Hiroshi Ogasawara
Hiroshi Ogasawara
Member of the Board
Outside Director*
September 1955
- *Outside Director as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Companies Act of Japan
- *Independent Director designated under the rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Attendance at Board of Directors Meetings (FY2025):
14/14 (100%)
Career Summary
| March 1979 | Joined YASKAWA Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (currently YASKAWA Electric Corporation) |
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| June 2006 | Director; Deputy General Manager, Motion Control Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2007 | Director; General Manager, Drives Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2011 | Director; General Manager, Motion Control Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| June 2012 | Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Motion Control Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| June 2013 | Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Motion Control Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2014 | Director; Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Technology Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2015 | Representative Director; Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Technology Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2016 | Representative Director, President; General Manager, Corporate Technology Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2017 | Representative Director, President; Manager, Diversity Management Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2018 | Representative Director, President; Manager, ICT Strategy Division of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2022 | Representative Director, Chairman of the Board; President of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| March 2023 | Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of YASKAWA Electric Corporation |
| June 2024 | Member of the Board of the Company (to present)* |
| May 2026 | Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, President of YASKAWA Electric Corporation (to present) |
- *Official English titles were revised effective July 2026.
- Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, President of YASKAWA Electric Corporation
- Outside Director of Kyushu Railway Company
Areas of Expertise and Expected Contributions