Executive Profiles

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Chairman of the Board: Toshikatsu Kato

April 1970	Joined Hitachi Automobile Appliances Sales Co., Ltd.
June 2003	Appointed Executive Officer, Hitachi Mobile Co., Ltd. (company name at the time)
June 2007	Appointed Managing Director, Hitachi Mobile Co., Ltd. (company name at the time)
April 2008	Joined Hero Electric Co., Ltd.
May 2008	Appointed Auditor of the Japan Automotive Machinery and Tool Manufacturers Association (formerly an incorporated association, now a general incorporated association)
June 2008	Appointed President & CEO, Hero Electric Co., Ltd.
November 2008	Appointed Committee Member, Koshigaya Industrial Park Cooperative Administrative Committee
March 2018	Appointed Chairman of the Board, Hero Electric Co., Ltd. (current position)

President & CEO: Hiroki Kato

April 2001	Joined Canon System & Support Inc. (Canon S&S)
May 2002	Joined NHK Sales Co., Ltd.,
December 2003	Joined Toray Amenity and Civil Engineering Co., Ltd. (now Toray Building Materials Co., Ltd.)
October 2012	Joined Hero Electric Co., Ltd.
October 2013	Appointed General Manager, Sales Planning Dept., Hero Electric Co., Ltd. (now Solution Planning Dept.)
June 2014	Appointed Director and General Manager, Sales Planning Dept.
June 2016	Appointed Senior Managing Director
July 2017	Appointed Representative Executive Managing Director
November 2017	Appointed Committee Member, Koshigaya Industrial Park Cooperative Administrative Committee
March 2018	Appointed President & CEO (current position)
May 2018	Auditor, Japan Automotive Machinery and Tool Manufacturers Association (current position)
May 2019	Appointed Standing Committee Member, CUC Management Meeting, Chiba University of Commerce (Chiba Gakuen Educational Foundation) (current position)
August 2023	Appointed Vice Chair, Administrative Committee, Koshigaya Industrial Park Cooperative (current position)

Director: Akemi Abe

March 1988	Joined Hero Electric Co., Ltd.
May 1992	Appointed Assistant Manager, Operations Dept. (now Production Control Dept.)
May 1996	Appointed Manager, Operations Dept.
May 1999	Appointed Deputy General Manager, Operations Dept.
May 2006	Appointed General Manager, Operations Dept.
May 2011	Appointed Director and General Manager, Production Management Dept.
August 2019	Appointed Director, General Manager of both Administration Dept. and Production Management Dept. (current position)

External Auditor (Part-time): Mikiya Tajima

April 1982	Joined Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd.
April 2010	Appointed Executive Officer and General Manager, Business Dept. I, Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd.
April 2019	Appointed Executive Officer in charge of Internal Audit, Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd.
May 2019	Appointed Auditor (Part-time), Hero Electric Co., Ltd. (current position)
March 2022	Appointed Auditor (Part-time), Est-Chem Co., Ltd. (current position)
March 2024	Appointed Auditor (Part-time), Akaboshi Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current position)