Board of Directors｜FURUYA METAL

President and CEO

Takahito Furuya

Biography

April 1966 Joined Nishimura Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Nikkato Corporation)
August 1968 Appointed Auditor, Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
March 1972 Joined Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
March 1976 Appointed General Manager, Sales Department
August 1987 Appointed President and Representative Director
October 2024 Appointed President and Representative Director, concurrently serving as General Manager, Sales Division (current position)

Director

Tomohiro Maruko

Biography

April 1991 Joined Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
July 2005 Appointed General Manager, Research and Development Department
October 2007 Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager, Manufacturing Department and General Manager, Research and Development Department
September 2009 Appointed Director, General Manager, Tsukuba Plant, concurrently serving as General Manager, Plant Administration Department and General Manager, Quality Assurance Department
January 2023 Appointed Director, General Manager, Manufacturing and Research & Development Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Tsukuba Plant and General Manager, Thin Film Electronic Materials Manufacturing Department
April 2024 Appointed Director, General Manager, Manufacturing and Research & Development Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Tsukuba Plant, General Manager, Technology Development Department, and General Manager, Green Chemistry Technology Office
October 2024 Appointed Director, General Manager, Manufacturing and Research & Development Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Tsukuba Plant and General Manager, Production Technology Development Control Department (current position)

Director

Hideki Kuwabara

Biography

April 1987 Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation (currently Sojitz Corporation)
April 1997 Joined Engelhard Metals Japan Ltd. (currently BASF Metals Japan Ltd.)
April 2005 Appointed President and Representative Director, BASF Metals Japan Ltd.
July 2013 Joined Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
September 2014 Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager, Product Sales Department
September 2017 Appointed Director, General Manager, Sales Department
July 2023 Appointed Director, General Manager, PGM Fine Chemicals & Recycling Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Tsuchiura Plant and General Manager, Precious Metals Department
October 2024 Appointed Director, General Manager, PGM Fine Chemicals & Recycling Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Precious Metals Department (current position)

Director

Tsutomu Nishimura

Biography

April 1989 Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. (currently MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
April 2018 Seconded to Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
January 2019 Joined Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
October 2021 Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager, General Affairs & CSR Department, Administration Division
July 2022 Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager, General Affairs & CSR Department, Administration Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Information Systems Office
April 2024 Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager, General Affairs & CSR Department, Administration Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Legal & Administration Group and General Manager, Information Systems Office
September 2024 Appointed Director, General Manager, Administration Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, General Affairs & CSR Department, General Manager, Legal & Administration Group, and General Manager, Information Systems Office (current position)

Director

Shoetsu Abe

Biography

April 1984 Joined Tanaka Massey Co., Ltd. (currently Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.)
April 2009 Appointed Plant Manager, Ichikawa Plant, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
April 2011 Appointed Executive Officer (currently titled Managing Director), Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
May 2013 Appointed Executive Deputy General Manager, Chengdu Guangming Precious Metal Co., Ltd. (China)
April 2017 Appointed Managing Director, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., concurrently serving as General Manager, Development and Administration Department, New Business Company
April 2020 Appointed Executive Officer, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
April 2021 Appointed Executive Officer, Vice President, Chemical Recovery Company, concurrently serving as Plant Manager, Shonan Plant, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
December 2024 Appointed Director, Kojima Chemical Co., Ltd. (current position)
January 2025 Appointed Advisor, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. (current position)
September 2025 Appointed Director, Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (current position)

Director

Shigeyuki Hiroki

Biography

April 1986 Joined Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
April 1999 Appointed Advisory Committee Member, Semiconductor Industry Research Institute of Japan (SIRIJ)
April 2005 Appointed President and Fund Manager, Finowave Investments, Inc.
April 2017 Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Innovation Studies, Tokyo University of Science
April 2020 Appointed Director, Division of Management of Technology and Financial Engineering for Social Implementation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
April 2021 Appointed Chairperson, Semiconductor Policy Proposal Task Force, Semiconductor Committee, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) (current position)
Appointed Technical Committee Member, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) (current position)
Appointed Council Member, Tokyo University of Science
January 2023 Appointed Vice President and Director, Japan Association for Research and Innovation (JARI) (current position)
April 2025 Appointed Distinguished Professor, Semiconductor and Digital Technology Innovation Research and Education Center, Kumamoto University (current position)
Appointed Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University (current position)
June 2025 Appointed Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), V Technology Co., Ltd. (current position)
August 2025 Appointed Advisor, Next-Generation Edge AI Semiconductor R&D Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (current position)
September 2025 Appointed Outside Director, Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (current position)

Director / Full-time Statutory Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Kazuo Shimazaki

Biography

August 1980 Joined Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
July 2002 Appointed General Manager, Tsukuba Plant, concurrently serving as General Manager, Business Administration Department
October 2003 Appointed Executive Officer, General Manager, Tsukuba Plant, concurrently serving as General Manager, Business Administration Office
September 2007 Appointed Director
April 2010 Appointed Director, concurrently serving as General Manager, Internal Audit Office and General Manager, Business Administration Department
September 2017 Appointed Auditor, Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
September 2021 Appointed Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (current position)

Director / Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Keiko Matsubayashi

Biography

July 1983 Appointed Administrative Officer, Adjudication Division, National Tax Tribunal
July 2016 Appointed Director, Hongo Tax Office
July 2018 Appointed Director, Midori Tax Office
August 2019 Established Keiko Matsubayashi Certified Tax Accountant Office
June 2020 Appointed Auditor, Mitsui Sumitomo Construction Road Co., Ltd.
September 2021 Appointed Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (current position)
June 2024 Appointed Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Mitsui Sumitomo Construction Road Co., Ltd. (current position)

Director / Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Michio Nakajin

Biography

December 2002 Completed Legal Training and Research Institute Joined Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law Offices / Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) (currently Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise))
June 2007 Joined Tokyo Themis Law Office
May 2008 Joined Field-R Law Office
August 2009 Appointed Auditor, Photocreate Co., Ltd.
June 2010 Appointed Auditor, Marvelous Entertainment Inc. (currently Marvelous Inc.)
June 2011 Resigned from the position of Auditor, Marvelous Inc.
July 2012 Established Nakachin Law Office (current position)
March 2019 Appointed Auditor, Inagora Inc. (current position)
September 2025 Appointed Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (current position)

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