On September 22, the board of director meeting of Showa Denko resolved to appoint Hidehito Takahashi as president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Showa Denko (SDK) and Showa Denko Materials (SDMC). He is now a Representative Director, Managing Corporate Officer, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of the SDK and Director of SDMC. Regarding the personnel change at this time, the company says, “We aim to establish a unified top management, accelerate integration of the two companies by generational change and promotion of more speedy operation for management of the group.”
　The new top management will take office with effect from January 4, 2022, when Kohei Morikawa of the current President and CEO will become Representative Director and Chairman of the Board of SDK and Hisashi Maruyama likewise will take office as Representative Director and Chairman of the Board of SDMC.
Takahashi of new President aged 59 born on July 21, 1962 and graduated from Tokyo University (Faculty of Economics) in 1986 has the following business careers:
Entered Mitsubishi Bank in April 1986:
Assumed General Manager for Business Development Department in General Electric Japan in February 2002:
Asia Pacific President of GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies, GE Japan Holdings in October 2004:
President and CEO of Silicones Business, Momentive Performance Materials Japan in October 2008:
President and CEO of GKN Drive Line Japan in January 2013:
Joined Showa Denko as Senior Corporate Fellow in October 2015:
Corporate Officer and General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department in January 2016:
Managing Corporate Officer in January, Director, Managing Corporate Officer in March, Director, Managing Corporate Officer, General Manager of Carbon Division in July, 2017:
Director, Managing Corporate Officer: CSO in January 2020
Representative Director, Managing Corporate Officer, CSO in March 2020.
Assumed Representative Director, Managing Corporate Officer, CSO of SDK and Director of Showa Denko Materials in June 2020
Assumed Representative Director; Managing Corporate Officer, in charge of Carbon Division, Ceramics Division, Coating Materials Department, Yokohama Plant, Shiojiri Plant, and Corporate Strategy Department; CSO, of SDK Director, of SDMC from July 2021.