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Tsubame announces changes in Chairman of the Board
- Publish :
- 28 Jun 2023
Tsubame BHB Co., Ltd. announces that it has resolved the following change to its Chairman of the Board and CEO, effective on June 28, 2023.
| Name | New position | Previous position |
|---|---|---|
| Koji Nakamura | Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer | – |
| Masahiro Watanabe | – | Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer |
Biography of the New Appointee
Koji Nakamura
Nakamura joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation and was seconded as an engineer of organic materials to material engineering divisions of Toyota Motor Corporation and its coordinating company for ASEAN, Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. He contributed to reducing Toyota Motor’s costs by auditing the processes of suppliers and evaluating local materials in the ASEAN and India region, and he led his team in earning a “superior” award from Toyota Global for cost reduction. At Toyota Tsusho Corporation, he established new projects, gained new customers, and traded internationally. In 2017, He joined Universal Materials Incubator Co., Ltd., a venture capital firm which invested in Tsubame BHB. He joined Tsubame BHB in April 2019 and took up the position of CEO in July 2023.
He graduated from the Applied Chemistry Department at the Nagoya Institute of Technology and completed a program at the Graduate School of Commerce at the Waseda University. He has a master’s degree in business administration (MBA).