC.
Takao Onishi Vice President General Manager, Electronic Devices Div., Digital Society Business Group, General Manager, Sales Dept., General Manager, Komaki Site
Takashi Yoshino Vice President General Manager, DS Development Div., Corporate R&D
Motoo Noritake Vice President General Manager, Industrial Process Div., Energy & Industry Business Group
Yoshihide Natsume Vice President General Manager, New Metals Div., Digital Society Business Group, General Manager, Chita Site
Masato Nozaki Vice President General Manager, Human Resources Dept., General Manager, Health Management & Promotion Office
Yasuyoshi Imai Vice President General Manager, HPC Div., Digital Society Business Group
Hiroki Fujita Vice President General Manager, Corporate Planning Office

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