Executives

June 25, 2025

Chairman of the Board

Keiichi Kobayashi

Date of Birth: June 24, 1959

  • 1985 Apr.

    Joined Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

  • 2004 Oct.

    General Manager, the Manufacturing Department, Nikko Copper and Brass Factory, Metals Company

  • 2009 Aug.

    Assistant Manager, Metals Company

  • 2010 June

    General Manger, Cost Reduction Department

  • 2012 Apr.

    General Manager, Magnet Wire Division, Electronics & Automotive Systems Company

  • 2013 Apr.

    General Manager, Magnet Wire Division

  • 2014 Feb.

    General Manager, Copper & High Performance Material Products Division and

    General Manager, Magnet Wire Division and General Manager, Production & Sales Management Department, the Nikko Snow Damage Recovery

    Task Force, and Head of its Nikko Manufacturing System Maintenance Team

  • 2014 Apr.

    Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Copper & High Performance Material Products Division and

    General Manager, Production & Sales Management Department, the Nikko Snow Damage Recovery Task Force, and Head of its Nikko

    Manufacturing System Maintenance Team

  • 2015 Jan.

    Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Copper & High Performance Material Products Division

  • 2015 Feb.

    Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Copper & High Performance Material Products Division as well as Head of its Copper Recovery Project Team

  • 2015 Apr.

    Corporate Senior Vice President, Advisor, Automotive Electronics Material Business, and General Manager, Copper & High Performance Material Products Division as well as Head of its Copper Recovery Project Team

  • 2015 June

    Director, Member of the Board, Corporate Senior Vice President and Advisor, Automotive & Electronics Material Business and

    General Manager, Copper & High Performance Material Products Division as well as Head of its Copper Recovery Project Team

  • 2016 Apr.

    Representative Director, Member of the Board,

    Corporate Executive Vice President, and General Manager, the Global Marketing Sales Division

  • 2017 Apr.

    President and Representative Director, Member of the Board

  • 2023 Apr.

    Chairman of the Board (Current position)

President (Representative)

Hideya Moridaira

Date of Birth: July 13, 1965

  • 1990 Apr.

    Joined Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

  • 2011 Mar.

    Manager, Strategy Planning Group, Intellectual Propert Department

  • 2014 Apr.

    General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Strategy Division

  • 2016 Apr.

    General Manager, Planning Department, Communications Solutions Division

    and General Manager, Planning Control Department, Planning Department, Communications Solutions Division

  • 2017 Apr.

    Deputy General Manager, Communications Solutions Division

    and General Manager, Planning Department, Communications Solutions Division

  • 2020 Feb.

    General Manager, Optical Fiber and Cable Products Division, Communications Solutions Division

  • 2020 Apr.

    Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Optical Fiber & Cable Products Division, Communications Solutions Division

  • 2021 Apr.

    Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Communications Solutions Division and General Manager, Optical Fiber & Cable Products Division, Communications Solutions Division

  • 2021 May.

    Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Communications Solutions Division

  • 2022 Apr.

    Corporate Senior Vice President and General Manager, Communications Solutions Division

  • 2022 June

    Director and Corporate Senior Vice President, General Manager, Communications Solutions Division

  • 2023 Apr.

    President and Representative Director, Member of the Board (Current position)

Director and Corporate Executive Vice President (Representative), General Manager, Strategy Division

Satoshi Miyamoto

Date of Birth: February 20, 1962

  • 1984 Apr.

    Joined Ministry of Trade and Industry (current Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

  • 1999 July

    Director, Information Disclosure Promotion Office, Public Relations Office, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2001 June

    Deputy Director, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) New York Center

  • 2004 June

    Director, Commodity Derivatives Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2006 Apr.

    Canon Inc. (exchange via Act on Personnel Exchange Between the Government Sector and Private Enterprises)

  • 2010 June

    Counselor to the Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2011 Apr.

    Councilor for Policy Evaluation, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2012 Feb.

    Councilor, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Manufacturing Industries Bureau)

  • 2013 June

    Deputy Chairman, JETRO

  • 2015 Oct.

    Deputy Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2016 June

    Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2017 July

    Retired from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2017 Nov.

    Advisor (full-time), Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

  • 2018 Apr.

    Corporate Vice President, and General Manager of Administration & CSR Division

  • 2019 Apr.

    Corporate Senior Vice President, and General Manager, Administration & CSR Division

  • 2019 June

    Director and Corporate Senior Vice President, and General Manager, Administration & CSR Division

  • 2021 Apr.

    Director and Corporate Senior Vice President, and General Manager, Business Basis Transformation Division

  • 2022 Apr.

    Director and Corporate Executive Vice President, and General Manager, Strategy Division

  • 2025 June

    Director and Corporate Executive Vice President (Representative), and General Manager, Strategy Division (Current position)

Director and Corporate Senior Vice President (Representative), General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division

Koji Aoshima

Date of Birth: March 4, 1969

  • 1992 Apr.

    Joined Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

  • 2011 Mar.

    Manager, Accounting Group, Copper Foil Business Department, Metals Company

  • 2013 June

    Manager, Accounting Section 2, Corporate Accounting Department, Finance & Procurement Division

  • 2013 Nov.

    Manager, Accounting Section, Corporate Accounting Department, Finance & Procurement Division

  • 2018 Apr.

    General Manager, Corporate Accounting Department, Business Management Division, Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

  • 2021 Apr.

    General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department, Finance and Global Management Division, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

  • 2022 Apr.

    General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department, Finance & Accounting Division

  • 2024 Apr.

    Corporate Vice President, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division

  • 2024 June

    Director and Corporate Vice President, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division

  • 2025 Apr.

    Director and Corporate Senior Vice President, General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division

  • 2025 June

    Director and Corporate Senior Vice President (Representative), General Manager, Finance & Accounting Division (Current position)

Outside Director

Takashi Tsukamoto

Date of Birth: August 2, 1950

  • 1974 Apr.

    Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank., Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

  • 2002 Apr.

    Executive Officer / General Manager of Human Resources Division of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

  • 2003 Mar.

    Managing Executive Officer / Head of Risk Management Group and Head of Human Resources Group of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

  • 2004 Apr.

    Managing Executive Officer / Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

  • 2006 Mar.

    Managing Director / Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

  • 2007 Apr.

    Deputy President, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

  • 2008 Apr.

    Deputy President-Executive Officer / Head of Financial Control and Accounting Group of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

  • 2008 June

    Deputy President / Head of Financial Control and Accounting Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

  • 2009 Apr.

    President & CEO, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

  • 2011 June

    Chairman, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. and President & CEO, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

  • 2013 July

    Chairman, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. and Chairman, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

  • 2013 Nov.

    Chairman, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

  • 2014 Apr.

    Senior Advisor, Mizuho Financial Group

  • 2017 Apr.

    Honorary Advisor, Mizuho Financial Group

  • 2017 June

    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  • 2021 June

    Director (Outside) of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Current position)

  • 2023 July

    Special Advisor of Mizuho Financial Group (Current position)

Outside Director

Yukiko Yabu

Date of Birth: June 23, 1958

  • 1981 Apr.

    Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (presently Panasonic Corporation)

  • 2006 Apr.

    Director, Lifestyle Value Research Laboratory, R&D Headquarters, Home Appliances Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

  • 2011 Jan.

    Director, Global Consumer Research Center, Corporate Brand Strategy Division, Panasonic Corporation

  • 2012 Apr.

    Director, Consumer Research Center, Global Consumer Marketing Sector, Panasonic Corporation

  • 2013 Apr.

    Director and Group Manager responsible for consumer research at the Global Marketing Planning Center, Appliances Company, Panasonic Corporation

  • 2014 Mar.

    Retired from Panasonic Corporation

  • 2014 June

    Director (Outside) of DUSKIN CO., LTD.

  • 2015 June

    Director (Outside) of TAKARA HOLDINGS INC.

  • 2016 June

    Director (Outside) of Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

  • 2019 June

    Director (Outside) of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Current position)

  • 2021 June

    Director (Outside), Audit and Supervisory of IBIDEN CO., LTD. (Current position)

Outside Director

Tamotsu Saito

Date of Birth: July 13, 1952

  • 1975 Apr.

    Joined Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (currently IHI)

  • 2006 June

    Executive Officer, Vice-President, Aero-Engine & Space Operations

  • 2008 Jan.

    Executive Officer, President of Aero-Engine & Space Operations

  • 2008 Apr.

    Board Director, Executive Officer, President of Aero-Engine & Space Operations

  • 2009 Apr.

    Board Director, Managing Executive Officer, President of Aero-Engine & Space Operations

  • 2011 Apr.

    Executive Vice President, IHI Corporation

  • 2012 Apr.

    President and Chief Executive Officer, IHI Corporation

  • 2016 Apr.

    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, IHI Corporation

  • 2017 Apr.

    Chairman of the Board, IHI Corporation

  • 2020 June

    Senior Counselor, IHI Corporation

  • 2021 June

    Director (Outside) of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Current position)

  • 2024 Apr.

    Special Advisor of IHI Corporation (Current position)

Outside Director

Takeo Hoshino

Date of Birth: May 16, 1962

  • 1987 Apr.

    Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Presently Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

  • 2003 June

    Officer, Policy Planning and Research Office, Personnel Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry

  • 2004 July

    Assistant Manager of the San Francisco Office and Manager of the Business Innovation Center, Japan External Trade Organization

  • 2007 July

    Director for Electronic Devices, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2009 July

    Director, Technology Cooperation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2011 July

    Director, Nonferrous Metals Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2012 July

    Commissioner and Director-General for Information, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation

  • 2013 Feb.

    Director for Nuclear Incident Recovery, Reconstruction Agency

  • 2014 June

    Director, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Division, Regional Economic and Industrial Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2015 Apr.

    Deputy Director-General for Industrial Technology and Standards Certification, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2016 July

    Deputy Director-General for Regional Economic and Industrial Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Deputy Director-General, Town/ People/ Work Revitalization Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat and Deputy Secretary General, Office for the Promotion of Regional Revitalization Cabinet Secretariat

  • 2017 July

    Deputy Director-General, Nuclear Incident Disaster Response, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2018 July

    Retired from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  • 2018 Nov.

    Research Fellow, Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

  • 2019 Apr.

    Project Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Current position)

  • 2019 Sep.

    Deputy General Manager, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo

  • 2024 June

    Director (Outside) of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Current position)

Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Hiroyuki Ogiwara

Date of Birth: February 18, 1961

  • 1983 Apr.

    Joined Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

  • 2003 Dec.

    OFS Fitel, LLC Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  • 2005 Nov.

    Manager of Tax & Accounting Department

  • 2009 June

    General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department

  • 2013 Apr.

    General Manager, Finance & Accounting Department, Finance & Procurement Division

  • 2014 Apr.

    Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Finance & Procurement Division

  • 2014 June

    Director and Corporate Vice President, General Manager, Finance & Procurement Division

  • 2016 Apr.

    Director and Corporate Senior Vice President, General Manager, Finance & Procurement Division and General Manager, Global Group Management Division

  • 2017 Apr.

    Director and Corporate Executive Vice President, General Manager, Finance & Procurement Division and General Manager, Global Group Management Division

  • 2018 Apr.

    Director and Corporate Executive Vice President, General Manager, Finance & Procurement Division

  • 2019 Apr.

    Representative Director and Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, Chief of Transformation Division

  • 2021 Apr.

    Representative Director and Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, General Manager, Corporate Strategy & Direction Division

  • 2022 Apr.

    Director and Corporate Senior Executive Vice President

  • 2022 June

    Corporate Senior Executive Vice President

  • 2023 Apr.

    Advisor

  • 2023 June

    Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  • 2025 June

    Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (Current position)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Sayaka Sumida

Date of Birth: January 28, 1961

  • 1984 Oct.

    Joined Asahi Accounting Company (currently, KPMG AZSA LLC)

  • 1988 May

    Registered as Certified Public Accountant

  • 2006 May

    KPMG AZSA LLC (partner)

  • 2010 July

    Executive Board Member, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants

  • 2017 Feb.

    Business Accounting Council Member, Financial Services Agency

  • 2020 Mar.

    Resigned from KPMG AZSA LLC

  • 2020 June

    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.

    Director, Standing Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of ADVANTEST CORPORATION (Current position)

  • 2025 June

    Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (Current position)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Takao Shiomi

Date of Birth: November 25, 1952

  • 1975 Apr.

    Joined ITOCHU Corporation

  • 2000 Apr.

    General Manager, Automobile Business Strategy Department

  • 2001 Feb.

    General Manager, Planning & Administration Department, Finance, Insurance, Construction, Realty & Logistics Company

  • 2004 June

    Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Logistics Division

  • 2005 Apr.

    Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Financial Business Division

  • 2006 June

    Managing Director, President, Finance, Insurance, Construction, Realty & Logistics Company

  • 2008 June

    Executive Vice President, Orient Corporation

  • 2012 June

    Member of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, President, Machinery Company, ITOCHU Corporation

  • 2014 June

    Member of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer, President, Machinery Company, ITOCHU Corporation

  • 2016 June

    Executive Vice President, ISUZU Motors Limited

  • 2018 Aug.

    President, ITOCHU Union Pension Fund

  • 2021 June

    Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member

  • 2025 June

    Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) (Current position)