Board of Directors
As of October 1, 2025
Directors
Takahito
Furuya
President
- 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)
Tomohiro
Maruko
Director
- April 1991
- Joined Furuya Metal Co., Ltd.
- July 2005
- Appointed General Manager, Research and Development Department
- October 2007
- Appointed Executive Operating 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)
Hideki
Kuwabara
Director
- 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 Operating 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)
Tsutomu
Nishimura
Director
- 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 Operating Officer, General Manager, General Affairs & CSR Department, Administration Division
- July 2022
- Appointed Operating Officer, General Manager, General Affairs & CSR Department, Corporate Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Information Systems Office
- April 2024
- Appointed Operating Officer, General Manager, General Affairs & CSR Department, Corporate Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, Legal & Administration Group and General Manager, Information Systems Office
- September 2024
- Appointed Director, General Manager, Corporate Division, concurrently serving as General Manager, General Affairs & CSR Department, General Manager, Legal & Administration Group, and General Manager, Information Systems Office (current position)
Kazunori
Ochiai
Director
- April 1984
- Joined Tanaka Matthey Co., Ltd. (currently Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., Ltd.)
- April 2009
- Appointed Plant Manager, Ichikawa Plant, Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., Ltd.
- April 2011
- Appointed Corporate Officer(currently titled Managing Director), Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., Ltd.
- May 2013
- Appointed Executive Deputy General Manager, Chengdu Guangming Paite Precious Metal Co., Ltd (China)
- April 2017
- Appointed Managing Director, Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., Ltd., concurrently serving as General Manager, Development and Administration Department, New Business Company
- April 2020
- Appointed Corporate Officer, Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., Ltd.
- April 2021
- Appointed Corporate Officer, Vice President, Chemical & Refining Company, concurrently serving as Plant Manager, Shonan Plant, Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., Ltd.
- December 2024
- Appointed Director, Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. (current position)
- January 2025
- Appointed Advisor, Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., Ltd.(current position)
Hideki
Wakabayashi
Director
- October 1997
- Appointed Director, Senior Analyst, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Securities (currently Commerzbank AG)
- April 2000
- Appointed Managing Director, Head of Research, Chief Analyst, J.P. Morgan
- December 2001
- Appointed Head of Research, Managing Director, Chief Analyst, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
- April 2017
- Appointed Professor, the University of Tokyo's Graduate School 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)
- January 2023
- Appointed Vice President and Director, Japan Association for Research and Innovation (JARI) (current position)
- April 2025
- Appointed Distinguished Professor, Kumamoto University (current position)
Kazuo
Shimazaki
Director / Full-time Statutory Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
- 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 Operating 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)
Keiko
Matsubayashi
Director / Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
- July 1983
- Appointed Administrative Officer, Adjudication Division, the National Tax Tribunal, National Tax Agency
- 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)
Michio
Nakajin
Director / Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
- December 2002
- Completed the Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan 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.)
- July 2012
- Established Nakajin Law Office
- March 2019
- Appointed Auditor, Inagora Inc. (current position)
- September 2025
- Appointed Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (current position)
Operating Officer
- Naonori Odaka
- Kazuhiro Tozawa
- Takuya Nakamura
- Atsushi Yoshimi