Summary of career

Apr. 1989

Entered the Company

May 2006

President of TDK Electronics Europe GmbH

Jan. 2007

General Manager of Europe Sales Division of Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group of the Company

Oct. 2009

Deputy General Manager of Europe Sales Division of Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group of TDK-EPC Corporation

Jun. 2011

Corporate Officer of the Company
Deputy General Manager of Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group of TDK-EPC Corporation

Oct. 2012

Deputy General Manager of Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group of the Company

Apr. 2013

General Manager of Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group of the Company

Jun. 2013

Senior Vice President of the Company

Apr. 2014

General Manager of Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Group of the Company

Apr. 2015

General Manager of Corporate Strategy HQ of the Company

Jun. 2015

Director of the Company (retired in Jun. 2017)

Apr. 2017

CEO of Sensor Systems Business Company of the Company

Apr. 2022

President & CEO of the Company (present post)
General Manager of Humidifier Countermeasures HQ of the Company (present post)

Jun. 2022

Representative Director of the Company (present post)

Position at Advisory Committee

Member of Nomination Advisory Committee, Member of Corporate governance Committee

Reason of appointment

After having served as the head of the Electronic Components Sales & Marketing Department, the Management Strategy Department and the Sensor Business Department of the Company, Mr. Noboru Saito became the President of the Company in April 2022 and its Representative Director in June of the same year, and is currently working to enhance sustainable corporate growth and increase corporate value over the mid- to long-term of TDK Group (“TDK”). The Company believes that Mr. Saito can continuously fulfil the expected role in decisions on important matters and supervision of business execution at the Board of Directors of the Company by utilizing his adequate management experience and knowledge which he has accumulated on a global basis.