Takanobu Ito
Takanobu Ito | |
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Native name | 伊東孝紳 |
Born |
[1] Tokyo, Japan | 29 August 1953
Occupation | President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of Honda Motor Co. |
Board member of | Honda |
Takanobu Ito (伊東孝紳 Ito Takanobu, on 29 August 1953) is a Japanese senior business executive at Honda Motor Co. (joined in 1978), who has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of Honda since June 2009.[1][2] He was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer in 2009 and became President of the Board in 2010.
Takanobu Ito has also been an executive of Honda R&D since 1998, appointed as President and Director of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. in April 2009.[2][1] Previously, he had been appointed Senior Managing Director of Honda R&D in June 2001, after Director of the Company in June 2000, following the position as Executive Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc. since April 1998.[2]
He had joined Honda in April 1978.[1][2]
References
External links
- "Honda's Ito Positions Automaker to Win in Asia" (Nikkei.com, 14 August 2013).