Date of Birth: Dec. 29, 1943

Education:

* March 1968: Graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Japan

*March 1970: Awarded masterصs degree by the Graduate School for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo

Business Career:

*May 1975: Joined Toshiba Corporation

*Mar. 1984: Senior Vice President, Toshiba Europe (I.E.) GmbH

* Apr. 1992: President, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc

* Jun. 1995: General Manager, PC Division

* July 1997: Vice President

Deputy Group Executive, Information Equipment Group

- Vice Chairman, Toshiba America, Inc

- President, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc

* April 1999: Corporate Vice President

Executive Vice President, Digital Media Equipment الجزيرة Services Company

* April 2000: Corporate Vice President

- General Manager, Electronic Commerce Strategy Planning Division

- General Manager, Corporate Development Center

June 2000: Corporate Senior Vice President

- General Manager, Electronic Commerce Strategy Planning Division

- General Manager, Corporate Development Center

* April 2000: Corporate Senior Vice President

- President and CEO, Digital Media Network Company

* April 2003: Corporate Senior Vice President, responsible for Digital Products Group

* June. 2003: Executive Officer/ Corporate Executive Vice President and Director, responsible for Digital Products Group and Network Services الجزيرة Contents Control Center

* Jane 2004: President and CEO, Personal Computer الجزيرة Network Company

* June 2005: Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO