HOYA CORPORATION

Corporate Governance

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Board of Directors (As of June 23, 2011)
Directors
Yuzaburo Mogi*
Yuzaburo Mogi Comment from an Outside DirectorApr.1958Joined Noda Shoyu Co., Ltd. (present Kikkoman Corporation)
Mar.1979Director of Kikkoman Corporation
Mar.1982Managing Director of Kikkoman Corporation
Oct.1985Managing Director and Representative Director of Kikkoman Corporation
Mar.1989Executive Managing Director and Representative Director of Kikkoman Corporation
Mar.1994Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Kikkoman Corporation
Feb.1995President and Representative Director of Kikkoman Corporation
Jun.2001Director of the Company (present post)
Jun.2004Representative Director, Chairman and CEO of Kikkoman Corporation (present post)
Eiko Kono*
Eiko KonoDec.1969Joined RECRUIT Co., Ltd.
Apr.1984Director of RECRUIT Co., Ltd.
Aug.1985Managing Director of RECRUIT Co., Ltd.
Nov.1986Senior Managing Director of RECRUIT Co., Ltd.
Jul.1994Executive Vice President of RECRUIT Co., Ltd.
Jun.1997President and Representative Director of RECRUIT Co.,Ltd.
Jun.2003Director of the Company (present post)
Jun.2003Chairperson and CEO of RECRUIT Co., Ltd.
Apr.2004Chairperson and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of RECRUIT Co., Ltd.
Jun.2005Special Advisor of RECRUIT Co., Ltd.
Yukiharu Kodama*
Yukiharu KodamaApr.1957Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI))
Jun.1985Director General of the Minister's Secretariat MITI
Jun.1988Director General of Industrial Policy Bureau MITI
Jun.1989Administrative Vice-Minister of MITI.
Jun.1991Retired from MITI
Jun.1991Advisor to Japan Industrial Policy Research Institute(JIPRI)
Feb.1992Advisor to the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ)
Jun.1993President of The Shoko Chukin Bank
Jul.2001Chairman of the Japan Information Processing Development Corporation (present post)
Jun.2005Director of the Company (present post)
Nov.2007Chairman of the Mechanical Social Systems Foundation (present post)
Itaru Koeda*
Itaru KoedaApr.1965Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Jun.1993Director of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
May 1998Managing Director of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
May 1999Vice President of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Apr.2003Representative Director of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Jun.2003Co-Chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Jun.2003Chairman of Calsonic Kansei Corporation (present post)
Jul.2003Director of Renault S.A
Jun.2008Chairman Emeritus and Advisor of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (present post)
Jun.2009Director of the Company (present post)
Yutaka Aso*
Yutaka AsoNov.1973Joined Osawa Shokai (presently J. Osawa Group Co., Ltd.)
May 1975Auditor of Aso Cement Co., Ltd. (present Aso Corporation)
Jun.1977Senior Managing Director of Aso Cement Co., Ltd.
Dec.1979President of Aso Cement Co., Ltd.
Aug.2001President and Representative Director of Aso Cement Co., Ltd.
Aug.2001President and Representative Director of Aso Cement Co.,Ltd.(present LAFARGE ASO CEMENT Co., Ltd.) (present post)
Jun.2010Chairman and Representative Director of Aso Corporation(present post)
Jun.2011Director of the Company (present post)
Hiroshi Suzuki
 Apr.1985Joined the Company
May 1993President of HOYA Corporation USA
Jun.1993Director of the Company
Jun.1997Managing Director of the Company
Apr.1999President, Electro Optics Company
Jun.1999Executive Managing Director of the Company
Jun.2000President and Representative Director of the Company
Jun.2003Director, President, Representative Executive Officer and CEO of the Company (present post)
Hiroshi Hamada
 Apr.1982Joined Yamashita Shinnihon Steamship Co., Ltd. (present Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.)
Mar. 1987ALICO Japan
Nov.1992Clarke Consulting Group of the United States
Jan.1995Dell Computer Corporation (present Dell Inc.)
Aug.2000President and Representative Director of the above company,
Vice President of Dell Inc. of the United States
May 2006Representative partner of Revamp Corporation
Apr.2008Executive Chief Operating Officer of the Company (present post)
Jun.2008Director of the Company (present post)
Kenji Ema
 Mar.1970Joined the Company
Jun.1993Director of the Company, in charge of Administration Planning, Accounting and Purchase
Jun.1997Managing Director of the Company, in charge of Strategy, Planning and Treasury
Jun.2000Executive Managing Director of the Company, in charge of Corporate Finance
Jun.2001Executive Managing Director and CFO of the Company
Jun.2003Director, Executive Officer and CFO of the Company (present post)
Jul.2003President of HOYA HOLDINGS N.V.
Jan.2007Executive Officer Chief Financial of HOYA CORPORATION, Netherlands Branch

*:indicates outside directors as provided for in Article 2, Item 15 of the Company Law.

Executive Officers
Hiroshi Suzuki* President & CEO
Hiroshi Hamada* Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Kenji Ema* Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Taro Hagiwara Executive Officer, Technology

*:indicates Director

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Notation in this Website ´HOYA Annual Report 2011´
  • ⋅Hoya’s fiscal year ends on March 31. In this annual report website, references to years are the period ended March 31 of the year indicated.
  • ⋅In this annual report website, "the previous year," "the fiscal year under review," and "the year ahead" indicate the years ended March 31, 2010, march 31, 2011, and the year ending March 31, 2012, respectively.
  • ⋅HOYA Annual Report 2011 is a simply translated version of the original Japanese HOYA Report 2011 website. The financial numbers indicated in this website are based on the generally-accepted accounting standards in Japan.

HOYA Annual Report 2011