Investor Relations
Investor Relations

Board of Directors

Directors

President & CEOShogo Sakuraba
April 1981Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
January 2005Executive Officer, General Manager, Optical Design & Engineering R & D Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
January 2008Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Optical Design & Engineering R & D Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2014Director, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2016Corporate Vice President, Tamron Co., Ltd.
August 2023President & CEO, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Managing DirectorShenghai Zhang
January 1997Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2010 Executive Officer, Tamron Co., Ltd., Managing Director, TAMRON OPTICAL (FOSHAN) CO., LTD.
April 2014Senior Executive Officer, Tamron Co., Ltd., Managing Director, TAMRON OPTICAL (FOSHAN) CO., LTD.
March 2016Director, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2020Managing Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Managing DirectorMakoto Otani
April 1984Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2012Executive Officer, General Manager, OEM Component Business Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2015Executive Officer, General Manager, Industrial Optics Business Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2016Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Industrial Optics Business Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2018Director, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2023Managing Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Managing DirectorTomohide Okayasu
December 2000Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2012 Executive Officer, General Manager, Product Development Management & Administration Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
January 2014Executive Officer, General Manager, Imaging Products Business Unit, Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2016 Senior Executive Officer, Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2017Senior Executive Officer, Tamron Co., Ltd. Vice Chairman, TAMRON USA, INC.
March 2018Director, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2023Managing Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Outside Director Yuichi Sato
April 1978Joined Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. (now Toshiba Corporation)
January 1980Assistant, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
April 1983Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University
April 1994 Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University
April 2010Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University
April 2013Dean, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University
April 2014Executive Director, Vice President, Saitama University National University Corporation
March 2018Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Outside DirectorHarumi Katagiri
November 1993Joined Asahi & Co. (now KPMG AZSA LLC)
April 1998Registered as a certified public accountant in Japan
March 2000 Joined Century Audit Corporation (now Ernst & Young Shin Nihon LLC)
July 2009Member of Shin Nihon LLC (now Ernst & Young Shin Nihon LLC)
July 2017Opened the Harumi Katagiri certified public accountants’ office (current post)
March 2018Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
June 2019 Supervisory Director, Mori Trust Sogo Reit, Inc. (current post)
June 2019 Outside Director, Japan Asia Investment Company, Limited (current post)
Outside DirectorEriko Ishii
October 2004Registered as an attorney
October 2004Joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC
February 2011Registered as an attorney in the State of New York
July 2016Partner of Shin Saiwai Law Office (current post)
December 2018Outside Corporate Auditor of SmartDrive Inc. (current post)
May 2019Supervisory Director of Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (current post)
June 2019Outside Corporate Auditor of ALMAD, INC. (current post)
March 2021Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
March 2021Outside Director of Sun Asterisk Inc. (current post)
October 2022Executive Director of Ichigo Hotel REIT Investment Corporation (current post)
June 2023Outside Corporate Auditor of erex Co., Ltd (current post)
Outside DirectorFumio Suzuki
April 1973Joined NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
April 1994Director and President Nihon Kohden America, Inc.
April 1998General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
April 1999General Manager of Human Resources Department, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 1999Director, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 2003Managing Director, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 2007Corporate Director and Executive Operating Officer, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 2008Representative Director and President, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
June 2015Chairman and CEO, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
March 2022Outside Director, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee memberTakahiro Yamaguchi
March 1982 Joined Tamron Co., Ltd.
April 2015General Manager, Internal Audit & Supervision Board, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2023Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2024Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee member, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee memberTakashi Hirayama
April 1980Joined the Saitama Bank, Ltd. (the present Saitama Resona Bank, Ltd.)
June 2005Executive Officer, Saitama Resona Bank, Ltd.
January 2008Managing Executive Officer in charge of finance and IPO preparation of AGS Corporation
June 2010Corporate Auditor of AGS Business Computer Corporation
May 2011General Manager of Information Processing Division, Managing Executive Officer of AGS Corporation
October 2015Managing Executive Officer in charge of operational audits of AGS Corporation
March 2019Outside Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd.
March 2024Outside Director, Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee member, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee memberMasaya Nara
September 1990Joined Yasuda Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (the present Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.)
April 2009Executive officer, General Manager of Investment Planning Division of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
June 2011Full-time corporate auditor of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
April 2014Senior managing director of Mizuho Realty Co., Ltd.
January 2017Registered as an attorney
March 2019Outside Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd.
January 2020Partner of Torikai Law Office (current post)
June 2021Outside Auditor of RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION (current post)
June 2022Outside Director of Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd. (current post)
March 2024Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee memberTakashi Ueda
April 1981Joined the Saitama Bank, Ltd (the present Saitama Resona Bank, Limited)
May 1997General Manager of Isogo Branch of Asahi Bank, Ltd. (the present Resona Bank, Limited and Saitama Resona Bank, Limited)
June 2003General Manager of Tokyo Sales Department 3 of Resona Bank, Limited
April 2008General Manager of Saitama Sales Department of Saitama Resona Bank, Limited
June 2009Executive Officer in charge of the Tokyo metropolitan area (Block) of Resona Bank, Limited
June 2011Senior Managing Director of Resona Card Co., Ltd.
June 2017Executive Officer In charge of Administration General Affairs & Human Resources Dept., Administrative Management Unit and Overseas Business Department of FUJISASH CO.,LTD.
April 2020Executive Officer in charge of Group Internal Control and Audit Department of FUJISASH CO.,LTD.
June 2020Director of FUJISASH CO.,LTD.
May 2021Executive Officer in charge of Group Internal Control and Business Administrations Dept., Business Management Unit of FUJISASH CO.,LTD.
June 2021Managing Executive Officer In charge of Group Internal Control and Business Administrations Dept., Business Management Unit of FUJISASH CO.,LTD.
March 2023Outside Corporate Auditor, Tamron Co., Ltd.
July 2023President & CEO, Management Support Consulting Ltd.(current post)
March 2024Outside Director, Audit & Supervisory Committee member, Tamron Co., Ltd. (current post)
Activities of Outside Directors
Classification Name 2023 Activity status(attendance rate)
Outside Director Yuichi Sato Attended all 19 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year.
He has fulfilled his role properly, making appropriate remarks based on his wealth of experience as an executive director and vice president of Saitama University, especially in regard to research and development.
Outside Director Harumi Katagiri Attended all 19 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year.
She has fulfilled her role properly, making appropriate remarks based on her professional knowledge and experience as a certified public accountant, especially in regard to finance and accounting.
Outside Director Eriko Ishii Attended all 19 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year.
She has fulfilled her role properly, making appropriate remarks based on her professional knowledge and experience as a lawyer and her knowledge and experience as a director and corporate auditor of other companies, especially in regard to corporate legal affairs in general and M&A.
Outside Director Fumio Suzuki Attended all 19 meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal year.
He has fulfilled his role properly, making appropriate remarks based on his experience in corporate management and his wide knowledge and experience in the healthcare industry.
Outside Director,
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee member
Takashi Hirayama Attended all 19 Board of Directors meetings and all 15 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings held during the fiscal year.
He has made appropriate remarks based on his wealth of business experience at financial institutions and the knowledge and experience of auditors and audit departments of other companies.
Outside Director,
Audit & Supervisory Committee member
Masaya Nara Attended all 19 Board of Directors meetings and all 15 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings held during the fiscal year.
He has made appropriate remarks based on his professional knowledge and experience as a lawyer and his knowledge and experience as directors and corporate auditors of other companies.
Outside Director,
Audit & Supervisory Committee member
Takashi Ueda Attended all 15 Board of Directors meetings and all 10 Audit & Supervisory Board meetings held during the fiscal year since taking office.
He has made appropriate remarks based on his wealth of business experience at financial institutions and the knowledge and experience as a corporate executive of other companies.