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Brief Personal History of Directors

Name (Date of birth)
Position
Brief history
Akihiro Teramachi (April 5, 1951)
President and CEO
Oct.1975
Resigned from Okuma Corporation
Oct.1975
Joined the Company
Apr.1977
 Manager of Kofu Plant
Mar.1982 Director and General Manager of Administration Division
Jun.1986 Director of DAITO SEIKI CO., LTD.
(currently THK INTECHS CO., LTD.)
Jun.1987 Managing Director and Senior General Manager of Control Division
Jun.1994 Director and Executive Vice President
May 1995 Representative Director and President of DAITO SEIKI CO., LTD.
(currently THK INTECHS CO., LTD.)
Jan.1997 Representative Director and President (current position)
Jan.1997 Director and Chairman of DAITO SEIKI CO., LTD. (current position)
(currently THK INTECHS CO., LTD.)
Jun.1997 Director and Chairman of THK Yasuda Co.,Ltd. (current position)
(currently THK NIIGATA CO., LTD.)
Jun.1998 Representative Director and Chairman of THK Holdings of America, L.L.C.
(current position)
Jun.1998 Representative Director and Chairman of THK America, Inc.
(current position)
Jun.1998 Representative Director and Chairman of THK Manufacturing of America, Inc. (current position)
Jun.1998 Representative Director and Chairman of PGM Ballscrews Ireland Ltd.
(current position)
(currently THK Manufacturing of Ireland Ltd.)
Sep.1998 Representative Director and Chairman of THK Europe B.V. (current position)
Nov.1998 Representative Director and Chairman of THK GmbH (current position)
Jul.1999 Representative Director and Chairman of THK TAIWAN CO., LTD.
(current position)
May 2001 Representative Director and Chairman of THK Manufacturing of Europe S.A.S. (current position)
Jun.2002 Director and Chairman of TALK SYSTEM CO.,LTD. (current position)
Aug.2003 Representative Director and Chairman of THK (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. (current position)
Mar.2004 Representative Director and Chairman of THK MANUFACTURING OF CHINA (WUXI) CO., LTD. (current position)
Feb.2005 Representative Director and Chairman of THK MANUFACTURING OF CHINA (LIAONING) CO., LTD. (current position)
Sep.2005 Representative Director and Chairman of THK (CHINA) CO.,LTD.
(current position)
May 2007 Representative Director and Chairman of Rhythm Corporation
(current position)
(currently THK RHYTHM CO., LTD.)
Jun.2009 Director and Chairman of THK INTECHS CO., LTD. (current position)
Jul.2014 Representative Director and Chairman of THK MANUFACTURING OF CHINA (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD. (current position)
May.2015 Representative Director and Chairman of THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE MICHIGAN CORPORATION (current position)
Jun.2015 Representative Director and Chairman of THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE CANADA LIMITED (current position)
Jun.2015 Representative Director and Chairman of THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE GmbH (current position)
Sep.2015 Representative Director and Chairman of THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE CZECH a.s. (current position)
Toshihiro Teramachi (November 18, 1958)
Director and Executive Vice President
Dec.1987
Resigned from Fanuc Corporation
Dec.1988
 Joined the Company
Jun.1989 Director and Manager of UK Branch of THK Europe GmbH
(currently THK GmbH)
Aug.1992 Director and Executive Vice President of PGM Ballscrews Ireland Ltd.
(currently THK Manufacturing of Ireland Ltd.)
Feb.1993 Representative Director and President of THK GmbH
May 1993 Representative Director and President of THK Europe B.V.
Jun.1998 Director
Jun.2005 Managing Director
Jun.2012 Director and Executive Vice President (current position)
Hiroshi Imano (January 31, 1954)
Director and Executive Vice President
April.1977
Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd.
(currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Apr.2002 Transferred to the company
Deputy General Manager of Corporate Strategy
Mar.2004 Resigned from Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
(currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)
Apr.2004 Joined the Company
May 2004 President of THK MANUFACTURING OF CHINA (WUXI) CO., LTD.
Oct.2007 General Manager of Production Division
Dec.2007 Representative Director and President of THK Manufacturing of Europe S.A.S.
Jun.2008 Director
General Manager of Production Division
Jun.2010 Managing Director
Jun.2012 Director and Executive Vice President (current position)
Nobuyuki Maki (May 12, 1960)
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Apr.1983
Joined the Company
Jul.1992 Manager of Chicago Branch of THK America, Inc.
Jan.2003 Representative Director and President of THK Manufacturing of America, Inc.
Oct.2007 Manager of Yamaguchi Plant
Jun.2010 Director
Senior General Manager of Production Division
Jun.2014 Managing Executive Officer
Senior General Manager of Production Division
Apr.2015 Managing Executive Officer 
Senior General Manager of Production Division
Senior General Manager of Sales Support Division
May 2015 Managing Exective Officer
Senior General Manager of Production Division
Senior General Manager of Sales Support Division
General Manager of L&S Business Integration Division of the Company
Jun.2015 Director and Managing Exective Officer
General Manager of L&S Business Integration Division
Nov.2015 Director and Managing Exective Officer
Senior General Manager of Automotive & Transportation Business Unit
Jun.2016 Director and Senior Managing Exective Officer
Senior General Manager of Automotive & Transportation Company
(current position)
Takashi Teramachi (November 17, 1978)
Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
April.2003
Joined Sumitomo Corporation
Sep.2013 Resigned from Sumitomo Corporation
Nov.2013 Joined the Company
Jan.2014 General manager of IMT Division
Jun.2014 Director and Executive Officer 
Deputy General Manager of IMT Division
Representative Director and President of THK INTECHS CO., LTD.
Jun.2016 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer
Senior General Manager of Industrial Machinery Company
Representative Director and President of THK INTECHS CO., LTD.
(current position)
Junji Shimomaki (October 6, 1953)
Director and Managing Executive Officer
Apr.1976
Joined the Company
Jul.1992 Manager of Tokyo Branch
Feb.2003 General Manager of East Japan Sales Region I
Jun.2004 General Manager of East Japan Sales Region II
Jun.2009 Director
Senior General Manager of Sales Division
Oct.2011 Director
Senior General Manager of Sales Division
General Manager of ACE Division
Jun.2014 Managing Executive Officer
Jun.2016 Director and Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Industrial Machinery Company
Senior General Manager of Sales Division, Industrial Machinery Company
(current position)
Junichi Sakai (October 5, 1947)
Director
Jan.1990
Resigned from NIPPEI TOYAMA Corporation
Joined the Company
Jul.1992 General Manager of Mechatronics Division
Oct.1994 General Manager of Sales Engineering Division
Mar.2000 General Manager of East Japan Sales Region I
Feb.2003 General Manager of Quality Assurance Division
General Manager of Advanced Technology Information Center
Jun.2004 Director
General Manager of Quality Assurance Division
General Manager of Advanced Technology Information Center
Sep.2006 Director
Senior General Manager of Quality Assurance Division
General Manager of Advanced Technology Information Center
Jun.2014 Director and Executive Officer
General Manager of ICB Center
Jun.2016 Director (current position)
Masaaki Kainosho (January 21, 1951)
Outside Director
Apr.1976
Joined Mitsui Bank
(currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
Apr.1996 Resigned from The Sakura Bank, Limited
(currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
May 1996 Joined SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
Sep.1999 Resigned from SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
Joined Japan Business Create Co., Ltd.
Jan.2005 Resigned from Japan Business Create Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of K-BRAIN CO., LTD.
(currently KAINOSHO CO., LTD.)
Apr.2011 Professor at Otsuma Women's University Junior College Division
Jun.2012 Outside Director (current position)
Masakatsu Hioki (July 30, 1950)
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
Apr.1975
Joined Komatsu Ltd.
Apr.2004 Executive Officer of Komatsu Ltd.
Apr.2008 Senior Executive Officer of Komatsu Ltd.
Jul.2012 Advisor of Komatsu Ltd.
Dec.2013 Director of Japan Center for Technology Management (nonprofit entity)
Jun.2014 Outside Director
Nov.2014 Outside Director of SUKIYA Co., Ltd.
Feb.2015 Senior Fellow of Mercer Japan Ltd.
Apr.2015 Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Management
Jun.2016 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
(current position)
Tomitoshi Omura (August 3, 1954)
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
Oct.1976
Registered as Assistant CPA
Oct.1977 Joined Fuji Accounting Office
Oct.1980 Joined Asahi & Co. (currently KPMG AZSA LLC.)
Mar.1982 Registered as Certified Public Accountant
Dec.1989 Managing Director of Omura Accounting Office
Jun.2016 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
(current position)
Yoshiki Ueda (March 10, 1953)
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
Apr.1976
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
Apr.2007 Deputy General Manager of Kansai Branch of Mitsubishi Corporation
Apr.2008 Executive of Mitsubishi Corporation
Jun.2010 President & CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation Technos
Jun.2011 Chairman of Japan Machine Tool Distributors Association
Jun.2015 Advisor of Mitsubishi Corporation Technos
Jun.2016 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
(current position)
As of June 20, 2016
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